Post by Nox on Jun 23, 2016 13:45:14 GMT
Found on windvexer's tumblr before it was deactivated
A few ways to interpret reversed tarot or oracle cards – some of them make reversals in to helpful and powerful cards. Gleaned from my own reading and online sources.
Protection/Warning The card serving as a warning. “Watch out for this.” The 7 of Swords serves as a warning of betrayal, for example. The 6 of Cups can become ‘beware of becoming lost in the past.’
Opposite Meaning The card is simply read as its opposite. The Sun becomes Darkness. The World becomes the Fool.
Different Timeline The card will manifest before or after all the other cards.
Return to the Previous Card This card cannot be accessed because the lesson from the previous card has not yet been learned. For example, if the 3 of Cups is reversed, it means that the lesson of the 2 of Cups needs to be learned before the 3 of Cups can be resolved. If an Ace appears, it is the 10 that needs to be returned to; if it is the World, return to the Fool.
Blocked Energy This card is attempting to manifest, but the energy is blocked and manifestation is currently not possible.
Delays This card is attempting to manifest, but there will be delays.
Unconscious Awareness The querent is not aware of the issue in this card. This represents something ‘buried deep’.
Fear of the Card The querent fears what this card contains, or they are unwilling to work with the lessons the card contains.
Inability to Achieve The querent needs to consciously achieve this goal, but has an inability to do so. Different from ‘blocked’, which is outside the querent’s control.
Inability to Move On The querent cannot move on from this card; they can’t let the card go.
Pay Attention! Sometimes a reversal is just an indication that a card needs special attention.
Unimportant The magnitude of the card is lessened. It’s there, but not terribly high in energy or very important to the situation.
Confusion The querent doesn’t understand this card or the message it holds
Nox on May 5, 2016 at 10:15AM
There's also this from A Pictorial Guide To The Tarot by Arthur Edward Waite which has the reversed meanings of the tarot cards as well as the normal meanings. Like:
1. THE MAGICIAN.--Skill, diplomacy, address, subtlety; sickness, pain, loss, disaster, snares of enemies; self-confidence, will; the Querent, if male. Reversed: Physician, Magus, mental disease, disgrace, disquiet.
2. THE HIGH PRIESTESS.--Secrets, mystery, the future as yet unrevealed; the woman who interests the Querent, if male; the Querent herself, if female; silence, tenacity; mystery, wisdom, science. Reversed: Passion, moral or physical ardour, conceit, surface knowledge.
3. THE EMPRESS.--Fruitfulness, action, initiative, length of days; the unknown, clandestine; also difficulty, doubt, ignorance. Reversed: Light, truth, the unravelling of involved matters, public rejoicings; according to another reading, vacillation.
4. THE EMPEROR.--Stability, power, protection, realization; a great person; aid, reason, conviction; also authority and will. Reversed: Benevolence, compassion, credit; also confusion to enemies, obstruction, immaturity.
5. THE HIEROPHANT.--Marriage, alliance, captivity, servitude; by another account, mercy and goodness; inspiration; the man to whom the Querent has recourse. Reversed: Society, good understanding, concord, overkindness, weakness.
6. THE LOVERS.--Attraction, love, beauty, trials overcome. Reversed: Failure, foolish designs. Another account speaks of marriage frustrated and contrarieties of all kinds.
7. THE CHARIOT.--Succour, providence also war, triumph, presumption, vengeance, trouble. Reversed: Riot, quarrel, dispute, litigation, defeat.
8. FORTITUDE.--Power, energy, action, courage, magnanimity; also complete success and honours. Reversed: Despotism, abuse if power, weakness, discord, sometimes even disgrace.
9. THE HERMIT.--Prudence, circumspection; also and especially treason, dissimulation, roguery, corruption. Reversed: Concealment, disguise, policy, fear, unreasoned caution.
