Eowyn's Full Moon Spread

The 28th of February, as you may know, was a full moon. I handle my cards every day doing daily single-card readings, but I don't do a lot of spreads, so this seemed like the perfect opportunity to do something a little different. Over at the Aeclectic Tarot Forum, Eowyn posted her Full Moon spread. You can check out the thread at the forum here. I decided to use my Tell-Me Tarot deck- I had used RWS all week for my daily and weekly single card readings.

From the Thread:

This one, the Full Moon Spread, should be done whether commencing the First Quarter, during Waxing Gibbous or on Full Moon Night of course. ***3*** ***2*** ***1*** ***0*** 1.- What can be seen with clarity, so bright that can even blind you. 2.- What gets completed. What closes a cycle. 3.- What begins to fade away, to darken, to abandon you... or what needs to be. 0.- Yourself. Shadow card, from the base of the deck.

Here's what I drew*:

1.- Five of Cups
2.- Two of Pentacles
3.- Knight of Swords
0.- The Empress

1.- Five of Cups. From the bottom of the Tell-Me Tarot Card: "You feel depressed as you focus on the negative. Recognize the positive aspects and you will feel better." I thought this card made a lot of sense- I am very preoccupied with money this month. I have a few less days than I usually get. But really there is no reason to get that bent out of shape over this. There's enough cash to pay the bills. I don't need any more than that- my husband loves me, my friends are great, and it's getting warmer. And I got my bike back out of storage! I will be so busy this month I won't have time to notice that "I'm poor".

2.- Two of Pentacles. From the Tell-Me Tarot Card: "You are indecisive and have difficulty making commitments. Decide and commit in order to find fulfillment." This card to me is less immediately apparent. There's obviously something I need to make a solid decision about but right now, I don't know what this is.

3.- Knight of Swords. From the Tell-Me Tarot Card: "You are confident and courageous but move too fast. Slow down. Enjoy getting there as much as being there." At the time I did this reading, I interpreted this as a general need to stop rushing, or perhaps I will be rushed by somebody else. As of this evening, I'm wondering if this is to do with my running- I've been following a training programme but due to some really adverse weather (not just a bit of rain or wind or snow- the roof came off my drum group's practice space!) I've fallen off the turnip truck a bit. Today I got back on track and ran for 25 minutes with no walk break. I felt very accomplished but now, about 2 hours later, I'm tender. I think that "what needs to be" is that I need to slow down. I'm pretty poor at pacing and I think my Tell-Me Tarot Deck knows it!

0.- The Empress. From the Tell-Me Tarot Card: "Abundane, prosperity and success in response to your inquiry. Fertility and possibility for a pregnancy." I'm hoping that this card in this position means that this part of the lunar cycle is going to be OK for me and I'll have some general success. I also wonder if it might be that I will learn some more info about my sister's pregnancy, which she recently revealed to me.

So! What needs to be seen with clarity is that any percieved woes are pretty minor. What gets completed is that I will make some sort of decision or commitment. What needs to be is I need to slow down (literally). My shadow card is the Empress, which overall indicates either some successes or that I'll learn something further about my sister's pregnancy.

All in all, I really liked this spread. I look forward to trying out Eowyn's New Moon spread when that rolls around too!


*I decided not to read reversals for this reading. I was more interested in generally trying to make connections between what I saw in the cards, and thought it would just be an extra layer of complicated and full moons are crazy enough without reversals ;)