I was browsing Scott Grossberg's blog today, looking through all his fairy tale spreads. There were several that I wanted to try out and blog about today, but the synchronicity of the Little Red Riding Hood themed spread caught my attention. You see, the movie Red Riding Hood
has just arrived in a Netflix envelope in my mailbox today. And Scott even mentions this version of the movie in his post. So it seemed quite fated.
I wanted to do a reading on the next stage in my life. We are going to be moving very soon, and I'm a little nervous about it all coming together in time. I'm not good at planning everything in advance, and I worry that I might not have all my bases covered. This spread is designed to provide direction when you feel you are lost or have strayed off your path.
Scott Grossberg's "All the Better to See You With" Spread: (See his blog post for more detail on additional potentials for this spread.)
1. Mother (The Burden. The responsibility you carry and duty you think you must dependably fulfill)
Life (Health, Creation, Well-Being)
I'm responsible for the lives and well-being of my children. Quite fitting that in the Mother position, I see my responsibilities of being a mother. Being their sole parent, their upbringing is entirely in my hands. They depend on me and only me, and it's a responsibility that affects every aspect of my life.
2. Little Red (The Innocence. The effortless, yet childish, impulses you must learn to control)
Forbidden Love (Seduction, Triangle, Detachment)
Forbidden Love might be representing my strong, passionate desire to move, which has haunted me for years now. Until now, this desire has gone unrequited.
As far as my "Little Red Innocence" goes, I see the keyword "detachment" in this card and I think my innocence lies in the fact that I feel detached from the usual stigma of being a grown mother. While it feels perfectly natural to be with my kids every day, sometimes I look back and wonder how I can be old enough to have an 11 year old. How did that happen? Where did the time go? I feel like I'm 15 years younger than I really am... so most of the time, I don't feel like a "grown up". At least not in the way I used to think of grown-ups when I was a child. The seduction this card suggests is maybe the allure in still being young at heart and not wanting to take on too much of the real world and its stodgy heaviness.
3. Wolf (The Danger. What you fully believe is persistently hunting you and may ultimately consume you)
Mentor (Guide, Mystic, Work)
I think the danger here is in my lack of a mentor. There is no one I can really turn to or rely on for help. I've always been more solitary than group-oriented, so I'm more comfortable doing things on my own. The danger this poses is in having to always be my own guide and therefore not being able to look at things objectively a lot of the time. This is something I think meditation will help with. Having my spiritual side help guide me, rather than always using my physical senses. Also, the other day, I did a reading on meditation (here) which told me that meditating will lead me to opportunities to unify with others, so maybe when I move I will gravitate toward a support sytem so I don't always have to be my own guide.
4. Hunter (The Rescue. What will remarkably save and protect you from your groundless desires)
Death (Transition, Tears, Lies)
Facing the inevitability of impending change will save me from stalling and procrastinating making the move. It's something that has to be done within a certain time frame, so I have to let go. I have to move forward. Death is about ending. There is a big ending coming up for me and I need to embrace it wholeheartedly if I want to be rescued from what I'm desperate to leave behind. The Death card (in any deck) does not scare me. It feels like an old friend. The tarot Death card is tied to my astrological sign of Scorpio, so Big Change is something that feels natural to me, and the seductive darkness of the ending that Death cards represent has a certain mysterious allure to it. It's ironic that my rescue will come from the thing most others fear.
5. Moral - Three center cards (The Lesson. What you will be learning from your current situation)
Maturation, Time, Servant
It's interesting that "Adulthood" is one of the keywords of the Maturation card, as it ties into what I was saying earlier, how I don't feel like a full fledged grown-up. But this card serves as a lesson for me. This big move will be different from the ones before, and it seems the experience might make me feel more mature. But hopefully in an empowering way, not a stuffy and stressful way.
Time, with its hourglass flowing at the bottom of the card, shows me two things. First, how short life is, and that I should live it however I feel most comfortable and natural, and not worry about how mature I need to appear to the world (playing off the Servant card next to it). Also, next to Maturation, it shows me that things will progress in their own time. There's no rush to become what I am not yet ready to be.
Servant spoke to me about where my duties lie. I am here to be a servant to myself and my children. I am here to meet all of our needs, but the rest of the world is on their own. I will not be a slave to anyone else.
It's fascinating to me that Life and Death appeared opposite one another on the left, representing the Burden and the Rescue. Death will rescue me from Life. Eventually, this will be true physically... but hopefully not for a very long time! In the meantime, the death of the circumstances I am leaving behind will pave the way for a new life teeming with new opportunities.
This was an interesting spread, and I'm going to spend some more time with it later, applying the cards to the Vitruvian Square
to see what further insights I can glean from it.
