Wow. I know I'm coming in late on this train, but I wanted to share my experience with this spread. It does look a lot harder than it is, I think, when you actually do it. What I did was pull cards until I reached my limit of 12 minors. You wouldn't not *believe* how many majors I pulled. If I got a Major, I placed the next minor I pulled on top of it. It's really funny how it turned out though - in my reading I pulled Cups for my head, and Swords for my heart. Interesting, in a funny way.
I want to share my reading, if you all don't mind, and maybe someone else might have insight as well that I, as a novice reader, didn't see.
Row one: head (what I think)
Immediate Past: 3 of cups, reversed. I took to mean how I've never had time for friendship - been too busy for it, to enjoy the company of others, etc.
Present: Knight of Cups with Death, reversed as its base. I'm rarin' to go with a journey, I'm all ready with passion in my heart and a head full of imagination of what's to come. The reversed card beneath means to me "emerging from death," or coming out of darkness. Which IS what I think I'm doing right now.
No future, which kind of fits, because at the moment, it's all up in the air.
Row Two: the heart (how I feel)
Immediate Past: Six of Swords, reversed. Felling like I'm stuck, paddling upriver, needing something to change because all I'm doing is wearing myself out with what seems to be going in the wrong direction.
Present: Four of Swords with the Star, reversed and the High Priestess as the base. Four of swords meaning rest and recuperation, which is based on my "muse": inspiration and desire for what's coming about, as well as being unfocused as to where I'm going.
Again, no future.
Row three: the gut (my intentions, what I want to do)
Past: Knight of Wands. Standing at the ready - just waiting to get moving, ready to do it.
Immediate Past: Ace of Wands. Doin' it, and doin' it well!
Present: Eight of Wands with Temperance as a base. Projecting what I want, starting something new and waiting to see how it'll go, hoping for the best. Temperance showing that this new shot is in hopes of achieving balance in my life.
Immediate Future: King of Wands with the Moon as a base. Taking risks and being creative, and taking full responsibility for what I'm doing, and realizing that I want more.
Distant Future: Four of Wands - tells me I will achieve the balance I am looking for, and perhaps the success I want, and *my* definition of it.
Row Four: the legs (actions I'm actually taking)
Immediate Past: 5 of Pentacles, reversed, a card (and position) I see as "being lucky."
Present: Two of Pentacles, reversed. Dealing with a tricky situation, unexpected turns and twists that I didn't forsee.
Immediate Future: Nine of Pentacles, reversed - which looks to me like I'm going to fall back on my old habits of being overworked, which would defeat the purpose of what this is referring to.
As a back-reference - this thing is right on, I think. I've been running my own business for 8 years, from a home office (because I'm raising two young children too). I've recently - as in last week - gone on sabbatical for a year to revamp my working methods. I was working 7 days a week, 16-20 hour days. My health, as well as my family life, was being affected. All of the above holds true - and this reading is just amazing. it's telling me to navigate carefully (which is what I'm doing), but I especially see that I need to pay attention to the "old habits die hard" effect, and make sure I don't slide back into the things I've been doing the last 8 years.
I think this puppy's going to be a favorite for me. Thanks muchly for it!
