Today's Minoan Tarot cards...

With a bit of a rerun and some other unusual details

We’re back to two cards this week, as usual, compared to the three cards that jumped out at me last week. But there were still… shenanigans… this time.

For quite some time now, I’ve felt that I should read only upright cards from my Minoan Tarot deck. I developed specific reversed meanings for all the cards, and for a while after the deck was published, I shuffled the cards such that they were facing random directions - so reversed cards were a possibility in readings.

Then I got the very strong feeling that I needed to stop doing that for this particular deck. So I sorted all the cards into the same direction and proceeded, always reading upright only.

Then today, I shuffled as usual, keeping the cards all in the same direction. But when I drew the two cards - one from the top and one from the bottom of the deck - they were upside down. Somehow I had turned the whole deck around in my hands as I was shuffling.

I figured, OK, that’s just a fluke. Then I took the photo, as I always do. I snap several shots and pick the best one.

When I looked at the photo album on my phone, every single picture of these cards was upside down.

OK, I can take a hint when it’s applied with a sledgehammer. lol

I’m not sure that the reversed meanings are meant for general consumption - they might just be for me - but I’ve decided to include them here in case they might be helpful to you.

So here’s the regular reading of these two cards:

Six of Horns: Gifts and unexpected bounty. You've received something - maybe tangible, maybe not - that adds value to your life. Cherish it, show your gratitude to the source that has given it to you, and pay it forward when you can.

The Tower: This card showed up last week, too, so apparently this one is still in process. Sometimes life is about drastic change. Like with the previous card, this might be tangible, material-life change, or it might be more of an internal shift. Regardless, it's a big one, maybe kind of scary, and it's tempting to try to hold on and keep the change from happening. This card, though, tells you the change will happen no matter how hard you hold on. So it might be easier on all concerned if you give in and let it happen.

For the reversed meanings, I feel like the “official” reversed meanings of these two cards, as I wrote them in the deck’s companion book, don’t quite hit the mark. So here are my intuitively-guided readings for these two cards, reversed:

Six of Horns reversed: You’re being presented with a valuable gift - tangible or otherwise - and you’re balking at accepting it because you’re afraid you’re not worthy, you don’t deserve it. The presence of this card in the reading means that you do, indeed, deserve it and should work to allow yourself to open up and accept it.

The Tower: You’ve identified so strongly with the status quo that its destruction, as heralded by this card, causes you to fear that you yourself will be destroyed. Of course, this isn’t at all true. Who you really are remains steady and stable underneath the layers of illusion. And although you might also worry that having your true nature revealed will disappoint people and even drive them away, the only people who will leave are those who were profiting from the illusion in some way. Those who value your authenticity will not only stay, but will become more supportive as the new status quo is revealed.

However the cards flip for you, I hope you all have a lovely week!