How Lunara reads it
Upright: Assessment and perseverance — taking stock before the next push — in the realm of money, body, work and the ground you stand on.
Reversed: Doubt or impatience undermining work that is actually progressing — in the realm of money, body, work and the ground you stand on.
Keywords: patience, groundwork · reversed: doubt, groundwork
Correspondences
- Element: Earth
- Planet: Saturn
- Zodiac: Taurus
- Yes / no: maybe · reversed: no
When it appears upright
- Measuring progress toward your goal
- Looking at results with an eye toward improving performance
- Asking, "How happy am I?"
- Coming up with ideas for improving your health or prosperity
- Deciding it's time for a change
- Expressing an honest opinion
When it appears reversed
- Becoming distracted by melancholy thoughts
- Longing for "the good old days"
- Beating yourself up over lost opportunities
- Judging your own work harshly
- Holding others to inappropriate standards
- Refusing to take part in a project, then whining about the quality of the outcome
Classic readings
- Things won't work out as expected
- Pick up the pieces and prepare to move on
In love
Upright: patience in a relationship, evaluating romantic progress, long-term investment, waiting for love to grow. Reversed: impatience, wasted effort, giving up too early, poor returns.
In work and money
Upright: long-term career investment, reviewing progress, patient growth, waiting for results. Reversed: impatience, wasted effort, poor returns, giving up early.
Inner life
Upright: patient spiritual growth, reflecting on progress, trusting gradual development, tending long-term intentions. Reversed: impatience, misdirected effort, giving up too soon, poor returns on growth.