The Court Cards Reversed

Before I start in on the Court Cards, I'd like to give a general over view of how we might read them reversed.

When we readers do a spread, we usually see Court Cards as standing for a person - either one our querent knows or does not know. So we may say, "This King of Pentacles here...could that be your boss? Well-off, good at managing a business....?" Or, pointing to a Queen of Wands, "I see a dynamic woman, life of the party, energetic--" and the querent will say, "Sounds like my sister!"

What this means is that in most cases a reversed card will mean one of two things:

1) It will be the bad, opposite or negative qualities of that court and so we can offer that description when trying to figure out who this is. Example: "I see a hot-tempered woman who demands people follow her lead..." And Querent says, "That sounds like my sister!" ;)

2) If we know who the card stands for when upright, then reversed can signal that the person is either mixed-up, in a foul mood, or just having a very bad time of it. They are not themselves. They feel "upside-down."

I'll be exploring the first (the negative qualities) as well as what the card might mean if it's not a person. But readers should keep in mind that in a lot of cases, a reversed Court Card may simply mean that someone in the querent's life is not "themselves" this week: "Your Boss is not himself this week. Something's really wrong with him."

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