six card spread "what is next?"
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HOW YOU FEEL
18 THE MOONDescription: By all appearances, you feel confused, vulnerable, and full of doubts, but not all is as it seems. Feel the fear and do it anyway because all will turn out well, bringing about the new and unexpected. Turbulent emotions are muddying the waters, so step back, take a deep breath, and try and find clarity of mind no matter how difficult this proves to be. Stick with it. Even if tough or confusing, it is the right path for you.
The Moon represents your subconscious power, the unknown that is guarded by the animalistic nature. You’re being guided by your emotions – mainly fear – which you must work through, or they’ll follow you into your dreams and fantasies.WHAT YOU WANT MOST
12 THE HANGED MANDescription: You want it all! This is a passage from one phase of your life to another. If you are not sure what or who you need to give up to reach the next phase, trust that things will resolve themselves over time and whatever the outcome, it will be of benefit to you.
This card represents change, but more from within than in the physical world. It has two main meanings. The first: The asker is in limbo, waiting for a chapter in his life to be over so he can start fresh. Whatever the circumstances he’s in, he must be patient and use this time to deeply deliberate because a lot can be learned.
The other main source of meaning is in encouraging the asker to see life from a different perspective; a more spiritual view focused less on material values. This card can come up if the asker wants to quit a well-paying job to follow his heart. If that’s the case, the sacrifice will be worth it!YOUR FEARS
17 THE STARDescription: You are fearful of the future and lacking in self-belief, afraid your hopes will be dashed, but fear not - your card signifies a time of joy and fulfilment. Good health, possibly after time of illness, and good fortune will give you a new zest of life, so if you’re considering a new job or career, travel, or even a new love again, go for it!
This card is one of the best to pull, as it symbolizes good luck! It suggests a dream is about to become reality, or a specific part of your life will soon be filled with satisfaction and happiness. This is a great card if you’ve been feeling blue, since it tells the asker his luck is about to change!
This card also represents great experiences and opportunities in the future.WHAT IS GOING FOR YOU
8 STRENGTHDescription: Your self-confidence and courageous spirit is unstoppable at the moment. Be patient and compassionate, self-disciplined and strong and you will reap great rewards for your courage.
The meaning is quite clear through the illustration and title; it says the asker is much stronger than he believes. It can be about pure physical strength, making it a fantastic card for anyone who enjoys sports. If the asker has found himself in a state of depression or ill, it suggests he’ll regain his strength.
This card can also represent mental and emotional endurance, and tells the asker he has the strength, willpower and determination to face whatever challenges may be ahead.WHAT IS AGAINST YOU
7 THE CHARIOTDescription: Watch out for arrogance and ego! Don’t let it get overinflated! Temper, too, will only set you back and if this doesn’t sound like you, beware of someone like this who can set you back. This is a time of movement and change, and conflicts ending in victory, so don’t give up!
This card has a few meanings but, most of the time, it’s about battle. This battle could be in the past, present or future, but it’s a tough struggle that puts the asker’s character and drive to the test. The result will be positive and enrich the asker both spiritually and materially.
The card can represent a relationship marked by challenges, where self-control and nerves need to be kept in check.THE LIKELY OUTCOME
15 THE DEVILDescription: This is a final opportunity to change course because the temptation you are experiencing won’t lead to a happy ending. If you are feeling low in self-belief and self-worth and doubt your abilities, don’t. Have more confidence and know that it isn’t too late to change direction.
This particular card represents being a slave to something. It can be anything from a bad attitude to an unsatisfying job. However, awareness of the problem will lead to self-improvement, presenting you with the right path to follow.
Also, this card tells you not to blame others for your misery, but to take a look at yourself and be responsible for your own actions.
“What is next?”
It is such a general question, vague, but ever-growing in importance as he attempts to reconcile what he remembers and what he doesn’t and the feeling that something is missing after the events on Krakoa. It pangs his mind to think about, no amount of focus bringing on any resolution or answer to the questions he has - he knows something happened, he knows people died, he knows he fought someone, but he doesn’t know enough; and though there is room to ask, perhaps, he doesn’t turn his confusion or his questions on anyone or anything but the cards in front of him. It isn’t a particularly known practice of magic - not to Henry who has considered every run at it a little bit of practice versus anything meaningful - but there is little harm in maybe giving it some meaning and trusting it, in some measure, to put him on the right path.
Because, of course, they don’t give him an answer outright. The cards don’t tell him that he, The Goblin Queen, and Mystique had led an all out siege on the mutants. They don’t tell him that he, in his power blind and Darkforce crazy, had carved a path to Bar Sinister. They don’t explain to him that, in a realm of far stronger telepathic forces than he could have fathomed, his rampage had come to an end with what could only be a diamond lobotomy - and then some; and they don’t focus on the past so much as they do the future, and his planned sojourn from San Francisco, escape veiled under a loosely-claimed holiday season and family he can’t say he had seen in years, and certainly far too many to drop in on Chuseok celebrations without forewarning.
They just confirm a course of action - a vacation, a chance to remove himself from the surroundings that seem to close in on him at times without warning and the odd notion that things just aren’t quite right in the world; or have they been wrong for so long that right feels foreign and he can’t quite comprehend it? The lack of shadowy voices from the other side is unfamiliar. The missing deep cold in his bones is strange. The mental peace to come of the silencing of outside factors and personified moral compass found in a little slice of home finds him feeling unadjusted and restless though he feels it welcome.
It takes him almost as long to read through the cards as it does pack up his bags, consideration given to not only what he’ll need and what he might not - and given the lighter implications found in the cards, there is some time spent reviewing what travel accommodations have been made as to ensure there were no mistakes - but removal of the tomes in his possession, returned to the library of the Hargreeves Mansion where they could be more readily hid away once more, set up high on the shelves and stuffed between all matters of texts that span the study of intergalactic space travel and planets beyond the known solar system to various volumes of encyclopedias spanning perhaps all of time itself - anything to keep the children well-informed.
All he leaves is a note, something for Mom to find in hopes her preprogramming doesn’t include a function for considerable worry, but he knows The Monocle had thought of everything.
“Be back in three days. Don't let Klaus eat all the birthday cake."