Holy Guardian Angel 1

Deck: Universal Fantasy

Question: What is the message of my holy guardian angel?

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Cards:
1) Attitude or expectation of HGA: The High Priestess
2) 9 of Pentacles
3) 4 of Swords
4) 4 of Chalices
5) The Moon
6) The Emperor
7) The Devil
8) 9 of Chalices
9) 9 of Swords

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Comments: Just to see what my HGA has to say to me, if he does exist. Somehow, after one look at the spread, I being to think he does. Firstly, I see three 9s and two 4s. (3, if you count the emperor) Also, chalices and swords appear in 4 and 9, and each card of the same number appear beside each other. Best part, the cards nearest to the HGA significator (The Emperor) carry the strongest message, and these 4 cards are the ones nearest to the HGA!

This is how this spread works. Card 1 shows your mindset and attitude towards your HGA. From the surrounding cards, a major arcana or court card is the HGA significator, selected by intuition. The other cards are messages from the HGA, and those closer to him carry more weight.

Interpretation: Card 1 is the high priestess. The high priestess represents a woman with a high level of connection with her own HGA, And possibly it might seem I expect my own HGA to connect with me well. That, I think it did, looking at the arrangement of this spread.

Of the moon, the emperor and the devil, I think the emperor is my HGA in this case. Though the devil and the moon have played big roles in my tarot life, it doesn't seem like they are my watchful angels.  The moon is under the sign of pisces, my star sign, and has been showing itself many times with this deck. The devil made a grand appearance by showing itself to me 3 times in 5 seconds quite recently. He gave me a complete shift in my mindset that I saw through some desires that kept me bound. In contrast, the emperor represents the control and dominion that I seem to be lacking in my life currently.

The first thing that catches my eye is the three 9s and the three 4s. What are the odds, really? Plus, swords and chalices both appear in 4 and 9, all 4 near the HGA. The two 4s are positioned above the HGA, and the two 9s are positioned below the HGA. I get an overall good feeling about 9 of chalices and 4 of swords, but a bad one with 4 of cups and 9 of swords. I think my HGA is suggesting a switch of some kind between emotions and thoughts. The way I see it, 4 chalices are not enough, and 4 swords are too many, hence the need for the switch. The two 'bad' cards form a vertical line with my HGA, and the two 'good' cards form a vertical line with my thoughts of my HGA.

At the bottom row, the 9 of chalices, typically meaning happiness, is found in between the devil and the 9 of swords. Not only does it look ominous, if you were me, it's very appearance is ominous. Two days ago, using my thoth, I did a two card reading on my current life. The two cards, well, you probably guess them. Now they come again, together, suppressing my happiness card. Much work has to be done on my highly restricting thoughts.

The leftmost vertical row, from bottom up, shows the devil, the moon and 9 of pentacles. Pictorially speaking, I see a huge menacing dragonic demon guarding a gateway to a paradise island. Further tells me I need to stop my habits restricting me.

Overall, "Fight the devil" is the message from my HGA. The 9 of swords and 4 of chalices also seem to reflect depression and alcohol, some of the problems I face currently. I am a little upset that it did not give me a sense of new-found reason to live, so maybe I'll ask for further information.

Question: How can I defeat the devil and what new purpose do I find after?

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Cards:
1) HGA: The Emperor (Fixed)
2) Problem I face: The Devil (Fixed)
3) How I can overcome the problem: 5 of Swords
4) Outcome and new found meaning of life when overcome: Ace of Wands

Interpretation: The 5 of swords looks ridiculous. A giant wearing a city as its armor. "If the price of victory is too high, it may be wiser to choose honorable defeat" - Little White Book. Honorable defeat? I'm not even clear of this struggle with the devil. What is victory and what is defeat?

The ace of wands seems to me like a promise of creative potential realised, after being freed by the bindings of the devil. Interesting, but seems to give me little motivation.