AstrologyReading Cards

Your Personal Guidance from the Stars

by

ALISON CHESTER-LAMBERT (astrologer)

and

RICHARD CROOKES (illustrator)

diac Sign card from another fan, and a House card fromthe third fan. It does not matter which order you selectthe cards in, just so long as you select one card fromeach of the three fans. Each card features a sentenceand images to aid interpretation. Put together, thesecards answer your question. For a deeper explanationof the cards you have drawn, read the relevant Zodiacsign, Planet and House pages of this book.

• You can ask another question by replacing the cardsinto their respective fan, shuffling them, and repeatingthe procedure.

• Alternatively, you could simply shuffle ALL the cardstogether and then draw just ONE card to inspire at thatmoment.

Initially, the cards may just describe your immediate cir-cumstances as you and the cards “get to know” each other andform your relationship. Once you’ve handled them for a while,they will become more flexible or obliging. They will learnfrom you, as you will learn from them.

The astrological energies are not used to being used likethis, but they are powerful and will quickly adapt. Once youand the cards are working in harmony, they will “come alive”and their magic will astound.

An explanation of what the different ‘sets’ represent

Planet Cards: They represent the part of your personalityengaged in the question or issue, the part ofyou that is activated or affected.

Zodiac Cards: The Zodiac Sign cards represent the universalenergy that colours the question or issue, the

How to Read the Cards

The deck is comprised of 36 cards, divided into three sets of12 cards each. The sets are called the Planet cards, the ZodiacSign cards and the House cards.

Ways in which you can read the ARC (Astrology Reading Cards)

• Lay the three sets out face down in front of you in threeseparate fans. Think of a question you would like theARC to help you with. With your question in minddraw one card from each of the fans. This means thatyou will draw a Planet card from one of the fans, a Zo-

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How Do the Astrology Reading Cards Work?

The magic of your unconscious connection to the universalastral realms will “lift” intuitive feeling and thoughts fromdeep within your mind, allowing you to instinctively choosethe cards that can best deliver the message from the divineCosmos. Because your unconscious select the cards, it willchoose the ones that most resonate with the current energiesand knowledge (gnosis) in your astral presence.  

All around the Earth, there are planets affecting us in dif-ferent ways. Whilst you are in our solar system, you cannotescape this influence. These cards allow you to experience avisual interpretation of your soul’s knowledge of this.

Each of us is immersed in an invisible sea of electricity andmagnetic field lines. Flows of energy and “intelligence” passdown these lines, washing over/through/around us. This isthe Cosmos and our spirit, soul, or unconscious “dialogues”with it constantly. On the “other side” is all future and all past,everything melted into oneness, but the future can be fore-told, if it is asked for.

The energies the cards describe are archetypal, whichmeans they are present in all life in the Universe. The cardsare symbols of these archetypes, and they will be constellatedto appear in your reading due to universal synchronicity.

Everything in the Cosmos is connected in a giant invisibleweb, and what happens in one part of the web can be felt inanother part. The Etruscans used egg yolks to divine the fu-ture. They would examine the condition of the stringy whitebit and the blemishes on the yolk and surmise things from

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influence around you, or the general feelingaround the matter.

House Cards: These cards represent the area of your life af-fected by the question or issue, the sphere ofyour life the matter is playing out in.

So now that you know how to use the cards, you can justgo ahead and use them. However, you may find it useful toread the more detailed explanations in this book and get agreater understanding of the full potential of the AstrologyReading Cards.

How do these cards affect your Sun sign? For instance, if you are a Libran and

draw the Gemini card? Isn’t that wrong?

No, it isn’t wrong. Even though you were born when the Sunwas in Libra which means that Libra will remain your StarSign until you die, you come under different influences at dif-ferent times of the day, month or year. Those influences willstill be one of the 12 Zodiac signs. So if you are a Libran andyou pull the Gemini card, it just means that at that particulartime you are receiving a Gemini influence. Understandingthat will help you make the most of the Gemini talents avail-able at that time.

How can the ARC cards be useful?

Because there is a cosmic ”master plan,” we don’t have thatmuch autonomy in our decision making. But as long as wework with the Cosmos, we get to make some decisions forourselves, and if we keep making the right ones we get re-warded with easier choices and less pain ahead. It helps thento know what the Cosmos has in store for us, so we can beprepared to assist the process.

This is where the cards are useful, because when we ask thecards, we can understand what is going on and the deepermeaning to things affecting us. Richard and I have designedthe cards in such a way as to make available all of the universalenergies or possibilities, so that our unconscious has all pos-sibilities from which to choose the most appropriate for thereading.

Scientific research by Dr N. Campion, Senior Lecturer inthe School of Archaeology, History and Anthropology, Uni-versity of Wales Trinity St. David, has shown that astrology’sgreatest gift is that it makes life more meaningful and partic-ipants feel more empowered with its use. I certainly hope thisis the case with the ARC cards.

How can I contact Alison and Richard,and/or interact with other ARC users?

Through Facebook via the ‘Astrology Reading Cards’ page.

that. The Egyptians used the liver of an animal, and the con-dition of different parts of it would tell them about the future.Present in all things is the connection with the universal en-ergy and the potential of the future.

The cards will show what your unconscious and the myste-rious Hand of Destiny deem important. By providing themwith a choice of all the archetypal, universal energies used inastrology, the most important energies at the moment youdrew the card will emerge.

