Card for today, 19th February 2022

II of Cups

 The Gilded Tarot

Using Rider Waite's Keywords and Meanings

Keywords: commitment, harmony, happiness.

Description: The Two of Cups indicates happiness and harmony between two people. This could also mean the meeting of two persons, which brings about much happiness. Love and understanding between two people. Harmonious relations and emotional contentment. It may show that, in this case, opposites attract. When the link is not deeply emotional, it can show cooperation, mutual respect, friendship and the ending of rivalry.

Upright Associations: A romance, the beginning of a good friendship, harmony, cooperation with another person.

Reversed Associations: Passion, disagreement, petty squabbles, breaking the ice, reconciliation, inability to connect.

Card for today, 18th February 2022

IV of Swords

 The Gilded Tarot

Using Rider Waite's Keywords and Meanings

Keywords: rest, recuperation.

Description: The Four of Swords is the card of meditation. Nothing must be done for the time being because further guidance will be given later. A need to retreat from the troubles of life. The opportunity to rest and to put your thoughts in order. A peaceful interlude during which strategies can be worked out. Visits to hospitals but not necessarily a personal illness.

Upright Associations: Recharging, retreat, temporary exile, recuperation, hospital. Vacation, spa, letting go, healing.

Reversed Associations: Return to the world from retreat. Recovery, awakening, insomnia, indiscretion, banishment.

Card for today, 17th February 2022

The Star

 The Gilded Tarot

Using Rider Waite's Keywords and Meanings

Astrological Correspondence: Aquarius

Keywords: harmony, abundance, generosity, humility.

Description: The Star, being one of the very positive cards of the Tarot, reminds us of hope and inspiration. The Star is the symbol for our faith in the future, for feeling guided on our path by its calm and serene light. As we can feel confident to not lose our direction, we regain motivation and inner strength and can experience peace of mind. The Star protects the future and gathers the forces necessary to expand our knowledge and develop emotionally and spiritually. The sense of protection, promise, inspiration, and joy encourages us to develop our talents to achieve our ideals.

Upright Associations: Hope, faith, inspiration, intuition, optimism, insight, spiritual love, pleasure, harmony, conceiving a dream.

Even in an unfavourable situation the negative elements merely throw obstacles in our way, like pessimism, a lack of realism, or the inability to accept a helping hand, thus leading to possible failure.

Reversed Associations: Failure, lack of awareness, emotional isolation, inventiveness. Rethinking dreams, inability to accept help, unfailing hope.

Card for today, 16th February 2022

Knight of Swords

 The Gilded Tarot

Using Rider Waite's Keywords and Meanings

Keywords: A tall, dark haired young man with a lot of charm and wit.

Description: The Knight or Prince of Swords has two meanings. The first interpretation indicates that communication of a more adult nature is coming. The card also represents a young man who is very quick witted. Care must be taken in dealing with him because if he lacks maturity he can use words to harm others. An eloquent and confident person who is fast moving and easily bored. He can be impetuous and is the type who breezes into one's life and then just as swiftly breezes out again. A good ally with subtle reasoning powers.

Upright Associations: Clever, skillful, courageous, thriving on difficult situations. The archetypal warrior. Impetuous, forthrightness, fearlessness, assertiveness, psychic vision, communicator.

Reversed Associations: Extravagance, rivalry, brashness, stepping on other people's feelings. Accepting a truth, denial of psychic insights, harsh words, trouble, reacting inappropriately.

Card for today, 15th February 2022

IV of Coins

 The Gilded Tarot

Using Rider Waite's Keywords and Meanings

Keywords: hold on to what you have, lean times, financial restrictions.

Description: The Four of Coins means that we should hold on to money and possessions because either the venture is not sound or present wealth will be needed at a later date. Rather than spend, spend, spend it is far better to save, save, save for that rainy day that will inevitably come.

Upright Associations: Financial and material security. Territoriality, protecting assets, investing, establishing a foundation. Enriching your life, grounded. 

Reversed Associations: Uncertainty, delay, insecure in financial matters, financially fearful.  Pay attention to emotional matters and do not lose sight of what is truly important. Hoarding, miserly.

Card for today, 14th February 2022

The Lovers

 The Gilded Tarot

Using Rider Waite's Keywords and Meanings

Astrological Correspondence: Gemini

Keywords: choice, decision, love, communication (between equals), inspiration (ideas from above)

Description: The Lovers card is representative not only of crucial life choices, but also of lovers, couples, and other partnerships, like business partners, twins, friends etc. The young man between two women, depicted on this card, is symbolic of the struggle of trying to decide whether to follow one's heart or one's temptation/obligation. 

The Lovers card symbolises the choices that must be made to progress and grow on the way to higher self awareness; choices also reflect emotional values, indecisiveness, hesitation, and our fears about making the wrong choice. This applies not only to love relationships and marriages, it is applicable to any relationship where people may be drawn together be it a business partnership or a casual, recreational one. The card of uncertainty!

Upright Associations: Choices, love, harmony and union. Trust, honor, the beginning of a romance, optimism, a meaningful relationship.

Reversed Associations: A bad choice, inability to make a choice, divorce, disagreements. Challenging gender rules, a need to avoid relationships, sexual blocks, jealousy.

Card for today, 13th February 2022

X of Wands

 The Gilded Tarot

Using Rider Waite's Keywords and Meanings

Keywords: burdens and challenges, finalisation, completion of projects, hard work

Description: The Ten of Wands indicates that a period of hard work lies ahead. While the work involved could be an enormous burden, it is a necessary ingredient to the successes that also lie ahead. Anything that you have been working on is coming to completion now. Don't allow others to undo all the hard work you have done.

Upright Associations: The final outcome of a situation, burdens, stress, overworking. Heaving responsibilities, multitasking. Expression on many levels.

Reversed Associations: Difficulties, subsided burdens, delegation, feeling more relaxed and contented. This card being reversed may also indicate the loss of someone close to you.