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.
King of Pentacles
Upright
Wealth, business, leadership, security, discipline, abundance
The King of Pentacles signifies wealth and economic safety. This King is a trusted provider; he uses his energy and determination to generate wealth for himself and loved ones. He is also a fatherly and protective character who gives people guidance and understanding, particularly in topics related to work and properties.
When the King of Pentacles card shows up, you are assured and prosperous at drawing and maintaining resources. While identifying possibilities for extension and benefit, you have self-control and power to handle your money and reinvest it intelligently.
The appearance of the King of Pentacles symbolizes that you are the great business owner and can turn your idea into something physical. When you connect yourself to your imagination, you create tremendous achievement and money come effortlessly to you. You do not strive to obtain your needs any longer like the Page and the Knight card.
The King of Pentacles often symbolizes the final realization of a duty. You have accomplished great things through great diligence and can definitely say that you accomplished your goal.
The King of Pentacles understands that a planned and continuous working will guide you to completion. Proceed this way rather than trying new methods of doing tasks. You should not practice any more ventures.
Reversed
Financially inept, obsessed with wealth and status, stubborn
The reversed King of Pentacles urges you to check your association with physical abundance and money. You may draw large amounts of money however you may not be handling your wealth properly. You need to improve your control so you can preserve it for your future while still appreciating the results of your hard work.
Or maybe you are placing money before everything else, badly affecting your connections and happiness. If this resonates, observe the greater influence of your passion with money. Is it helping you and supporting your essential priorities in life, or do you need to shift your approach?
In some instances, the reversed King of Pentacles pictures someone who is very determined and firm. Has life become so foreseen and regular that you are feeling somehow stuck in it? Being settled is great, however, you should let yourself be spontaneous and do something unusual sometimes. You should not be so serious and solid all of the time.
Nine of Cups
Upright
Contentment, satisfaction, gratitude, wish come true
You remember those moments when you look around and feel your heart overflowing with love for everything in your life? That’s what the Nine of Cups card is touching: emotional satisfaction and happiness. When this card shows up in a Tarot reading, you are comfortable in all perspectives of your life. You are relaxing in the bounty of life and feeling your emotions with such depth.
The Nine of Cups is often described as the ‘wishes came true’ card. If you have a longing and are patiently waiting for your dreams to come true, then this card is a wonderful sign that it will happen soon.
The Nine of Cups is a call to enjoy life’s pleasures. Live in the moment and give yourself the grace to entertain momentarily without any shame about the potential negative outcomes of such pleasure.
If you are trying to find the positive side of life, then showing appreciation will help you understand that you have a lot to be happy about.
One thing to remember with the Nine of Cups is that this man is sitting on a bench that is comfortable but for only a short period. Realize that contentment, too, is only temporary as life is always in a state of transformation. It is so important to enjoy what you have now and appreciate it because it may leave you later.
Reversed
Inner happiness, materialism, dissatisfaction, indulgence
Even when it arrives that you have everything you ever imagined, it can still feel like something is craving deep down. Have you tracked material earnings at the cost of your spirituality or emotional satisfaction? This is the basis of the reversed Nine of Cups card, and when it appears in a Tarot reading, it asks you to review what you’re wanting and adjust it with your Highest Good. You may have lost touch with your heart, instead, you are obliging the ego and following what will influence others.
The reversed Nine of Cups is a warning that you should search your happiness within. If your external world is not bringing happiness, develop your sense of completion.
At times, the reversed Nine of Cups implies that you are disappointed that your dreams have not yet come true. Your expectations may be misleading, or you may not be actively chasing your dreams. Now is the time to reconnect with your goals and try again to bring them to fulfillment.
The reversed Nine of Cups assists as a reminder not to over-consume at the cost of your well-being. You may be likely to do too much it on food, alcohol or unhealthy habits. Keep everything in balance and concentrate on the results of your activities, even if they make momentary pleasure.