The first card represented the immediate future, the next, what would be gained, and the third, what would be lost. Which is why, an hour before I began my New Year’s Eve primping, I sat down with The Housewives Tarot and earnestly followed its instructions for a year-ahead spread, placing each card face down in its designated spot, according to the manual’s diagram. At that point, I’d never approached divination with any real measure of intention, but I wasn’t a cynic either. Soon enough, I was again showing up at new moon circles and carrying the black tourmaline crystal a friend gave me to ward off negative energy (couldn’t hurt, I thought). When the psychic surgeon who’d “treated” us as kids appeared on Unsolved Mysteries as a fraud fugitive, it set off a wave of contempt for the metaphysical that was, in the end, short lived. As an adult, I’d vacillated between rejecting those flower child ideologies and experimenting with mysticism. While my friends’ parents carted them to the family physician for stomachaches or fevers, I was placed under a bright green floodlight to soak in the healing power of the color. My childhood was wrought with things like “psychic surgeons” and “crystal healings.” Both my mother and father were artists living hippie-adjacent lifestyles. For both the victor and defeated have a long way to go with many challenges ahead.As it happened, I was not this type of woman. The mountains of triumph are a long way off separated by water. In extreme situations this could lead to physical violence.Ī man stands in victory whilst his enemies are retreating in defeat, he has more than one sword in his hands, was this a fair fight? Was there any honour in his victory? The sky looks stormy representing a turbulent time ahead.
Are you fighting someone else's battle?Ī deep conflict has arisen, this could be a personality clash or hatred perhaps in a work or business environment.What conflict have you been drawn into?.Whether you're in a relationship or not you need to get beyond the surface motives of the power struggle and identify the root causes of the challenges you are experiencing. This card points to open conflict within your love life. Recovery, acceptance, acknowledge differences, peace, mediation, compromise, emotional involvement, agreement, truce, cease-fire, reconciliation, smooth over, boundaries
Retreat, rise above it and ask yourself if it is worth the fight. Make sure you don't get dragged into someone else's battle. You may be required to mediate a conflict, listen to another viewpoint, agree to disagree or admit to being wrong. Tension, resentment, arguments, bullying, violence, aggression, hostilities, abuse, humiliation, threats, unethical behaviour, challenges, hurt, bitterness, spite, betrayal, controlling ego
Just make sure you don't overact, you may end up regretting your actions. Make sure you keep it in perspective, ask yourself if it is worth the fight and avoid getting involved if possible. Is there conflict going on around you? Something has been said or done resulting in anger, hurt or bitterness and could lead to the parting of ways. 3 of Pentacles conflict might be with friends or in the workplace respectively.