By Sarah Taylor
After a period of hard, often thankless, work, there is a time to take stock and see what’s next; it brings you into a sense of divided allegiances; the possibility exists for a courageously creative solution.
This week’s tarot reading comprises three minor arcana cards: the Seven of Pentacles, the Three of Swords, and the Knight of Wands.
First, this indicates that the prevailing flavour is one that is focussed on practicalities — the minutiae of life rather than larger archetypal themes that are more personality- and character-driven. Here, we have expression through experience and action.
Second, we have a balanced reading in terms of the qualities that you are able to bring to the experience and action: each of the cards comes from one of the four suits. This means that it evokes physical reality (Pentacles), mental activity (Swords), and creativity (Wands). It also means that what is absent — Cups, emotions — are being asked to be acknowledged consciously. It is up to you to actively bring Heart into the events unfolding in and around you.
Looking at each card more closely, from left to right, the Seven of Pentacles is associated with that point in a time of toil where it is useful — perhaps even essential — to step back and look at what has been accomplished if you are going to be informed enough to take the next step. The Seven acknowledges that what you have gained has been against the odds. The figure is resting for a moment in a landscape devoid of greenery, save for the leaves on the vine he is tending, which seem to be holding on by the barest of margins. What nurtures them is the devotion of the figure — you — alone.