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# "The Woes of an American Drone Operator" - Nicola Abé, "Der Spiegel"I have received your question about concerns regarding your general well-being which is explored in the following 3(+1) card tarot reading.
Q: I am feeling generally unwell and wondered if I have a long term physical problem.
As you know, tarot is not a diagnostic tool but can provide you with information and insight to what the energies and influences surrounding your issue could be; and the steps you might take to improve, better understand or resolve your matter.
As you can see below, your layout of 3(+1) cards consists of all Major Arcana cards drawn from the full deck of 78 cards. The question that you have asked here is an important one and very deserving of your immediate attention.
​A: The first card drawn is The Lovers VI Reversed.
​The tarot’s simple answer to your question is: ‘No’.
Additionally, the tarot layout suggests only that what it is you are experiencing is not necessarily a long-term or solely a physical problem.
​Card #1: The Lovers VI Reversed.
This Major Arcana describes the importance of making good, healthy choices for yourself. As this card is reversed, it suggests that you are ignoring to your higher instincts on a matter of some importance to you; and that, you are not listening to, feeling or sensing the wisdom of your own guides and angels.
The Lovers VI reversed indicates also, you are conflicted about some matter and the reality, or true nature, of your situation remains clouded or obscured by either too much sentiment or an over-reliance on logic.
The Lovers VI reversed is therefore a timely warning, and a caution, that there’s a battle ‘going on’ inside of you and, because you are ‘divided on an issue’, the decisions you are making, or trying to make, could well be undermining your sense of general well-being.
Card #2: The Hermit IX.
This Major Arcana is a card of self-knowing and self-examination. We see in the layout that The Hermit IX is literally ‘turning his back’ on The Lovers VI reversed, and the circumstances that this card represents. His position in the layout (to the left of The Lovers VI reversed) proposes that, to make an informed and insightful decision on-this-matter, you might remove yourself from all external distractions in order to consider your own hopes, aspirations and goals.
The Hermit IX signifies that now is the time for serious, quiet, 'personal reflection'; before deciding on your next step. And, his appearance in the layout suggests that you really do know what is, and what is not, ​a good choice for you.
​The Tower XVI Reversed was drawn to provide our reading with a little more information regarding nature of The Lovers VI reversed. The Tower XVI when upright is a card that signifies uncontrollable disruption. While it symbolises a clearing away of something that is against your soul's or higher purpose it does, too often, represent a sudden, and often traumatic, twist of events or turn of fortune.
Fortunately, however, when The Tower XVI is reversed it indicates that harm and/or losses can be minimized or avoided; it is a sign that misfortune can be prevented if you are aware of the dangers of a building your future on flawed beliefs, values, knowledge or practices.
Card #3: The Hierophant V.
The Hierophant V represents cultural traditions and institutions, including those vested in religion, health and education. This card is the teacher, instructor, advisor and guide who helps us to greater knowledge and understanding of social norms, expectations and structures. The Hierophant V informs us ‘how the system works’. He represents the ‘right way