Now think of what kind of protection you want. If you feel weak, like you just don’t have the strength to do what you need to do, pull the strength card. Remember, that is VIII, the one where the lady is petting the lion. Ok let’s lay some cards down and create a protection spell. Let’s put the ace cards in each corner, leaving the middle open for some of the other cards. Put the ace of Cups up in the left hand corner at the top. It represents summer (June, July, August. Next to the top right put the Ace of Wands. That is the autumn card (Sept, Oct. November). On the bottom right place the Ace of Swords, the winter card, (Dec, Jan, Feb) and on the bottom left put the spring Ace of Pentacles (March, April, May), where we are now. We will have created a square with all the seasons of the year covered.
In the middle between the aces, let’s start by putting the lover’s card on top with the wheel of fortune to the left and judgment to the right. Judgment would be under the ace of wands and the wheel of fortune would be under the ace of cups. In the middle we’ll put the strength card and directly under strength we’ll place Temperance. Now it looks like angels surround us with the object of our spell in the middle. It isn’t like we are doing a reading for ourselves but more a visualization. Look at all those hands supporting us through the year! We do have all this unseen support in our lives and all we have to do is ask them for help. That is why I talk so much about how to talk to our angels and how much help they can give us. But remember, we were all born with free will and our angels are not allowed to butt in unless asked. So go ahead, ask, ask, ask. Take time to listen too. No it probably won’t be a loud voice, but it will be more like an inner knowing, new ideas, and dreams with messages – there is no limit to how our angels can help us if we will just let them.