Posted on Friday, 23rd January 2009 by Maritzia
I thought that since my reading for today encouraged me to use my intuition, that today would be an opportune time to do a reading about my current employment. I think I’ve mentioned before that I’m on contract in my current job through the end of March. I have no assurances that this job will go past March. However, I really like this job and would love for it to go permanent. I pulled three cards for a past/present/future format while asking a non-specific question about the future of this job.
First Card - Five of Pentacles
The first card, representing the past of the situation, is the Five of Pentacles. The pentacles are an earth suit representing that which is tangible: finances, health, job, etc. The Fives are the proverbial fly in the ointment cards. It’s a card of difficulties, which is quite appropos, since the reason I was available for this job was that I was laid off from my previous job and was unemployed for almost 3 months. It was, indeed, a time of financial difficulties.
Second Card - Ace of Wands
The second card, representing the present, is the Ace of Wands. The Wands are the fire suit and represent passion and energy. The Aces are about potential, starts, energy that can be directed. Again, it’s an apropos card for this reading. I’ve just started taking tech support calls in my job, which is something I really love doing. I enjoy it and I’m good at it. Before this, I liked the job, but it was just another job. But now I’m getting to do several things I really enjoy including tech support and web design work, and I have more energy to apply to my work because I love what I’m doing.
Third Card - Ace of Cups
This is the meat of the reading, the card representing the future, the Ace of Cups. As I said earlier, the Aces are about beginnings and the energy that goes with them. The suit of Cups is under a water sign. The Cups are expressive of emotions and spirituality. This particular card, in the Rider Waite desks, is usually pictured with a Chalice overflowing, representing abundance and wishes granted. This card also is often interpreted as the beginning of relationships, whether love or friendship. It’s a time of blossoming.
I can interpret this in various ways. My dream of becoming an employee here coming true and providing abundance of…well…everything for me. It could be the blossoming of friendships here at the job (which really, I’d have to be working here for those to blossom, just not necessarily as a full employee, I could still be a contractor). It could be indicating a relationship at a new place of employment, again somewhere my passions can blossom.
I’m hesitant to reach too far with my intuition on this one because it’s easy, when reading the cards for yourself, to let your desires color your interpretations. And I try not to do that. I must say, though, that I’ve had a very good feeling about this job since it first became a possibility, and it’s only gotten stronger the longer I’ve worked here. I guess this is just going to have to be one of those wait and see times. Whatever happens, though, it appears that it will be a time of growth for me.
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