Tarot Spread

I dealt out some Tarot cards for myself Halloween night.  As I shuffled, I was thinking of of people who have passed in the last year, specifically Ursula Le Guin (who I've met for 20 seconds), Kate Wilhelm (who used to host a critique workshop at her house), and Dianna Rodgers (a fellow writer and Wordo). I wasn't asking any particular question, and the card spread lends itself to a general statement more than a collection of proscribed action.  Here it is:

The bottom line is typically read past-present-future or situation, reaction, outcome.  The top is a kind of "you are here," the bottom card is symbolic of one's role or general feeling, and the crossing card an obstacle (or at best a distracting by-product).   

As I wrote earlier, this spread is saying, "work hard, focus on one thing, and stay grounded in order to manifest things from the realm of the imagination" reading.  ("But darlin', you knew that already, didn't ya.")   More specifically....

The Queen of Cups is the intuitive dreamer who is focused on an interior world or crystal visions.  The Lovers Reversed is about choosing; it also is associated with bringing opposites together to make a unified whole--but it's reversed so integrating things is blocked.  The King of Pentacles reversed is someone who manufactures and has built up a kingdom (of works) -- another blocked card; so fire isn't being expressed as earth here.  The Moon is energy of the Crystal Vision the Queen is seeing, and the challenge is to bring that inner vision to the physical realm where it can be expressed.  But, oh, no!  The Chariot, which symbolizing unifying conflicting drives through poise and will is reversed.

So... the watery vision needs some structure to crystallize.