In a word (upright)
A big undertaking is completed, and you can savor fulfillment. Your efforts take beautiful shape, and with a sense of achievement you move to the next stage. In love and work, a superb flow where the results you hoped for come easily. Praise yourself generously.
When it appears reversed
You're almost done, but can't seem to take the final step. Is there anything left unfinished or a small problem on your mind? Don't aim too high for perfection—first draw a line under it. Finishing opens the next new world.
A starting point through the image
In the older guidebook's illustration, Within an oval wreath surrounded by four corner figures, a draped figure holds two wands.
Use Completion · Achievement · Integration 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
This card reads a boundary where continued work gathers into a form for the next setting. Even without an ideal result, receive completed parts and learning. Before adding another goal, check what marks this stage finished. Give completed material a name clear to the next user.
This position brings one task to a close and considers the experience you can retain. Before looking for what is missing, name the part you have already completed.
Reversed meaning
This is a time to look at a situation where, even though the form is in order, things tend to stay in the same state. Before you keep adding to what is missing, you can check what counts as finished right now. If it is not ready to hand over yet, narrow it to one more step to add, and then set a day for the next person to look at it.
For something indefinitely awaiting completion, limit added work to one step and set a day to show someone.
Love and relating to your partner
This is a time to look back on the habits you have built together and the times that felt good. Without settling on one finished form for the relationship, you can talk about one thing you want to keep doing together and one thing each of you wants to expand on your own.
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
Organize finished work and offer usable results. Before moving on, agree on the completed item's location and handover conditions. Retain one useful approach for next time in the review.
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 checks whether extra responsibilities or conditions have been added to something you decided to finish. Agree in words on what completion means this time.
In the position for a next step you choose yourself, This position chooses a step to finish before moving on. Decide which materials to keep and whom to pass them to, so you do not take up the same task 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
Give a completed round of work a name and date and gather it where the next person can receive it.