Readings
Two Cards
If you are trying to make a very important decision in your life and you don’t know which path to follow, if you are really doubtful about the consequences the crossroads tarot spread will help you to find your way.
Ten of Pentacles
Upright
Wealth, financial security, family, long-term success, contribution
The Ten of Pentacles is a hint that you have completed your mission. As a Pentacles card, this type of completion is likely to be in business, a home atmosphere, and a committed love relationship. You can now enjoy experiencing this treasure with your loved ones because you have expanded abundance by working laboriously. This is a card that ensures you will be satisfied with your achievements.
This card indicates stability and a long-term foundation for a successful future. A steady effort will obtain the benefit that will last a long time.
The Ten of Pentacles card tells that you want to share your achievement with other people and be certain they are properly served too. You provide, create economic safety to your family, so, they have all they need to live a comfortable life too.
The Ten of Pentacles is also a hint that the family is very valuable to you. You have a very happy home life, and you can afford your family with the protection and safety they want. You are also fully attached to your traditions and heritage.
Reversed
The dark side of wealth, financial failure or loss
When the reversed Ten of Pentacles appears, you may doubt whether you want to grow an abundance and have a traditional family life. Be willing to examine your need for security and responsibility in your life. Is this lifestyle really what you want?
The reversed Ten of Pentacles appears as a notice that wealth can be a trick. You may see that you hopelessly try to maintain this expensive type of living, however, you are being consumed by your financial resources.
The reversed Ten of Pentacles may also indicate that you are experiencing difficulties or delays with economic safety and family balance. Your expenses may have lost important value, your marriage may be in a tough period.
The Emperor
Upright
Authority, establishment, structure, a father figure
The Emperor is the father figure of the Tarot deck, suggests that you are adopting this protective role (regardless of whether you are male or female), affording for your family, and protecting your loved ones.
Similarly, the Emperor represents a strong and charismatic leader. Status and power are necessary to you, and you are most comfortable in a leadership role where you can direct others. You have a clear vision of what you want to manifest, and you arrange those around you to manifest your goal. You listen to the advice of others, but you prefer to make the final decision.
The Emperor reflects a system defined by rules and regulations. You create law and order by applying policies or guidelines to a specific situation. Be strategic and highly organized in your approach by sticking to your plan until the end.
The Emperor card also implies world knowledge and expertise. You have gained valuable wisdom and living experience, and now you enjoy offering guidance to someone who might benefit from it. You may be a teacher, coach, boss, or just a good friend who likes to take the knowledge and pass it on so that others can be as wise and powerful as you.
Reversed
Domination, excessive control, lack of discipline, inflexibility
The reversed Emperor requests you to assess your relationships with responsibility and discipline. Are you expressing too much or too little of these in your life right now? Are they serving for you or against you?
In the reversed position, the Emperor can be bossy and inflexible in his thoughts. The card can suggest an over-use of authoritative power. It could be you or another person, often a boss, partner or family member. And it may be because of deep insecurities and self-doubts.
Recognize the position of power in your life. Are you declaring your power and dominance in a way that leaves others feeling weak? Or are you giving away much of your personal power to please others? Try to find a solution where you start from a place of personal power and enable others to do the same. Power can be equally distributed – you don’t need to take it from others, nor do you need to give yours away.
Sometimes, the reversed Emperor asks you to stand up to authority. You may feel fed up with an oppressive boss or a hierarchical organization and feel forced to enter a more flexible and adaptive environment. Maybe you aspire to be your own boss and work independently by starting up your own business.
In a love reading, the reversed Emperor hints that you may be in an unbalanced relationship and it‘s making you unhappy. Your partner has become overbearing, possessive and dominating. This dynamic is putting tension on the relationship and blocking the flow of energies between you.