Card 6 of 36 · K♣ · passing
Clouds
Doubt and obscured facts — the clear side and the dark side matter for direction.
Clouds in pairs
This is where the meaning is. Clouds leading means the reading is about confusion; Clouds following means something else is being coloured by it. Same two cards, different sentence.
Timing and speed
Clouds + Rider
confusion applied to news arrivingRider + Clouds
news arriving shaped by confusionClouds + Clover
confusion applied to small luckClover + Clouds
small luck shaped by confusionClouds + Tree
confusion applied to health, rootsTree + Clouds
health, roots shaped by confusionClouds + Mountain
confusion applied to blockage, delayMountain + Clouds
blockage, delay shaped by confusionClouds + Anchor
confusion applied to stability, workAnchor + Clouds
stability, work shaped by confusionMoney and work
Clouds + Fox
confusion applied to work, cunningFox + Clouds
work, cunning shaped by confusionClouds + Bear
confusion applied to strength, moneyBear + Clouds
strength, money shaped by confusionClouds + Fish
confusion applied to money, abundanceFish + Clouds
money, abundance shaped by confusionClouds + Mice
confusion applied to loss, erosionMice + Clouds
loss, erosion shaped by confusionClouds + Sun
confusion applied to success, energySun + Clouds
success, energy shaped by confusionLove and people
Clouds + Heart
confusion applied to loveHeart + Clouds
love shaped by confusionClouds + Ring
confusion applied to contract, cycleRing + Clouds
contract, cycle shaped by confusionClouds + Dog
confusion applied to friend, loyaltyDog + Clouds
friend, loyalty shaped by confusionClouds + Man
confusion applied to the querent or a manMan + Clouds
the querent or a man shaped by confusionClouds + Woman
confusion applied to the querent or a womanWoman + Clouds
the querent or a woman shaped by confusionTrouble
Clouds + Snake
confusion applied to complicationSnake + Clouds
complication shaped by confusionClouds + Coffin
confusion applied to ending, illnessCoffin + Clouds
ending, illness shaped by confusionClouds + Scythe
confusion applied to sudden cutScythe + Clouds
sudden cut shaped by confusionClouds + Cross
confusion applied to burden, fateCross + Clouds
burden, fate shaped by confusionReading it in a tableau
In a Grand Tableau, Clouds is both a card and house 6. Whatever falls into that house is read through confusion — so if Fish lands in house 6, money is being read in the context of confusion.
If Clouds lands in house 6 — its own house — that is usually called significant. It is worth knowing the arithmetic first: across a shuffled 36-card tableau the expected number of self-housed cards is exactly one, so this happens constantly. See the combinatorics on the main page.
Proximity is the other convention. Any two cards land adjacent 16.98% of the time by geometry alone — about one pairing in six — which is the baseline against which a meaningful-looking neighbour should be read.