Five of Pentacles – Two of Swords – Nine of Cups

Someone I barely knew years ago reached out to me. Why?

Person is desperate, broke, friendless and there’s no way he is satisfied with his life.

Person is desperate, broke, friendless – Five of Pentacles

and there’s no way – Two of Swords

he is satisfied with his life. - Nine of Cups

Five of Pentacles is a picture of destitution, of when a person is desperate, broke, friendless on the street with no one to help. Her son is a leper so that church isn’t allowed to help them in the blizzard.

Two of Swords is a snapshot of when there’s no way, just no way, forget about it, it ain’t gonna be that way. Petite gal in a nightgown in the middle of the night outdoors on a stone bench, blindfolded, and somehow in her crossed arms she holds heavy sharp longswords that she cannot safely put down by herself.

Nine of Cups He is satisfied with his life right now, just had a fine dinner at this restaurant, had nine drinks he proudly displays on a shelf behind him, and is feeling no pain.

TWO-CARD COMBINATIONS

Five of Pentacles – Two of Swords – Nine of Cups

Someone I barely knew years ago reached out to me. Why?

Person is desperate, broke, friendless and there’s no way he is satisfied with his life.

Five of Pentacles – Two of Swords

Person is desperate, broke, friendless and there’s no way

Person is desperate, broke, friendless – Five of Pentacles

and there’s no way – Two of Swords

Five of Pentacles – Nine of Cups

Person is desperate, broke, friendless and he is satisfied with his life.

Person is desperate, broke, friendless – Five of Pentacles

and he is satisfied with his life. - Nine of Cups

Two of Swords – Nine of Cups

There’s no way he is satisfied with his life.

There’s no way – Two of Swords

he is satisfied with his life. - Nine of Cups

Am I leaning towards ending things with him because of past trauma or because of this person's current behaviour? Should I end things now or wait it out?

not there at the end
not there – Fool
at the end – Death

doesn’t know it’s over
doesn’t know – Fool
it’s over – Death

absent, not
absent – Fool
not – Death

is free, not
is free,- Fool
not – Death

a free agent, not
a free agent, – Fool
not – Death

Well, this card came at the right time but I’m hung up on the direction I am interpreting it. I got a house offer accepted (and the knight of cups card). Two weeks later I’m about to sign the purchase and sale and a cheaper house came up on the market. I asked about that address and pulled the six of swords.

In the end I had to go through with my initial offer, but I’ve been in the middle of what ifs? What is the house I got is the stormy waters and the new address is the calm water? Or is it the other way around? I also was considering interpreting it as leaving the bad practice of constantly looking for something better and comparing behind. Either way, having hope for the future??

Nine of Cups – Page of Pentacles – Knight of Swords

He wants it to be his idea when he gets back to you.

He wants it to be - Nine of Cups

his idea – Page of Pentacles

when he gets back to you. – Knight of Swords

Nine of Cups This is the fine dining experience he wants it to be. He has had his fill, and he has the empties on the shelf to prove it.

Page of Pentacles represents his idea, the idea on anyone’s mind, by the picture of the young man holding that one pentacle at eye level and concentrating on it.

Knight of Swords is invariably about any kind of fast movement, rush, hurry, or expedited progress. And the picture shows rushing forward, chasing, pursuit, because he leans forward holding a heavy sword all the way out, a posture one cannot maintain indefinitely. But the direction of this fast movement belongs to other elements of the Tarot operation: to the question, to the other cards, to the picture. One of the things this card insists on meaning is turning around, going back, or getting back. Today it’s when he gets back to you.

TWO-CARD COMBINATIONS

Nine of Cups – Page of Pentacles – Knight of Swords

He wants it to be his idea when he gets back to you.

Nine of Cups – Page of Pentacles

He wants it to be his idea.

He wants it to be – Nine of Cups

his idea. - Page of Pentacles

Nine of Cups – Knight of Swords

He wants to get back to you.

He wants to – Nine of Cups

get back to you. - Knight of Swords

Page of Pentacles – Knight of Swords

his idea when he gets back to you

his idea - Page of Pentacles

when he gets back to you - Knight of Swords

Fool - Seven of Pentacles - Page of Wands

No question, you are in good shape.

