Reading tarot at the waning gibbous
The light starts to go. The phase for taking stock of what actually arrived versus what was asked for.
Currently a waning crescent —
today's moon
Gratitude and sharing
The light begins to go and the traditional work is taking stock - what actually arrived versus what was asked for. These are the deck's cards of received abundance and of passing some of it on.
Cards that belong to this phase
| Card | Upright keywords |
|---|---|
| Six of Cups | Revisiting the past, childhood memories, innocence |
| Nine of Cups | Contentment, satisfaction, gratitude, wish come true |
| Six of Pentacles | Giving, receiving, sharing wealth, generosity |
| Ten of Pentacles | Wealth, financial security, family, long-term success, contribution |
Cards that sit badly here
The Tower and the Aces both sit uneasily here; this is a phase for accounting rather than for upheaval or initiation.
A spread for this phase: The Accounting
Three cards, drawn in order. The positions are written for what this phase is structurally good at, which is why the same three-card layout reads differently at each point in the cycle.
| # | Position | What to ask |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | What I asked for | The original intention, as honestly as you can reconstruct it. |
| 2 | What actually arrived | Usually different, and often larger in some dimension and smaller in another. |
| 3 | What to pass on | The waning gibbous is traditionally the phase for giving some of it away. |
Journalling prompt
What arrived that I have not properly acknowledged?