Your Celtic Cross Greenwood Tarot Reading
The Significator represents you and your current state of being.
Death
It is time to face the inevitable, to let the bones be laid bare and acknowledge the deepest aspects of your fears and desires. Do not fear change, however, because this is also a time of purification and realignment. This change may seem extreme and destructive, but old crops must be cleared for new growth to thrive and static or sterile modes and concepts must perish.
A celebration of the past or an acknowledgement of the passing of one part of life may be required.
Let the threads of the old slip from your fingers with joyful remembrance and enter this time of withdrawal and renewal with patience and calm.
You are confronting your essential self, without the secondary defences and protection of the mirror, mists and metaphors of reflection. (Mourning, seven of cups) will bring some relief. Seek comfort.
When you have managed to clear, process and thus lay to rest the issues raised by Death, you will feel a great burden has been lifted, and that you can turn towards life.
The Crossing Card denotes that which opposes or influences you.
The Adder
King of Wands
At this time of year adders represent serpentine Earth energies rising from the ground into the air and intertwining, as male adders struggle for dominance. (Sometimes this is mistaken for a mating ritual.) They also represent magical power, balance and the healing arts.
Raw and potent sexuality. Earth or healing energies expressed and recharged. A healer.
A rebalancing and re-empowering of one’s physical and subtle energy and creativity.
The Foundation Card addresses the origin of your question.
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.
The Recent Past represents past events and concerns.
Endurance
Five of Stones
The inner strength and courage to protect yourself and survive the challenges of life. This may mean a withdrawal from trauma to focus emotional power.
... watching lightning strike the home, the emotional centre.
Temporary withdrawal, looking on, unsure of how best to handle the situation.
This inactivity initially taken as self-protection, can become over-passivity.
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.
The Sun
A powerful symbol of light and fertility, The Sun heralds a season blessed with joyous enlightenment, robust health and emotional harmony. As the glorious rays of cleansing sunrise spill light into the shadows of your heart and life, so the warmth must reach into your very bones and energize your spirit.
It is time to let the inner sun at the core of your being shine for all to see, bringing warmth, light and harmony to others, and by doing so to connect with the consciousness of the universal mind.
The Sun also beckons you to see beyond the noise and clatter of human reality and become aware of the vastness and generosity of the cosmic soul.
A union with the wonder of life. Bliss. Health and happiness. Spiritual teaching. A rare heart. Transcendent joy.
Access to the divine.
The Future depicts that which lies ahead.
Struggle
Eight of Arrows
In the darkness of failure the burning torch of hope remains lit in the human soul and encourages struggle. Courage is needed to survive the storm.
A feeling of being alone, struggling in many aspects of one's life. A need for support, to open one's heart to the potential 'hearthfire' and for others to reach out and help.
Emotions card signifies the current state of your emotional self.
The Stoat
Page of Wands
With a fierce hunting instinct and its ability to live underground, combined with the changing colour of its fur from white to red (the symbols of winter to spring) and its black tail, the stoat has strong mystical links to the sovereignty of the land.
Renewal of an alert determination. Realignment with the sacred will of the land. Secrecy and magical sensitivity. Playfulness. An ability to slip out of situations.
External Forces represents the influence of others in your life as well as trends in your relationships with others.
Wolf
Knight of Stones
Revered as a ruthless tracker and hunter, the wolf has had a special symbolism for thousands of years and was the subject of ancient Pictish stone carvings.
Comfortable in the dark and cold of winter, it was seen as a guardian of the dead on their journey through the night to the Otherworld.
This card is one of guardianship. Someone who is essentially protective, a loyal companion on long journeys, who remains their own person.
A defender of your boundaries, leaving you safe to withdraw from the world.
A provider, but one who is not tied to a life at home, but is restless. Their power needs matching to hold them.
Hopes and Desires stands for the hopes and desires you have for the outcome of your question.
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 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.
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.