10. WHEEL OF FORTUNE.-Destiny, fortune, success, elevation, luck, felicity. Reversed: Increase, abundance, superfluity.
11. JUSTICE.--Equity, rightness, probity, executive; triumph of the deserving side in law. Reversed: Law in all its departments, legal complications, bigotry, bias, excessive severity.
12. THE HANGED MAN.--Wisdom, circumspection, discernment, trials, sacrifice, intuition, divination, prophecy. Reversed: Selfishness, the crowd, body politic.
13. DEATH.--End, mortality, destruction, corruption also, for a man, the loss of a benefactor for a woman, many contrarieties; for a maid, failure of marriage projects. Reversed: Inertia, sleep, lethargy, petrifaction, somnambulism; hope destroyed.
14. TEMPERANCE.--Economy, moderation, frugality, management, accommodation. Reversed: Things connected with churches, religions, sects, the priesthood, sometimes even the priest who will marry the Querent; also disunion, unfortunate combinations, competing interests.
15. THE DEVIL.--Ravage, violence, vehemence, extraordinary efforts, force, fatality; that which is predestined but is not for this reason evil. Reversed: Evil fatality, weakness, pettiness, blindness.
16. THE TOWER.--Misery, distress, indigence, adversity, calamity, disgrace, deception, ruin. It is a card in particular of unforeseen catastrophe. Reversed: According to one account, the same in a lesser degree also oppression, imprisonment, tyranny.
17. THE STAR.--Loss, theft, privation, abandonment; another reading says-hope and bright prospects, Reversed: Arrogance, haughtiness, impotence.
18. THE MOON.--Hidden enemies, danger, calumny, darkness, terror, deception, occult forces, error. Reversed: Instability, inconstancy, silence, lesser degrees of deception and error.
19. THE SUN.--Material happiness, fortunate marriage, contentment. Reversed: The same in a lesser sense.
20. THE LAST JUDGMENT.--Change of position, renewal, outcome. Another account specifies total loss though lawsuit. Reversed: Weakness, pusillanimity, simplicity; also deliberation, decision, sentence.
ZERO. THE FOOL.--Folly, mania, extravagance, intoxication, delirium, frenzy, bewrayment. Reversed: Negligence, absence, distribution, carelessness, apathy, nullity, vanity.
21. THE WORLD.--Assured success, recompense, voyage, route, emigration, flight, change of place. Reversed: Inertia, fixity, stagnation, permanence.
WANDS.
King.--Generally favourable may signify a good marriage. Reversed: Advice that should be followed.
Queen.--A good harvest, which may be taken in several senses. Reversed: Goodwill towards the Querent, but without the opportunity to exercise it.
Knight.--A bad card; according to some readings, alienation. Reversed: For a woman, marriage, but probably frustrated.
Page.--Young man of family in search of young lady. Reversed: Bad news.
Ten.--Difficulties and contradictions, if near a good card.
Nine.--Generally speaking, a bad card.
Eight.--Domestic disputes for a married person.
Seven.--A dark child.
Six.--Servants may lose the confidence of their masters; a young lady may be betrayed by a friend. Reversed: Fulfilment of deferred hope.
Five.--Success in financial speculation. Reversed: Quarrels may be turned to advantage.
Four.--Unexpected good fortune. Reversed: A married woman will have beautiful children.
Three.--A very good card; collaboration will favour enterprise.
Two.--A young lady may expect trivial disappointments.
Ace.--Calamities of all kinds. Reversed: A sign of birth.
CUPS.
King.--Beware of ill-will on the part of a man of position, and of hypocrisy pretending to help. Reversed: Loss.
Queen.--Sometimes denotes a woman of equivocal character. Reversed: A rich marriage for a man and a distinguished one for a woman.
Knight.--A visit from a friend, who will bring unexpected money to the Querent. Reversed: Irregularity.
Page.--Good augury; also a young man who is unfortunate in love. Reversed: Obstacles of all kinds.
