CAPRICORNS' SEPTEMBER 2013

CAPRICORNS' SEPTEMBER 2013

THE CHARIOT (REVERSED)

First of all, you should be wary of the bullying tactics and selfishness-by yourself as well as others.

It also warns of being the victim (or the victor) of arrogance and selfishness.

So this is high time you shed your pride and the pretense,” I had to” to do something mean, selfish or “had to” be egocentric and venal; that you “have no choice”.

Selfishness is definitely a choice you willingly make.

There’s a difference between being selfish and being self-centered, by the forced hand of circumstances.

The former says, “I have no time unless I see no profit in there for me. To hell with others’ needs. For me, only and only me (this ‘me’ may include a choice few along with you yourself, and don’t think that the inclusion of a few shall make you ‘selfless’)”

While the latter states, “I acknowledge that others need me too. I shall try my best to meet others’ needs to. And even when I am forced to prioritize myself before others, I shall at least have a compassionate heart towards their grievances.”

You also need to get a grip on your outbursts of rage and the urges to be tyrannical that may look enticing when you’re in an angry fit.

Your overinflated ego and arrogance have the potential to cause delays and frustrations, and you shall have none but yourself to blame for it.

Also, be on your guard against the travel plans which may not end up so well, after all.

So, if you can, please try to avoid making any important trip, tour etc., especially a one which is being planned since long.

Apart from travel, the presence of Chariot also warns you to be wary while making other plans as well. Unless they are checked and rechecked and again rechecked for loopholes, all of your major plans better be postponed because they all, unless as I said they are and rechecked and again rechecked for loopholes, are susceptible to delays and frustrations as well.

Another indication of The Chariot reversed is that you've become so much engrossed in emotional issues that you stand in a very real danger of losing any clarity of thought that you possess.

This can lead to various unpleasant incidents in your life. For instance, you may have sudden (and most probably violent too) outbursts of temper leading to some otherwise-would-have-been-avoidable skirmishes.

Or else you may end up pouting away first and then misdirecting your anger towards someone who did nothing to call for it. And I can assure you there are a very few of us who take the issue too kindly.

This card emphasizes on the fact that your unwise choices are your biggest enemy-and maybe the cause of all your anger too.

Combine it with the overreaction which you Sagittarians, unfortunately, possess in a most commendable quantity; and a deadly formula for inflicting utter destruction in your lives is handy.

                              

The best advice in such moments would be to retreat to either some safe place, for a while at least, where your outbursts may cause little or no harm; OR to revert to a safe pattern of behavior at least.

For instance, you could try keeping a total quiet when in doubt of the impact, or even propriety, of your words.

LIBRAS' SEPTEMBER 2013

LIBRAS' SEPTEMBER 2013

FOUR OF WANDS (REVERSED)

My dear Librans, this September doesn’t bode well for you-none at all.

Very much unlike your usual charming, beautiful selves that you usually are, your friends would find you arrogant, sneering and impatient.

And the damage that this attitude of yours may inflict upon your images on people might even be well beyond your comprehension.

You might also find giving yourself an excuse or two for dabbling in debauchery and moral corruptions.

The reasons behind these sudden U-Turns of behavior and living would be a lack of stability and consolidation. Maybe you have been looking for it since a long time but were unable to find it, and the despair and the sense of defeat might turn you wayward.

But what you need to keep in mind that such things are just a passing phase and should not become a part of your permanent demeanor. 

VIRGOS’ SEPTEMBER 2013

VIRGOS’ SEPTEMBER 2013

KNIGHT OF PENTACLES

Congratulations, fellow Virgos. If nothing else, at least one of our major problems can see a bright streak now-the money.

This card, the Knight of Pentacles, talks of an improvement in our financial situations, the only catch in it being of keeping patience-which shouldn’t be an issue for us­, as we are one of the most patient zodiac natives that are out there, to be seconded by nobody but maybe the Taurean bulls.

But we aren’t counting infinity among numbers, aren’t we?? Because the Taureans indeed have an infinite amount of patience.

But there’s a bad side to it too. The notorious stubbornness of Taureans is also nothing but their patience-turned inside out.

We would need to be hard-working and career-minded this month. And I can totally relate to it, as my own exams are looming over now, closer than ever, along with deadlines for submission of various other projects too.

The approach of ours towards life should be earthy, practical and calculated.

Passion and enthusiasm are definitely good things to have- but for us, they would prove to be beneficial only when we are able to channelize them into the streams of practical and serious concerns like career and long-term plans.

This month asks us to be mature and serious years ahead of our age.

In relationships, partners who are practical, loyal and hardworking, as well as assisting in advancement of career plans would be a much-welcomed boon.

