Usually I’m not a huge fan of readings done on someone else without them knowing, not for ethical reasons but because I always feel there is more wiggle room for error if the person is not present. This is just my experience, but that’s how it works for me. Still, when a friend of mine started getting paranoid that his job contract might not get renewed I decided to ask, even though he didn’t feel like getting a reading (especially since we don’t live in the same country)

I used the Bolognese tarot, since this is the deck I’m currently studying, and the thirteen card spread, which is the most common spread with this deck.

I believe the line that gives us a positive answer is the third, with the Hermit, the Angel and the Devil. Angel and Devil is one of those rare traditional combos that cannot be reduced to the basic meaning of the cards: it represents great news or great satisfaction. In general, when they fall together, they can be a hint at a yes.

Since the Hermit opens the line though, this is going to take some time (and it did: he was waiting for an answer any day from the date of the reading, instead it took two months). And the answer WAS positive, so the Hermit only influenced the time element, but it didn’t block the good news.

What about the other cards? Well, I believe the first two lines are simply describing the situation: in the first line we have the querent, my friend (the King of Wands) together with the little money card and the Ace of Wands. This can be interpreted as him having actually little (Ten of Coins) interest (Ace) for the job aside from needing it or, more positively, that the job brings him success (Ace) in little amounts (Ten of Coins). Both interpretations are actually true.

The second line has Justice and the Ace of Swords, which together can talk about a legally binding (Justice) contract (Ace of Swords). Then comes the letter card (the Page of Swords) which is followed in the next line by the Hermit, the blockage. This is where the delay was created.

What about the last line? Here I’m not sure. The cards talk about a woman, the Queen of Wands, possibly belonging to the family (she sits right on top of the Ace of Cups). She is surrounded by confusion (Fool) and betrayal (the Hanged Man). My only thought was that a woman close to him wasn’t at all expecting the contract to be renewed, was taken by surprise. I wasn’t able to confirm this detail, but there you go.

MQS