Ten.--For a male Querent, a good marriage and one beyond his expectations. Reversed: Sorrow; also a serious quarrel.
Nine.--Of good augury for military men. Reversed: Good business.
Eight.--Marriage with a fair woman. Reversed: Perfect satisfaction.
Seven.--Fair child; idea, design, resolve, movement. Reversed: Success, if accompanied by the Three of Cups.
Six.--Pleasant memories. Reversed: Inheritance to fall in quickly.
Five.--Generally favourable; a happy marriage; also patrimony, legacies, gifts, success in enterprise. Reversed: Return of some relative who has not been seen for long.
Four.--Contrarieties. Reversed: Presentiment.
Three.--Unexpected advancement for a military man. Reversed: Consolation, cure, end of the business.
Two.--Favourable in things of pleasure and business, as well as love; also wealth and honour. Reversed: Passion.
Ace.--Inflexible will, unalterable law. Reversed: Unexpected change of position.
SWORDS.
King.--A lawyer, senator, doctor. Reversed: A bad man; also a caution to put an end to a ruinous lawsuit.
Queen.--A widow. Reversed: A bad woman, with ill-will towards the Querent.
Knight.--A soldier, man of arms, satellite, stipendiary; heroic action predicted for soldier. Reversed: Dispute with an imbecile person; for a woman, struggle with a rival, who will be conquered.
Page.--An indiscreet person will pry into the Querent's secrets. Reversed: Astonishing news.
Ten.--Followed by Ace and King, imprisonment; for girl or wife, treason on the part of friends. Reversed: Victory and consequent fortune for a soldier in war.
Nine.--An ecclesiastic, a priest; generally, a card of bad omen. Reversed: Good ground for suspicion against a doubtful person.
Eight.--For a woman, scandal spread in her respect. Reversed: Departure of a relative.
Seven.--Dark girl; a good card; it promises a country life after a competence has been secured. Reversed: Good advice, probably neglected.
Six.--The voyage will be pleasant. Reversed: Unfavourable issue of lawsuit.
Five.--An attack on the fortune of the Querent. Reversed: A sign of sorrow and mourning.
Four.--A bad card, but if reversed a qualified success may be expected by wise administration of affairs. Reversed: A certain success following wise administration.
Three.--For a woman, the flight of her lover. Reversed: A meeting with one whom the Querent has compromised; also a nun.
Two.--Gifts for a lady, influential protection for a man in search of help. Reversed: Dealings with rogues.
Ace.--Great prosperity or great misery. Reversed: Marriage broken off, for a woman, through her own imprudence.
PENTACLES.
King.--A rather dark man, a merchant, master, professor. Reversed: An old and vicious man.
Queen.--Dark woman; presents from a rich relative; rich and happy marriage for a young man. Reversed: An illness.
Knight.--An useful man; useful discoveries. Reversed: A brave man out of employment.
Page.--A dark youth; a young officer or soldier; a child. Reversed: Sometimes degradation and sometimes pillage.
Ten.--Represents house or dwelling, and derives its value from other cards. Reversed: An occasion which may be fortunate or otherwise.
Nine.--Prompt fulfilment of what is presaged by neighbouring cards. Reversed: Vain hopes.
Eight.--A young man in business who has relations with the Querent; a dark girl. Reversed: The Querent will be compromised in a matter of money-lending.
Seven.--Improved position for a lady's future husband. Reversed: Impatience, apprehension, suspicion.
Six.--The present must not be relied on. Reversed: A check on the Querent's ambition.
Five.--Conquest of fortune by reason. Reversed: Troubles in love.
Four.--For a bachelor, pleasant news from a lady. Reversed: Observation, hindrances.
Three.--If for a man, celebrity for his eldest son. Reversed: Depends on neighbouring cards.
Two.--Troubles are more imaginary than real. Reversed: Bad omen, ignorance, injustice.
