Tarot Reading for the World in 2010
By Andy Heath
Celtic Cross Spread
1. The Chariot
2. 6 of Pentacles
3. 3 of Wands
4. 9 of Pentacles
5. The Moon
6. The Star
7. 10 of Cups
8. 10 of Pentacles
9. 2 of Pentacles
10. 5 of Swords
As I promised in my last post, here is a general Tarot reading for the world…
There are some conflicting things in the spread. The spread speaks of success, happiness, and hope, but also of fear. Together as a planet, we have come through difficult times and have begun a new adventure - 3 of Wands - but on our mind we have this unshakable fear, probably because of all we have been through - The Moon. Oh yes, we are enjoying a moment of happiness. Things are certainly better - 10 of Cups - and we have a time of immense hope coming into our lives - The Star. In fact, we are in an environment of momentary prosperity - 10 of Pentacles, and if we can continue working, staying organized, staying busy improving our situation, we will continue to have that success - 2 of Pentacles. We have been frugal, straining even in our moments of prosperity not to spend or use too much - 9 of Pentacles. That will change as our hope begins to come back to us.
This year, we will give a great deal of though, even despite our success, to what is most important to us - those things that we have versus those things that we do not have - 6 of Pentacles. But we must beware not to end up in the same financial mess in which we started. Our warning is to be even more concerned about our fellow man now than we have ever been. We do not want to alienate each other and end up taking from others for our own gain - 5 of Swords.
This is a quite positive reading - in my view, even more positive than the reading I did for the United States. I hope that in this country we have learned some lessons about where greed will take us. That is probably our greatest fault in this country. In time, as we lose our standing in the world - and all great nations eventually lose their greatness - I hope that we can see that even in that loss we have gained something far greater, some intangible treasure that teaches us that even after our greatness, life is somehow better than it was before.
