Three Card 
Past – The Queen of the Golden Bough
Support/Soul Healing/Equilibrium
This is the queen of all things spiritual, of healing, and of transformation. If you choose the Queen of the Golden Bough, you are calling on the help of one of the true healing spirits of Faerie. You are seeking healing on a very ancient and fundamental level. Your need to heal and change may be so deeply embedded in your psyche that you may not even know it is there. This queen calls for the healing of “world” sorrow, and the sorrow that wells up inside of of you without having a specific cause that you can pinpoint. Listing to what the Queen of the Golden Bough has to tell you. She asks you to let go and allow her healing presence to nurture you. When you feel an overwhelming sadness that takes you byu surprise, a sadness that seems to spring from the depths of your soul, meditating on this card can help you rebalance your emotions. It may also be time to let go of emotions that are stopping you from healing. These may be emotions that have a more tangible cause but still overwhelm you at surprising times. Take a long look at how these emotions made you feel in the past, how you are feeling at this moment, and then let the card do its transformational work to lead you into the future.
Present – The Queen of Passage
Surrender/Transition/Trust
All things Change. All situations move from one phase into another. Sometimes those transitions are difficult. Letting go and moving on, whether to a new life, a new love, or perhaps just a new phase of a current relationship, can be painful, but the Queen of Passage is there to help with those transitions. She looks ahead with the keen sight of the kestrel and can see the future with the wisdom of the raven. She holds a pomegranate, a sign of fertility. There is growth in the future. There is a way ahead. The darkness comes as ou step from one stage to another. The moment of passage between the past and future, between the worlds themselves, is a moment of surrender.
Trust this great queen to be your guide. Listen to what she has to tell you and then take that step. She will be by your side in the moment you move out of the past and into the future.
Future – The Rox
Manipulation/Neediness/Make an Effort
The poor Rox – always ill. Sniffles, aches and pains, a slight temperature – he just can’t gather the energy to help himself but he always has enough energy to get you to help him. He is after all the king and being the king means having servants. Not that he wouldn’t help himself if he only felt up to it, but in the meantime just be a dear and fix him a little something to eat, preferably expensive and time-consuming to make but it’s just the thing to make him feel better and you do want to help him get well don’t you? And would you go out and pick up his dry-cleaning? He would do it himself but he’s not feeling up to it and besides it’s too cold to risk going out and you remember what happened last time, don’t you? But you’ll be fine – a brisk walk is just the thing for you.
Do you know someone like this? This person is a master of manipulation. He can get you to do anything for him because he uses guilt as a finely honed tool. It’s very difficult to say no to someone as needy as this person appears to be, but every once in a while try saying that you just can’t do whatever it is he’s asking of you. This may come as a shock to the Rox – he isn’t used to being denied anything, but it will begin to restore the balance in your relationship. If you recognize yourself in the Rox, think about the reasons you ask people to do things for you that you are perfectly capable of foing. Is it the desire to control a person or a situation, or do you really need help? Combine the Rox with the Speaker of Truth and find the answer for yourself.
