As one of three lucky winners of Jordan’s Life Elements Spread Packages (Thank you Jordan!) I decided to “test drive” the Earth of Life Spread with Jordan’s own deck, Tarot in the Land of Mystereum (which, by the way, has an awesome companion book!). All I can say is, WOW! Once again, the Tarot speaks profoundly!

The 5 positions of this spread are questions that really go to the root of who you are as a person and how you interact with the world around you.

In position 1 Jordan asks “What solidly motivates you? – for me, the Page of Pentacles came up. What a perfect card for this position. In Jordan’s own words, “the Page of Pentacles indicates that your identity develops in a tangible way from new energies… that nourish your ground. The card is a representation of new discoveries and of study as well as play. As this is a time of discovery and creativity for me personally, the Page is not only a solid motivatator but also a reinforcing symbol that the path I am moving forward on will keep me grounded and yet have potential for material benefit.
The second card pulled was The World in the position describing “which of your qualities are depthfully established?” No light hearted questions in this spread! Once again, I have a card that speaks to new cycles! Considering I just started a multi-post blog entry on my personal Fool’s Journey honoring my tarot influences, the World is a great representation of how this journey has helped me to add depth and value to my tarot practice, guiding me to a point to successfully move forward. This card is also a good reminder of my ability to successfully bring projects to completion – I need to keep that knowledge in the forefront as I move forward.

Card 3 was Strength answering the question “How do others value your qualities?” This is a card I can honestly relate to and accept as a tarot truth as well as a personal truth. I am the “strong one” for family and for friends in times of need. I have also been able to pull on an inner strength to hold it together for myself when life gets to be a bit too much. Jordan offers that this card represents natural strength and also cautions to acknowledge the power of strength and not misuse or overuse it. The importance of mind and body working together is noted. I find this to be a very strong message about Strength! When there is imbalance, the very quality that others admire becomes the vice that tears down relationships!

The question “how solidly do you give and receive to nourish your ground?” falls to position 4. This is one of those questions that you read once and then must sit back and really think about. Do I ever consciously act in such a manner to nourish my ground? Not often enough I have to say. For this card I pulled the Knight of Swords. I really needed to think about how to interpret this card in the spread. I fully embody the Knight of Swords at times – my mind goes a mile a minute and I have so many thoughts and ideas running rampant at any one time. This is great for creative brainstorming but many good ideas come and go so quickly that they are never really brought into being. I think this card in this position is a reminder that to honor my creative intellect I also need to manifest. The Mystereum Knight shows a figure with arms crossed over the front of the chest, each hand holding a sword, on pointing up and one pointing down. I think this is a good body position for me to use as a reminder to slow down my thoughts and hold on to them long enough to see how they “fit” into what I want to accomplish both internally and externally. I need to literally “assume the position”!

In the final place, card 5 gives insight on “what in the overall provides you the most beneficial support?” Once again, the Tarot knows and the Tarot tells. I need not even look at the Mystereum book for thoughts on how to interpret this card – Judgment. I know that one thing I very much need In life is feedback. The more personal the better. I am one of those people who hates when a general warning or advice is offered and you are left to try and figure out if that message was really relative to you and your actions or if you are just a bystander in the scheme of things. Judge me, but be fair! And even though I really feel this is the message I am to get from this card, I did still peek into Jordan’s mind. The Tarot in the Land of Mystereum emphasizes that Judgment is a reminder to honor your memories and to allow them to act as a foundation for growth. It is not a time to get lost in memories, however. It is a time to be at peace with your past…
With only 5 cards pulled for this spread, 3 were Majors. I see this as accentuating the fact that this is an important time in my life. That the situations I am experiencing and the roads I am considering will have great impact on my future. It is my time to be grounded on this earth, to grow and to manifest. I thank you Jordan for the Earth of Life spread!

I’d love to hear others thoughts and interpretations for this reading!