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| The Bohemian Gothic Tarot Card Deck |
1st row Past - Left Card: IV of Swords
1st row Present - Middle Card: XVI The Tower
1st row Destination - Right Card: XV The Devil
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2nd row Hidden - Right Card: Knight of Wands
2nd row Advice - Middle Card: V The Hierophant
2nd row Outcome - Left Card: King of Pentacles
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The Top Card is The Shadow Card and is the overall theme of the reading: Anxiety, worry, confusion, nightmares, insomnia, fear
1st row Left to Right
The Past is The IV of Swords meaning in need of rest and recuperation, meditation, recharging your batteries and finding your center
The Present is The XVI The Tower meaning something unexpected will happen; an unexpected turn of events, upheaval, chaos, turmoil, life overturned
The Destination Card is XV The Devil: Troublemaker
2nd row: Right to Left
The Hidden Card is The Knight of Wands and means wise planning is in order and to "think before you leap"
The Advice Card is V The Hierophant (government bodies, religious institutions) and means: Do not just blindly accept and/or submit to all knowledge without first questioning what the consequences of your decisions will be
The Outcome is The King of Pentacles. This one I had a hard time with as it can be interpreted in so many different ways as an individual, a time in history, a health issue or a relationship.
Actually, as I was doing my research, it was slowly determined that all of the above are an integral part of the answer.
On the Left is The X of Pentacles (Confirmation Card) and is a snapshot of where we're headed meaning: Family, bonding, unity, helping each other, working together, love and compassion
Subject: Malefic (Malignant Influence)
Whoever this individual represents and I believe it to be a male, his time is up.
This is The Pretender; a figure head, a puppet, a deceptive and false, ruthless, cruel and corrupt Emperor who thought he still had a job but may already be in the process of leaving or being made to leave
The altar his head rests on represents a structure on which offerings are made to a deity - the Hebrew word for altar is mizbeah from a verbal root meaning "to slaughter." The Greek word means: A place of sacrifice.
Old and feeble, his time is up and is near death or dead already (in mind, body and spirit).
His sickly white and pasty veneer (skeleton face with linen mask) is an attempt to hide his spiritual health (but if you look closely you can see scars and/or mutilation marks) that he is endeavoring to cover up.
The two talismans hanging on either side of his face are protective gear, full of images supposedly imbued with supernatural qualities.
The diadem on his forehead is both black (used to convey authority) and white symbolizing the eternal struggle between day and night, good and evil, right and wrong.
The metal talons on his crown signify the powerful grip external forces have on him/over him.
The lion on the talisman in heraldry means holding the position of "rampant" - violent in action or spirit, raging and furious
The red icon in the center of the crown could be a Harpy. In Greek it means "spirit of the wind" particularly a hurricane and symbolizes ferocity under provocation
The two vultures in the background one on the left and one on the right mean that scavenger birds do not kill their prey but only collect what is already dead.
The two white roses in the background, one on the left and one on the right I felt were not that important to the interpretation of the reading to note.
Interesting side note:
The romans and Greeks had respect for vultures.
Saturn, the G-d of Justice rode a vulture.
The Quran mentions a pre-Islamic G-d by the name of Nasr which means "Vulture" that was worshipped during the Time of Noah.
The numerical value of this reading is a 4: A break or rest period. In order to move forward you need to contemplate where you've been and where you're going.
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