Financial discipline as well as material rewards for the efforts that we so diligently put in everything we do-no matter how trivial it is for others-also must accompany us this month. 

LEOS’ JUNE 2013

LEOS’ JUNE 2013

QUEEN OF CUPS (REVERSED)

Some unresolved emotional pain may result in your turning bitter and vengeful. These unresolved issues from your past might colour your vision of some issue. You will act irrationally due to your head ruling your heart.

To come out of this, you need to forgive someone and let go of the past.

You might be too emotionally involved with someone to impartially see the truth. Or else, you might have to repress your emotional needs because you want to help or love someone.

Being disloyal and unfaithful might appeal to you as easy and tempting options. But beware. “All that glitters is not gold”, as the old adage says. They may give you a small initial leap, but, in the long run, not only would they drag you back a great deal; you’ll also find yourself rendered alone because of these.

Similar is the case with being vain. Vanity might give you a false image of superiority, but then I shall again be a bubble-like, short-lived one.

Nobody likes a snobbish, vain person; no matter how much they pretend otherwise.

CANCERS’ SEPTEMBER 2013

CANCERS’ SEPTEMBER 2013

THE HERMIT

The Hermit, my dear Cancerians, is a symbol of introspection and solitude. It asks you to be patient and seek the guidance and advice before taking any further actions. 

The Hermit symbolizes a careful consideration of issues in hand. You may also end up wishing for some peace and quiet before getting back into the hectic schedule of the things.

And that would be a really wise thing to do-because the appearance of this card doesn't only nudge towards the direction of slowness and patience; it also warns you against acting otherwise.

Also, this time alone would enable you to understand your own past better-you would gain an insight into your past actions, events and behaviors, enabling you to be a better person in the future.

This month, it would be better not to take any decisions in haste and take advice from someone you trust before acting any further.

This reflection would also reduce the required efforts in realization of your goals because the careful planning that would follow this deep reflection would eliminate, by foresight, the unnecessary labors.

If you’re suffering from any health problems, the rest, peace and solitude would prove to be beneficial in recovering form it as well.

GEMINIS’ SEPTEMBER 2013

GEMINIS’ SEPTEMBER 2013

TWO OF WANDS (REVERSED)

It appears to me that, in spite of badly wanting to, you are currently unable to act. Whenever you decide to act, the decision of yours would get impeded by you own fears-the fear, actually. The fear of the new, of the unknown, of the nameless and the foreign is what might keep your decisions forever at bay.

                                    

You need to realize something-that you have outgrown your current situations. The old habits, old things or the old people might be, may be even unintentionally, hampering your growth. And you would need new people and new situations and challenges to break the stalemate and carry forward the plans that you so meticulously formulate.

You would also feel better equipped to handle the things if, instead of  brooding over the risks involved and what would you stand to lose, you focus and emphasize more over the rewards and possibilities that you might get to harness.

Don’t be in a futile pursuit of worthless goals; just because your pride and lack of humility don’t allow you to abandon them-and thus admit the error in your judgment and fault in your thinking lines and ideas.

Rather than trying too much or too many things at once, try to focus your energies and efforts in any one particular direction.

But for that, you need to find out that one particular goal-which has the enough inspirations for you to motivate you. But remember, the goal should be worthy and rewarding enough for you to spend your resources in its pursuit.

And by the time you achieve it, it would have accomplished its task-of helping you move on.

TAURUS' SEPTEMBER 2013

TAURUS' SEPTEMBER 2013

THREE OF SWORDS (REVERSED) 

                                 

My dear bulls; don’t get disheartened by the image itself. I cannot declare this a very positive and welcome card, but it belongs to a class of cards which are far better to have the in the reversed form rather than the upright one, if one has to have them at all.

Such cards are more positive (or less negative) when reversed rather than when upright.

This represents your inability to deal with a pain or a loss. Maybe you already had one (my deepest sympathies go with you, as I, too, am struggling to fight the loss some very dear and loved people) or you’re about to have one (brace yourself, unlike me. I never had a chance to get prepared for either of the losses.).

It also represents that either you would be trying really hard to suppress the grief-trying to numb the pain, that’s what you’re doing-or the current circumstances of yours aren’t allowing you to grieve.

But either way, the fact remains that you’d not be facing the situation-whether by your own deliberate choice or by the circumstantial restraints- and this rarely, if ever, makes the pain go away. Rather, it accentuates it and eventually, it becomes really hard to deal with it.

Also, this grief would unconsciously affect every action and choice of yours.

It can also act as an energy-drain for you-both while keeping it bottled-up inside and venting it out- leaving a much lesser amount available for the life to live.

