Little Baron
Well, here are my initial/personal thoughts and feelings about the Spades. I could have made these notes in my journal, but I always think my writing carries more weight when I am writing with the purpose of someone else reading it. If anyone does read it
Ace of Spades
This card always looks dark.
It has a reputation.
It is a sharp finish. A conclusion. In that sense, an ending, a death of circumstance. It's blunt, but I feel it has to be.
"I don't want to go out with you anymore"
"I am affraid you are being made redundant"
"I am sorry to tell you that your sister didn't make it"
Of course, real death is not predicted in the cards so often as the death of a trend, way of life or habbit that has had it's day, so it is more likely to symbolise the end of a cycle.
Maybe when you end your affair with a married man because you want to look for someone who is completely yours.
Maybe handing in your notice at work.
Maybe when your skin clears up after years of acne.
Leigh says that when the card is upside down, it suggests that something is happening at a distance. I suppose this might depend on cards around it. If the '8 of Hearts' was next to it, would it signify a celebration or party that is happening somewhere that you have not been invited to? (cue the '4 of Hearts').
Two of Spades
This card suggests abrupt change.
Leaving your office job to train to be a lion tamer? Maybe a little extreme of an example, but generally, it does look at situations that twist and turn and alter the outcome. Maybe you go for a job to do one thing and end up being offered a more demanding or quite different role.
Maybe you go out for the night expecting to catch the eye of a certain girl. But for some reason, you end up in the wrong place and meet another lady, much better than you could have dreamed of.
Abrupt change might be something that you are in control of, also. It might suggest being indeciesive.
Three of Spades
Unexpected results. Attending to routine matters and events.
I see this as some kind of pleasant reward in daily life - meeting up with an old best friend while buying the groceries, finding a £5 tucked down the seat on the bus, being rewarded for going out of your way to help another.
Four of Spades
Illness and depression are the makings of Leigh's interpretation.
And the darkness of the spades remind me of the corners of a bed. I can imagine being laid out inbetween them - whether unwell or sad.
When I have been depressed in the past, all I have wanted to do is sleep.
Five of Spades
The five spades flare up like flames. This is the card of anger.
Sometimes anger is necessary. You need it to move on. Get it off your chest!
It never does any good holding it in. Otherwise you end up back at the '4' - holding anger and frustrations within can make you ill. This is a card of release. I think it warns us to let go when we need to, but also warns us of how destructive our anger might be in certain situations (other cards will tell us where and when).
Taking a break ... will be back with more a little later.
LB
Ace of Spades
This card always looks dark.
It has a reputation.
It is a sharp finish. A conclusion. In that sense, an ending, a death of circumstance. It's blunt, but I feel it has to be.
"I don't want to go out with you anymore"
"I am affraid you are being made redundant"
"I am sorry to tell you that your sister didn't make it"
Of course, real death is not predicted in the cards so often as the death of a trend, way of life or habbit that has had it's day, so it is more likely to symbolise the end of a cycle.
Maybe when you end your affair with a married man because you want to look for someone who is completely yours.
Maybe handing in your notice at work.
Maybe when your skin clears up after years of acne.
Leigh says that when the card is upside down, it suggests that something is happening at a distance. I suppose this might depend on cards around it. If the '8 of Hearts' was next to it, would it signify a celebration or party that is happening somewhere that you have not been invited to? (cue the '4 of Hearts').
Two of Spades
This card suggests abrupt change.
Leaving your office job to train to be a lion tamer? Maybe a little extreme of an example, but generally, it does look at situations that twist and turn and alter the outcome. Maybe you go for a job to do one thing and end up being offered a more demanding or quite different role.
Maybe you go out for the night expecting to catch the eye of a certain girl. But for some reason, you end up in the wrong place and meet another lady, much better than you could have dreamed of.
Abrupt change might be something that you are in control of, also. It might suggest being indeciesive.
Three of Spades
Unexpected results. Attending to routine matters and events.
I see this as some kind of pleasant reward in daily life - meeting up with an old best friend while buying the groceries, finding a £5 tucked down the seat on the bus, being rewarded for going out of your way to help another.
Four of Spades
Illness and depression are the makings of Leigh's interpretation.
And the darkness of the spades remind me of the corners of a bed. I can imagine being laid out inbetween them - whether unwell or sad.
When I have been depressed in the past, all I have wanted to do is sleep.
Five of Spades
The five spades flare up like flames. This is the card of anger.
Sometimes anger is necessary. You need it to move on. Get it off your chest!
It never does any good holding it in. Otherwise you end up back at the '4' - holding anger and frustrations within can make you ill. This is a card of release. I think it warns us to let go when we need to, but also warns us of how destructive our anger might be in certain situations (other cards will tell us where and when).
Taking a break ... will be back with more a little later.
LB