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Money, preeminent symbol of power, security and freedom, indeed makes the world go round. Many of my clients ask what the Postcard Tarot has to say to them about it. No matter how many assets, how much cash, credit or debt one has, it’s easy to worry about it. Jobs get lost. Houses need repair and estates sorted through. We move. There’s rent, college, marriage, divorce, elder care. The list goes on.

I have a psychic story to tell about capital, love and the prescient wisdom of my symbolic oracle.
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In Hawai’i, we have an expression: “Money is mana.” Mana being a spiritual life force or energy. Energy has to go somewhere. It must be exchanged. Say someone is getting free benefits—housing, travel perks, whatever. Unsaid or not, something must be given in return. Love, companionship, a gift, etc. This can often be satisfactory. Unless doling out dineros becomes an instrument for control.

​I have a postcard in my deck that simply says, “It can’t rain all the time!”, a line from the 1994 film, The Crow. When my client (I’ll call her Sheila) saw the card land in her house of Moolah, she immediately let out an expletive in disappointment.

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See, Sheila had been having a very good run financially and considered rain as signifying her shower of money. She interpreted the message as meaning she couldn’t rely upon her fortunes anymore.

I had a different take—that dark skies will clear and things will be looking more sunny. I took note that as I was reading for Sheila, it was pouring outside my window in Honolulu. We’ve had record levels of rainfall and flooding this year. It’s made national news.

So we had two different interpretations of the card. In these cases I look to the cards on each side of the image to shed light on the matter. To the right was a menu from a restaurant I went to in Tokyo. To the left was a photo I took of Vietnamese currency.

I pointed out the menu which is written in Japanese with English translations. “A menu represents options, choices, whatever you fancy,” I said.

Sheila replied, “Well my husband owns a restaurant.”

“Really!” I say.

“Un huh, it’s a noodle shop.” Well, well well. What do we have here? A coincidence! Now my interest is piqued.

“As in Ramen Noodles?”

“Ramen, Udon, Pasta. He’s very creative. His recipes aren’t traditional, more Asian fusion. He’s struggled with it. It’ll come around but it needs time.”

“I see him opening a second location.”

“Oh God!” She cried, “He has designs on that but I’m the one who’s going to have to fund it!”

“Well, I think he’s going to do it, that he’s talented and ambitious. The cards support the idea and I see you continuing to help him. They’re speaking to you and him. Just look at this—You’re talking about fusion style ramen and here’s Vietnamese money on one side of your money house and a Japanese menu on the other. Don't noodles symbolize longevity and good fortune? The message in the middle says, It Can’t Rain All the Time. So both of our interpretations are right. And everyone loves noodles! How else do you want the cards to support the idea?” I quietly sang,

​“The sun’ll come out
Tomorrow
Bet your bottom dollar
That tomorrow
There’ll be sun!”