I like to challenge myself when doing predictive Tarot readings. I try to be as specific as possible and part of that challenge is to determine when an event will happen. Although most of this comes down to intuition, there are three really good techniques that can be used to help develop an intuitive sense of timing. Any of the techniques taught tend to vary from simple to complex, with astrological methods requiring the most background knowledge. Although I think astrology can be an excellent tool to use, I want to concentrate on some simple techniques that I use, that can be applied almost straight away.
1. Attention Seeking Tarot Card
Any card that seems to demand your attention, might be doing so for a reason. In these cases, I make a mental note of that card and if, during the course of the reading, I find myself returning to that card again and again, I will usually take that as very significant. These ‘attention demanding’ cards can indicate many things, but occasionally they might be hinting at the timing. Figuring out what these cards want is half the battle, they may have nothing to do with predicting the timing or they may do. In fact, they might even represent three or four different things. For this reason, this technique is the most intuitive, but can also turn out to be the most accurate.
Example of an attention demanding Tarot card
The other day I was doing a Tarot reading and the Eight of Cups kept grabbing my attention. Although this card was hinting at many different things, I felt it was also telling me the overall timing of the reading. I took the number Eight and said, this reading will cover the next eight months. There was no rational reason for me to intuit this; no complex system was used to validate my feelings.
However, there were other patterns and connections in place which also helped me arrive at my conclusions. For instance, the influence of the Moon was prevalent in the client’s reading which prompted me to see the reading within an Eight month time frame. I saw an image of cycles and phases which all helped me to arrive at my prediction, with the most important event happening in November (Death card – Scorpio).
Let’s look at this further
This technique is the most intuitive, and as I’ve said earlier, probably the best. The difficulty with describing such a technique is the difficulty of showing the reasoning process I went through for something which is essentially, irrational. When we use our intuition, we are using our imagination and the rational part of the mind is put to one side while the irrational is privileged. Each person’s irrational way of working with the Tarot will be unique to them. The most important thing you can do for yourself is trust the irrational. Do not try and rationalise the irrational way you have arrived at your prediction because, certainly if you don’t have much experience in this way of thinking, you may damage you’re enjoyment of Tarot.
This can happen in two ways. The first way, is to be overly rational about the whole thing. This kills the irrational and intuitive process which I’ve described and secondly, it can block further progress as your confidence could be affected.
This technique needs to be approached with an open, free, and unconcerned mind; unconcerned for the correctness of technique, or the correctness of approach.
What does all that mean?
If you choose to use your intuition to make predictions, you are entering into a relationship with your irrational mind. This may already be a well developed and close relationship, in which case you will have no trouble with the technique, or it may be a difficult or tense relationship, in which case, gentle steps would be advised when using this technique.
This technique does more that develop your intuition; it actually develops a trust between the hidden, dark and irrational areas of your mind.
2. The Tarot suits and timing
This technique gives a bit more structure to help with making timing predictions. It still relies on intuition but the rational mind can be kept occupied by thinking about it as an actual structured method, while the irrational mind can be left to make connections between the patterns of the suits.
The seasons
After you have dealt out the cards using your chosen Tarot spread, quickly scan the cards to determine which suit is more prominent than the others. Each suit can be thought of as representing a season, and the more prominent the suit, the more likely the event will happen within the season that that suit corresponds to. Here is a list of the associations that I use:
- Wands: Spring
- Cups: Summer
- Swords: Autumn
- Disks: Winter
Although this system is rather vague, it’s still very useful in certain circumstances, and certain questions. It’s also rather accurate.
Days, Weeks, Months and Years
Imagine the suit of Wands as representing events that happen quickly while the suit of Disks happens very slowly. In this way, we can draw an imaginary line, with Wands representing the fastest and Disks representing the slowest. The other two suits, that being the suit of Cups and the suit of Swords, are positioned somewhere in the middle of that imaginary line. With that in mind, we can make predictions based on the speed of the suit:
- Wands: Days
- Swords: Weeks
- Cups: Months
- Disks: Years
Common advice states that a Tarot reading loses its accuracy when the predicted events are beyond a year from the day of the reading. That means that questions that ask a Tarot reader to make predictions years into the future are not as reliable as questions that ask a Tarot reader to make predictions a few months into the future. Although I accept this point of view, there are always exceptions to the rule and I would advise you not to shy away from making those types of predictions. Experience, both good and bad, is always good.