Deck: Deck of Shadows (by Scott Grossberg)
has just arrived in a Netflix envelope in my mailbox today. And Scott even mentions this version of the movie in his post. So it seemed quite fated.I wanted to do a reading on the next stage in my life. We are going to be moving very soon, and I'm a little nervous about it all coming together in time. I'm not good at planning everything in advance, and I worry that I might not have all my bases covered. This spread is designed to provide direction when you feel you are lost or have strayed off your path.
Scott Grossberg's "All the Better to See You With" Spread: (See his blog post for more detail on additional potentials for this spread.)
1. Mother (The Burden. The responsibility you carry and duty you think you must dependably fulfill)
Life (Health, Creation, Well-Being)
I'm responsible for the lives and well-being of my children. Quite fitting that in the Mother position, I see my responsibilities of being a mother. Being their sole parent, their upbringing is entirely in my hands. They depend on me and only me, and it's a responsibility that affects every aspect of my life.
2. Little Red (The Innocence. The effortless, yet childish, impulses you must learn to control)
Forbidden Love (Seduction, Triangle, Detachment)
Forbidden Love might be representing my strong, passionate desire to move, which has haunted me for years now. Until now, this desire has gone unrequited.
As far as my "Little Red Innocence" goes, I see the keyword "detachment" in this card and I think my innocence lies in the fact that I feel detached from the usual stigma of being a grown mother. While it feels perfectly natural to be with my kids every day, sometimes I look back and wonder how I can be old enough to have an 11 year old. How did that happen? Where did the time go? I feel like I'm 15 years younger than I really am... so most of the time, I don't feel like a "grown up". At least not in the way I used to think of grown-ups when I was a child. The seduction this card suggests is maybe the allure in still being young at heart and not wanting to take on too much of the real world and its stodgy heaviness.
3. Wolf (The Danger. What you fully believe is persistently hunting you and may ultimately consume you)
Mentor (Guide, Mystic, Work)
I think the danger here is in my lack of a mentor. There is no one I can really turn to or rely on for help. I've always been more solitary than group-oriented, so I'm more comfortable doing things on my own. The danger this poses is in having to always be my own guide and therefore not being able to look at things objectively a lot of the time. This is something I think meditation will help with. Having my spiritual side help guide me, rather than always using my physical senses. Also, the other day, I did a reading on meditation (here) which told me that meditating will lead me to opportunities to unify with others, so maybe when I move I will gravitate toward a support sytem so I don't always have to be my own guide.
4. Hunter (The Rescue. What will remarkably save and protect you from your groundless desires)
Death (Transition, Tears, Lies)
Facing the inevitability of impending change will save me from stalling and procrastinating making the move. It's something that has to be done within a certain time frame, so I have to let go. I have to move forward. Death is about ending. There is a big ending coming up for me and I need to embrace it wholeheartedly if I want to be rescued from what I'm desperate to leave behind. The Death card (in any deck) does not scare me. It feels like an old friend. The tarot Death card is tied to my astrological sign of Scorpio, so Big Change is something that feels natural to me, and the seductive darkness of the ending that Death cards represent has a certain mysterious allure to it. It's ironic that my rescue will come from the thing most others fear.
5. Moral - Three center cards (The Lesson. What you will be learning from your current situation)
Maturation, Time, Servant
It's interesting that "Adulthood" is one of the keywords of the Maturation card, as it ties into what I was saying earlier, how I don't feel like a full fledged grown-up. But this card serves as a lesson for me. This big move will be different from the ones before, and it seems the experience might make me feel more mature. But hopefully in an empowering way, not a stuffy and stressful way.
Time, with its hourglass flowing at the bottom of the card, shows me two things. First, how short life is, and that I should live it however I feel most comfortable and natural, and not worry about how mature I need to appear to the world (playing off the Servant card next to it). Also, next to Maturation, it shows me that things will progress in their own time. There's no rush to become what I am not yet ready to be.
Servant spoke to me about where my duties lie. I am here to be a servant to myself and my children. I am here to meet all of our needs, but the rest of the world is on their own. I will not be a slave to anyone else.
It's fascinating to me that Life and Death appeared opposite one another on the left, representing the Burden and the Rescue. Death will rescue me from Life. Eventually, this will be true physically... but hopefully not for a very long time! In the meantime, the death of the circumstances I am leaving behind will pave the way for a new life teeming with new opportunities.
This was an interesting spread, and I'm going to spend some more time with it later, applying the cards to the Vitruvian Square
to see what further insights I can glean from it. Deck: Deck of Shadows (by Scott Grossberg)
~ Kiki
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