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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Touching Coins
Face-Up / Face-Down:
When one coin touches another coin, we still only interpret coins that land face-up, and the face-down coins can be removed from the reading surface. See Figure 8 and Figure 9.
When one coin touches another coin, we still only interpret coins that land face-up, and the face-down coins can be removed from the reading surface. See Figure 8 and Figure 9.
Figure 8 - On the left, The Crown landed touching a face-down coin.
On the right, The Scales of Justice also landed touching a face-down coin.
Since all face-down coins are disregarded, these coins would be interpreted as shown in Figure 9.
On the right, The Scales of Justice also landed touching a face-down coin.
Since all face-down coins are disregarded, these coins would be interpreted as shown in Figure 9.
Figure 9 - This is the same reading from Figure 8, except all face-down coins have been removed.
Always disregard the face-down coins.
Always disregard the face-down coins.
Face-Up / Face-Up:
In the event that a face-up coin touches another face-up coin, then the two coins should be interpreted together. In Figure 10, we see a pair of face-up coins touching on the left, and another pair of face-up coins touching on the right. In this case, the two coins touching on the left would be interpreted together, and the two coins touching on the right would be interpreted together.
In the event that a face-up coin touches another face-up coin, then the two coins should be interpreted together. In Figure 10, we see a pair of face-up coins touching on the left, and another pair of face-up coins touching on the right. In this case, the two coins touching on the left would be interpreted together, and the two coins touching on the right would be interpreted together.
Figure 10 - On the left, The Rose touches The Grave, signaling that these two coins should be interpreted together.
On the right, The Bridge touches The Eye, also signaling that these two coins should be interpreted together.
On the right, The Bridge touches The Eye, also signaling that these two coins should be interpreted together.
In the previous chapter you learned that a coin which lands on top of another coin signals that the top coin is what influences, or weighs down on, the bottom coin. When coins touch side by side, the coin that can be considered to have more weight, or to have the most influence on the other coin, is the coin which appears first when reading the coins in the direction of The Pointer. See Figure 11.
Figure 11 - When two face-up coins touch, The Pointer coin tells us which coin has influence over the other.
Since The Pointer coin in this image points from left to right, then it is the coin farthest to the left that influences
the coin farthest to the right. Here, The Rose influences The Grave, and The Bridge influences The Eye.
Since The Pointer coin in this image points from left to right, then it is the coin farthest to the left that influences
the coin farthest to the right. Here, The Rose influences The Grave, and The Bridge influences The Eye.
As you can see in Figure 11, The Rose coin touches The Grave coin. Since The Pointer coin tells us to read the coins from left to right, The Rose coin would be considered to have more weight than, or to place emphasis on, The Grave coin. In a real reading, this emphasis of The Rose (representing love and relationships) over The Grave (representing a gathering or organization) could signal that friends and family may soon gather for a reunion, celebration, or some other kind of gathering.
Also in Figure 11, The Bridge coin touches The Eye coin. Since The Pointer tells us to read from left to right, and since The Bridge appears farther to the left than The Eye, it is The Bridge coin that would be interpreted to have more weight than, or to place emphasis on, The Eye coin. In a real reading, this emphasis of The Bridge (representing travel, or a journey) over The Eye (representing intuition) could signal that a journey of some kind will bring about a strong sense of intuition, or perhaps that the idea of taking a trip will cause you to struggle with your intuition.
For the sake of practice, if the coins in Figure 11 appeared in a real reading, we could interpret the pattern as a sign that an upcoming family gathering, or an occasion of friends coming together, may require a journey that will stoke your inner intuition. You may have a bad feeling about traveling to the gathering, or you may fear a conflict upon your arrival. Whatever your intuition is telling you, you are probably right.
Face-Down / Face-Down:
If one face-down coin touches another face-down coin, then both coins are disregarded. Face-down coins are always disregarded, no matter where or how they land in a coin reading.
Also in Figure 11, The Bridge coin touches The Eye coin. Since The Pointer tells us to read from left to right, and since The Bridge appears farther to the left than The Eye, it is The Bridge coin that would be interpreted to have more weight than, or to place emphasis on, The Eye coin. In a real reading, this emphasis of The Bridge (representing travel, or a journey) over The Eye (representing intuition) could signal that a journey of some kind will bring about a strong sense of intuition, or perhaps that the idea of taking a trip will cause you to struggle with your intuition.
For the sake of practice, if the coins in Figure 11 appeared in a real reading, we could interpret the pattern as a sign that an upcoming family gathering, or an occasion of friends coming together, may require a journey that will stoke your inner intuition. You may have a bad feeling about traveling to the gathering, or you may fear a conflict upon your arrival. Whatever your intuition is telling you, you are probably right.
Face-Down / Face-Down:
If one face-down coin touches another face-down coin, then both coins are disregarded. Face-down coins are always disregarded, no matter where or how they land in a coin reading.