Future Tarot

Tom’s job position was made “redundant” in January and, since then, he’s been depressed and struggling. What do Tom’s career prospects look like in the near future?

Your Past Experience in your Career: The Knight of Swords supports our mundane knowledge that Tom was laid off. Swords indicate unexpected change and rapid action. We can tell that he had no idea it was coming. In fact, by the look of this Knight – which represents Tom’s boss — as he charges forward on his horse, it was a spur-of-the-moment decision and possibly not in anybody’s best interests.

Your Current Job Experience: The Major Arcana, Judgment in this slot tells us that Tom has been looking for work. His professional life, lately, involves a lot of assessment by others. They are gauging his resume, comparing him to other candidates. Tom feels this on a very subconscious level, too, and doesn’t particularly care for others examining his work under a microscope.

What You Want From a Job: A court card – the Queen of Rods – in this slot actually reveals characteristics of Tom’s ideal boss. He would do better under a woman, who would nurture his talents and abilities. Since this Queen often finds herself doing charitable work, something in the non-profit sector may suit Tom well – a situation where he knows what he is doing is for the greater good; a paycheck is secondary.

What You NEED From a Job: Three of Pentacles. Right now, in Tom’s depressed frame of mind, he shouldn’t try to stretch himself beyond his capabilities. Now is not the time to become the high-rolling corporate workaholic. Look for “wood-cutting” jobs that will put food on the table while you learn and grow and decide what you really want. It’s impossible, of course, to think clearly when money is a concern. Take whatever you can find for that steady pay and benefits, and invest whatever you have left in courses or professional training to help you find your passion.

What you have to offer – Your Greatest Strengths: Eight of Cups / Two of Cups. Tom’s strengths include keen intuition, but a lack of faith in himself is holding him back. Miss Michele drew a clarification card to help assess the meaning of this odd Cup card in this position and drew the Two of Cups. This only reinforces that Tom’s ideal job involves helping people and finding emotional fulfillment over a hefty paycheck. His ability to relate to people means he’ll do well in any job working with the public, whether it’s service industry or psychology.

Your Career Future – Your Action Plan: The Page of Swords and Eight of Cups both stand as cards indicating deception. Miss Michele wonders if Tom was actually a spy, as unlikely as this scenario might be. More likely, Tom needs to watch out for those in his career who are trying to pull one over on him. This may have been what happened in his last jobs – things were not as he expected them to be. Moreover, he’s encountering more than his fair share of people who are less than honest in his job search.

Again, however, people skills figure prominently in the Page of Swords, who is a skilled diplomat. Perhaps a career in customer service for Tom? Pages are messengers and swords indicate change so, whatever field it may be in, a job offer will come soon.

Miss Michele’s three-card career reading for Stacey indicates a woman who is not happy in her current position. In the past, Stacey made a significant lifestyle/career choice, shown by the Justice card. She balanced all the factors and felt like her current job was not giving her the money, recognition or contentment she deserves, and made a change.

Unfortunately, where she sits now is worried about the future, overworked, and unable to sleep. This is shown by the Nine of Swords, known as the Nightmare Card. The positive side of this card (even in this reading rich with swords) is that things are usually not as bad as we imagine them. The cards show this to be true for Stacey.

The possible final outcome, the Queen of Rods, shows that Stacey is ready to make yet another change, and find a career that plays to her strengths as a woman and a creative. The Queen of Rods is an excellent manager, a career woman who knows how to get things done, but with a soft touch. Yin and Yang reside in this strong personality, as does a strong passion for endeavors close to her heart.

The Wands and Swords in this reading indicate things will progress rapidly with a new job opportunity and Stacey will be the better for it.

L. Shepherd said…

“I would love a free reading if you have the time. My life is freaky and I just want to know if it will ever get better.”

First, Miss Michele apologizes for the lateness of this response. I hope things have already started looking up for you. Let’s see what the tarot has to say.

The card in the past, the Nine of Swords, definitely indicates “freakiness.” More specifically, sleepless nights, anxiety, endless worries.

But two court cards indicate things will get better. Court cards, especially kings and queens, often indicate mentors who will step in and help the querent.

The near future brings the King of Rods. You will have the opportunity to meet and mingle with many very different people. An older, more mature man may offer much-needed advice or a way out. If the cause of your distress is a disagreement with a person or group of people, you will be able to see their point of view and reach a diplomatic arrangement.

Three minor arcana in this reading tell us that the situation is entirely in your hands… whether by omission, commission or simply manifestation, you have created this situation. Go inside yourself and figure out how… the answers on how to get out of it will come to you, as well.

The possible outcome is shown in the Queen of Rods. The King’s counterpart, the Queen of Rods is a well-organized career woman capable of balancing work and family. Seek balance in your life and your situation will improve. Similarly, an older, wiser woman will offer advice to get you past these hurdles and open new doors of opportunity for you. Be assertive to get what you want, but also understanding. Avoid debating like a steamroller. Look at both sides of every situation.

And open yourself up to being helped… the Universe is there to help you if you let it.