3. Predicting the day
Although I said I wasn’t going to introduce Astrology, I have introduced this technique because it only requires you to know some basic associations of the Major Arcana or Trump cards which I will present below. This technique allows you to predict the day on which the event will happen.
- Sunday: The Sun card
- Monday: The High Priestess
- Tuesday: The Tower
- Wednesday: Magician
- Thursday: Wheel of Fortune
- Friday: Empress
- Saturday: The World
This list of associations is based on the astrological attributes that are used on some occult Tarot decks. It is surprising how handy this list of associations can be when clients want to know exactly what will happen on “Sunday of next week.”
These three simple techniques for predicting the timing of events are very powerful, and surprisingly accurate. I’d really like to hear more about the techniques that you use when predicting the timing of events in a Tarot card reading. Also, do you find that certain spreads lend themselves to different time frames?
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Great subject. First let me thank you for your #3 technique to determine the days of the week. I’ll have to try that. It’s simple, direct and requires no additional memorization for me.
Regarding the suits, I’m reminded of a technique Sasha Fenton has written about. I did not put into practice, because even she admitted it was hit or miss. I’ve used the four Aces to represent seasons though. There is at least one spread based on this, it involves counting through the deck and seeing how the aces fall. I’ve utilized which ace turns up first, for example. This was informal so I lack “hard data” in terms of verification.
The intuition approach makes the most sense to me. Even with my minimal practice in timing, it’s the route I go: what card is most indicative of timing to me, and how is that timed? For the majors I would look to the astrological associations. I like the way your example “randomly” picked out eight months with verification in another card.
The approach I’ve used the most is more direct: build timing into the question. “Will X happen soon?” “Is Y going to occur in the next six months?” Or state up front that this reading is valid for Z months. (When I first read playing cards I followed a technique where a reading is valid for a month).
A reader I know shared something she was taught about timing. The gist is that if you looked down at a traveling train, you could see the stops it has to make along the way, and where those are in relation to the destination; but you don’t know the exact times each stop will be visited. Only the order in which they will and must occur before getting to the end of the route. Timing is the same way, the sequence of events can be determined but it’s harder to pinpoint “when.”
This makes a lot of sense to me, especially for events further away in time. And I think this reflects the fact that intuition or the subconscious would be the best judge of time. If it can determine the events then perhaps it can make a best guess on how long each of those events will take, and add up to determine a final time, hence the standout timing card. I hope I’m making sense, because this comment is already a bit long!
Hi Jason,
I sometimes uses the four Aces to represent the seasons as well. I tend to use that method of prediction as a verification tool. For instance, if I feel something is going to take place in a certain month, I will look to the other cards for verification. If an Ace backs up that feeling then I’ll take that to be a good sign.
I use all these different methods as a source for verification. For instance, if I thought something was going to occur around Spring time, and the Emperor was also present, then I would take that to be a good indication that I’m on the right lines. However, there are times when my feelings on when something is going to happen can run counter to the cards present. In cases like these, I trust my intuition.
That’s a good use of the ‘question’. This can be a great technique, especially if the client is looking for accurate timing (of which there is no such thing – the best laid plans of mice and men – even the gods ran foul of fate). Timing is one of those things that’s hard to predict and it seems to go hand in hand with experience. There are times however, when I’ll just not get any sense of the timing from an intuitive perspective. In these cases I look to the suits, the Aces or the Princess/Pages and astrological associations. I also inform the client that I cannot be specific, but do my best to give them a general sense of when an event will occur.
Wow, what a great way of describing it. I couldn’t agree more.
