Barleywine
This will be the last installment in my 2016 election readings. Rather than making the focus personal (that is, solely on Trump), I asked what the circumstances and larger import of his inauguration will be. Barring some spontaneous act of violence or insurrection, I didn't see anything in the spread suggesting it won't happen. I see the Coffin at the center, preceded by the Tower and followed by the Ship, as more about a political "sea change" in government than a personal threat.
Storks + Tower + Coffin + Ship + Whips
This is the second reading I've done in this area where the Whips appeared as the final card in the spread (the first was my pre-election GT), so I'll spend some time analyzing it. But first:
Storks + Tower = change of government
Tower + Coffin = the end of a governmental era (in this case, an 8-year-long administration)
Coffin + Ship = moving on (somewhat uncertainly) from a loss
Ship + Whips = a troubled journey; a very active journey (e.g. off-road biking)
I had to laugh at that last one, since the prospects for the incoming administration couldn't get much more "off-road" than what we're likely to see in the next few months.
Storks + Tower looks like a perfect fit. I won't go so far as to see anything "positive" in it (although Storks is one of the positive-neutral cards); this looks more factual than dramatic.
Tower + Coffin looks fairly transparent as well; the "Old Guard" is finished. ("Whatever falls immediately before the Coffin is set to end . . ." - Lenormand, 36 cards) Some see it as devastation, others as relief, but it's just another fact of life in American governance.
Coffin + Ship suggests moving on from something that has ended. Taken as "enterprise" and not "travel," I could see it as the "ship of state" being taken into uncharted waters, the old maps having been tossed overboard. The above quote about the Coffin ends with ". . . and often the card that follows it is somewhat diminished or becomes 'sickly.'"
Ship + Whips looks like a very unsettled scenario. Andy Boroveshengra says "The root of the unrest is often described by the cards immediately touching the Rod (Whips)." Here, that would be the occasion of handing over the helm of the Ship to Donald Trump. Andy also says "Extra care should be paid to the Rod when it's in the vicinity of the Tree, Coffin or High Tower (two of which appear in this short spread) because the querent (here the "subject") could suffer a sudden period of ill health." This may be the last unspent arrow in the Democratic quiver, and I suspect there are many who would applaud it as balm for injured feelings, but it's an alien concept to American "due process." On the other hand, some time ago ISIS promised to attack the inauguration in some way.
The Whips at the end suggests that not only is Trump being handed the reins, but also the lash to keep the beast in line (possibly represented by a sympathetic Republican Congress).
Storks + Tower + Coffin + Ship + Whips
This is the second reading I've done in this area where the Whips appeared as the final card in the spread (the first was my pre-election GT), so I'll spend some time analyzing it. But first:
Storks + Tower = change of government
Tower + Coffin = the end of a governmental era (in this case, an 8-year-long administration)
Coffin + Ship = moving on (somewhat uncertainly) from a loss
Ship + Whips = a troubled journey; a very active journey (e.g. off-road biking)
I had to laugh at that last one, since the prospects for the incoming administration couldn't get much more "off-road" than what we're likely to see in the next few months.
Storks + Tower looks like a perfect fit. I won't go so far as to see anything "positive" in it (although Storks is one of the positive-neutral cards); this looks more factual than dramatic.
Tower + Coffin looks fairly transparent as well; the "Old Guard" is finished. ("Whatever falls immediately before the Coffin is set to end . . ." - Lenormand, 36 cards) Some see it as devastation, others as relief, but it's just another fact of life in American governance.
Coffin + Ship suggests moving on from something that has ended. Taken as "enterprise" and not "travel," I could see it as the "ship of state" being taken into uncharted waters, the old maps having been tossed overboard. The above quote about the Coffin ends with ". . . and often the card that follows it is somewhat diminished or becomes 'sickly.'"
Ship + Whips looks like a very unsettled scenario. Andy Boroveshengra says "The root of the unrest is often described by the cards immediately touching the Rod (Whips)." Here, that would be the occasion of handing over the helm of the Ship to Donald Trump. Andy also says "Extra care should be paid to the Rod when it's in the vicinity of the Tree, Coffin or High Tower (two of which appear in this short spread) because the querent (here the "subject") could suffer a sudden period of ill health." This may be the last unspent arrow in the Democratic quiver, and I suspect there are many who would applaud it as balm for injured feelings, but it's an alien concept to American "due process." On the other hand, some time ago ISIS promised to attack the inauguration in some way.
The Whips at the end suggests that not only is Trump being handed the reins, but also the lash to keep the beast in line (possibly represented by a sympathetic Republican Congress).
