Divisions and Precisions

Tarot stuff...

Since I actually got a response last time, I'm posting some readings again. I'm a little puzzled. The deck I use most often is the Old English Tarot. It's a nice, friendly little deck. I have several different decks, and they all seem to have very different personalities in their readings (my unicorn deck, for example, is almost violently pointed and straightforward--appropriate, I know). The OE deck is pretty gentle, in comparison. I think it gave me an interesting kick in the ass this morning though.

I did two readings. For the first one I was concentrating mostly on the upcoming move. For the second, my career/job situation. The little booklet that came with the deck uses some quite different interpretations for the Celtic cross positions than other books and booklets I've seen, so I'm a little at sea on how to read some of this. (Anyone have recommendations for a really GOOD book about reading Tarot?)

Anyway, I wrote the readings down, and thought I'd post them here for any insight anybody's got. I followed the positioning set in the booklet, although I originally learned to do a Celtic cross differently.

I always use either the Queen of Wands (Batons, in the OE deck) or the Queen of Cups to represent me as the significator, depending on the deck and my mood. For the OE deck, I always use the Queen of Batons. Normally I do the first card, crossing card, then start at the bottom and move clockwise, then go up the side. The OE booklet says to start at the top and move clockwise, then go up the side. The booklet also gives some different interpretations on what each position means as well, but I don't have it here with me to detail. So, for the two readings, I'm numbering the cards the way the OE booklet does, with 3 being the top of the cross, going clockwise around to 6 on the left hand side, and so on.

1 - Three of Coins
2 - The Magician
3 - Five of Cups, reversed
4 - Two of Swords
5 - Four of Coins, reversed
6 - Four of Cups, reversed
7 - Six of Coins, reversed
8 - The Sun
9 - The World, reversed
10 - Ten of Cups, reversed

1 - Seven of Coins, reversed
2 - The Magician (AGAIN!)
3 - Six of Cups, reversed
4 - Queen of Swords
5 - Knight of Cups
6 - The Chariot, reversed
7 - Knave of Coins
8 - Two of Coins
9 - Nine of Coins
10 - Judgment, reversed

It's not lost on me that the Magician turned up as the crossing card both times. That feels very much to me like the deck saying, "Yeah, hello. Free will? Take that into consideration here." For the rest... I have my own ideas, but I'd be interested to see what other people have to say. Lots of Major Arcana again (for me, at least), and lots of coins and cups, but the latter is nothing new. I always get readings with lots of cups.

So, any insights? Book recommendations?