Monday, April 22, 2013

Mun Wai and Soccer

Note: Done with 76 cards only, missing The Tower and The Moon. Study this reading at your own discretion.

Deck: Crowley Thoth

Querent: Mun Wai

Question: What is my relationship with soccer, past, present and future?

Spread:      1 2 3

Cards:
1) Past: The Sun
2) Present: 8 of Cups (Indolence)
3) Future: Princess of Wands

Comments: I'm probably just going to alternate between RWS and Thoth. As much as Thoth intrigues me, its tiring and difficult to learn, and the basics of RWS are more appropriate for my level.

Interpretation: The Sun is highly symbolic of the expression of self. From the card, I can tell that soccer was a great part of the querent's life in the past, and could even be used to define him as a person.

8 of Cups shows up in the present. Initially, I thought that the stagnated emotions portrayed by the card showed losing or lost interest in soccer. Yet, upon clarification, I learnt that this was not true at all, and his interest has only been increasing. What the card shows is, rather, The stagnation of his relationship with soccer at present (the question is about relationship, after all). This stagnation is a result of NS and his injury, which has separated him from soccer for about 3 years. 

That clarification brings new interpretations to the Princess of Wands. The princess defeats a tiger, which was inhibiting her before, showing that the querent will eventually recover and return to soccer. The sun on her wand suggests that the querent would go back to the way in the past, where soccer had an important role in his life.

Overall, it tells the story of his life with soccer. He loves the sport, but was forced to stop because of injury, and would eventually return to it with equal passion as before.

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