And, I just learned that there are a few tarot card spreads that deal with past lives and trying to figure yours out. I decided to try one out and was a little confused about what it all could mean. Sometimes if I talk myself through it or write it all out, I can begin to understand it a little more. Bear with me!
So, it's kinda difficult to see exactly what cards I've got going on here. Thumbs up for stupid cameras!~ The spread kinda goes like this:
It reads in an infinity symbol fashion.
1)Physical: What did you look like?
2)Location: Where did you live?
3)Personality: What kind of person were you?
4)Relationships: Which relationships have you carried over from your past to the present?
5)Purpose: What was your soul's purpose?
6)Passion: What did you love about your past life?
7)Death: How did your old life pass away?
8)Lesson: What did you learn from your old life?
9)Unresolved Issue: What fear, worry or concern did you carry over?
10)Present Purpose: What do you need to accomplish now?
11)Advice: What message does your past self have for your present self?
Some cards that I drew made sense to me. Others... not so much.
1)Ten of Swords: Dramatic, sorrow, grief, sadness, desolation
2)Ten of Wands: You are forced to live under someone else's will rather than your own.
3)Justice: Compromise, karma, harmony, equality
4)Ten of Cups: Family means everything, domestic.
The Sun: Happy, joy, understanding, long-term relationships
5)Eight of Wands: Swift inevitability, receiving a message
6)Ace of Wands: Action, power, responsibility, fire
7)Knight of Cups: Graceful, chivalrous, arrival, approach, proposition
8)Temperance: Peace, grace, truth, perfect control, psychic ability(?), uniting, combination
9)Judgement: Fear of moving forward, accepting things the way they are, change in position
10)Knight of Pentacles: Practical, endurance, loyalty, emotional detachment(?)
11)The High Priestess: Experience, intuition, truth, paying attention, have faith
So, there are a lot of tens in there... let me look up what that could mean...okay! It looks like some of the more popular theories is "completion", "transition between ending and beginning".
#1 makes no sense to me. How can a card like that tell me about my physical traits? Thoughts?
#2 makes sense. Obviously, I was in a place that was under control of a dictator or king/queen type thing. Burdensome times.
#3 is my personality. Apparently, I was all about Justice and equality. Awesome. That's kind of how I am in present times.
#4 represents relationships. This makes SO MUCH SENSE!!! This also applies to the present times. Family always comes first and it the most important thing in my life.
#5 is purpose. The only thing I can think of is I was a messenger. Which doesn't really jive with my personality traits.
#6 is what I loved. Sounds like I was a power-hungry, responsible fire bug! :) Just kidding. I'm not quiet sure how that could tie into my past life...
#7 is how I kicked the bucket. I don't have any birthmarks or anything to compare. Death arrived, approached with a proposition to go with him into the afterlife. Natural causes?
#8 is what I learned. Sounds like I learned all about uniting and coming together. I don't know.
#9 is unresolved issue(s). Fear of moving forward, change in position, accepting things the way they are. I do have some problems with that sort of thing. Change is hard for me to deal with.
#10 is my present purpose. Loyalty (which I've got in spades), endurance, practicality? This one stumps me.
#11 is advice I have for myself. PAY ATTENTION! EXPERIENCE THINGS! DISCOVER THE TRUTH! Sounds pretty good.
So, what have I learned about my past life? I lived in a difficult time period/place. I was a messanger? I died a boring death. I had a loving family and was very happy with that. My past self is telling my present self to GROW UP ALREADY! Hahaha!
Anybody else have any ideas? I would love to hear them!
