3 Card Tarot

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'; //Count images in array (-1 because we don't want to include 0 in the array) $max3 = count($img3) - 1; //Generate a random number between 1 & 78 $count3 = rand(0,$max3); //Assign $card3 with the image chosen in the array $card3 = $img3[$count3]; if ($count1==$count2){ echo ""; }elseif($count1==$count3){ echo ""; }elseif($count3==$count2){ echo ""; }else{ ################################################################################ ###########################Messages and Meanings################################ ################################################################################ ################################################################################ //Create an array for messages and meanings $msg1 = array(); //Populate array with card messages $msg1[] = 'TWO OF FIRE - FLAME - Meeting or get-together that may or may not lead to something more important. Desire to develop and establish a relationship. Sexual attraction. Brief affair. Negatively, the tendency to exaggerate.'; $msg1[] = 'TWO OF EARTH - PLANT - Someone is making an offer that could later bear fruit. Weighing up one thing against another. Getting excited with the possibility of a material project. Negatively, counting your chickens before they are hatched. Premature reaction.'; $msg1[] = 'TWO OF AIR - ZEPHYR - An idea communicated to another. Awaiting someones response to a new idea or proposition. A new contact with possibilities. Negatively, a period of frustration and impasse in negotiations or discussions.'; $msg1[] = 'TWO OF WATER - SPRING - An emotional connection with another. Early stages of a love affair. A show of affection, flirtation, lovemaking. An extramarital love affair. A holiday romance with no commitments. Negatively, a regretted one-night stand.'; $msg1[] = 'THREE OF FIRE - BEACON - Being able to show the world a successful achievement. Getting the appreciation hoped for in achievement. The positive power of creative energy. Negatively, arrogance and conceit.'; $msg1[] = 'THREE OF EARTH - FRUITS - Achievement of financial and material security. Being established and successful in ones career or ambitions. The manifestation of self-worth through material values. Negatively, stagnation, being in a rut, keeping up with the Joneses.'; $msg1[] = 'THREE OF AIR - BREEZE - Popularity. The recognition and acceptance of a good idea. Enjoying the successful results of imaginative thinking. Being sharp and quick-witted, on the ball. Negatively, acting the unbearable know it all.'; $msg1[] = 'THREE OF WATER - SPA - Emotional well-being. Feelings expressed, accepted and shared. Healthy emotions, the power of sympathetic understanding. The healing power of true unselfish love. A good marriage. Negatively, receiving envy.'; $msg1[] = 'FOUR OF FIRE - HEARTH - Security and confidence in creative abilities. Fulfilling work. Settled in ones ways with regard to matters of selectivity and taste. Negatively, exclusivity and snobbishness.'; $msg1[] = 'FOUR OF EARTH - CLAY - Achievement of financial and material security. Being established and successful in ones career or ambitions. The manifestation of self-worth through material values. Negatively, stagnation, being in a rut, keeping up with the Joneses.'; $msg1[] = 'FOUR OF AIR - OZONE - Secure in ones knowledge and understanding. Conventional ideas about life. Being confident that ones traditional approach will resolve all demanding situations. Negatively, inflexible views and ideas. Bigotry.'; $msg1[] = 'FOUR OF WATER - MOAT - Conventional emotional security within a long-term relationship. Confidence to deal with everyday emotional situations. Experience to sympathize with others problems. Negatively, trapped, drowning in unexpressed feelings.'; $msg1[] = 'FIVE OF FIRE - FURNACE - Unwillingly stirred into action or rebellion by a sudden turn in life. Being forced into a new situation in ones work. Challenge from an unexpected source. Negatively, obstinately resisting change. Manipulation by circumstances.'; $msg1[] = 'FIVE OF EARTH - QUAKE - Forced material change of direction through unexpected events. Big change with regard to property or finance must be faced. The necessity to move from a position of security to the unknown. Negatively, resisting inevitable change puts one at the mercy of events.'; $msg1[] = 'FIVE OF AIR - STORM - Change of ideas or plans becomes unavoidable. Being forced by circumstances to see things from a different angle. A brainstorm. Negatively, mental panic, refusal to face the inevitable.'; $msg1[] = 'FIVE OF WATER - SUDDEN RAIN - An unexpected emotional experience. Being forced through outside circumstances to reassess ones feelings. An awkward emotional situation that must be faced. Negatively, giving up to fate by refusing to deal with reality.'; $msg1[] = 'SIX OF FIRE - TORCH - The pleasure of receiving recognition for ones achievements. Satisfaction and confidence in ones abilities. Promotion or qualification after dedicated