Interesting point and I agree with it. However, and this is something I’ve been thinking about in connection with predictions; can the unconscious mind understand Time? I’ll be writing a post on this at some point but at the moment I’m on the fence. I think the unconscious mind can know ‘events’ will happen, and I think sometimes it might be able to know when. I wonder if there is a part of the mind that does not understand time; a kind of timelessness state, where events are known but the time is not? Unfortunately, I am presupposing Jung’s version of the mind which is problematic in itself. However, in practice, the mind seems to understand timing
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Good point about verification. Someone once compared in-reading verification to the astrology “rule of three:” if something shows up three time, or three ways, in a reading then it can be treated as highly probably. That would make sense for timing, I suppose.
Can the unconscious mind understand time? I think in some ways it must. People have used hypnosis to awaken themselves at a set time in the morning; or trust the unconscious mind to bring them out of a trance in a certain number of minutes. (I’ve done that myself in self-hypnosis.)
Are you by any chance familiar with NLP? “Presupposing” is a common term in that field. Just curious.
The concept of time fascinates me – the nature of the job I suppose
I’ve read about NLP, but not to any great depth. I tend to stay away from some of the modern stuff as I wonder about the validity of their techniques; or perhaps, what they claim the techniques will achieve.
I’ve used a method of predicted when something will happen by dealing out the cards starting from whichever month you are in and stopping when one card appears that happens to jump out as saying now this is it. But you do not go past 12 months, if no card appears within the 12 then it’s not likely to be happening in that year.
It seems to work and I have predicted accurately situations for a few people using this method.
Hi Helen, thank you for dropping by and sharing your technique
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I’ve never used this particular method before but I like any method that is simple to do and direct in its application; like the one you have presented.
WOW! I have never asked or been inclined to give a time frame for an event to occur. It usually comes to fruition in a pretty organic way during the “discussion” part of the reading. I am going to review this information again, practice it and amalgamate it into my bag of “tricks” so to speak.
Although I must say that, Spirit usually guides me during a reading. But if we have another way to communicate then I just might get more info……
Peace. Love. Light
astromama aka adiaha
Hi Astromama,
I’m glad you liked the post
I think it’s an excellent indication that you’re in tune with the Tarot when you feel “Spirit” guide your interpretation. In fact, allowing something to flow through you, in the sense that your conscious mind is not directly controlling the reading, is a very good sign that your unconscious is already communicating with you via the cards.
I’d love to hear how you get on with these techniques
Very helpful. Examining the in’s and out’s of timing in a Tarot reading’s becoming something I want to polish up on.
I’ve always had a hunch that “a Tarot reading loses its accuracy when the predicted events are beyond a year from the day of the reading” but I don’t know that I’ve ever seen that in print or heard that from someone else, though I haven’t sat down with a professional Tarot reader and asked about determining time in a reading.
Nice to have that affirmed.
Hi Tabitha Dial,
I’m glad you liked the post
Timing events in a Tarot reading can be a difficult thing to become comfortable with. I plan on writing some future articles on using astrology as a bases for predictions within a Tarot reading, which I think might make things clearer
In my experience it is possible to time events accurately beyond the year mark. I’ve been fortunate in having clients return for follow up readings after their predictions came to pass 12 or even 18 months later. However, this isn’t common. I’m not sure if that’s because a lot of the readings done centre around short term events, or, if it’s more luck that accuracy when predicting for longer periods of time. As a general rule of thumb, I don’t shy away from long term predictions but I only make those predictions if I have a strong ‘feeling’ about their accuracy.
Good rule of thumb. That’s very cool about the clients who return, as well as your plans for incorporating astrology into your blog.
I find it interesting that you used the phrase “time events” instead of predict events. This captures well the nature of Tarot, which is to say, the nature of human experience. Things change. Always will. Just when? How? How greatly? It’s in the cards and in our ability to influence what we can.
I love this stuff.
Hi Tabitha Dial,
I agree!
It’s very important to remember the “free-will” component contained within a Tarot reading. Also, there is a “fate” component which can upset stable events just as easily.
Some of the stuff contained within Homers Illiad illustrates this tension between the gods, human free-will and fate. Each of these “forces” can impact and over rule the other. The plans of the gods are just as easily at the mercy of fate as human free-will. Likewise, human free-will can overturn the plans of the gods and fate. In fact, it’s much like the Wheel of Fortune in many ways. Each one of these “forces” is king for a day.
