Sometimes we want simple solutions to complicated problems. What I love about the cards is that they can show black and white but also nuance and complexity. Often we want to draw the Ace of Swords - to cut through the confusion and get to clarity. But sometimes we don't want clarity, we want the outcome that we most desire, as opposed to the solution that is evident.
I was doing a reading for a complicated divorce situation, and he really wanted his soon to be ex wife to accept the solution he was offering. But the cards kept showing resistance and conflict. It was not until I asked him to describe the outcome from his wife's point of view that he began to see what the cards were telling him. He didn't get to the outcome he wanted, but he did get to clarity, and from there he could move forward. Sometimes we can't get what we want, but if we are lucky, we get what we need.*
*with apologies to the Rolling Stones :)
