You’re right to pick up on the significance of a second drawing of the same card. It is usually because of something we missed, or a the point just wasn’t driven home enough. This happens a lot in Tarot, you’ll frequently find yourself asking the question ‘what didn’t I get?’

Often, seeing the same card repeatedly can also suggest the situation around you just hasn’t changed sufficiently and you’re still dealing with the same issue – a point being driven home for a different reason.

When I read this post, I couldn’t help but feel a sense of pride for you, in how far you’ve come so quickly. I know you’re a writer and that you work in publishing, but this post in particular shows you’ve taken a leap in how you see things, and how you’ve analysed this situation, how you approached it.

I’m thoroughly enjoying watching your journey, and on occasion being part of it. Thank you for another wonderful ’shout out’. It feels awesome that you get such a lot from what I write, but I want to share with you that it’s a two-way street – I’m gaining an awful lot from being part of this too – the learning never ends, for any of us

Best wishes,

Catherine

I agree with you about the emotional themes in this card even though pentacles/discs are associated with material goods as opposed to spiritual. I guess it serves as a reminder to keep things in balance as well, regardless of suit.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts about it applying to to something new. There is a theme of uncertainty that is apparent in this card, and that’s where numerology comes in! Catherine pointed that out in my initial post. When the time comes in the future, I will need some book selections as well as links to aid in the learning process.

Warmest regards, Nicole

The 5 of Disks is a strange card; unusual in the Disk suit as it depicts an almost emotional quality to it that the other disk cards do not. There is always a certain strain, a certain desire, a certain isolation that this card alludes to. Also, using Rider-Waite imagery we can see something of the outsider to the card – not that it looks like they enjoy the reputation but what outsider does.

Going ‘outside’ of the traditional interpretation of the card (debt and so on), this card can appear when somebody is starting something new, with all the strain that comes with it. Its perception as much as anything else. The key with this card is that emotions play a larger role than the suit of Disks suggests.