I did do a Daily 3 yesterday, but didn’t have time to put it up. This is probably for the better, because it surprisingly melted into today’s reading!

This is yesterday’s. Reversed Queen of Wands, Reversed Four of Coins, Reversed King of Cups. 

The Queen’s cheerful, energetic nature is hidden behind the Four’s stingy over-protectiveness. The King of Cups suggests emotional fear and barriers. This spread speaks volumes about the place I’m in emotionally: I don’t open up easily (if at all), and I don’t like to step out of my comfort zone. Both of these are represented by the King, and the Four. Are they hiding that bright, outgoing Queen?

Thinking about this spread, this morning I took it upon myself to ask my advisor if I could meet with him on Thursday to discuss universities. I may have been using finances as an excuse not to face the world (this is also suggested in the Four, being a coin card), and I don’t like bringing attention to myself in class. But maybe both of these things have been keeping that poor Queen caged inside? As soon as I got home today, I laid out three cards. Look at this.

The Queen appears again, but upright this time! Both the Three of Wands and the reversed Three of Swords suggest moving forward, though the Wands imply moving towards joy and better times (the Swords simply imply moving past pain). And that sweet, vibrant, confident Queen waits on the other side. 

I’ve been seeing her a lot lately, actually. In late December, I saw the reversed High Priestess repeatedly, and only once I got my head back in shape and reconnected with my spirituality did she turn rightside up again. Since then, I’ve seen the Queen of Wands, over and over, both rightside up and reversed. At first I thought she represented my sister (in the Hanson-Roberts deck, she looks like my sister, who also happens to be a Fire sign; Wands represent Fire, though the Queen specifically represents Leo, I think, where my sister is an Aries), but put into the context of yesterday and today’s readings … is she me? The woman I could become if I continue my schooling and enter the industry?

We’ll have to see how she comes up in future readings. I can’t remember the context where she’s arrived before. But I wouldn’t mind if that was the case. The Queen of Wands is quite a remarkable woman.