But even when both the curbing and venting of emotions demand a great deal of your energy and time, I would still advice you to go for the latter because of two reasons.

Firstly, in the long run, it would be a lesser expense of time and energy, all-in-all because when it would ultimately require exhaustion of the two, the sooner you deal with it, the better.

Secondly, inhibited negativeness are like poison. Both keeping the poison in and ejaculating it out requires some pain. But the pains taken for the latter are more worth than the former, aren't they??

ARIES’ SEPTEMBER 2013

ARIES’ SEPTEMBER 2013

THE SUN

Congratulation, my dear rams!! You have ‘The Sun’ with you. It’s one of the best cards of the tarot, full of brightness, optimism, hopes, and success.

                                         

You have most joyous times awaiting you, holidays lying in your wake, good news around the children-maybe you finally are going to have that baby you were so patiently, and yet achingly, waiting for.

Whatever the manner be, this card is sure to bring some serious joy and good news to you and dispel the negativity around you.

Quite possibly, you might be starting a new relationship-which may not last long, in the worst case-but shall surely bring to you a new sense of fulfillment-one that you shall remember for a long, long time.

TAURUS’ AUGUST 2013

TAURUS’ AUGUST 2013

FIVE OF PENTACLES

You’ll be having a feeling of some kind of ‘lack’ in your life, this month- it’s hard to say whether it’ll be material, financial (these two are way too separate things, please keep in mind, and not the same; as often perceived/imagined), emotional, spiritual, social, or anything else.

But its presence is inevitable and undeniable, that’s for sure.

You might perceive yourself to be deprived or victimized-in life, in emotions, in relationships and who-knows-what-else.

                        

It might also be the case that you yourself would be causing the neglect that is making you suffer.

For example-you might get so much engrossed in your work that you may end up being careless about your emotional needs-like spending time with your family, friends or partner; or you might be neglecting some actual needs of your body-health wise-stating, probably to yourself only, that you don’t have the required time to look after yourself.

Your finances are one thing that you might want to look into, if nothing else.

Troubles are brewing up, inviting hard times-and maybe unemployment too (though the last one comes in the least probability and the worst case).

These hard times might force you to simplify or change your lifestyle to a more humble track.

Re-evaluating what’s more important to you-and prioritizing accordingly- could be a good way to spend these hard times- and wheedle out positive things out of what might be looking to you as the darkest times- with no silver linings visible on the horizon.

ARIES’ AUGUST 2013

ARIES’ AUGUST 2013

THE STAR (REVERSED)

The reversed star forewarns of trying situations. It heralds a time when the circumstances shall test your mental strength rather than the physical one. The problems you’ll be facing this month will make you think things like, “Am I actually good enough for it????”, “Did I do right to take up this task???” and most importantly, “Should I even be standing here?????”

But my dear impatient rams (oh yes, you are impatient and not just speedy, quick thinking and quick-acting, as you say), that’s exactly what the star is warning you against. The problems exist, or are posed by the fate in front of you (choose whichever you like); only to see whether or not can you avoid such thinking. Such thinking may lead to lost opportunities (which you could have definitely played on otherwise) only because you were too stymied to grab it.

   

             

Don’t lack faith in the life itself-or in yourself. This is a very hazardously negative attitude which may lead to a very unfortunate consequence-You might turn into so cynical a being that you wouldn’t have the least faith in the solution to your problems even when it comes dancing right under your nose.

You might also be getting a feeling that there’s no viable alternative solution to the problem that you’re facing. But that is so not the case. There’re still a lot of hopes-you’re just too lulled and stifled by the non-stimulating circumstances to spot it.

And to overcome this, you need a SHOCK THERAPY.

You need a good dose of a shock or a jerk to wake you up and see the potentialities of the situation as they are.

You might also take a holiday, or at least a small rest, from what life demands of you.

PISCES’ JULY 2013

PISCES’ JULY 2013

KNIGHT OF SWORDS

This July, it shall be your courage, intelligence and your quick wit that would pave the way towards your success. You might want to understand the logic that governs this world-both around you (your friends, family, associates, and colleagues etc.) and the larger world too.

You might experience a gift of words, my dear fishes. You, as well as others who listen to you, might get a feeling that if words alone could do something, you would have single-handedly perfected this entire world. But at the end of the day, it’s not the words that are used to pass the judgment. It’s their impact-the consequence of it all-that stands out. And that is achievable by not just good-sounding words, no matter how well-intended or sincere they are, but putting them to action too.

The conflicts and the whirlwind of events that would follow shall leave you confused and dazed as to what you should do next.

