Hello Mike, :smt005
Please do not worry about such matters as I am completely up to date with my readings as of yesterday Adelaide time, and I am therefore completely and happily at your service for a reading and some friendly advice, which I know that you will intelligently follow in combination with listening to your own inner teacher as to what is right and best for you in your life to live as you decide to.
To be honest and upfront with you, your focus card for this month's effort which was BTW the
Seven of Wands does not come up in my readings all that often, when compared to most of the other cards in the Tarot. And as is also the case with most other cards, whether or not you might view this as necessarily being a good or bad thing is mainly a matter of your own personal viewpoint or perspective.
The Seven of Wands is primarily involved with one's current major life challenges during the next six months, and how to most effectively deal with the competition from other people around you for limited resources (such as getting a job, and earning a comfortable and more than adequate income from it).
I am getting with you the distinct impression from your reading that especially between now and approximately the end of July 2011, that this will be a time for you to make big strides towards preparing yourself as best you are able for eventually entering the workforce, once you have satisfied the requirements for that particular type of job through completing any formal studies.
On the face of this card a young man stands on an elevated piece of ground (it would be a gross exaggeration of the truth to call it a hill) firmly holding a wand in both his hands, using it as a staff in order to defend himself from being attacked by unseen assailants also brandishing a wand or staff, who are lower down than he is and are therefore almost out of sight with the exception of their weapons which are just visible.
To gain the maximum advantage over those people with whom we compete for limited and getting more limited by the day resources (we rarely get into a real fight or battle with other applicants for the same course or job these days), we need to find the "higher ground" or to take the "higher ground".
In the good or bad old days men often had to fight with and be willing to kill each other to get what or whom they wanted (such as a mate). So brute strength and trickery and very quick reflexes often were the qualities which separated those who had from those men who had not.
Finding a higher ground gave that person a strategic advantage, as it allowed him to more clearly assess the situation and him being in danger from a higher vantage point where he could more quickly detect the approaching enemy and take whatever precautions and make whatever preparations were thought to be necessary to repel their attacks.
Big castles on a hill with an excellent view of the surroundings were almost unapproachable without the opponents being detected, and being able to shoot arrows and pour boiling oil over your enemy from a height such that they cannot easily respond without either getting fatally wounded or deep fried was generally a very effective way to come out of the conflict on top, and still alive.
But big castles and pouring boiling oil and shooting arrows at the other people who will be competing with you for the same course or job as yourself in future have basically gone out of fashion in the 21st century (with the possible exception of some emotionally unstable psychopathic killers and terrorists who kill a lot of innocent victims in the process if they do not get their way) and frying your competition like fish and chips is no longer regarded as being socially acceptable behaviour.
In our modern, more civilised (?) society and culture, and with as one of the other members said the world economy still being in the toilet, it is imperative that we instead of using lethal force or boiling cauldrons of oil as our ancestors once did find every way that we are able to beat our opponents to the prize, without having to concurrently terminate them.
The tools or weapons of choice these days are intelligence, thorough preparation beforehand, increased self confidence and a willingness to seek professional advice and support when needed, plus some positive thinking faith and courage thrown into the mixture for good measure.
In addition to these methods of becoming the top dog in your kennel, a willingness to compromise and diversify if necessary can often mean the difference between getting into your chosen course or that job you have always wanted, and being satisfied with much less. Patience, determination, a sense of commitment, self control, self organisation and self discipline.
Consequently I would interpret this card in the context of your reading as a powerful sign or indicator that during the next six monthly period, you should really get down to seriously putting in place the firm foundation for your future career, utilising some of the measures and personality strengths I have suggested in the above two paragraphs in italicised print.
Anything which you can think of using your considerable grey matter (keen intelligence), and which is both practical and affordable as well as which supports or further develops such positive personality traits in order for you to make significant forward progress in the direction of beating your competition, and ultimately claiming your well deserved and earned victory, is what the main message behind this month's reading is trying its very best to communicate to you.
From your favourite PIC and loyal companion on the long and dusty road of life,
EoT
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