Welcome to Ghost of a Podcast. I'm your host Jessica Lignato. I'm an astrologer, psychic medium, and animal communicator. And I'm going to give you your weekly horoscope and no bullshit, mystical advice for living your very best life.

Louise, welcome to the podcast. What would you like a reading about? Hi, Jessica. So they say every

tarot card holds its own nuances, dualities, and is not simply a good card or bad card. However,

five of swords. All the interpretations I've read in texts or online seem to lean more negative in tone and message, ranging from a bitter reflection to a scolding warning.

I recently pulled the card for a full moon tarot spread in the placement of the ember, what we need to nourish and tend to.

I am trying to understand and expand my understanding of the five of swords through

this lens, but keep fumbling. The part of my life this spread feels relevant to is around my

boundaries and relationships. I feel like I've made a lot of growth in understanding myself in ways

that feel empowering and loving. So I'm like, maybe it's good to be the one holding the swords? Or is there a warning I need to heed? How can I interpret the five of swords in a way that feels nourishing and not scowingly?

Okay. Okay. So first of all, I read your question in the exact

tones that you used to read it. And I just want to say it was fun. It was fun. Okay. So it's interesting.

This is my first time using this little camera and getting to talk about the Tarot on the podcast, I think.

I don't think I've done a Tarot-focused reading.

So I'm going to have a couple questions, but first I'm going to say, every deck is different.

And the Internet is a liar.

And so the Internet will tell you, like, all the decks that use the, you know,

the same fucking setup are the same.

And it's not true.

Like, if you pull the five of swords in, like, a fairy deck, it's going to, like,

track differently than I use the Thoth deck.

I use the Alistair Crawley Thoth deck, even though he was, from all accounts, really a terrible person.

But I do use this deck because it's heavy on the astrology.

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