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past-unconscious:
Your past-unconscious appears to be a dark place and a time of enduring great stress and heartache. The three of swords appears first, so there is heartache here; a sense of betrayal and pain. Were you the heart, or the swords that pierced it? An unexpected loss, and most likely your unconscious was preoccupied with a sense of suffering, whether it was your own suffering, or the suffering of someone else, or others.
There was a heavy burden on you here, perhaps persecution – were you being persecuted by others, or did the persecution come from within yourself, directed inward? Something here was a test, perhaps not in a divine sense, but in the sense that you were put to a time of great challenge, and had to use every last scrap of your knowledge and willpower to emerge from a dark time. “Sacrifice” is also a key word here.
past-conscious:
Your past-unconscious appears to have close ties to your past-conscious; since here appear two cards side-by-side which speak of emerging victorious from a dark time, and perhaps having used dark means (as some might deem it). The ace of wands is here to give you courage and push you to use your intuition to drive you in a new direction, boldly.
This was a time that spawned a lot of new ideas, and opened roads of opportunity for you… and the road of opportunity was opened by, again, what some may consider to be dark means. There was conflict in the past-conscious, but it seems the conflict was confrontational, or a matter of action, not conflict in terms of indecision. Perhaps using that conflict to propel yourself forward, leaving others arguing behind you in the dust. Perhaps pitting people or groups against each other. Perhaps simply taking others’ energy and realising it could be used for your own ends.
future-conscious:
Your future-conscious could be interpreted two ways, but it seems a pattern begins to emerge here. The work of your past has paid off for you, and offered you a sense of self-satisfaction. You have reaped the rewards of your past efforts, and prospered in the harvest.
Here now appears the Moon, whose meaning can be taken in a few ways. As she rules over the dark and the night, she can be seen as a symbol of fear, or of feeling out of your depth. However, she also represents intuition, and a huge pool of untapped potential and raw psychic energy. She speaks of learning how to see in the darkness the things which are hidden in daylight, and of power waiting to be realised, so you may bend it to your own will.
future-unconscious:
Daydreams and fantasies are foremost in your future-unconscious, and likely the success of your future-conscious is feeding this cycle. Dreams are becoming goals, or they can be made so. There is a lot of creativity in this period as you learn more from the Moon; however, there is risk of becoming distracted by desires and wishes, and not actually putting in the work to manifest them into reality.
Death is the final card here, which, as we know, speaks of evolution and change, and beginnings and endings. In this case I think it refers to that impenetrable veil of mortality, and how at the right times and with the right mindframe, we can be given glimpses of the future, or potential future, and have certain knowledge revealed to us. Not to be taken lightly. This may be the end of an old project, but it is also the beginning of a new one, so long as you heed the advice of the card prior, and do not let yourself become overwhelmed by potential to the point of indecision or procrastination.
So, the guidance for your project seems to be this: You have a lot of power at your disposal, once you figure out how to tap into it (or tap into it further), and you have enough creative force driving your project to make it manifest. You may have to, or have had to, step on some toes along the way, and the end result may not be what you started out imagining, as it’s likely you will come to a point where there are so many options for progression that you may become temporarily stagnant.
I would imagine that your approach to the project will change, or has changed, as more opportunities open up to you, but I do not see this as necessarily a bad thing. Be open to inspiration, let your intuition guide you if you feel the project could be tweaked or improved. Again, the final outcome will probably not be what you initially thought it would be, but it is likely to lead on to even better things, since you have gained knowledge in the undertaking.
past-unconscious:
- 3 of swords
- 8 of swords
past-conscious:
- ace of wands
- 5 of swords
future-conscious:
- 9 of cups
- the moon
future-unconscious:
- seven of cups
- death