How come the future isn’t always what we decide

it’s going to be? Why do we need cards to help us?

The unconscious side of us has a different schedule to theconscious side. It wants to get a certain experience by con-stellating into our lives those lessons the unconscious needs.It does this by manifesting outside events and influences thatoverride the efforts of the conscious to avoid them.

The Cosmos, or Collective Soul, which we are all part of, ismade up of different planes or other realms. One of these isour realm or life as we know it, but when we die we movethrough into others.

In the life we are currently living, it is necessary to gatherthe experience and wisdom that must be given back to theCollective Soul after death, so that the other realms gain andgrow into higher consciousness. What we learn—our accu-mulated wisdom—is transferred into the Collective Soul (inheaven if you like) and adds to all the other wisdom; therefore,our personal pain and struggle is a contribution to this largerstruggle. It is part of the growth and evolution of the Collec-tive Soul, which is preparing for evolution into a highersphere of consciousness.

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The Planet Cards

The Planet cards represent the part of your personality

engaged in the question or issue,the part of you

that is activated or affected.

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The current energy is focused on the part of your person-ality that is represented by the planet Venus. In astrology,this represents not only your self-esteem and the valueyou place on yourself and others, but also things you de-sire to make you feel good. Venus represents your aspi-rations, standards, and ideals—what you should giveyourself to create the “wow” factor in your life and yourdetermination to fight for what you want. There may bea big, uplifting thrill of desire and the feeling of ecstasyor exhilaration.

At the heart of the matter in hand is the need to recog-nise and affirm your value as a person, by giving yourselfthe very best you can—both in monetary terms and inthe choices you make. You should revel in your very ex-istence by indulging yourself with the best that you can.

In a relationship, Venus helps us enjoy and delight inour choice of partner. Because we value and love our-selves, we will give ourselves a partner who does thesame—someone who affirms our attractiveness and de-sirability. The beloved then becomes a mirror who re-flects our beautiful qualities back to us. If we haveundervalued ourselves and allowed others to do the same,Venus, as representative of our self-esteem, will test thisrelationship in order to protect our long-term happiness.In this case, you should remember that sometimes loveis not enough; respect and honour are required too.

If you have chosen this card for yourself love is in theair, and if it is right for you, you will achieve your heart’sdesire. Venus usually offers rewards, success, andachievement. If you have asked the cards about someoneelse, it is their Venus or their desire that is being activated.

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The Zodiac Sign Cards

The Zodiac Sign cards represent the universal energy that colours

the question or issue,—the main influence around you,

or the general feeling around the matter.

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The Aquarian energy is technological and visionary. Itspeaks of the future and has ideals about how much betterthat future can be compared with the past. Popular mythol-ogy has long talked about the coming of the Age of Aquar-ius, with its Utopian vision of peace, freedom, and theunited brotherhood of humankind. This energy is alsoknown for its friendliness, camaraderie, and genuine inter-est in helping others. This zodiac sign bestows a rebelliousneed to break up existing paradigms and replace them withnew thinking, so don’t be surprised if you find yourselfwanting to get on a soap box and address a Greenpeace rallyat this time.

This energy values freedom above all else, and timespent alone is never a problem. Having said that, acquain-tances are important, so long as they do not make emo-tional demands. Information technology and science maynot be your usual choices, but with this energy aroundyou, you are encouraged to investigate how you can usethem to your advantage. Numerology and astrology mayalso be interesting.

There is a fixed quality to this energy and it can make onequite stubborn and intransigent. For although the Aquarianmantra is about change, Aquarius wants to change the restof the world and does not want to change itself. Those whoare Aquarian in nature are very good at telling everyone elsehow to transform, but they are completely unwilling to ac-cept any advice themselves.

You may encounter madcap or eclectic people at thistime, or perhaps you decide to go through a hippie or NewAge thing yourself, for whatever else can be said about theAquarius energy, it appeals to single-minded individualistswho are not afraid to be different. Now, go find your kaftanand placards. . .

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The House Cards

The House cards represent the area ofyour life affected by the question or issue,

the sphere of your life the matter is playing out in.

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The Fourth House is the area of your life that involves aparent or child and your home or roots. You could beconsidering moving house or just making some com-fortable improvements; or perhaps domestic matters arean issue and you are focused on the family you live with.

This choice could also describe an inner you, or whoyou are when you shut the door against the world andkick your shoes off. Here is the very personal and privateyou, your unconscious self or who you really are under-neath all else. Only those you have lived with, both inthe past and now, see this other, secret side to you.

Experiences of early childhood influenced and shapedwho you are deep inside today. Your ancestors and fam-ily background have also formed your roots and senseof where you come from. In this area of your life, youmay find memories or deep hidden feelings that are todo with the past. Perhaps you find an old teddy bear, andit brings memories of how you used to cuddle it at night?Or maybe you go through old family photos, and itawakens reminiscences from the past. A parent may beinvolved or should be consulted, for this is a time whenparents and your home are important.

The answer to the matter you are considering could befound in your home or by considering the family or peo-ple you live with. You may find it by delving into yourroots or history, or that of a parent. Lastly, changes toyour home or even a house move may be available op-portunities, since it is this area of your life that seems tobe activated.

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