stop me when she is ready. We cut and shuffle the cards three times before she finally picks a pile of cards that have been cut into three smaller ones. I place them in a past, present and future positions and I lay the rest of the cards with the bigger deck. I turn over the three cards on by one.
Past – The Chariot
Present – Seven of Cups
Future – Eight of Pentacles
I look at the cards before me and read them to April. I tell her that she has triumphed over difficulties in the past with the strength of her will, which has set a good foundation for the present and future. She is feeling overwhelmed with choices and knows one must be made. This could be in any area of life but needs to think of the reality of the choice she chooses. The future card is what most people want to know the most. What they do not seem to realise is that the future is ever changing, depending on our actions and the action of people around us, who can influence us either toward our goals or away from them. In this future position is the Eight of Pentacles. This card indicates a new job using existing talents. This card is also known as the apprenticeship card and can show April learning a new skill or a desire to follow a different career path.
April makes notes, as we always do, while I tell her the meaning of her reading. Duncan is sat quietly watching April. Once April is finished I ask Duncan if he would like a reading done.
“I guess it wouldn’t hurt to give it a try.” He says. His question is about finance so I repeat everything I did with April. When I have the cards laid out before me, April offers to bullet point his reading too, to which he isn’t that fussed but she does so anyway so that we have a record of it.
The Hermit is in the past position and because I know he has just finished University the same time as me, this card would indicate that he had no help from anyone and earned his degree through his own hard work and determination. It also means that he has begun to look within himself to contemplate his career and personal goals in life. Duncan looks at me surprised that I would know something like that when he hasn’t told anyone that he moved away from home and defied all the odds, even though everyone said he would fail his grades which are nowhere near bad. The Wheel of Fortune indicates good fortune, which is placed in the present position. I tell Duncan that it can also mean going through a period of good fortune and he should make the most of this period while it lasts. And the last card, Page of Pentacles, occupies the future position. I advise Duncan that he will have some good news financially in the near future and that it could come in the form of a letter, cheque or property.
Having finished the reading I thank my guide for her help and mentally say goodbye and watch her fade away. I smile to myself and pack away the cards taking the box back into my room. As soon as I had finished the reading on Duncan the compulsion towards the cards vanishes and I am left feeling slightly hollow.
Thirty minutes later Duncan has crashed on the couch and April and I make our way to our own beds. I have reluctantly been thinking about Caleb tonight. Since my tarot predictions keep coming true I think I may ask him if he wants me to do a reading on him.
Chapter Eleven
It has been two weeks since the night Duncan stayed over and I haven’t heard from Caleb once. I am not sure how to I feel about that right now so I busy myself with work. I started working this week and so far I love it. The pay is average but Gail and her girls, as I have started thinking of them, are a welcome distraction from my own guilt and heavy heart. I know it is my fault that Caleb is angry with me and to be honest I do not really blame him. A couple nights ago the woman that Caleb helped a while back confessed that she tried to flirt with him but he was nothing but a gentleman. She said she felt like she
Past – The Chariot
Present – Seven of Cups
Future – Eight of Pentacles
I look at the cards before me and read them to April. I tell her that she has triumphed over difficulties in the past with the strength of her will, which has set a good foundation for the present and future. She is feeling overwhelmed with choices and knows one must be made. This could be in any area of life but needs to think of the reality of the choice she chooses. The future card is what most people want to know the most. What they do not seem to realise is that the future is ever changing, depending on our actions and the action of people around us, who can influence us either toward our goals or away from them. In this future position is the Eight of Pentacles. This card indicates a new job using existing talents. This card is also known as the apprenticeship card and can show April learning a new skill or a desire to follow a different career path.
April makes notes, as we always do, while I tell her the meaning of her reading. Duncan is sat quietly watching April. Once April is finished I ask Duncan if he would like a reading done.
“I guess it wouldn’t hurt to give it a try.” He says. His question is about finance so I repeat everything I did with April. When I have the cards laid out before me, April offers to bullet point his reading too, to which he isn’t that fussed but she does so anyway so that we have a record of it.
The Hermit is in the past position and because I know he has just finished University the same time as me, this card would indicate that he had no help from anyone and earned his degree through his own hard work and determination. It also means that he has begun to look within himself to contemplate his career and personal goals in life. Duncan looks at me surprised that I would know something like that when he hasn’t told anyone that he moved away from home and defied all the odds, even though everyone said he would fail his grades which are nowhere near bad. The Wheel of Fortune indicates good fortune, which is placed in the present position. I tell Duncan that it can also mean going through a period of good fortune and he should make the most of this period while it lasts. And the last card, Page of Pentacles, occupies the future position. I advise Duncan that he will have some good news financially in the near future and that it could come in the form of a letter, cheque or property.
Having finished the reading I thank my guide for her help and mentally say goodbye and watch her fade away. I smile to myself and pack away the cards taking the box back into my room. As soon as I had finished the reading on Duncan the compulsion towards the cards vanishes and I am left feeling slightly hollow.
Thirty minutes later Duncan has crashed on the couch and April and I make our way to our own beds. I have reluctantly been thinking about Caleb tonight. Since my tarot predictions keep coming true I think I may ask him if he wants me to do a reading on him.
Chapter Eleven
It has been two weeks since the night Duncan stayed over and I haven’t heard from Caleb once. I am not sure how to I feel about that right now so I busy myself with work. I started working this week and so far I love it. The pay is average but Gail and her girls, as I have started thinking of them, are a welcome distraction from my own guilt and heavy heart. I know it is my fault that Caleb is angry with me and to be honest I do not really blame him. A couple nights ago the woman that Caleb helped a while back confessed that she tried to flirt with him but he was nothing but a gentleman. She said she felt like she
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