Your Celtic Cross Greenwood Tarot Reading
The Significator represents you and your current state of being.
Clearance
Seven of Wands
A time to make decisions and priorities. Focus on what you really need in your life and what it is timely to cut away. Regrowth is fertilized by the ability to utilize.
...cutting down dead wood, and pruning to enable better future growth.
It is time to take action in order to clear outworn modes of behaviour from areas of your life. A clarification, a paring down of intention. The fire purifies negativity, transforming the energy.
The Crossing Card denotes that which opposes or influences you.
The Archer
The dawn of a new adventure, folded in the web of universal potential, waits for you to string the bow of your imagination and loose the arrows of creativity.
This is a time to be bold and commit to the hunting of new life and a better relationship with the world as well as the fulfillment of wholesome ambition. Take a moment to gather your tools and steady your state of mind.
Take careful stock of what you want to achieve, why and how you will go about it. Then harness your potential by filling your quiver with all the talents, knowledge and cunning you possess and string the 'bow of burning gold' with the 'arrows of desire'.
Take a deep breath and be calm. It is time to let your soul take flight.
This card is to do with having a clear sense of direction. If The Ancestor leads you on to your path, The Archer teaches you how to walk that path with independence, determination and focused skill.
This card links to the Spring Equinox; a time to put the past behind you, to look to the future. It is the skill of The Archer that unifies the duality of intended and actual aim.
The Foundation Card addresses the origin of your question.
Joy
Three of Cups
Celebration within a communal group or family, welcoming the coming of new life or good fortune. The successful return after migration or travel by a tribe or grouping.
Happy and creative friendships, community, warmth, fun; a bonding on many levels.
The Recent Past represents past events and concerns.
The Seer
The time has come to focus your power and let it flow through you. Many dreams or desires related to the creative emotional process are ready to be applied in your day-to-day life and you must now give vent to those hidden or suppressed desires. This may also relate to healing, sexual relationships or partnerships.
Now the manifestation of inner spiritual or esoteric insights into your practical and physical daily life will bring profound rewards and results. It is a sign of maturity.
The Seer may also relate to creative impulses related to art, skills and crafts, and the joy of bringing pleasure and teaching to others.
The Seer acts upon her visions, she is not a passive day dreamer. She can be prophetic, aware of much that others miss. (The mediator between The Seer and the community is The Shaman).
The Crown issues that are significant in the present or may come to pass in the future. This card foretells future events which you may or may not occur, depending upon how you respond to the present situation.
Insecurity
Seven of Arrows
Ungrounded fears and confusion lead to instability and panic, self-torture through guilt or illusion and the need to deal with fragmented or rejected aspects of personality.
...attacked by anxieties and nightmares, unable to see a clear way out as ungrounded.
The solution is to protect one's boundaries, call in warmth of support; the need for intense physical activity to help one to ground some of the panic.
The Future depicts that which lies ahead.
Green Woodpecker
Page of Arrows
The green woodpecker contains the sacred colours of nature - red, white, green and gold - and is known in folklore as a 'yaffle' because of its distinctive laughing call. It is said to hold the secrets of the Tree of Life, as it spirals up trees and disappears within them to nest.
Their drumming (pecking) on trees which echoes through the woodland heralds your entry to a place of the heart.
In the tarot the pair of woodpeckers look at each other, a third flying down the arrow shaped path, guiding you to love.
Emotions card signifies the current state of your emotional self.
Deer
Queen of Arrows
The deer is seen as the sovereign of the Greenwood and a great deal of legend is attached to the White Hart. At home in the heart of the forest and surefooted on narrow hillside paths, hinds are nurturing and protective of their young at midsummer.
A person with a gentle, tender and loving heart, whose quiet wisdom brings healing. They could have qualities of shyness and oversensitivity; difficult to get close to initially, they are loyal and deep. A person happy and healthy.
(In this tarot card the deer sits still on a grassy mound, whilst the vibrant, healing, vitalised air of summer swirls in currents behind it. The arrows stand still in the ground.)
External Forces represents the influence of others in your life as well as trends in your relationships with others.
The Hare
Queen of Wands
Hares have been linked to the spring (Eostre = Anglo Saxon hare goddess) and sexuality since Celtic times when it was considered taboo to kill them. Prolific breeders, they also represent fertility and potential. Hares are also famous for the 'boxing' ritual during March.
An empowered and energised person, with the ability to utilise their full potential, as long as they are not tempted to use that power against themselves or others.
Hopes and Desires stands for the hopes and desires you have for the outcome of your question.
Skill
Eight of Stones
The ability to utilize natural ability for the completion of labours of love.
Sometimes intense concentration and dedication are required.
This card represents someone who is able to work alone, in deep concentration, skilled and mature, in tune with something greater than themselves.
The completion of a large project.
The Outcome the ultimate outcome your question. Remember the future is not predetermined. Interpret this card in the context of the entire reading and as an indicator of the path you are currently on, but not bound to.
Injustice
Two of Arrows
False judgement, ignorance or arrogance. Sitting in judgement but with unbalanced scales. The bow lies broken and useless because of prejudice.
The scales of justice are already unbalanced in favour of the light, and the 'white'.
Someone who judges others from a position of arrogant superiority, often stemming from a fearful withdrawn heart.