New Year's Spread: Glancing Backwards/Looking Forward

It's one day before December 31, 2011. One day before New Year's Eve. Two days before the prophetic 2012 starts. Now is a good time to reflect on 2011 and turn an eye towards 2012. The New Year's Spread I am using I found on aeclectic.net. It actually is a birthday spread, but a new year is a birth of sorts, right?

1. Which card represents me at this moment? - The Hermit
2. What knowledge did I gain from 2011? - Ace of Cups (Rx)
3. What am I bringing into 2012? - Two of Cups
4. What challenges will come in 2012? Eight of Cups (Rx)
5. What opportunities will come in 2012? Five of Cups
6. What gifts or guidance will I have/need in 2012? Four of Cups (Rx)
7. Which wish will come true in 2012? Ten of Swords (Rx)

Wow, that is a lot of Cups. I guess 2012 is going to be a emotional, creative and spiritual year for me.

Paraskavedekatriaphobia, or What Me, Worry?

Ahhh Alfred E Newman what a smart cad you are. Today's Daily Draw is the Ten of Wands Reversed. This tells me that yesterday's challenging Seven is dead and gone and I feel lighter.

For many Friday the Thirteenth is a traumatic day. The Ten shows us a man who's back is breaking under the burden of carrying ten wands. His legs struggle to put one in front of the other as he climbs a slight incline. Twilight skies turns into a starry blackness with a shadowed moon in the background. The man's passion, his dreams have turned to a burden. There is no joy any longer. The fire that drove him is now a dying ember and he is being crushed under the weight.

Reverse the card and all the wands fall from our man's back. He is free! Unburdened and carefree. Once again a creative force.

Like our friend in the reversed Ten my depression lifted last night and I practically bolted out of bed to face the promises of a new day this morning. Already I have found $15 on the ground and talked to a very pretty lady on the bus this morning. (She asked for a reading)

The lessons of yesterday's Seven have come to fruition. I dug in and remained vigilant in the face of self affected turmoil and did not let it beat me. Today, those burdens are gone.

Victory has come, just as the Seven of Wands promised.