work. Negatively, using ones reputation to bully and domineer others.'; $msg1[] = 'SIX OF EARTH - HARVEST - Physical well-being. Enjoying the sensual pleasures of life. Being in generous, sharing company. Plenty. Celebration of ones good fortune. Feeling healthy. Negatively, overindulgence, exaggerated bonhomie.'; $msg1[] = 'SIX OF AIR - OPEN AIR - The pleasure of travel, of broadening horizons both mentally and physically. The confidence that what one says will be listened to and respected. Having the power to persuade others. Negatively, using smooth talk to deceive and manipulate.'; $msg1[] = 'SIX OF WATER - OASIS - The happiness that comes with complete emotional well-being. The relief of emotional calm after a tense period. The ability to look back and see things in emotional perspective. Negatively, escapism, living in a dream.'; $msg1[] = 'SEVEN OF FIRE - METEOR - To break loose from well-tried ways by risking something outrageously new. A self-generated change to find a new creative challenge. Rebellion, sudden freedom. Negatively, acting irresponsibly with total disregard for others.'; $msg1[] = 'SEVEN OF EARTH - AVALANCHE - Taking a considered risk with property or finance. Urge to break out and try something new where the outcome is not guaranteed. Being in a position that changes ones world view. Negatively, unorthodox behavior for effect.'; $msg1[] = 'SEVEN OF AIR - WIND - Deliberately shifting ones views to force a change. Deciding to take a risk in order to get out of a boring situation, regardless of the consequences. Negatively, opposing convention just to draw attention to oneself.'; $msg1[] = 'SEVEN OF WATER - OCEAN - The desire to play the field. Making oneself available. Taking an emotional risk for the sake of new excitement. Charmer/femme fatale. Negatively, using and manipulating the emotions of others for personal gain.'; $msg1[] = 'EIGHT OF FIRE - VOLCANO - Enjoying a position of prominence, fame, and esteem through hard work. The achievement of top professional status. Negatively, being trapped by your own reputation and constantly at the mercy of followers or admirers.'; $msg1[] = 'EIGHT OF EARTH - MOUNTAIN - Achievement and material rewards after extreme selfdiscipline and hard work. Self-recognition for hard-won skills and abilities. A stage where one is confident and secure. Negatively, isolation through being in a position of power.'; $msg1[] = 'EIGHT OF AIR - CLOUD - Respect gained for sound and mature thought. Reaching a position of authority through intellect. Being on a mental high. Negatively, becoming obscure and detached. A manic-depressive.'; $msg1[] = 'EIGHT OF WATER - WELL - Having the emotional strength to withdraw and fin inner truth. Spiritual enlightenment. To have good feelings about oneself and ones values. Negatively, cold self-interest and detachment.'; $msg1[] = 'NINE OF FIRE - RADIANCE - The happiness and joy of being honest to oneself. Finding through experience ones true mode of expression. Ability to inspire others. Negatively, unthinking cruelty through extreme egotistical self-detachment.'; $msg1[] = 'NINE OF EARTH - FOREST - To be on a high. Realizing true pleasure and satisfaction with what one has. Sharing the magnetic power of ones wealth or abilities. To be in a position to enthuse and excite others. Negatively, attracting hangers on.'; $msg1[] = 'NINE OF AIR - THUNDER - Ability to present a meaningful philosophy. Great enlightenment, through life experience, which communicates itself to others. People want to share your thoughts. Negatively, the sacrifice of privacy.'; $msg1[] = 'NINE OF WATER - LAKE - The happiness of being immersed in unconditional love. The support that a close, loving family can give and share. Unselfish and caring love. Negatively, to smother or be smothered by over-possessive love.'; $msg1[] = 'TEN OF FIRE - FLARE - A violent outburst needed to bring about the end of an intolerable situation. The revelation that one has to use unfamiliar drastic action to make a transformation. Negatively, resisting the inevitable can lead to becoming a victim.'; $msg1[] = 'TEN OF EARTH - DESERT - A deteriorating situation impossible to pull out of without loss. Showing a brave face when ones world is upside-down. Disintegration necessary for afresh start. Negatively, hanging on to what is already lost, because of fear of the unknown.'; $msg1[] = 'TEN OF AIR - CYCLONE - A complete breakdown of an idea or concept. Mental desperation through being trapped in a system in which one can no longer believe. Inevitable change. Negatively, resisting change of ideas, to ones own detriment.'; $msg1[] = 'TEN OF WATER - COASTAL WATER - Emotions suppressed for a long time can no longer be denied. Floodgates will open and all must be allowed to gush out. The end of a phase in ones emotional life. Negatively, alcohol or drugs, as an escape, delay the inevitable crisis.'; $msg1[] = 'DAUGHTER OF FIRE - A young woman with creative ideas and energy to devote to organizing projects. Good at getting a team going