When we give Tarot readings, we’re looking at the most likely outcome – which is very subject to change, depending on the Will of the Gods, or the rule of Fate, or the impact of human “free-will”. All we can do is read the cards the best we can
Hi Douglas,
I’m having difficulty predicting timelines. I did find a book that suggests:
Wands are days to weeks
Cups are weeks to months
Swords are hours to days
Pentacles are Months to years
I have to agree with the swords being hours to days as I got a 3 of Swords as an outcome for my night on Halloween and it was exactly that..in 3 hours I was hurt deeply by “friends”. I’m also noticing that the cups are more weeks for me than months. The Wands are a little slower than Swords and Cups are for me. And Pentacles are like watching grass grow.
Sheri
Hi Sheri,
I think you’re doing a great job
You have found a system that is beginning to work for you. If you keep applying this system to your Tarot readings, you will start making more and more connections, you will start to notice subtitles in timing and…become much more comfortable with making predictions
Keep experimenting with this system for a couple of months and I’m sure you’ll start to feel more comfortable. I’d love to hear how you get on with this
Hi Douglas,
I have been experimenting alot with timelines and I’m finding that the swords definitely mean hours – for me anyway and for those I read for. when a card is reversed I’ve also found the time delayed for the swords to days. Waiting over 6 months to years for a prediction isn’t easy to track so I’m sticking to the short term only.
Thanks =)
Sheri
Hi Sheri,
That’s a great way to practice. If you can do readings on areas of your life that you know will conclude in a short time frame, then that allows you to monitor your progress in a much a faster way.
It’s great that you’re starting to build up your own associations for the Tarot cards. This is a great sign that you are truly connecting with the cards
Hi Douglas,
What happens when you are trying to interpret a time line and you get a card that has two astrology signs? It’s weird but I’ve found that the Empress card has two signs – Taurus for home and Libra for beauty. This isn’t the only card that has two signs in this reading. The Emperor does, too, Scorpio for power and Aries for drive.
I was reading your tutorial on “Why Reading Tarot Cards Like a Book Doesn’t Work” and thought I would try asking new questions based on the cards I drew…Emperor/Empress/Fool. I asked the Question Is so-and-so having so-an-so’s baby? Then I wanted to know when it was due. I already know that if she is pregnant it would be due in Oct./Nov., so, I was thinking I need to use the 2nd sign of the Empress and Emperor cards for the date. But here is something that keeps tugging at me…the Emperor and the Fool are both Aries. Should I toss out those signs? What if she has a miscarriage? A baby born in Mar./Apr. cannot survive. So, in this instance do I deal out more cards to confirm my dates?
Thanks,
Sheri
I totally agree with you Douglas, the matter of setting timing for the cards boils down to you setting a system and using it. I also find that it’s a good idea to test your system often to see if you are accurate since the subconscious has a way of doing things it’s own way, you have to figure out what is working. But I think it is more acceptable of you finding a system and physically writing that system down, it makes it more real for the subconscious and causes it to answer.
I have a couple of methods here that can be very accurate, but like I said, you have to make a decision on what you want to use and stick to it. Here’s one that I find works really well for a lot of readers:
this one goes along the lines of what you use. Time intervals are predicated on the speed of the suits.
Coins, as Earth, is slowest-moving, so represents years.
Cups, as Water, is second slowest, a little faster, so it is months.
Swords as Air, is faster still, so it is weeks.
Wands, as Fire, is fastest and most energetic of all, so it is days.
Aces through to tens are that time-interval multiplied by the face-value (ie, Ace Coins would be one year, Four Wands would be four days).
Pages are eleven of the time-unit, Knights twelve, Queens thirteen, and Kings fourteen. This already provides the deck with a bit of overlap.
