Divination Notes: New Moon Reading

Hello, dear Reader,

I have been desperately trying to think of ways to get back into the swing of doing writing work and such. One of the challenges I have been facing is how to get my practice doing divination more active. As a result of a minor brainstorm last week, I have decided to do a monthly reading for what I can expect out of the upcoming lunar cycle on the evening of the New Moon. After all, in the traditions that I was educated by, the New Moon is a particularly good time for things like divination.

I used a Celtic Cross spread. Given below are the cards and their positions. Also, my initial impressions of each card, as per my notes. Some of the impressions may make immediate sense. Others are more due to the deck I was using, which was the Witches's Tarot from Robin Wood. Those cards have some interesting twists on the iconography of the suits and such.

#	Name	Card	Impression
1	Querent	1 of Pentacles	New beginnings, fertility & growth
2	Situation	9 of Pentacles	New beginnings, fertility & growth
3	Deep Past	Lovers	Marriage & stability
4	Moderate Deep Past	6 of Wands	Turning within learning to find words
5	Recent Past	Queen of Cups	The Good Mother, spiritual wisdom, priestess's work
6	Immediate Future w/o Changes	Princess of Wands	Writing, new beginning, listening to inner self
7	House & Home	The Sun	Coming to know my inner child
8	Hopes & Fears	8 of Cups	Inspiration, blessings 'My cup runneth over'
9	Fate's Hand	Wheel of Fortune	Knowing my many selves, accepting change the cycles of life
10	Outcome	9 of Swords	battling 'false' self, hard struggle with eventual victory, 'lightning' - Tower?

After making my list of initial impressions, I consider the spread as a whole and the different parts of the reading in context. From this, I get my summary. For this reading my summary was the following:

Next month brings a lot of growth, new communication, and spiritual passages. Focus on self, relationships and work - writing & priestly/parental.