The Fairy Mound

Deck used is the Fairy Ring by Anna Franklin

Questions are from the Fairy Mound Layout included with the guidebook.

Sometimes, the path we’re on in life gets murky and we find that our way is lost to us. We trip over events of the past worry about what is to come for us down the line and affairs we’re currently dealing with haunt us until we can’t take it anymore. The thing is that all of this information seems so overwhelming and scary; what do we do with this? Let’s pull some cards and find out.

The Cards

from the Fairy Ring by Anna Franklin

Representing you: The Oakman: power, good government, knowledge, self-control, right actions, equal rewards, reliability, honesty, methodical, conscientious, love of family and tradition

Influences: The Wayland Smith: hard work, creation, craftsmanship, knowledge, skill and mastery, opportunities and success, efforts bring rewards, transmutation, and forging new things from the old.

Desires: The Sea Mither: Powerful creative energy, fertility, abundance, stability, partnership, happy marriage, creating art, music, literature, the birth of a child, perhaps a woman who is intelligent, artistic, honest, and generous

Mentality: Lake Maiden: secrets, magically revealed, hidden protective power at work in your life that gives you the tools you need to succeed.

Emotions: King Finvarra: authority, authority figures, government, law, legal settlements, contracts, and agreements. As a person, this is a mature man who is concerned with social issues and people, compassionate, sensitive, and emotionally supportive

Past influences Midsummer: magic, enchantment, consummation, culmination, celebration, delight, fun, light, illumination, clarity

Questions and concerns: Green Lady: growth, progress, moving forward, expansion, vitality, energy, virility, and potency

Practical matters: Fachan: step back to see things clearly, temporary retreat, isolation, planning, foresight, meditation, and illumination from within.

Karmic events that can’t be avoided: Spriggan: Theft, unscrupulous methods, and dealings, betrayals

Future influences: Queen Oonagh: development of practical skills, solutions, help, friendship, and good advice, someone who is clever, shrewd, practical, helpful, and full of common sense.

Concerns: Ariel: change, a revolutionizing of thoughts, time for fortuitous study, developing new ideas, and communicating them, writing or performing.

Path to success: Samhain: endings, change, completion, winding down, ancestral/family contact, clairvoyance, and mediumship

Outcome: Garconer: attraction, new relationships, temptations, instant gratification at the expense of long term happiness/relationships.

Here, I’m seeing a lot of authority figures coming through the cards, and I am taking this to mean a call to action to take authority over my life. I get here through the Oakman and King Finvarra. I think this is completely true and necessary because I am still developing and making progress on the path I’m currently on. I’m also changing and developing from the experiences I’m having along the way. To process the lessons I’ve learned along the way, I need to take a step back and do some reflection because there have been moments throughout my journey where I have been tested and tempted. I’ve been offered quick fixes to my problems and temptations that offered instant gratification at the expense of my happiness in the long term. The thing I need to remember here is that I have energetic protection and support behind me so I can navigate the waters a bit better. The other thing this will help me do is to understand and take accountability for when I’ve hurt others; something that I admittedly have a tough time doing with some people. But aside from that, the progress I make in this regard will help me close the door when it needs to be closed and open the door that is ready to be opened when a new cycle begins.