Phoenyx
This is about the dignities of the cards in relation to other cards around it. I was doing a spread today just to sorta get an idea for what the next year will hold for me. This was only the third spread I've done with my Thoth deck, and I'm trying to get a handle on the dignitaries.
In the LWB, it says: "A card is well- or ill-dignified by the presence of neighboring cards on either side. Cards of the same suit strengthen. Cards of the opposite nature weaken. Swords are hostile to disks. Wands are hostile to cups. Swords are friendly to cups and disks. Wands are friendly to swords and disks. A card falling between two contrary cards is not much affected by either. "
Now, this is my question. Three cards come up next to one another, all related to the same part of the question. Basically it looks like this:
Ace/Wands........5/Cups..........4/Swords
Since the Wands are friendly to the Swords, does this well-dignify the 5/Cups? Or, because the Wands are hostile to the Cups, and the Swords are friendly to the Cups, that the 5/Cups is not affected at all?
In the LWB, it says: "A card is well- or ill-dignified by the presence of neighboring cards on either side. Cards of the same suit strengthen. Cards of the opposite nature weaken. Swords are hostile to disks. Wands are hostile to cups. Swords are friendly to cups and disks. Wands are friendly to swords and disks. A card falling between two contrary cards is not much affected by either. "
Now, this is my question. Three cards come up next to one another, all related to the same part of the question. Basically it looks like this:
Ace/Wands........5/Cups..........4/Swords
Since the Wands are friendly to the Swords, does this well-dignify the 5/Cups? Or, because the Wands are hostile to the Cups, and the Swords are friendly to the Cups, that the 5/Cups is not affected at all?