and handling the practical side of any venture. A message bringer. Negatively, a pushy and exhausting workaholic.'; $msg1[] = 'DAUGHTER OF EARTH - A physical young woman who enjoys luxury, the arts, and good living. Organized and helpful. Handles finance and practical matters with ease and good humor. Sometimes a message is indicated. Negatively, interfering and over-organizing.'; $msg1[] = 'DAUGHTER OF AIR - A bright, intelligent young woman, good talker, a mine of information. Needs company and loves everyday chatter. Has a wide circle of useful friends. Negatively, can be critical, tactless, and over-talkative.'; $msg1[] = 'DAUGHTER OF WATER - A very young woman or adolescent. Highly impressionable and still subject to crazes, crushes, and passions. Emotionally naive and vulnerable. Intuitive, even clairvoyant. Negatively, lonely and/or exploited.'; $msg1[] = 'MOTHER OF FIRE - A mature woman who successfully manages both a family and a creative career. Has a good feeling for public taste. Positive, direct, and caring in her actions and choices. Negatively, can be domineering and overpowering.'; $msg1[] = 'MOTHER OF EARTH - A mature woman who organizes a comfortable, homey and loving family. Contributes greatly to community life. Takes responsibility willingly. Happiest giving material help in demanding situations. Negatively, a slave to her own generosity.'; $msg1[] = 'MOTHER OF AIR - A mature woman, unmarried, widowed, or divorced. A successful career woman, articulate and intelligent. She is strong and competitive. Independent. Negatively, vulnerable to malicious gossip and envy.'; $msg1[] = 'MOTHER OF WATER - A mature woman, caring and loving. Has experienced an eventful and emotional life and is consequently sympathetic to the problems of others. Negatively, can live her life through others and neglect her own reality.'; $msg1[] = 'FATHER OF FIRE - A mature, successful, and self-made businessman. An influential and creative entrepreneur Helpful to those he believes have talent and ability. Negatively, may dominate or crush unwittingly those he helps.'; $msg1[] = 'FATHER OF EARTH - A mature, successful businessman. He has a respected position in the community and is reliable and predictable. A man of great influence. Negatively, narrow, bigoted, and chauvinist man.'; $msg1[] = 'FATHER OF AIR - A mature man, powerful and magnetic. A persuasive speaker, cool, detached, and logical. He is ambitious to dominate others through his own ideas and words. Negatively, manipulates others for his own gain. A fraud.'; $msg1[] = 'FATHER OF WATER - A mature man, a caring and understanding friend, a good psychologist. Relates well to and is trusted by women. Highly imaginative, and sensitive to the thoughts of others. Negatively, can manipulate people through their emotions.'; $msg1[] = 'SON OF FIRE - A young man, charismatic, lively, and active, always restless and on the move. Loves challenge and constantly seeks new stimulation. A lover unready for commitment. Negatively, a person who loves them and leaves them. A fly-by-night.'; $msg1[] = 'SON OF EARTH - A single-minded young man, energetic, ambitious, extremely disciplined. Practical and helpful if it serves his own purpose. Motivated by money or promotion. He has good taste and style. Negatively, a ruthless and heartless achiever.'; $msg1[] = 'SON OF AIR - A young man, intelligent, persuasive and devoted to campaigning for causes in which he believes. Compassionate and generous. Gets into action when he sees injustice. Negatively, a fanatic or extremist.'; $msg1[] = 'SON OF WATER - A young man, a heart-throb, attractive, seductive. Strong and caring, with great sensitivity to the feelings of others. A young lover. Negatively, could use his charms for selfish ends.'; $msg1[] = 'ONE OF FIRE - LIGHTNING - Creation, the beginning of an enterprise. Basic energy, vitality, the urge to succeed. Optimism, individuality, originality and enthusiasm. Negatively, rash and impulsive action. Bulldozing others with premature zeal.'; $msg1[] = 'ONE OF EARTH - SEED - The beginning of a venture. The chance of a fresh start. A stroke of good fortune. A basic charge of physical energy is available. Money from an unexpected source. A financial breakthrough. Negatively, a sudden impulse to extravagance.'; $msg1[] = 'ONE OF AIR - BREATH - The start of a completely new concept. Intellectual power. Saying what one thinks immediately. Mind over matter. Negatively, a deliberate lie, a verbal outburst that one regrets.'; $msg1[] = 'ONE OF WATER - FOUNTAIN - Excitement at the sudden birth of new feelings. Love awakening. A great release of emotional energy after a period of control. Overwhelming desire to express deep feelings. Love at first sight. Negatively, gullibility, one-sided love.'; $msg1[] = 'FOOL - The roots of ones abilities, talents, and potential. I have made a decision to start afresh. I am open to new possibilities within myself that I have not as yet explored. I know I want to do something but I do not know what it is.'; $msg1[] = 