Unable to sleep at 4 am, I got the urge to work with my Wildwood Deck and this spread came to me. The Uffington Horse is a prevalent figure in the Wildwood deck, and has come to represent, for me, focus and achievement. I used the shape of its head (which has become a talisman of sorts for me) to structure the layout:
I asked the cards to dictate what each card should represent, and this is what I got:
This is how I’m interpreting it:
- Green Man: The Project/Goal
- Two of Stones: The Challenge
- Six of Bows: What to let go/make peace with
- Green Woman: What nurtures the project/goal
- Three of Stones: How to approach the project/goal
- Ten of Arrows: How to communicate about the project/goal
- The Ancestor: Where to draw strength/resources for the goal/project
- Four of Arrows: What to avoid
I applied this layout to how succeed in my PhD, and got the following:
- The Project/Goal: King of Bows → an educational matter
- The Challenge: Eight of Arrows (Struggle) → speaks for itself and, oh, how true it speaks
- What to let go/make peace with: The Blasted Oak → the shock of the horrors of academia
- What nurtures the project/goal: Ten of Bows (Responsibility → sigh yes, I get it, thank you
- How to approach the project/goal: Knight of Stones (Horse) → perseverance, pride, self-sufficiency
- How to communicate about the project/goal : Nine of Vessels (Generosity) → talk less negatively to myself and others
- Where to draw strength/resources for the goal/project : Ace of Stones → its up to me to manifest success
- What to avoid: Two of Vessels (Attraction): avoid romance rn, and I couldn’t agree more
Overall, this turned out to be both on the mark and insightful for me. Some things I knew; others, like how I am setting my self up for failure by talking too negatively about my phd, were revelations. Hopefully some of you can make use of this spread as well.
