The Coins of Holy Death: A Tool of Divination and Magick for Santa Muerte Devotees
Digital Web Book by Arnold Bustillo
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Digital Web Book by Arnold Bustillo
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On-Line Coins
You will recall that, when reading the coins in the direction of The Pointer, you may come across “close calls”, when two coins that are not touching appear at almost the same point in the coin pattern. Back in Figure 4 you learned how a perpendicular straight edge (perpendicular to the arrow on The Pointer coin) can be used to settle close calls to determine the order in which coins should be interpreted.
But what if a perpendicular straight edge does not settle the dispute? What if two coins actually appear at the same time in a full reading? These coins are considered to be on-line, and can be dealt with as detailed in the instructions that follow.
Face-Up / Face-Down:
When one coin lands on-line with another coin, and the coins are not touching, we still only interpret the coins that land face-up, and the face-down coins can be removed from the reading surface. See Figure 12 and Figure 13.
But what if a perpendicular straight edge does not settle the dispute? What if two coins actually appear at the same time in a full reading? These coins are considered to be on-line, and can be dealt with as detailed in the instructions that follow.
Face-Up / Face-Down:
When one coin lands on-line with another coin, and the coins are not touching, we still only interpret the coins that land face-up, and the face-down coins can be removed from the reading surface. See Figure 12 and Figure 13.
Figure 12 - Here, a face-down coin landed on-line with a face-up coin (The Scythe).
Since all face-down coins are disregarded, these coins would be interpreted as shown in Figure 13.
Since all face-down coins are disregarded, these coins would be interpreted as shown in Figure 13.
Figure 13 - This is the same reading from Figure 12, except the face-down coin has been removed.
Since all face-down coins are disregarded, The Scythe coin would be interpreted as a solo coin.
Since all face-down coins are disregarded, The Scythe coin would be interpreted as a solo coin.
Face-Up / Face-Up:
In the event that a face-up coin lands on-line with another face-up coin, then the two coins should be interpreted together, just as if the two coins had landed touching, or one on top of the other. When this happens, you should consider the upper coin to have the most weight, or to have the most influence on, the lower coin. See Figure 14.
In the event that a face-up coin lands on-line with another face-up coin, then the two coins should be interpreted together, just as if the two coins had landed touching, or one on top of the other. When this happens, you should consider the upper coin to have the most weight, or to have the most influence on, the lower coin. See Figure 14.
Figure 14 - Here, reading these coins in the direction of The Pointer coin, The Bridge and The Apple
appear on-line with one another, meaning they should be interpreted together,
with the upper coin having the most influence over, or weighing down on, the lower coin.
appear on-line with one another, meaning they should be interpreted together,
with the upper coin having the most influence over, or weighing down on, the lower coin.
As you can see in Figure 14, The Bridge coin landed on-line with The Apple coin. Since The Pointer tells us to read the coins from left to right, the two coins would appear at the same time in the reading, so they should be interpreted together, with the upper coin, The Bridge, considered to have the most influence over, or to weigh down on, the lower coin, which here is The Apple. In a real reading, this emphasis of The Bridge (representing a spiritual or physical journey) over The Apple (representing ideas or goals coming to fruition), could signal that an upcoming journey will yield good fruit, or will lead to the achievement of goals.