Decision spread:
Situation: Ship, Rider
Option 1: Ring, Flowers
Option 2: House, Birds
Advice: Tower, Stork
It’s been a while since I last posted, as I haven’t been much into divination mode lately. Here’s something different, a decision spread I made up on the spot to help me with a financial decision I need to make.
The situation cards do in fact depict the situation quite accurately. There is some money (Ship) coming in (both Rider and Ship) related to work (again Ship). The reading was prompted by a letter I received today (Rider). Both cards have to do with change and motion, which makes sense since I’ve now left that job. The decision very much depends on whether I’ll be going back or not, which I don’t know yet, but I have to decide about the money soon, hence the problem.
Ship+Rider also indicate travel, which has been hinted a lot in my readings the past few months. I get the feeling it may be a ‘big one’, long term travelling or even permanent move, possibly to a different country. I don’t have any such plans currently, but it’s not out of the question. If that’s the case, then I should go for option 2. But more on that below.
Option 1 means I do nothing with the money, which would be beneficial if I returned to the job, but I would lose it if I didn’t. The combo Ring+Flowers looks positive on a first glance, but I’m not so sure it’s the best way to see it. My contract (Ring) has ended as it was a short-term (Flowers) deal. Looking to the future, it could be interpreted that I’ll be offered (Flowers) a new contract (Ring). But that doesn’t feel right and it doesn’t agree with the facts, nor does it agree with my view of the situation and advice cards.
Option 2 basically means take the money and run. The House indicates that this is the safest choice and common sense says the same. The Birds I’m not too sure about. They have negative connotations and I guess I will worry I’m not making the right move. They can also mean ‘two of something’ and it will be the second time I’m making the same choice. They also have to do with travel, so if I did do any sort of travel I could use the money towards that end.
The advice pair is Tower+Stork. I read this as a big change, long/permanent separation, departure from the institution. This means I will probably not be going back and I’ll be better off doing the certain thing, which would be option 2.
The presence of the Ship, Rider, Birds and Stork in the reading scream ‘travel’ and ‘big changes’ in my inner ear. The presence of the House and the Tower make me think they may be permanent. This has been coming up a lot and it’s very intriguing, so perhaps I need to do a separate reading to find out a bit more about it!
Astrologisches Lenormand by Hildegard Leiding
The Birds/Owls in this deck make me giggle. When I look at this spread, I get the feeling you would like to go with option B… and that perhaps there are other people that are giving you advice – or nitpicking/harping at you. That’s the feeling I get with the Birds in this picture. Perhaps there are 2 people who are trying to give you well-meaning advice, but then you have the Storks there and this Stork looks like he’s ready to stick his nose in the air, make his own choice and stick by it regardless of what those little Birds have to say. :) Good luck! I get a big feeling that you should not second guess yourself here and stick to your gut feelings.
Haha, you’re right about that stork! And about wanting to go with 2, it is what I really want. I had to do a whole reading to find this out, but hey. At least now I know!
Interesting what you say about other people’s advice, because I haven’t asked for any yet ;) and that’s partly because I don’t want to get into any arguments/discussions about the bigger picture. But perhaps it will happen anyway… Thanks for the warning :)