Ace.--The most favourable of all cards. Reversed: A share in the finding of treasure.
A few ways to interpret reversed tarot or oracle cards – some of them make reversals in to helpful and powerful cards. Gleaned from my own reading and online sources.
Protection/Warning The card serving as a warning. “Watch out for this.” The 7 of Swords serves as a warning of betrayal, for example. The 6 of Cups can become ‘beware of becoming lost in the past.’
Opposite Meaning The card is simply read as its opposite. The Sun becomes Darkness. The World becomes the Fool.
Different Timeline The card will manifest before or after all the other cards.
Return to the Previous Card This card cannot be accessed because the lesson from the previous card has not yet been learned. For example, if the 3 of Cups is reversed, it means that the lesson of the 2 of Cups needs to be learned before the 3 of Cups can be resolved. If an Ace appears, it is the 10 that needs to be returned to; if it is the World, return to the Fool.
Blocked Energy This card is attempting to manifest, but the energy is blocked and manifestation is currently not possible.
Delays This card is attempting to manifest, but there will be delays.
Unconscious Awareness The querent is not aware of the issue in this card. This represents something ‘buried deep’.
Fear of the Card The querent fears what this card contains, or they are unwilling to work with the lessons the card contains.
Inability to Achieve The querent needs to consciously achieve this goal, but has an inability to do so. Different from ‘blocked’, which is outside the querent’s control.
Inability to Move On The querent cannot move on from this card; they can’t let the card go.
Pay Attention! Sometimes a reversal is just an indication that a card needs special attention.
Unimportant The magnitude of the card is lessened. It’s there, but not terribly high in energy or very important to the situation.
Confusion The querent doesn’t understand this card or the message it holds
Nox on May 5, 2016 at 10:15AM
There's also this from A Pictorial Guide To The Tarot by Arthur Edward Waite which has the reversed meanings of the tarot cards as well as the normal meanings. Like:
1. THE MAGICIAN.--Skill, diplomacy, address, subtlety; sickness, pain, loss, disaster, snares of enemies; self-confidence, will; the Querent, if male. Reversed: Physician, Magus, mental disease, disgrace, disquiet.
2. THE HIGH PRIESTESS.--Secrets, mystery, the future as yet unrevealed; the woman who interests the Querent, if male; the Querent herself, if female; silence, tenacity; mystery, wisdom, science. Reversed: Passion, moral or physical ardour, conceit, surface knowledge.
3. THE EMPRESS.--Fruitfulness, action, initiative, length of days; the unknown, clandestine; also difficulty, doubt, ignorance. Reversed: Light, truth, the unravelling of involved matters, public rejoicings; according to another reading, vacillation.
4. THE EMPEROR.--Stability, power, protection, realization; a great person; aid, reason, conviction; also authority and will. Reversed: Benevolence, compassion, credit; also confusion to enemies, obstruction, immaturity.
5. THE HIEROPHANT.--Marriage, alliance, captivity, servitude; by another account, mercy and goodness; inspiration; the man to whom the Querent has recourse. Reversed: Society, good understanding, concord, overkindness, weakness.
6. THE LOVERS.--Attraction, love, beauty, trials overcome. Reversed: Failure, foolish designs. Another account speaks of marriage frustrated and contrarieties of all kinds.
7. THE CHARIOT.--Succour, providence also war, triumph, presumption, vengeance, trouble. Reversed: Riot, quarrel, dispute, litigation, defeat.
8. FORTITUDE.--Power, energy, action, courage, magnanimity; also complete success and honours. Reversed: Despotism, abuse if power, weakness, discord, sometimes even disgrace.
9. THE HERMIT.--Prudence, circumspection; also and especially treason, dissimulation, roguery, corruption. Reversed: Concealment, disguise, policy, fear, unreasoned caution.