'TRICKSTER - CONFIDENCE - The inexperienced male drive. I am adaptable, flexible, versatile, and ambitious. I am confident that I can do it all. Just give me the opportunity and you will see.'; $msg1[] = 'VIRGIN - RECEPTIVITY - The inexperienced feminine drive. I have strong, unfamiliar feelings that excite and frighten me. I know that I must accept and reveal them eventually, but at the moment I am not ready.'; $msg1[] = 'EMPRESS - MOTHER - The experienced feminine self. I love and I protect that which I feel is my family. I accept the responsibility of my feelings, and my strength can nourish and sustain.'; $msg1[] = 'EMPEROR - FATHER - The experienced masculine self. I compete for, defend, provide for, and maintain that which I know is mine. I accept responsibility for my power, and my strength can create and build.'; $msg1[] = 'POPE - BELIEF - The belief system that helps one deal most comfortably with the unknown and the unpleasant. At the moment I need support in this situation. In the end, however, I will have to face up to things by myself.'; $msg1[] = 'CHOICE - PASSION - The individual as shown by the choices that one makes. I am in an unresolved situation as a result of choices made in the past. I can choose either to ignore it or to change it and take full responsibility for the consequences.'; $msg1[] = 'VICTORY - AMBITION - Will, aggression, and competitive instinct. I will accept my aggression and anger and allow it healthy expression in my life. If I am honest with myself and others, they are free to be the same with me.'; $msg1[] = 'STRENGTH - HEAlth - The self-image that one projects on to the world. What I see outside is within me. The way that I present myself to the world will be the way in which I am received. What I give, I get. I recognize myself and become strong.'; $msg1[] = 'SHAMAN - WILL - The higher spiritual self. I am alone in the universe; no one else can share this experience. For a brief moment, I can see everything clearly and my life is changed.'; $msg1[] = 'FATE - CHANGE - Personal destiny. No matter how much responsibility I take for my actions, some things are completely out of my control. This is one of them!'; $msg1[] = 'LAW - SYSTEM - Conditioning through upbringing, and society. The decision that I am making may be based on views of other people that I have accepted without considering whether they are really my own.'; $msg1[] = 'HANGED MAN - SACRIFICE - Self-sacrifice, or self-inflicted suffering. I am making myself suffer in order to manipulate others. I am being passive about a situation from which I could extricate myself quite easily.'; $msg1[] = 'DEATH - TRANSFORMATION - Ability to regenerate. I can only allow birth to new experience and new ways of being by letting go of that which is no longer necessary to my life.'; $msg1[] = 'PEACE - JUSTICE - Inner truth. I need to express feelings based on what I experience in my heart rather than on what would be socially expected or demanded of me.'; $msg1[] = 'DEVIL - DESIRE - The lower material self. What I desire at the moment seems highly attractive, but there are strings attached and consequences to be faced.'; $msg1[] = 'TOWER - SURVIVAL - Fear and the survival instinct. In a crisis I am desperately hanging on to something that is collapsing. It is inevitable that despite my fear I must let go and face the unknown.'; $msg1[] = 'STAR - HOPE - The indefatigable human spirit. Optimism. Despite all odds I know that what seems to be an impossible situation will get better, and therefore I have the enemy to carry on.'; $msg1[] = 'MOON - ILLUSION - The unconscious self. I am not able to see the whole of the picture; there are hidden things that cannot or will not be revealed. I am deceiving or being deceived.'; $msg1[] = 'SUN - AWARENESS - The conscious self. I have the joy and pleasure of true consciousness. I am seeing things as I did when a child. I am vibrant, alive, and aware.'; $msg1[] = 'JUDGEMENT - FORGIVENESS - Self-value. In order to move on and allow my life to grow, I must free myself from guilt, from things for which I have felt responsible. Just as I forgive others, I must forgive myself.'; $msg1[] = 'AEON - SYNTHESIS - Life assessment and philosophy. I stand outside myself and objectively observe my life in order to decide whether this is what I want to be.'; $msgcard1 = $msg1[$count1]; $msgcard2 = $msg1[$count2]; $msgcard3 = $msg1[$count3]; ################################################################################ ################################################################################ ################################################################################ //Print the card images echo "\n"; echo "\n"; echo "\n"; echo "\n"; echo "\n"; echo "\n"; echo "\n"; echo "\n"; echo "\n"; echo ""; echo "\n"; echo ""; echo ""; echo " \n"; echo ""; echo ""; echo " \n"; echo "\n"; echo "\n"; echo "
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3 Card Tarot

All images & text copyright Caroline Smith & John Astrop;2012

code Vic Kaprilian;2010