In a word (upright)
Dormant potential awakens—time for a fresh start. Things you once gave up on or past connections may return in a good form. You now have the power to make a major life decision. Boldly go where your heart is calling.
When it appears reversed
You seem to be putting off decisions or trapped by past regrets. But even if you can't change the past, you can change what comes next. Rather than waiting for perfect timing, take one small step you can take now. Once you start moving, your feelings will naturally face forward.
A starting point through the image
In the older guidebook's illustration, Figures below raise faces and hands in response to a trumpet sounding from the clouds.
Use Renewal · Decisions · Awakening as a clue when considering something on your mind. A figure in the image need not represent someone of a particular age or gender; it can also symbolize a role held by you or someone around you.
Upright meaning
Give past experience a new meaning and respond as who you are now. Even a repeated attempt need not restore the same conditions. Check what you learned and what to change this time. For a renewed interest, add one retained experience beside one method to try anew.
This position explores how to create an opening for something not yet defined. Keeping the start small enough to reconsider afterward may also help you discover what interests you.
Reversed meaning
This is a time to tell apart putting off a reply and taking time to think. For a matter you cannot decide yet, you can note what you would need to confirm to choose. Rather than keep judging your past self, you can also set down one tentative conclusion based on what you know now.
For a held reply, identify missing decision information and a checking date.
Love and relating to your partner
If you are thinking about a past relationship or topic, this is a time for the two of you to ask each other again what you want now. This card is not a forecast of getting back together. Before returning to the same pattern, you can choose which conditions you want to change this time.
Consider the matter on your mind through Your own wishes and the promises you share. List separately what the person has actually said and the wishes you have not yet checked; this can help you choose a starting point for the next conversation.
In work and learning
Reconnect earlier work with the present role. For another attempt, count tools available now alongside previous reflections. Add what you want the first trial to reveal to the resumption discussion.
For a current task, the perspective is to clarify The role you accept and conditions you want to retain to continue. Focus on one step you are responsible for and first agree who needs to decide what.
When this card appears in a three-card spread
In the position for support and conditions to clarify, This position invites you to count the tasks already underway before beginning something new. Distinguish one addition from what you will not increase for now, leaving space to experiment.
In the position for a next step you choose yourself, For the idea you move forward next, choose a first attempt rather than promise completion. After experiencing it directly, set a day to decide what follows.
For a reversed card, use its reversed meaning and action above, then revisit the conditions to check in the same position. Rather than deciding an outcome from the card's name, consider the adjacent cards and the question selected beforehand together.
One thing to take into daily life
For something to try again, write one part kept the same and one changed only this time.