The King of Health and Wealth

For today, a card from The Ancient Italian Tarot - the Re di Danari, or if you prefer, the King of Coins.

The last few days have been busy. My boyfriend and I continued with the painting on Saturday morning. We finished off the walls that Kate and I had started the day before and then completed the ceiling. I can't tell you how different it feels in here now. It is as though a whole new life has been breathed into the room. The sun from outside glides across the clean white walls and there is an over all feeling of calm and serenity. I didn't realise just how much those horrible aged and browned papered walls were affecting my mood. Understanding this, Kate had also suggested ditching the carpet for the concrete floor, so we ripped that up too. It's cold under foot, but at least it is just one colour, rather than the swirly mess that was there before.

We visited my boyfriend's brother on Saturday. I drank some wine, which went straight to my head, but the two of us were on good form yesterday, deciding to take his two little nieces to an antique fair. They have the same one about four times a year, which is housed in and outside of three massive tents. I saw many interesting things, but nothing really provoked a purchase this time. However, my boyfriend did get me a few little bits as a surprise. With money burning a hole in my pocket, we stopped off on the way home and I bought an ornate metal light shade and two bedside tables, which we spent the rest of the evening putting together. They furnish my room nicely, and with nowhere to previously put bits and bobs, were a much needed addition. My reading lamp and netbook sit on one side, where my boyfriend can leave his watch and wallet, and my milky white crouching angel and blackberry sit on the other.

I was a bit worried that the weekend's wine might tire me as the party did a week ago, but I feel good today. Perhaps it is be the room that is lifting my spirits or the fact that I have been offered a day's work, teaching. Whatever it is, the King of Coins shows me in top physical form - whether that is through renewed health or money. Alternatively, he could resemble someone I know. This man would be mature, financially independent and physically strong and healthy. With this little white beard, nobody comes to mind at the moment, so I am choosing him to see him as the bringer of wealth in all aspects of the physical realm, as I get on with painting an old mirror for my wall.


Illustration from The Ancient Italian Tarot by Lo Scarabeo