A New TV And A Happy Housewife?

It's unusual for me to do a Tarot reading in the evening, but since I didn't have time this morning and because I know I won't have the time tomorrow, I'm doing it now! Using the 'Housewives Tarot' I shuffled the cards whilst thinking of tomorrow and drew 'The Hermit', the 'Eight of Swords' and the 'Queen of Wands'.

Housewives Tarot

© Quirk Books 

The reason I won't be able to do my morning read tomorrow is because I'm off shopping for a new TV with my Dad. Now, 'The Hermit' is not a card I would expect to lead the reading because I'm off out, not staying in! 'The Hermit' tells me I need to take a good look at my life, to see where I am heading. So, I need to know what I'm looking for...

The 'Eight of Swords' appeared in my previous reading, in which I understood it to mean that I spending too much time writing my blogs and missing out on the good stuff like walks in the park, reading my books, meditating etc. I was swapping one spiritual quest for another and losing sight of what I actually wanted. I don't know why I am writing in the past tense because I'm still doing it and might be why 'The Hermit' is showing up to point this out.  I have made one small advancement, which was to stop drinking coffee, whose withdrawal gave me a massive headache last night and this morning. I'm back on the tea which should me to calm down and take everything in my stride and not in a frenzied caffeine rush! I am keeping in mind an aim to slow down and organise my life better so I can do the things I love and not miss out on others. Then, hopefully, I won't feel as restricted and perhaps frustrated as the 'Eight of Swords'.

Housewives Tarot

© Quirk Books 

This leaves the 'Queen of Wands', a warm, friendly and outgoing person. Hmmm... so, does this tell me that I'm going to be a 'Queen of Wands' tomorrow? Seems a bit off compared to the two previous cards. Might have to rethink.....um...

Perhaps then these cards relate to TV shopping tomorrow. 'The Hermit' may signify me looking for a good TV bargain with my dad. 'The Hermit' is a card of looking closely at something, perhaps its a TV! Perhaps the 'Eight of Swords' signifies having a restricted choice of TVs, with the 'Queen of Wands' signifying me being happy having found something suitable in the end!

I could go a little deeper with this reading though. The 'Queen of Wands' reminds me of the Nurse who gave my little one his injections this afternoon. She was a lovely, very bouncy, chatty lady who got on my nerves a little bit and made me withdraw.

High energy people tend to take up all my energy and restrict me (Eight of Swords) which has made me think quite hard (The Hermit) how I would deal with reading for strangers, if I'm having trouble dealing with the friendly Nurse! Are the cards telling me to be outgoing and self assured as nurse? (Queen of Wands) Perhaps so. It's definitely something that I will have to think about!

Generally, these cards place emphasis on looking closely myself and my surroundings (The Hermit), which will in turn bring to light some noticeable restrictions (Eight of Swords).  A warm and outgoing nature (Queen of Wands) will prevail in the end.

UPDATE 13/02/2010 14:14
I went shopping for a TV with my Dad, looking in many shops, scrutinising all the specifications, like screen size, resolutions and value for money (Hermit) but my Dad thought we could get a better deal on-line, so we didn't get one that day!

I did really enjoy going out with my Dad, so I suppose while my hands were tied by my Dad's authority on the TV buying (Eight of Swords), I did have a great time going out with him, since we never hang out together. I was in fact happy leaving it to Dad to find a TV (he's a quality bargain master) so the 'Queen of Wands' was an accurate enough finish to the reading. In fact all the cards reflected the TV hunting very well!