10. WHEEL OF FORTUNE.-Destiny, fortune, success, elevation, luck, felicity. Reversed: Increase, abundance, superfluity.
11. JUSTICE.--Equity, rightness, probity, executive; triumph of the deserving side in law. Reversed: Law in all its departments, legal complications, bigotry, bias, excessive severity.
12. THE HANGED MAN.--Wisdom, circumspection, discernment, trials, sacrifice, intuition, divination, prophecy. Reversed: Selfishness, the crowd, body politic.
13. DEATH.--End, mortality, destruction, corruption also, for a man, the loss of a benefactor for a woman, many contrarieties; for a maid, failure of marriage projects. Reversed: Inertia, sleep, lethargy, petrifaction, somnambulism; hope destroyed.
14. TEMPERANCE.--Economy, moderation, frugality, management, accommodation. Reversed: Things connected with churches, religions, sects, the priesthood, sometimes even the priest who will marry the Querent; also disunion, unfortunate combinations, competing interests.
15. THE DEVIL.--Ravage, violence, vehemence, extraordinary efforts, force, fatality; that which is predestined but is not for this reason evil. Reversed: Evil fatality, weakness, pettiness, blindness.
16. THE TOWER.--Misery, distress, indigence, adversity, calamity, disgrace, deception, ruin. It is a card in particular of unforeseen catastrophe. Reversed: According to one account, the same in a lesser degree also oppression, imprisonment, tyranny.
17. THE STAR.--Loss, theft, privation, abandonment; another reading says-hope and bright prospects, Reversed: Arrogance, haughtiness, impotence.
18. THE MOON.--Hidden enemies, danger, calumny, darkness, terror, deception, occult forces, error. Reversed: Instability, inconstancy, silence, lesser degrees of deception and error.
19. THE SUN.--Material happiness, fortunate marriage, contentment. Reversed: The same in a lesser sense.
20. THE LAST JUDGMENT.--Change of position, renewal, outcome. Another account specifies total loss though lawsuit. Reversed: Weakness, pusillanimity, simplicity; also deliberation, decision, sentence.
ZERO. THE FOOL.--Folly, mania, extravagance, intoxication, delirium, frenzy, bewrayment. Reversed: Negligence, absence, distribution, carelessness, apathy, nullity, vanity.
21. THE WORLD.--Assured success, recompense, voyage, route, emigration, flight, change of place. Reversed: Inertia, fixity, stagnation, permanence.
WANDS.
King.--Generally favourable may signify a good marriage. Reversed: Advice that should be followed.
Queen.--A good harvest, which may be taken in several senses. Reversed: Goodwill towards the Querent, but without the opportunity to exercise it.
Knight.--A bad card; according to some readings, alienation. Reversed: For a woman, marriage, but probably frustrated.
Page.--Young man of family in search of young lady. Reversed: Bad news.
Ten.--Difficulties and contradictions, if near a good card.
Nine.--Generally speaking, a bad card.
Eight.--Domestic disputes for a married person.
Seven.--A dark child.
Six.--Servants may lose the confidence of their masters; a young lady may be betrayed by a friend. Reversed: Fulfilment of deferred hope.
Five.--Success in financial speculation. Reversed: Quarrels may be turned to advantage.
Four.--Unexpected good fortune. Reversed: A married woman will have beautiful children.
Three.--A very good card; collaboration will favour enterprise.
Two.--A young lady may expect trivial disappointments.
Ace.--Calamities of all kinds. Reversed: A sign of birth.
CUPS.
King.--Beware of ill-will on the part of a man of position, and of hypocrisy pretending to help. Reversed: Loss.
Queen.--Sometimes denotes a woman of equivocal character. Reversed: A rich marriage for a man and a distinguished one for a woman.
Knight.--A visit from a friend, who will bring unexpected money to the Querent. Reversed: Irregularity.
Page.--Good augury; also a young man who is unfortunate in love. Reversed: Obstacles of all kinds.