You can work the major arcana in many different ways, you simply have to make a decision on how you want to use them. I know readers who will simply pull another card if the majors come up, or until one of the pips or court cards come up for the timing. The Major being another added meaning for the readings. I know some readers that will not use the Majors at all and simply tell the questioner that the time can not be told right now, and use the Major as a meaning of something the quarent needs to work with themselves, or an event that must happen before the full reading will come to fruition. I am not to fond of using this, I prefer to set actual timings to the cards and use the astrological meanings and which signs they are associated with to set the timing to the major. Here is a list of how I set the timing for the Major Arcana with Astrological associations that I use:
FOOL: (Uranus) Date Jan 20 – Feb 18
MAGICIAN: (Mercury) May 21 – June 20
HIGH PRIESTESS: (Moon) June 21 – July 21
EMPRESS: (Venus) April 21 – May 20
EMPEROR: (Aries) March 21 – April 20
HIEROPHANT (Taurus) April 21 – May 20
LOVERS (Gemini) May 212 – June 20
CHARIOT (Cancer) June 21 – July 21
STRENGTH: (Leo) July 22 – August 21
HERMIT: (Virgo) August 22 – Sept. 21
WHEEL OF FORTUNE: (Jupiter) Nov. 22 – Dec. 20
JUSTICE: (Libra) Sept. 22 – Oct. 22
HANGED MAN: (Neptune) Feb. 19 – March 20
DEATH: (Scorpio) Oct. 23 – Nov. 21
TEMPERANCE: (Sagittarius) Nov. 22 – Dec. 20
DEVIL: (Capricorn) Dec. 21 – Jan 19
TOWER: (Mars) March 21 – April 20
STAR: (Aquarius) Jan. 20 – Feb. 18
MOON: (Pisces) Feb. 19 – March 20
SUN: (Sun) July 20 – Aug. 21
JUDGEMENT: (Pluto) Oct. 23 – Nov. 21
WORLD: (Saturn) Dec. 21 – Jan 19
You can also go completely through the Minor Arcana in this manner (which I have, lol) but this is a working system for anyone who wants to use it.
I suggest that you use a separate deck for this method and use it for timing only, keep with you while you are reading and go to it when the timing questions come up.
Scott
Hi Scot,
Thank you for such a great comment
A lot of the information you have presented is very useful and I’m sure people who want a different slant on timing will find this exceptionally useful.
Good job
I came across this in the search on yahoo. I was curious to know how to read the court cards in timing. As i see from your example, it’s nothing like timing in Cartomancy.
So if i pulled out for example, the kingofpent, it would indicate the 14th year?
I appreciate any feedback on this and thank you.
Hi Erica,
Tricky question!
I tend to read Court cards slightly differently.
I see the Court cards as representing the event itself moving towards the client as opposed to a static event that is to occur in the distant future. For this reason I apply a different approach to them … but if I was to time the event using a Court card, I would predict it using astrology:
Under most systems that use Astrology with Tarot cards, the Court cards are usually seen to govern a 30 day period. The King of Pentacles is associated with roughly the time of Taurus (the 30 days actually start on the tale end of Aries). In fact, under one system, the Hierophant, King of Pentacles and the 5, 6, and 7 of Disks are all governed under the influence of Taurus.
I would therefore, if I was to use the Kind of Pentacles to help me time the reading, predict the event as occurring sometime around April 11th – May 20th.
There are different systems in place with Tarot for timing future events. Most use Astrology and most differ as to what cards represents what. However, if you’re interesting in pursuing this aspect of Tarot further, I would suggest you check out some of those systems and find one that you’re comfortable working with.
I hope that helps answer your question,
all the best,
Doug
Douglas, you use astrology for the court cards(pages, kings, knights and queens)? How come it’s weeks in Cartomancy and not that way in Tarot? Are you adding the numbers together and coming up with a single digit for court cards? Let’s say I got the Queen of cups that would be 12, but if i add 1 and 2 together, I’d have 3 and the answer would be April 21 – May 20? I’m little confused. I’m trying to understand it here. Also, if you don’t mind me asking another question, i see by example for Aces in tarot, that it goes by 1 week, 1 day, 1month and 1 year? Thank you.
Hi Erica,
I’ve just written a post that I hope will help clarify some of those questions you have. It’s about using astrology to predict events.
