So, the other day, I was doing a little reading for myself. Just a quick check-in, you know? And bam! I pull two cards, and both of them are glaring at me upside down. A double reversed situation. My first thought was, “Oh, wonderful. This is going to be just peachy.” You know that feeling?
My Encounter with the Upside-Down Duo
I remember shuffling and just trying to get a feel for the day. I laid out a couple, and there it was. The Lovers, but reversed. Okay, deep breath. Then, right beside it, the Wheel of Fortune, also reversed. Seriously? Two major hitters, both looking like they’d fallen out of bed the wrong way.
Seeing one reversed card, you sort of pause, right? You think, “Alright, what’s the universe trying to nudge me about here?” But two big ones, back-to-back, both reversed? My mind just kind of stalled. It felt like a really loud, confusing message.
I used to think reversed cards were automatically bad. Like, the picture’s upside down, so life’s about to be upside down. Total disaster incoming. But I’ve learned it’s not always that straightforward. It’s not just “good card” versus “bad card.”
Figuring Out the Reversed Message
Often, these reversed cards are just trying to get your attention in a different way. Sometimes they actually bring good news, weirdly enough. Or they might just tweak the main message of the card if it were upright. Maybe it strengthens something, or weakens it, or just points the energy in a new direction. You really have to feel it out and look at what else is going on in the spread, if you’re doing a bigger one.
So, with The Lovers and the Wheel of Fortune both doing a somersault, I had to really sit with that. The Lovers reversed? Yeah, it can point to some friction or a disconnect. But it can also be about needing to look at your own self-love, maybe some internal harmony that’s out of whack before you can really connect with others properly. It’s not always about the other person.
And the Wheel of Fortune reversed? My first instinct used to be “Oh no, bad luck!” But it can also mean things are just delayed. Or that the ‘fortune’ isn’t some big lightning bolt from the sky, but something you need to build from the inside, or maybe there’s abundance there, but it’s just stuck or not flowing like you’d expect. Sometimes it can even mean an increase, but maybe in a way that feels like too much, like a ‘superfluity’ as some old books might say.
What the Double Reversal Meant for Me
So, this “double reversed” thing, it wasn’t like a double whammy of bad news. Not exactly. It felt more like the universe was grabbing me by the shoulders and saying, “Hey! You really, REALLY need to look at these two areas. And look hard.”
It wasn’t that everything was doomed. It was more like a very strong signal to pause and do some serious internal re-evaluation. The fact that both were reversed just amplified that message. It was like a spotlight on stuff I might have been ignoring or not wanting to see clearly.
You’ve got to trust your gut with these things. The books give you ideas, sure, but how it feels when you see those cards, especially when they show up in an unusual way like that, that’s where the real insight comes from. My gut wasn’t screaming “disaster!” It was more like a very firm “pay attention, dig deeper.” It was a call to be super honest with myself about where things were at, particularly in my connections and my sense of flow or destiny.
So yeah, a double reversed card situation. Sounds a bit intimidating at first, right? But for me, it just turned into a really potent prompt for some much-needed reflection. Sometimes the cards have to be a bit dramatic to get the message across. It’s all part of the practice, learning to listen to those louder signals too.
