Card 10-The Wheel of Fortune
@Anora_Eldorath (6028)
United States
January 15, 2011 10:15pm CST
The Wheel of Fortune represents change in one direction or the other in reference to the fortune cycle on the wheel itself. It is like Njord who was guardian of the wealth, or Zeus who was a bringer of good fortune, and even in one tale changed into a shower of gold in order to enter and bless a woman with fruit. It is representative of journey as a whole as well as solitary journey from one to the other.
The Wheel of Fortune resides on the path between Netsach (Victory) and Chesed (Mercy). It is representative of Victory tempered by Mercy. It is the path between the astral triangle and ethical triangle, which places it as a way for the journey to continue on the right hand pillar (mercy) from the world of Malkuth (earth).
In a reading when the Wheel of Fortune is drawn it can be symbolic of a movement from being without to being with something. This may come in the form of literal financial riches, but it may also reflect the spiritual riches/wealth. In the negative this card is a warning that a change may be coming from being with to being without. It should be noted that the Wheel of Fortune is a very difficult card to read simply by itself as there are too many factors involved. The future is never certain, never solid, so the interpretation is not a definite. Change is always difficult to read. It would depend upon the person involved, the question at hand, the surrounding cards, as well as the person's own choices even after the reading. The Wheel of Fortune can be likened to one coming to a cross-road. One path is right and one is wrong, and the choice is for the person to decide. No one can chose the right path for them. One can only be certain of one thing when the Wheel of Fortune appears, change is coming in one form or the other.
Question: Have you ever found yourself at the cross-roads of life? What did you do? What was the outcome of that decision?
4 responses
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
19 Jan 11
I think that any one of us would be lying if we were to say that we have never faced a crossroads in our lives. The reason that I say that is because I believe that our lives are a series of decisions that we have to make throughout our lives. The most recent one that we've faced in our lives here was when we were struggling under the burden of credit card bills. We decided to enroll in a debt management plan and though I will admit that we still struggle, it is a lot better now than it was when the minimum payments kept getting higher and higher.
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@Anora_Eldorath (6028)
• United States
19 Jan 11
Dorann-
Exactly! All of us have been here and all have us had made poor and good decisions when we were there. I'm very happy to hear that your crossroads is working out in the positive. I wish continued blessings.
Namaste-Anora
@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
16 Jan 11
Namaste Anora,
"Life is all about selections and you will always find two paths - the easy one and the hard/difficult one. The easy one would attract you and it would be 99% wrong to follow that path as it will be the path of devil. The difficult one would be the path of virtue and goodness, there will always be difficulties and hardships but at end when you reach your goal, you would find happiness and satisfaction" - my late maternal grandmother.
In my life, I have been at crossroads (I think, more because of my cusp I mentioned). At times (many times) I took the wrong path finding it easy and midway I realized I was wrong. Luckily I always found my way back and re-started walking the right path - Lack of Knowledge to judge the difficult path sometimes, and other times, yup it is easy - the devil.
After ridding myself of some of the ego, greed and other earthly things, I think, now I am able to differentiate between the right and wrong paths... Crossroads still exist but I am mostly on the right paths.
Regards,
theSids
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@Anora_Eldorath (6028)
• United States
19 Jan 11
Sids-
That is how I see the Wheel of Fortune, it is ever turning. We can only try to learn from each situation as they occur and move forward along the right path. If we were to sit at those crossroads and become stagnant that we would miss the lessons life has to offer us.
Namaste-Anora
@ebuscat (5935)
• Philippines
16 Jan 11
For me stop doing that so that you would not the enemy of Jehovah God.
@Anora_Eldorath (6028)
• United States
16 Jan 11
ebuscat-
If it is so opposed to your beliefs why do you even come here? Aren't you risking your own immortal soul by virtue of being here?
Namaste-Anora
@NoWayRo (1061)
• Romania
16 Jan 11
I like it how the Wheel of Fortune comes up in readings when you don't know you're standing at a crossroad. You think you're on a certain path, unaware that you have other options - and then suddenly you get the Wheel of Fortune, to remind you that nothing in life is nailed down, there are always choices.
I feel this card made me confront my fears a few times; it made me understand I refused to see the options ahead of me, because I was afraid of one of the paths.
It's also a reminder that, while we struggle to achieve things in life, none are definitive, and luck can change with a turn of the wheel.
I've stood at a fair share of crossroads in my life. Sometimes I took the right path, sometimes I strayed for a while, and sometimes I was wrong all the way. The important thing is that I've learned a little bit more each time.
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@Anora_Eldorath (6028)
• United States
19 Jan 11
Ro-
That is the important thing that you learned from your experiences.
Namaste-Anora
