The Page of Cups: Good Stuff is Coming Your Way!

This morning for my daily "Love" card, I pulled the Page of Cups, which is usually a good sign in the tarot world, especially when it comes to matters of the heart.

Pages can represent people already in or coming into your life or situations you might soon find yourself in. If the card signifies a person, then the Page of Cups stands for a younger or at least youthful highly-emotional, creative soul. The Page of Cups is someone who is fun, but at the same time, a tad on the sensitive side.

If the Page of Cups represents a situation, its meaning will depend on whether or not you are single. If you're already in a committed relationship, then this card usually foretells of good stuff coming your way: pregnancy, proposals, new beginnings, etc. You and your partner are about to move into a new, exciting phase of your relationship. Expect happiness and intimacy. Yay!

If you're single and you pull the Page of Cups in a love reading, then a younger suitor might have taken notice of you. Or perhaps you're about to meet someone who makes you giggle like a crushing teenager again.

Either way, love is in the air!

The Lovers - Let's Talk About Love

This morning for my love/relationship daily card, I pulled the Lovers. Yay, right? Well, not so much, at least for me. You see, while the Lovers card looks all lovey dovey and most associate it with new relationships and romance, whenever I pull it, it usually manifests itself in the form of obstacles, forks in the road, and major decisions regarding a current love interest.

I guess you can say that when it comes to my own relationship readings, the Lovers is NOT such a great sign. :(

For someone already in a relationship, the Lovers means that one partner is not happy with the level of commitment. There's a disrupt of harmony and your union just isn't...a union right now. It's almost like you need to make a choice. Can you deal and accept your partner for who he/she is and continue on the current path of the relationship? Or, is it time to go your own way?

Either way, your relationship has hit a major intersection, and the two of you can't decide which way to go together. Right? Left? Straight? The heart and the head are clearly in conflict here. And, I hate conflict. How about just go home and go back to bed? Because that's what I'd love to do. Close the drapes and watch a marathon of Futurama. Maybe order a pizza...   


Now, like I said, this is what usually is going on in my own life when I pull this card. For others, especially singletons, it can mean that two people are into you and you'll have to choose which one you want to be with. Oh la la!

5 of Swords: Watch Your Back!

Every morning I do two tarot readings and pull a card of the day for each: one for work/life and one for love. Today for my work/life card, I got the 5 of Swords. Boo!

As you can probably tell by the picture, this isn't a card of great joy. The guy holding the swords looks like a self-righteous douche, who pissed off his opponents so much that they just gave up. "Fine, you win, Asshole. Just get the hell away from me."

So what does this card mean for me? Am I the self-righteous douche? Or am I the guy walking away? I'm not sure, and frankly, I don't want to be either!

Am I currently negatively affecting someone I care about? Are my actions destructive? Gee, I hope not.

When I'm giving a reading for someone, this card tends to come up if my readee has recently been stabbed in the back by someone they trusted. So, that's another interpretation of the 5 of Swords. And, once again, not a stellar one.

Here are some other not-so-awesome meanings of the 5 of Swords:

• Workplace drama (maybe a coworker is trying to throw you under the bus)
• Back stabbing
• Winning arguments but not because you're right, because everyone is so freaking sick of fighting with you, they give up
• Someone in your life is not who they seem to be
• Challenges
• Manipulation

Oy! Maybe I should just go back to bed?

A New Blog Focus - The 6 of Wands

Hello my fabulous peeps! It's been a long time since I've posted on this blog, but that's all going to change as I'm returning to the blogging world with a new focus. While I'm still the goddess of nerds (I think I shall always be), I've also discovered that I long to be the goddess of something else as well...something of a more mystical nature...something metaphysical...drum roll please...the tarot!

I've been reading tarot cards since I was that geeky teenager who stayed in her room on Friday nights with a pint of Ben and Jerry's instead of going out on dates. A very special friend, Natalie, gave me my first deck when I was just 15 (the very same deck I still use pretty much all the time today in fact).

Back in September, I started taking an advanced tarot class, and my instructor, Jeanne, mentioned that my way of looking at the cards is insightful with a twist of amusing and that I should start blogging about their meanings. So, now I am!

Last night in class I did a relationship adversity spread and my outcome was the 6 of Wands, which I find to be a very very very positive card. But, one of the people in my card interpretation group totally disagreed. She said it means leaving and moving on, riding away. I know we're all entitled to our own opinions, but I so do not see the 6 of wands that way. At all.

I mean, look at the person on the horse! He's being rewarded for his hard work. Even his horse looks honored to be in his presence, "Hey, man, you're awesome. I'm proud to be carting your ass around, and I just might have a small crush on you, too." Not that I'm into bestiality, but look at those come hither eyes! The horse is definitely carrying a torch for her rider.

Anyway, I think this is a great card, especially in a love reading. I think it means:

• Success is right around the corner
• You'll soon be acknowledged for all the hard work you're putting in the relationship (or people are about to take notice of how awesome you are if you're single and ready to mingle)
• Personal triumph/success
• You will overcome obstacles/problems
• You're about to receive some well-deserved attention/affection
• Your partner/love interest thinks very highly of you

I get annoyed when readers take a card that's clearly happy/positive and put a negative spin on it. It's not that I'm mad because they're telling me what I don't want to hear (well, yeah, I am), but the tarot is already full of not-so-awesome cards that spell trouble for relationships. If my guides wanted to communicate that to me, I would've pulled one of those. Or, at least, I like to think I would've.

Nerdrodite Loves Her Wine

I have never considered myself a blend gal when it comes to wines, especially since I tend to shy away from coveted Bordeaux Blends, but after trying a couple red Meritage blends, one delicious one in particular at a chain restaurant in Boston's Back Bay, I'm hooked.

Maggiano's has a 2009 Hayman and Hill Meritage from Monterrey, California that is simply delicious. This tasty libation is a blend of 48% Merlot, 31% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Malbec, 5% Petit Verdot, and 1% Cabernet Franc.

This tasty ruby-colored wine has a nice berry quality to it. Velvet berries is probably a better description of how if feels on the palette. I'm not a big fan of wines with strong tongue-drying astringency, and this Meritage's winemakers went pretty easy on the tannins, which I respect. I know, I know, tannins help preserve a wine so it can age, but a tongue-mummifying wine just doesn't do it for me.

I highly recommend the 2009 Hayman and Hill Meritage to winos who think a chain restaurant can't possibly have a great wine list, because this will change your mind, at least it did for me. This is also a must try for all you wine drinkers who dislike reds for whatever reasons (too astringent, dry, peppery...teeth-staining, etc).

So, the next time you're in the Back Bay, pop into Maggiano's for a relaxing glass. Tell 'em Nerdrodite sent ya.