Celtic cross reading: "how to solve the money problem"

Near Future: Knight of Coins

Others can benefit from your clever skill at rebuilding a situation.

The card in the Near Future position indicates which way the wind is blowing with regard to your situation. If you follow the Advice card, however, you can improve on or neutralize tendencies.

With the Knight of Coins (in some decks, The Prince) in this position, it appears that your ability to save a situation or relationship in peril will gain you some positive recognition from others whom you respect. This is not just about fame and praise, because there is serious work that needs to be done.

Only the best, the brightest and the most competent are able to figure out how to free up stuck energy and redistribute it for the benefit of all. Like the heroes of the old myths, you are challenged to help people raise their competencies, not just fix the problem for them.

Recent Past: Ten of Wands

The end to a long, arduous task has come; completion brings both relief and joy.

The card in the Recent Past position refers to events that are just departing, recently influential but now diminishing in power.

The Ten of Wands in this position indicates that you have completed a task that has consumed your time and attention for a long time. Completing the circle and finishing every last detail is deeply satisfying, as your prodigious labor is coming to a successful close.

Take a moment to reflect on your accomplishments and give yourself credit for how far you have come and the burden you have so nobly carried. Now that the task is concluded, relief is mixed with excitement over the thought of new endeavors you will now be free to pursue.

Advice: King of Coins

Project all the confidence you can muster, as if you already know your plans are working and your goal is secured.

The card in the Advice position suggests a course of action which will harmonize what you want with what is currently possible.

The King of Coins in this position advises you to behave as if you already were a success. Project confidence that your plans and goals are in the process of unfolding perfectly.

Make your moves with authority and trust in your actions without waiting for acknowledgment or approval. Soon enough you will receive blessing after blessing. If you can learn to feel that kind of confidence in your body and get comfortable with it as your natural state, you will attract the support you desire

Foundation: Five of Cups

You know how to keep setbacks in proper perspective, and can avoid compounding your problems with unskillful emotional responses.

The card in the Foundation position points to influences from your personal history, your roots and background.

The Five of Cups in this position suggests that sometime in the past you faced a situation of great loss and pulled yourself back from the edge of despair, starting over from scratch. You know how it's done; it's not a mystery to you. You have learned not to put too much stock in the emotions of the moment and know how to avoid compounding your misery when things go awry.

As long as your inner values remain intact, external conditions can be amended, allowing you to catch up again. This is an important thing to remember. In the face of any current discouragement, you know that not all is lost. Some people spend their lives in a state of anxiety, fearful of scarcity. You have the ability to overcome that tendency -- with the help of your personal foundation. This is a source of serenity, when you remember it.

Blocks and Inhibitions: Death
Fear is at the heart of whatever resistance or negativity you are experiencing.

The card in the Blocks position points to self-undermining tendencies, areas where you could be in denial, where you could get stuck -- unless you examine yourself and make some corrections.

The Death card in this position represents the fear of death, annihilation, oblivion -- the fear that you will cease to exist. As you search your heart, you may discover that the cause of your resistance is the fear that you will be made inconsequential, that your contribution will be forgotten. Your rational mind knows this isn't going to happen.

You have lived too long and made too many moves to be so totally extinguished. Nonetheless, something inside you may fear being snuffed out. You must address this fear, because it's likely inhibiting your willingness to take risks and act on your best interests and creative urges. Fear can be a very solid obstacle.