Let me know how you get on
Hey, I’m online now. I will check your other post out. I’m using major arcana as a 30 day period along with the court cards since the marjor arcana is different from the minior suit. For example, if you pull out a major and two wand cards. I put it as a 30 day period and whatever the wands are. I hope I’m doing it right. Let me know what you think.
I have a question about calculating the time…I understood the basics about calculating time, but I’d like to know a good spread for time questions, can you help me?
i’d like to have a unique spread only for time questions, hope you can help.
Thanks,
Safirah
Hi Safirah,
Because I tend to use linear spreads as opposed to positional spreads, I don’t know for sure what the best spread would be.
However, I’ve always found the Celtic Cross spread or the Romany Tarot spread to be very good and reliable spreads.
I hope that helps
Hello Douglas,
first of all, THANK YOU for creating a space like this on the internet, because it’s very helpfull for us, tarot readers, professionals or not.
Second, i’ve read the site that you gave me and understood your position, i’ll be studying that alternatives. I will try the romany tarot spread for predicting time.
Thank you so much!
Hi all!
I just spent a long time typing a comment and I’m having computer issues! So here goes again…
First of all, this is the BEST information I have ever found on reading tarot. How can I get a reading with you Douglas?
Anyway, about timing….I did a short spread tonight and asked a question. Then I drew some cards to get the timing.
I got: Wheel of Fortune, Ace of Cups and then 6 of Cups. My gut was to say 1-6 weeks and leaning towards sooner (something about the Wheel made me feel like things could suddenly happen and sooner than I expect).
I wasn’t sure of myself, so I don’t know if this is wrong or not, but I drew three more just to “test” it and see. Especially cause some people say cups are months not weeks and I wanted to make sure.
I then drew: Hermit, Justice reversed and then 6 of swords.
So I looked through the above chart and thought well, Hermit is Aug 23-Sept 22. Justice is the month AFTER, BUT…it was reversed. So I took that to mean the prediction wouldn’t go as far as the Justice time which was sept22-Oct23. And with the 6 of swords at the end, that meant 6 weeks to me which confirmed how I felt about the cups in the first spread being 6 weeks too.
Am I crazy?? I do’nt know if I’m doing this right.
I could tell you the spread with the question if you want to know that too.
I have also learned when it comes to using the Marjor Arcana to predict when events will happen exactly…There is only 12 months in a year not 21. So if you get a card past 12, then you would reduce it to a single digit number. For Example, Let’s take the sun card which is the 19th card, you would add 1-9 together and come up with Ten as single digit..Most likely your answer would be Nov. 22 – Dec. 20 since the sun is related to fire, it will come rather quickly and it is the mid-point of the year as well. On certain questions, I usually just draw one card for my answer instead of three or four because to me it becomes more confusing if you do it that way.
My prediction didn’t come true in the timing I predicted..I thought the latest would be Oct 22. Oh well, I have no idea how to predict timing.
Erica, were you responding to me when you said most likely it would be Nov22- Dec 20? How did you arrive at that answer?
No C, I was responding to the entry. but I can try to help you.
Wheel of Fortune, Ace of Cups and then 6 of Cups= Ace of Cups are Months but some people read it as days or weeks too. It’s really up to you. From looking at your reading, I’d say November is your answer but since you pulled cups…it will be a very slow process.
For the second part, Hermit, Justice reversed and then 6 of swords. I’d say Jan 20th- Feb 8th. Swords represent air. The Hermit is an earth sign which is slow and justice is an air sign too. It will go quick but at the same time, it will be kind of slow.
This is just how i would read it but others might have a different view of your reading. So i hope this helps some.
Thanks!
When you say it will be a slow process but quick, what do you mean exactly? I think I’m getting you…
C, the hermit card is an earth sign which is the slowest part of the reading and the swords is the quick part in the reading. As i can see, the hermit and justice already happended. So then you would go with next possible month in your reading, which would be Jan 20-Feb 8th 2011. You also have to remember with reversed cards, there is no action espicially with swords that are reversed too. They say, if you get a reversed pentacle card..it will be several years.
If I asked about a certain person and I future and i get the 6 cups and the lovers what does it mean? relationship in six weeks/months?
