If Money Could Talk

A Reading for Money on November 3rd, 2025

As a kid, I felt like money had it out for me. Why didn’t it just grow on trees? How come it was difficult to come by but so easy to spend? Exactly who is this character, Money? And why didn’t my mom tell me more bedtime stories about it?

She read to me all of the time out of a large book about bears who climbed trees and wanted attention. I loved the story about the little boy who got three pairs of shoes, one blue, one red, and one brown. Of course, there was that caterpillar who turned into a butterfly, and so many more that I don’t recall right off the top of my head.

But there was not a story solely about money. It was always an indirect item that was a necessity not a luxury, having to be earned, accumulated, and spent on the things needed, like shoes. Money’s characteristics were easy to understand when there wasn’t enough of it around, but much harder to pin down when trying to grasp how to make a lot of it.

Money is different for each of us, depending upon our relationship to it. To some, money is security. To others, money is status. For many of us, it’s a tumultuous relationship bordering between close friend and romantic nemesis. We all want enough of it, so we feel comfortable but not so much of it that it becomes a burden, where we have to worry about someone coming to take it away from us.

Considering the state of the world today, the importance of money has become a precedent upon which we choose everything from careers, jobs, friends, spouses, and food. It also dictates our living conditions, our ability to relax and travel, as well as our dependence upon professionals to assist with all types of healthcare, body, mind, and spirit.

Money rules everything. I don’t think that was unintentional—do you?

Although money is a noun, it acts as a verb in our dealings with it, as it does do things, such as make the world go ‘round. Or at least, that’s what we’ve all come to learn. So my question to Money is, “How do you feel today?” I’m wondering what the cards will show.

In the simple Celtic Cross spread, here’s what the cards said about Money today. The Two of Wands reversed is the current situation, crossed by the Nine of Swords. Below is the Six of Wands reversed, while above is Judgement reversed. Behind is the Tower and before is Temperance. Now that is a lot to say.

Two of Wands reversed is looking out at the ocean and waiting for ships to come in, planning next moves, but when reversed, it may mean pushing too hard for a plan or wanting things to move faster than they can—impatience. Crossed by the Nine of Swords means that impatience is being fed by anxiety and worry. The path ahead is not clear and it is creating mental stress.

Below, our subconscious patterns or what the situation may be based in, is the victory card, The Six of Wands reversed, which means that there are delays in success, so keep going. Judgement reversed above, support from our higher self, shares that we’re not able to let go of the past, repeating patterns that no longer serve, maybe even ignoring our purpose. Behind, the recent past, is the Tower, which is sudden and unexpected change. Ahead, the immediate future, is Temperance, which does mean balance, but it also means flowing with the divine toward our purpose.

So Money is feeling vexed, as the path ahead isn’t clear and it’s creating restlessness and stress. Although Money understands that it is meant to be victorious, that’s its base, there is delay of movement toward it’s goal, mission, or raison d’etre. Judgement reversed shares that Money feels like it’s not fulfilling its purpose. Recently, there have been sudden changes for Money, a bit of upheaval. In the near future for Money is the need to balance out its own flow, focusing on its reason for existing. How does Money fulfill its purpose and win the support of those it serves?

The final outcome in this spread was the King of Cups reversed. Money needs to understand its own boundaries and put them in place. It also needs to dig into its own reserves to support itself, stopping its dependence on those who may be emotionally dependent on it. Money needs to define and depend on its own emotional stability.