I don't want to live in the dorms!
A reading using the Celtic Cross Spread
Situation: King of Clubs
Present Concern: Ace of Hearts
Desired Goal: 8 of Diamonds
Underlying Fear: 6 of Diamonds
Decreasing Importance: 5 of Spades
Increasing Importance: 9 of Diamonds
Self: Jack of Diamonds
Environment: Queen of Diamonds
Guidance: Queen of Hearts
Outcome: Ace of Spades
Numerical theme:
Six - duties and responsibility, home and family, transition
Questioner comments: "I am just about to start at a new university. I transferred from the one I had been attending. My new school is closer to home, only about an hour away. I lived in the dorms at my old school and hated it, so I want to commute now. But my parents are forcing me to stay in the dorms this year. They are saying its good for me to live in the dorms but I dread living there again."
The reading:
Half of the cards in this reading are Diamonds suggesting that security is a big issue here. With the six as the numerical theme, I can see that your energy is focused on the security of your home and family. The situation is described by the King of Clubs which seems to relate to issues of independence and your ability to manage yourself in the real world. This King suggests you are being given an opportunity to show your sense of inner authority and maturity. Your present concern is emotional. The Ace of Hearts suggests you are concerned about something you really love (family, parents). This card also emphasizes the strength of your emotional desire to live at home.
Your desired goal is to move in a new direction, to learn from past experiencess (8 of Diamonds), but you are afraid to receive charity or help and assistance (6 of Diamonds). These cards suggest that you are eager to make things work at this new school. Did you transfer from the other school because of your problems in the dorms? The 6 of Diamonds may suggest that you don't want help or assistance in dealing with this issue.
You are decreasingly concerned about arguments and disagreements with your parents and are increasingly concerned about developing greater self-reliance. The Diamonds cards are suggesting that you want to be self-sufficent, which your parents may not recognize. However, the Jack of Diamonds is facing the 6 of Diamonds which shows you are expressing yourself as a youthful, inexperienced person who needs to receive support and assistance from others. The Queen of Diamonds faces the Ace of Hearts which seems to depict your mother as a woman who cares very deeply about your well-being (Ace of Hearts) but she is practical enough to know that you need to learn to take care of yourself (Queen of Diamonds).
The Queen of Hearts offers guidance. I think this can be taken in at least two ways. First, the Queen of Hearts is a symbol for the mother figure, so this could mean that you would do best accepting her advice. In fact, this Queen faces the 9 of Diamonds, suggesting that by taking your mother's advice you will learn how to be more self-reliant. The Queen of Hearts also suggests a need to heal the rift between you and your parents. This may be a time to explain your true feelings and deal with your real needs in this situation.
The outcome card is the is one of the most difficult in the reading, but it also signifies a new beginning. The Ace of Spades shows that you will have to make a necessary but painful decision. You will be entering a challenging phase and a time of eliminating what you are outgrowing. This Ace also shows that you have the inner strength and determination to get through this phase with flying colors.