Hey Silvia,
The best time tarot method in my opinion, is this three card one. It’s called the Active/Passive Spread..It has been pretty accurate for me. Things have taken place with time it has predicted….Here is what you do, take out all the Major Arcana. Only use the Minor Arcana. The active suits are wands, swords, knights and kings. The passive suits are Pentacles, Cups, Pages and Queens,
Three Active Suits is days
Two Active suits is Weeks
One active suit is months.
No Active Suits…It could be years or do the reading over in a few months to see if anything has changed.
The answer to your question would be six months. Six of cups usually means a past lover too. Since you pulled the lovers card, looks as though it may take place during the Summer.
My question was: “When will we meet again?”
The two cards I got was: Ace of swords, wheel of fortune.
He came one hour later, the day was thursday.
Pretty amazing?
For me swords is quick, they can represent either hours or days.
Wheel of fortune, totally unexpected luck.
when will he call again?
8 swords 2 pentacles…
when??
Lyanne:
I’ve also had this combination before, it was frustraiting.
But perhaps this could indicate two months?
Considering swords could also represent weeks.
And pentacles could represent months?
Go with your gut feeling, and if your frustrated,
leave the cards for some time, before you try again.
I would also like some opinion about this daily reading:
1 card: Tower, Card 2: Wheel of fortune, Card 3: Page of cups
Hmm.. I know this has nothing to do with timing.
But I find the Tower and Wheel of fortune combination interesting?
lyanne,
I’m going have to say 2-4 months. Pentacles is very slow and related to earth and swords is related to air. It’s best to do a 3-Card Time Spread, such as example i have a few posts up. Two Card Time Spread can be really frustrating.
Karolina,
I see the tower card as a depression card. I sense a lot of bad energy. With the Wheel of Fortune, I say it’s a combo of unexpected luck. Ace of cups is a positive card, which tells me at the end of the day, all the negative events will be at ease. You will overcome anything that comes your way today. That’s just my opinion here.
Erica,
I have to agree with you there.
That was exactly what the day was like.
A lot of bad energy, and I felt really sad and angry.
But at the end of the day, I found a solution.
So your interpretation was absolutely right.
Erica, I would also like your opinion about this time spread I pulled:
8 cups, Lovers, Hanged man?
Karolina,
Is this on a relationship/love? or just a spread in general.
The answer I get from this is, late winter or early spring here.
I also see you pulled the hanged man out, which tells me the timing is still being determined in your situation. I always forsee the eight of cups a negative card espicially for love or any situation for that matter. The lovers card tells me whatever situation is to come, will workout in the end for you. In my opinion, i think it’s best to wait and ask your question again because of the hanged man. I would strongly suggest using only the minor arcana for timing events in the near future. I hope this helps.
Just a question of timing, though, about a relationship/love.
Perhaps I’ll do the spread again later on.
And I’ll come back with the result. Thank you though for the answers.
I took after a days another pair of cards, for the question when will he call again?
Queen of cups and seven of swords.
7 days? 7 hours?
Thk you!
but following the theory of Erica, about beeing better take 3 cards, it was:
King cups, knight of swords, 2 of cups.
lyanne, I usually go by days when it comes to swords, the only time i will go by hours is the Ace of Swords.
Queen of cups, 7 of swords: I’d say within 12 days, because I just added 1 and 3 together from the queen of cups and rounded it out to be 12.
To answer your second question: Knight and kings are active cards, 2 of cups is two weeks. If you have two active cards, it will be weeks. I hope this helps. =)
Thank you so much! i will be back to confirm, you can count on that ;p
I just don’t understood why you gave 5 days to queen of cups? o.O
Lyanne I’ve done the spread again, this time only with the minor arcana.
These are the cards I pulled:
Ace of cups, 4 swords, 8 wands
What do you think?
I’m sorry, the question was to you Erica
Karolina, is this a timing question? If so, it will be 4 weeks because swords and wands are active suits.
Yes thank you so much Erica
Hi Everyone and Erica!
Sadly it wasn’t accurate the prediction that you suggested Erica
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lyanne, I usually go by days when it comes to swords, the only time i will go by hours is the Ace of Swords.
