Your Celtic Cross Greenwood Tarot Reading
The Significator represents you and your current state of being.
Transition
Six of Arrows
Travelling or movement toward new possibilities or cycles, possibly within yourself. Possibly an anxious or testing time, but harnessing positive energies will add momentum.
You have turned your back on one phase of your life, and head towards a homecoming of the soul.
Travel. Moving home. An emotional retreat.
The Crossing Card denotes that which opposes or influences you.
Boredom
Four of Cups
Lethargy or laziness, locking an individual in a cycle of wasted energy, while all around is the source of inspiration, there for the taking.
... apathy... lethargy..., being unaware of the bounty of life around. Being shut indoors, bored and unstimulated. Pent up frustration. Need to get out into the world.
The Foundation Card addresses the origin of your question.
Reindeer
King of Cups
The picture shows male and female reindeer as both sexes have antlers. Male reindeer rut in the autumn for dominance of the herd and the antlers are a potent symbol of sexual power.
Fly agaric is also found at this time and the reindeer appear to eat this highly toxic red fun-gi and seem 'drunk'. Some shaman drank the purified urine of the reindeer for its hallucinatory properties once the toxins had been removed.
Drawing this card denotes companionship, deep friendship. A sharing of profound understanding, a mutual love of knowledge from the past.
Possible creation of a home together, a sense of home-coming and enduring friendship.
The Recent Past represents past events and concerns.
Ecstasy
Five of Cups
The beat of the universal drum is heard in the soul and it is healthy to surrender for a time and join in the dance. Energy is renewed by bathing in the cosmic life-force.
Dynamic energy, dancing into the night. Shamanic dance. Sexuality. Release of pent-up energy. Whole hearted surrender to life.
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.
Strength
Through adversity or the process of rebalancing in life, we often find courage within ourselves that flows from an unknown source. Sometimes that courage has to do with facing an unpleasant but unavoidable truth or dealing with a person or problem that no amount of physical confrontation or emotional bravery will resolve. That is when the true, patient and resolute attributes of Strength come into play.
Strength, drawn from nature's inherent power to renew and overcome all manner of disaster and climatic change, is what we must also have to foresee outcomes and wait upon the turning of the seasons.
Sometimes when faced with a challenging situation we must find our own inner back-stop, the point from which we will not retreat or from which we can move forward with quiet confidence.
The Greenwood ethos has much to teach humanity about calm, resolute Strength.
The Strength card concerns following what you feel is right for you, doing your true will. Society is not supportive of individual dedication to an unusual path, and incredible strength of heart is needed to stay on it.
If one's initial impulse to follow your heart (Ancestor and Archer) has been lost by the pressures and attractions of everyday living, i.e. Lovers, Greenman/Woman, then Strength calls to your heart to rededicate your life. At this stage this might require sacrificing some aspect of it, which leads to the tensions in The Blasted Oak.
The spear of power (air) is balanced by the cup of compassion. This balance cannot be held for long. It is a card of fullness seeking release, a build up of energy that needs grounding, a thundery sky needing rain, passion, anger, pre-menstrual tension, pregnancy about to birth, ecstatic dance or trance that could become oracular, a harvest ready for picking.
It is not an easy energy to utilise yet when surrendered to produces ecstatic liberation that is both tenderness and wildness, a powerful creativity that can be used to transform your life into a dance of the heart.
The Future depicts that which lies ahead.
Protection
Four of Stones
A newborn fawn shelters beneath a dolmen as the midsummer dawn rises, bringing hope and renewed vitality to the vulnerable.
Shelter and protection for the weak or the spiritually wounded is the responsibility of us all.
Nurturing parental care. A roof over one's head. A period of stability. Time to foster your tender heart.
Emotions card signifies the current state of your emotional self.
Generosity
Nine of Cups
Nature's open-hearted, spiritual cauldron has a welcome for those who approach the waters of knowledge with a compassionate heart. They are blessed by regeneration.
... open to the generous abundance of all around... heartfelt gratitude to the gifts of life; generosity.
Be open to giving and receiving. Life is flowing, and you are still and strong within yourself.
External Forces represents the influence of others in your life as well as trends in your relationships with others.
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.)
Hopes and Desires stands for the hopes and desires you have for the outcome of your question.
Justice
On a personal level some kind of adjustment or interaction has taken place. The keyword here is 'responsibility'. We must, as individuals, constantly observe the rules and regulations of society, and these can fluctuate as the views and knowledge of civilization change.
Whether on a political or moral level, we subconsciously know when a realignment of our perceptions is due.
This is a time to welcome the Justice that has arrived with the coming of spring and the fire of creation. Face the coming season with honesty and integrity and trust to right and appropriate action.
Justice is a strong and powerful ally; a guide to a wise balance between action and defence.
There is strength in this card, that will not tolerate injustice.
The energies in both Justice and The Archer cards require steadiness of intention; integrity of thought, and wise action. If unharnessed, one becomes selfish and headstrong; impetuous impatience leads to ineffective action.
Justice is a strong and powerful ally; a guide to a wise balance between action and defence.
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.
Rebirth
Eight of Cups
By looking at the past, acknowledging our mistakes and learning from them, we grow and attain new wisdom. The future waits to be unfolded by our positive action.
The wheel has come full cycle. On one level this represents a solstice feast, a broth made for sharing. On a deeper level this card represents a profound rebirth.
Transformation in which all the elements of oneself are being poured in order to be recombined.
Focusing in the present.