You might get a feeling that everything and everyone is now utterly unreliable-unpredictable to the last degree.

But in actuality it is you who has slowed down-or have been unable to match or increase your pace with the time. So you need to do that. 

Act speedily and you may find yourself either securing an otherwise-impossible opportunity or averting in time an otherwise-definite disaster.

Be careful of what you speak-you are yet to comprehend fully the impact of your words upon anyone or any situation-especially if the former are negative ones.

AQUARIUS’ JULY 2013

AQUARIUS’ JULY 2013

KING OF CUPS (REVERSED)

King of Cups talks about your turning into a stagnant pond, because of holding up to the unresolved past and not let your emotions flow spontaneously.

This card also warns you against a tendency towards being treacherous and secretive, as you’ll be acting self-centered!!

You should also be wary of the bouts of sulking and emotional withdrawal if you don’t have your way. You may also get a temptation of being vengeful and punishing those whom you hold responsible for your negative circumstances. But please stay away from these, as they are strictly against your nature and shall do you no good.

You also need to stay away from alcohol, drugs or any other kind of self-deluding means. You shouldn't resort to deceiving yourself about the reality of life.

The anger pent up inside you needs to be let out for you to regain your emotional balance and your usual, cheerful self.

You would yourself, unconsciously, sabotage your attempts to success by your bitter emotions and pent-up anger and hatred.

For one more thing, it may also represent you trying to act as a peace mediator, trying to bring peace and reconciliation between two factions, but failing to persuade the rivals to come to an understanding.

You need this diplomacy and tact because King of cups tells you that these traits would be of great use to us this July. You’ll find yourselves caught up in a situation; no matter how hard do you try to avoid it, where you shall have to act as a mediator between two opposite parties or factions of a dispute, argument or conflict.

But be warned in advance. The being reversed of this card tells that most probably you would not be able to persuade the above mentioned rivals to come to an understanding or ceasefire at least.

But that doesn’t mean that you should give up or not try. You might still be able to ensure that minimum damage is caused by the conflict or the factions hurt each other the least.
                                                                  

This card also talks of emotional hardships in your own lives this June. But they shouldn’t become your excuse to get sulky or withdraw from people just because certain people didn’t act the way you wanted them to or because your emotional egos are not appeased.

The anger that you’ll feel, and shall try to hide behind apathy and a mild depression, shall need to be vented out through an outlet before your creative energies can flow through your grey matter.

Your success shall be thwarted by none other than your own hidden motives and blocked creativity.

You’ll get into so dark and negative a mood that you might be sabotaging your own attempts at success, subconsciously. And if given a chance, you may do the same to some other person who tries to help us to succeed.

And this is something you shall need to seriously work on avoiding this July.

And one more thing, though you may pride yourselves on the fierce control that you exercise on your emotions but the upcoming month is the time to let your hair down a bit, figuratively.

This over control of feelings could stop us from expressing the truth of your feelings and desires. And this is most undesirable.

This might not only stifle your emotional self and cause the above mentioned anger, apathy and depression but someone who gets to know of this emotional weakness of yours can use this knowledge or emotional blackmail to control us.

This July, it’s time to open up and focus on real wisdom, which means that you might have to accept and be aware of not only your assets and strengths but your weaknesses and liabilities as well. And you should be able to work with the last two, to be really wise. 

CAPRICORNS' JULY 2013

CAPRICORNS' JULY 2013

FIVE OF CUPS

OK, my dear rams. I am actually surprised to see this card come up in reference to you. This card is totally against what I have come to expect of you-the Capricornians--from the short experience of Astrological dealings that I have had.

Observe this card's picture given alongside. The figurine, draped in the black cloak (a symbol of mourning) is looking back at the spilled cups-symbolizing what he has lost- while he has no regards for what he still has left to him.

                                    

So I think the meaning is pretty much clear. Maybe you’re spending too much time brooding and mulling over the lost things and opportunities-may be painful break-ups, or separations or divorces; or may be complications in other non-romantic relations; or things totally out of emotional circle (like some complications in office or workplace).

This has hindered your vision of the things that are still at your hand.

SAGITTARIUS’ JULY 2013

SAGITTARIUS’ JULY 2013

THE CHARIOT (REVERSED)

Well, well, well. My dear Archers, this one surely does ring a bell-of danger, of course.

The primary indication of The Chariot reversed is that you've become so much engrossed in emotional issues that you stand in a very real danger of losing any clarity of thought that you possess.

This can lead to various unpleasant incidents in your life. For instance, you may have sudden (and most probably violent too) outbursts of temper leading to some otherwise-would-have-been-avoidable skirmishes.