Queen of cups, 7 of swords: I’d say within 12 days, because I just added 1 and 3 together from the queen of cups and rounded it out to be 12.
To answer your second question: Knight and kings are active cards, 2 of cups is two weeks. If you have two active cards, it will be weeks. I hope this helps. =)
I don’t understand
…. two times i picked for the same question and it wasn’t the right timing 
I’m pretty sad… i’ve lost hope on receiving that call in the future….
Any suggestion? friendly motivation?
Kisses to everyone
lyanne, Can I ask, when you asked the question, date wise?
Also, you have to remember if you keep asking the same question, it will take longer for events to happen. Sometimes depending on the message of the card, it can predict the outcome as well.
For example, if you get ace of swords,4ofwands and two of pentacles. Right there, you know that is a very postive reading. When ten of swords comes up in a reading for timing, i always assume it is a loss. Same goes for the knight of wands, at the moment it will be yes but over time it will not happen. knight of wands is a prince of boredom. Changes it’s mind very fast. Just a few notes to keep in mind there.
Don’t lose hope, lyanne. Things will happen for you soon. I’m trying to get back together with my ex right now. I use the timing method too. Just be positive. =) You could do a yes or no reading. I do those kind of readings alot. It’s three card spread. You use the whole deck for it. 2 cards out of three are positive..then it’s a good sign.
I agree with you Erica. I’ve also pulled knight of wands,
and 10 of swords, and nothing happend.
And my gut feeling convinced the obvious.
I really like your interpretations!
Erica, what do you mean by: “Also, you have to remember if you keep asking the same question, it will take longer for events to happen” ??? :S
I’m asking all the time :////
I asked 10th january :/
i can’t avoid asking again, i’m to ansious….it’s the laste time i ask this month ok? :S
It came out:
Will he call me again, soon?
10wands, 6 swords, knight pentacles.
Then i asked differently:
When will he call again?
queen cups, ace pentacles, 6 pentacles.
Wht do you think? Kisses****************** thanks for your support :’) it relly helps me
Erica I need to ask you about this “near-future”- pair.
Not a question of timing.
I pulled: Temperance and nine cups.
Nine cups for me symbolizes all kinds of satisfaction.
“The wish comes true”-card.
But I find temperance very hard to read though.
For me it’s too simple, words that pop up when I see
the card is.. balance, routine?
A little boring.
But what does this combination tell me?
Would love your help:)
Karolina, for me i agree about the 9 cups being a wish card, i associate as a distant lover to.
About the temperance card, it means for me: modification, change, balance, the right misture, that need some time to happen, not to much like the Eremit …
kisses
Thank you Lyanne!
Anyways, the cards look quite positive together.
I’ll just wait and see.
lyanne, I really hope you do wait awhile for asking again. When you do readings esp timing ones, it’s best to wait for the time periond to pass on before asking the question again.
My first interpretation of your first reading:
10wands, 6 swords, knight pentacles. 10 of wands is a struggle card. six of swords is about changes and knight of pentacles is someone who takes their time and is not rushed. If you would left just at this one, he would of called you next month.
My first interpretation of your second reading: queen cups, ace pentacles, 6 pentacles. queen of cups is a lovely card for new love. ace of pentacles is a money card, but all aces are associated with new beginnings too. six of pentacles is about positive events. As for timing, they’re all passive cards. which means nothing is truly set yet.
It’s best to ask, how soon do see him calling me again? instead will he call me again soon. I hope this helps you.
Karolina,
The pair tells me that everything you are hoping for, will be within your reach soon. It will take some time. Just remember, your in control of your own destiny. Those two cards are very positive.
Where is doug at these days? He should be the one answering these questions because it is his blog. =) but I’m happy to help too. Whereever your at doug, i hope your okay. I miss your posts too.
Thanks Erica, I really hope so after a time of struggles.
ok thanks Erica, i’ll wait a month for the next question.
I really can wait for the call, i’m just afraid that he wont call me again….because when he called i couldnt speak to him on the phone, i had no corage, and now that i have….he don’t call me since a month now….when he called every weeks… :S
thks for the support *
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