DREAM-JOY-MAGIC
I attempted the DREAM-JOY-MAGIC spread again. The first time I tried the spread, I was a blank, and nothing related or connected. The spread hindered me. So here is my second attempt with comparatively much more expressive and connected reading. The cards integrated well in their positions as well as with the question.
Since I wanted to understand it and work with it better, I tried something new. I took the question, and gave answers to the Dream, Joy & Magic; before drawing the cards.
Q: “How will the {selling} season be?” let me explain; I have a small cottage industry type business, in the past few years I have given less and less attention to the business. This is not due to lack of motivation, but the more important job & paycheck. There have been other issues that have slowed me down. I need to get things going. Circumstances have changed for the better, but there are still some very hindering walls. Regardless, I’m content in working with the options I do have, too much too fast could overwhelm me. My main concern; economics. Will people be traveling and spending money? I live in a good touristy area, but with the cost of gas??? I may not do so well.
“So how will the season be?”
before drawing cards
~ my answer to:
DREAMS- free from the schedule & going to festivals (next to impossible due to the job) Closer to home spots, stick with my selling spot at the grove. Getting to the level where I don’t need the ‘9to5’, being self-supportive through the business, then the festivals! Where the big $ are {so I can buy my land}
JOY- the security of home, my goal of a homestead where I will find my joy.
MAGIC- watching for synchronicities, putting ‘it’ out to the Universe, being in the right place at the right time (fate has been good to me in the past), having faith, keeping to the studies; astrology & tarot, maybe incorporate into the business some how.
~ and the cards are: (get this!)
DREAMS> all the energies that are the limit of what we are capable of perceiving, what could happen. Possibilities & opportunities, ability to withdraw from the real, oppressive, and limited world for a moment and learn wisdom & understanding on this journey.
>VII Chariot
JOY>reasons for being joyful & happy. Remove all other influences & concentrate on the present moment of happiness. The reason for joy emerges from obscurity, drowning the heart in tears of joy
>5 Pentacles
MAGIC>the world of Fey, which we need to come into contact with in order to use this deck properly. Who are the Fey? 'being’ opposed to ‘having’- now opposed to then. What can & what will be if one believes strongly enough, the possibility of what might happen.
>IX Hermit
I get the Chariot when it is the travel I yearn for, though I know that it wont happen this year. The aspect of being triumphant, I really like. In the fey book it mentions ownership, the work is all done in the name of a homestead. My truck is my chariot and the most valuable tool for the biz. It was once a dream and recently the loan was paid off (early). My usual selling spot, which is my only opportunity at the moment, is above the river, just as in the card, the Fey are above the river.
5 of Pent is not a joyful card in words. I’m not using reversals with this deck so any negative influence must come out upright. Life HAS been in a poor state in reference to economics. I missed out on a lot by not being able to attend festivals, making reaching my goal slow going. The cards image tells a different story. One of comfort and friends, but there is that dark figure outside. Is that the cloud that keeps hanging around me that is keeping me from my joy?
Now the Hermit, ARG…just when I thought I could get through this spread without a hitch…..‘the possibility of what might happen’ and how does that differ in the Dreams, ‘what could happen? I see so many different directions I could take the Hermit. From; when I get my land, I won’t ever leave it except for when I want to; to, hide myself in a closet with the Fey deck & a flashlight. The Hermit appears appropriately in the Magic position. To be focused is indeed something to do no matter what. In regards to the biz, is the secret to stay close to home? Or put things on hold?
The part I find the hardest to grasp is how it pertains to working with the Fey. As I said, lock my self in a closet? I will be listening closely to the Fey for sure.
Has anyone done this spread yet? What is your take and how did you interpret the positions?