Ten.--For a male Querent, a good marriage and one beyond his expectations. Reversed: Sorrow; also a serious quarrel.
Nine.--Of good augury for military men. Reversed: Good business.
Eight.--Marriage with a fair woman. Reversed: Perfect satisfaction.
Seven.--Fair child; idea, design, resolve, movement. Reversed: Success, if accompanied by the Three of Cups.
Six.--Pleasant memories. Reversed: Inheritance to fall in quickly.
Five.--Generally favourable; a happy marriage; also patrimony, legacies, gifts, success in enterprise. Reversed: Return of some relative who has not been seen for long.
Four.--Contrarieties. Reversed: Presentiment.
Three.--Unexpected advancement for a military man. Reversed: Consolation, cure, end of the business.
Two.--Favourable in things of pleasure and business, as well as love; also wealth and honour. Reversed: Passion.
Ace.--Inflexible will, unalterable law. Reversed: Unexpected change of position.
SWORDS.
King.--A lawyer, senator, doctor. Reversed: A bad man; also a caution to put an end to a ruinous lawsuit.
Queen.--A widow. Reversed: A bad woman, with ill-will towards the Querent.
Knight.--A soldier, man of arms, satellite, stipendiary; heroic action predicted for soldier. Reversed: Dispute with an imbecile person; for a woman, struggle with a rival, who will be conquered.
Page.--An indiscreet person will pry into the Querent's secrets. Reversed: Astonishing news.
Ten.--Followed by Ace and King, imprisonment; for girl or wife, treason on the part of friends. Reversed: Victory and consequent fortune for a soldier in war.
Nine.--An ecclesiastic, a priest; generally, a card of bad omen. Reversed: Good ground for suspicion against a doubtful person.
Eight.--For a woman, scandal spread in her respect. Reversed: Departure of a relative.
Seven.--Dark girl; a good card; it promises a country life after a competence has been secured. Reversed: Good advice, probably neglected.
Six.--The voyage will be pleasant. Reversed: Unfavourable issue of lawsuit.
Five.--An attack on the fortune of the Querent. Reversed: A sign of sorrow and mourning.
Four.--A bad card, but if reversed a qualified success may be expected by wise administration of affairs. Reversed: A certain success following wise administration.
Three.--For a woman, the flight of her lover. Reversed: A meeting with one whom the Querent has compromised; also a nun.
Two.--Gifts for a lady, influential protection for a man in search of help. Reversed: Dealings with rogues.
Ace.--Great prosperity or great misery. Reversed: Marriage broken off, for a woman, through her own imprudence.
PENTACLES.
King.--A rather dark man, a merchant, master, professor. Reversed: An old and vicious man.
Queen.--Dark woman; presents from a rich relative; rich and happy marriage for a young man. Reversed: An illness.
Knight.--An useful man; useful discoveries. Reversed: A brave man out of employment.
Page.--A dark youth; a young officer or soldier; a child. Reversed: Sometimes degradation and sometimes pillage.
Ten.--Represents house or dwelling, and derives its value from other cards. Reversed: An occasion which may be fortunate or otherwise.
Nine.--Prompt fulfilment of what is presaged by neighbouring cards. Reversed: Vain hopes.
Eight.--A young man in business who has relations with the Querent; a dark girl. Reversed: The Querent will be compromised in a matter of money-lending.
Seven.--Improved position for a lady's future husband. Reversed: Impatience, apprehension, suspicion.
Six.--The present must not be relied on. Reversed: A check on the Querent's ambition.
Five.--Conquest of fortune by reason. Reversed: Troubles in love.
Four.--For a bachelor, pleasant news from a lady. Reversed: Observation, hindrances.
Three.--If for a man, celebrity for his eldest son. Reversed: Depends on neighbouring cards.
Two.--Troubles are more imaginary than real. Reversed: Bad omen, ignorance, injustice.
Ace.--The most favourable of all cards. Reversed: A share in the finding of treasure.