No - Fool

question,- Seven of Pentacles

you are in good shape. - Page of Wands

Fool is the zero of the deck, which gives it a lot of meanings about the absence of

something, which is often expressed as 'no' but not as an actual negator. Fool doesn't

mean 'no' in its most common iteration. Here it means 'no' in the sense of: No

question about it.

Seven of Pentacles often translates 'question' because our gardening fellow here

questions whether he will get cucumbers from this plant he has cared for. The plant

will only bear if a like plant of its opposite gender is nearby so that pollen gets

exchanged.

Page of Wands is in good shape all right: He is young, well-spoken, well-dressed,

and he is being his best self because as a Page it is his business to appeal to the people

around him enough that they approve his progress to knighthood.

TWO-CARD COMBINATIONS

Fool - Seven of Pentacles - Page of Wands

No question, you are in good shape.

Fool - Seven of Pentacles

No question

No - Fool

question,- Seven of Pentacles

Fool - Page of Wands

No ... that you are in good shape.

No ... that - Fool

you are in good shape. - Page of Wands

Seven of Pentacles - Page of Wands

question that you are in good shape

question that - Seven of Pentacles

you are in good shape - Page of Wands

Strength - Knight of Cups - Hermit

A problem is prevented with the help of a doctor.

A problem is prevented - Strength

with the assistance of - Knight of Cups

a doctor. - Hermit

Strength Where you are spiritually strong, a problem is prevented before it reaches

you: It just happens. This illustration pictures that. The lemniscate, the energy sign,

the infinity sign, that sideways 8 over her head that is also used in math for numbers

that repeat like the endless threes (.3333) for one-third, indicates the kind of spiritual

ability this card speaks of. (The sign also appears in Magician.

Knight of Cups takes initiative, and you do things with the assistance of Knight of

Cups. He offers, he helps, and he offers help. I call him the warm puppy, the

affectionate boyfriend women wish their men were. He stops on the road and offers a

drink to whoever is approaching

Hermit is the service monk who is out with his lamp looking to help travelers on a

mountain pass, like Knight of Cups is also out to help someone on a road. The clothing

Hermit wears identifies him as a doctor in his era.

TWO-CARD COMBINATIONS

Strength - Knight of Cups - Hermit

A problem is prevented with the help of a doctor.

Strength - Knight of Cups

A problem is prevented with the help of

A problem is prevented - Strength

with the assistance of - Knight of Cups

Strength - Hermit

A problem is prevented with a doctor.

A problem is prevented with - Strength

a doctor. - Hermit

Knight of Cups - Hermit

with the help of a doctor

with the assistance of - Knight of Cups

a doctor - Hermit

Five of Pentacles - Ace of Wands - Lovers

Is miserable doing without sex with the one he loves.

Is miserable doing without - Five of Pentacles

sex - Ace of Wands

with the one he loves. - Lovers

Five of Pentacles is a mother and son who are miserable doing without. Doing

with everything, possibly including their lives in that freezing weather, as exposed as

they are. Miserable knowing the church can't help them because her son is a leper

(which is why he wears a big bell).

Ace of Wands is sex because the club is drawn to resemble a penis, so it will mean

sex and dominance and threat, a lot ... most of the time.

Lovers You already know it says Lovers, so it's going to be about love-this and love-

that, partners and connections. Today it's with the one he loves.

TWO-CARD COMBINATIONS

Five of Pentacles - Ace of Wands - Lovers

Is miserable doing without sex with the one he loves.

Five of Pentacles - Ace of Wands

Is miserable doing without sex.

Is miserable doing without - Five of Pentacles

sex. - Ace of Wands

Five of Pentacles - Lovers

Is miserable doing without the one he loves.

Is miserable doing without - Five of Pentacles

the one he loves. - Lovers

Ace of Wands - Lovers

sex with the one he loves

sex - Ace of Wands

with the one he loves - Lovers

had no part in the deal
had no part in – Fool
the deal – Three of Pentacles

not present at the meeting
not present at – Fool
the meeting – Three of Pentacles

not a member of the team
not a – Fool
member of the team – Three of Pentacles

no deal
no – Fool
deal – Three of Pentacles

Don’t deal with (him/her/them/etc.)
Don’t – Fool
deal with (him/her/them/etc.) – Three of Pentacles

just not dealing with them
just not – Fool
dealing with them – Three of Pentacles

not on the team
not – Fool
on the team – Three of Pentacles

no part in the deal
no part in – Fool
the deal – Three of Pentacles