Or else you may end up pouting away first and then misdirecting your anger towards someone who did nothing to call for it. And I can assure you there are a very few of us who take the issue too kindly.

This card emphasizes on the fact that your unwise choices are your biggest enemy-and maybe the cause of all your anger too.

Combine it with the overreaction which you Sagittarians, unfortunately, possess in a most commendable quantity; and a deadly formula for inflicting utter destruction in your lives is handy.

                              

The best advice in such moments would be to retreat to either some safe place, for a while at least, where your outbursts may cause little or no harm; OR to revert to a safe pattern of behavior at least.

For instance, you could try keeping a total quiet when in doubt of the impact, or even propriety, of your words.

One more interpretation of this card can be indicating towards the travel plans that don’t go well.

So, if you can, please try making any important trip, tour etc, especially a one which is being planned since long.

SCORPIOS’ JULY 2013

SCORPIOS’ JULY 2013

THE JUDGEMENT (REVERSED)

Quiet trying a month you have, Scorpions, ahead of you. The Judgment, in reversed form, is a card for loss, guilt and self-reproach for the loss incurred.

This means one thing for sure. You would, inevitably, have to deal with some or the other kind of loss-whether it shall be your own loss, or someone else’s for which you would feel or be held responsible.

And that you would have to deal with the reprimanding for the abovementioned losses –more your own than others’-is also one more sure thing. The reason probably would be that the circumstances surrounding the unfortunate loss would be so that you would feel that it occurred because of you.

But you also need to get over and past this sense of self-accusation, for this can just cause you more and more fear, stopping you from moving ahead-blurred by paranoia-and thus bars your growth, without serving any positive purpose.

One more negative tendency that this card warns against is obstinacy, and a refusal to move with change, against the change-even when the change is most necessary.

This too serves no other purpose except causing more-and-more delays to your plans, growth and development.

The last thing that this card warns against is acting without a clear vision of the consequences of your actions-which you performed in the past as well as those which you plan to perform in the due course of your plans.

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LIBRAS’ JULY 2013

LIBRAS’ JULY 2013

QUEEN OF PENTACLES (REVERSED)

My dear Librans, though you undoubtedly are my favorite Zodiac natives (my heartiest apologies to fellow Virginians), but this wouldn’t stop me from being reprimanding where I find you going wrong-and tipping your scales away from the harmony that you need.

The Queen of Pentacles, in reversed form, shows that you would go very much suspicious, materialistic and insecure.

You would go about worrying yourself sick about the financial matters and being overly protective about the people about you-to such an extent that you have become downright unpleasant and suffocating; stifling their growth and progress.

You shall be no longer yourself-the real, natural you that you are. You would become too involved and tangled up in materialistic issues-like career, finances etc. - to take care of your emotions, and your spiritual self.

And that might seriously tarnish your reputation. People may take you to be overly career-oriented and overambitious, with a come-what-may determination for moving ahead with finances.

And that’s highly unfortunate because in reality, this month would turn you, inwardly at least, very much child-like. Your emotions would be immature and irresponsible-but not the least cold, calculating and aloof persona that you would be projecting.

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VIRGOS’ JULY 2013

VIRGOS’ JULY 2013

ACE OF WANDS

Once again, if the natives of other sun positions would excuse me, I would be reverting from “you” to “we” and from “your” to “our”; the reason being a very simple one-to show my special solidarity and empathy to the Virginians, for I happen to be one of them.

The Ace of Wands, at least on the preliminary level, is basically a very simple and basic card. Aces mean new and Wands indicate ideas.

So the primary meaning of this card, Ace of Wands, is simply -“There’s a new idea waiting for you out there; waiting for you to start working on it.”

Furthermore, since it came out in upright position, so we need not fear much. The result is assured to turn out to be good, and the hassling complications aroused by the reversed card-especially a basic one like this- have spared us.

Also, the Ace of Wands also tells us that we would do well do be creative and original about this idea. I know that it’s a bit difficult, but aren’t we, the Virgos, the last people one would ever expect to run away from hardships???

Besides, it also suites our perfectionist mind to be original, isn't it?

                      

Ace of Wands is also a card of travel. So it might be that this idea of ours may take us for a travel as well.

In your career, you might get to start something new as well. Maybe you might move to a new job. Or you may step to a new level or position (presumably a higher one than previous, as the card stands not reversed but upright) in the same organization or institution that you are working with right now.

You may even get a new project to work on, covering one or more-maybe even all- the aspects of this card.

You might get to travel for it, you may step onto a new level (get promoted or get transferred, to a new department or a new place) and you would then definitely need some new ideas for the job.

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