Your Celtic Cross Greenwood Tarot Reading
The Significator represents you and your current state of being.
Balance
You must be balanced and patient. The time is right to rest and contemplate all the facets of your existence. To continue now you must be still and calm.
Finding the inner balance that will enable you to see beyond the present state is a process of trust and confidence in your own strengths. These facets may include the parts of your psyche that you would rather not deal with, but no amount of denial will rid you of the need to absorb and reclaim them.
Balance is absolutely necessary to free the inner self from the fears and self-doubts that keep us spiritually deaf, dumb and blind.
Once the natural state of balance is achieved, the plateau that will give you access to the higher self will be open before you.
Drawing this card can indicate a new harmony in your relationship or in a friendship. A creative phase in which you will blossom. An inner balance.
All dualities of light and dark, fire (red) and air (white) land and water, active and passive, are blended together creating a new third force - the green and fertile land, the person in balance with themselves, who is both grounded and creative, (Creativity, three of stones) and who radiates that energised peace (Fulfillment, 3 of wands) generated by someone at one with themselves.
Three has always been a very sacred number, representing creation, i.e., one + one = another.
The fleur-de-lis, iris or flag, in flower this time of year is a symbol of the three-in-one, the three worlds unified.
Drawing this card can indicate a new harmony in your relationship or in a friendship. A creative phase in which you will blossom. An inner balance.
The Crossing Card denotes that which opposes or influences you.
Respect
Nine of Wands
When nearing the heart of a sacred quest, motivation and integrity of human desires are challenged. Ancient wisdom demands the seeker be humble and forgiving.
Approach a sacred place or a sensitive person with consideration and honour. Respect the need for privacy.
Ensure your own boundaries are protected, respect the value of your own space.
The Foundation Card addresses the origin of your question.
The Blasted Oak
What appears to be a total and random dissolution or destruction of your beliefs and relationships is timely and natural. What was built on shifting sand is swallowed by the sea and you are liberated from being a powerless victim.
Now you have a base on which your true inner strength can grow and rebuild your world. This may happen suddenly, with shocking speed. The trauma may leave you stunned and confused, but the fiery blast that sent you falling to Earth with a bump has also jolted you from a state of trance or dreaming that allowed you to avoid dealing with pro-found and fundamental issues.
Don't be angry or bitter at this passing. For whatever has gone never really belonged to you, so be patient, wait and learn from the process of loss.
You have been out on a limb, clinging on to an untenable situation. The air is charged with emotion. Pent up tears or anger are released. Although these times are often traumatic, this is the first stage of healing; yet there may be a loss of stability as the familiar is replaced by the unknown.
Be gentle on yourself and give yourself time to heal. The thunderbolt could also be thrown at you by a figure in authority, using their power over you, as anger, or intimidation, for instance.
Use the balance of Strength to stand up to them or seek help.
The Recent Past represents past events and concerns.
The Hare
Queen of Wands
Hares have been linked to the spring (Eostre = Anglo Saxon hare goddess) and sexuality since Celtic times when it was considered taboo to kill them. Prolific breeders, they also represent fertility and potential. Hares are also famous for the 'boxing' ritual during March.
An empowered and energised person, with the ability to utilise their full potential, as long as they are not tempted to use that power against themselves or others.
The Crown issues that are significant in the present or may come to pass in the future. This card foretells future events which you may or may not occur, depending upon how you respond to the present situation.
The Sun
A powerful symbol of light and fertility, The Sun heralds a season blessed with joyous enlightenment, robust health and emotional harmony. As the glorious rays of cleansing sunrise spill light into the shadows of your heart and life, so the warmth must reach into your very bones and energize your spirit.
It is time to let the inner sun at the core of your being shine for all to see, bringing warmth, light and harmony to others, and by doing so to connect with the consciousness of the universal mind.
The Sun also beckons you to see beyond the noise and clatter of human reality and become aware of the vastness and generosity of the cosmic soul.
A union with the wonder of life. Bliss. Health and happiness. Spiritual teaching. A rare heart. Transcendent joy.
Access to the divine.
The Future depicts that which lies ahead.
The Adder
King of Wands
At this time of year adders represent serpentine Earth energies rising from the ground into the air and intertwining, as male adders struggle for dominance. (Sometimes this is mistaken for a mating ritual.) They also represent magical power, balance and the healing arts.
Raw and potent sexuality. Earth or healing energies expressed and recharged. A healer.
A rebalancing and re-empowering of one’s physical and subtle energy and creativity.
Emotions card signifies the current state of your emotional self.
Green Woodpecker
Page of Arrows
The green woodpecker contains the sacred colours of nature - red, white, green and gold - and is known in folklore as a 'yaffle' because of its distinctive laughing call. It is said to hold the secrets of the Tree of Life, as it spirals up trees and disappears within them to nest.
Their drumming (pecking) on trees which echoes through the woodland heralds your entry to a place of the heart.
In the tarot the pair of woodpeckers look at each other, a third flying down the arrow shaped path, guiding you to love.
External Forces represents the influence of others in your life as well as trends in your relationships with others.
Wolf
Knight of Stones
Revered as a ruthless tracker and hunter, the wolf has had a special symbolism for thousands of years and was the subject of ancient Pictish stone carvings.
Comfortable in the dark and cold of winter, it was seen as a guardian of the dead on their journey through the night to the Otherworld.
This card is one of guardianship. Someone who is essentially protective, a loyal companion on long journeys, who remains their own person.
A defender of your boundaries, leaving you safe to withdraw from the world.
A provider, but one who is not tied to a life at home, but is restless. Their power needs matching to hold them.
Hopes and Desires stands for the hopes and desires you have for the outcome of your question.
Creativity
Three of Stones
An artist listens to the inner voice and hears the windsong of the universe. The courage, freedom and skill that allow the artist to mediate this energy must be refined.
Two stone pillars representing the primal gateway of dual energies, ... bridged by a third, creating an environment in which an artist stands inspired but grounded, a mediator, alive and radiant.
The Outcome the ultimate outcome your question. Remember the future is not predetermined. Interpret this card in the context of the entire reading and as an indicator of the path you are currently on, but not bound to.
Reindeer
King of Cups
The picture shows male and female reindeer as both sexes have antlers. Male reindeer rut in the autumn for dominance of the herd and the antlers are a potent symbol of sexual power.
Fly agaric is also found at this time and the reindeer appear to eat this highly toxic red fun-gi and seem 'drunk'. Some shaman drank the purified urine of the reindeer for its hallucinatory properties once the toxins had been removed.
Drawing this card denotes companionship, deep friendship. A sharing of profound understanding, a mutual love of knowledge from the past.
Possible creation of a home together, a sense of home-coming and enduring friendship.