In a word (upright)
A perfect time to think about your next goal and plan for the future. Content where you are, you also feel a growing wish to see a wider world. Broaden your view and consider a bold choice.
When it appears reversed
You're all plans and little action. The longer you hesitate, the further chances drift. Pick just one of your ideas and act on it this week.
A starting point through the image
In the older guidebook's illustration, The image depicts a person holding a globe and looking out from a castle wall.
Use Planning a vision · Choice · Outlook 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
A wish to preserve your present place sits beside curiosity about what lies beyond. Review tools and experience while considering what to expand next. Write two directions and compare their time and preparation.
This position focuses on asking again about one condition you took for granted. Before rushing to decide whether it is right, return to the basis on which you judged it.
Reversed meaning
Surprising news can stir your heart and shake your standards for choosing. Before repainting your plans in the rush of surprise, check what you want to keep from the original plan. For a new invitation, there is room to attach a day when you will give your answer.
For a suddenly appealing idea, add one condition to retain from the original plan and choose a reply date.
Love and relating to your partner
Consider the relationship ahead. Instead of rushing a distant promise, each suggest something for a day off and ask how long a plan both would enjoy.
Consider the matter on your mind through The pace of an invitation and room for the other person to choose a reply. 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
Compare continuing work with expanding it. Put required time and available tools in the same table before deciding on momentum alone, then choose the order to begin.
For a current task, the perspective is to clarify How much to begin and when to share an idea. 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 asks whether the list of things to check has grown too broad. Choosing the one point needed for your current question can narrow the person or material to consult next.
In the position for a next step you choose yourself, For your next step, place one question before the decision. Record what you learned in a line, then compare the available conditions again.
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
Add necessary time and an appealing point to two ideas, then choose one to try this month.