Card 30 of 36 · K♠ · winter, slow
Lily
An older person, sexual maturity, or virtue — the card most argued over in modern decks.
Lily in pairs
This is where the meaning is. Lily leading means the reading is about maturity, peace; Lily following means something else is being coloured by it. Same two cards, different sentence.
Timing and speed
Lily + Rider
maturity, peace applied to news arrivingRider + Lily
news arriving shaped by maturity, peaceLily + Clover
maturity, peace applied to small luckClover + Lily
small luck shaped by maturity, peaceLily + Tree
maturity, peace applied to health, rootsTree + Lily
health, roots shaped by maturity, peaceLily + Mountain
maturity, peace applied to blockage, delayMountain + Lily
blockage, delay shaped by maturity, peaceLily + Anchor
maturity, peace applied to stability, workAnchor + Lily
stability, work shaped by maturity, peaceMoney and work
Lily + Fox
maturity, peace applied to work, cunningFox + Lily
work, cunning shaped by maturity, peaceLily + Bear
maturity, peace applied to strength, moneyBear + Lily
strength, money shaped by maturity, peaceLily + Fish
maturity, peace applied to money, abundanceFish + Lily
money, abundance shaped by maturity, peaceLily + Mice
maturity, peace applied to loss, erosionMice + Lily
loss, erosion shaped by maturity, peaceLily + Sun
maturity, peace applied to success, energySun + Lily
success, energy shaped by maturity, peaceLove and people
Lily + Heart
maturity, peace applied to loveHeart + Lily
love shaped by maturity, peaceLily + Ring
maturity, peace applied to contract, cycleRing + Lily
contract, cycle shaped by maturity, peaceLily + Dog
maturity, peace applied to friend, loyaltyDog + Lily
friend, loyalty shaped by maturity, peaceLily + Man
maturity, peace applied to the querent or a manMan + Lily
the querent or a man shaped by maturity, peaceLily + Woman
maturity, peace applied to the querent or a womanWoman + Lily
the querent or a woman shaped by maturity, peaceTrouble
Lily + Clouds
maturity, peace applied to confusionClouds + Lily
confusion shaped by maturity, peaceLily + Snake
maturity, peace applied to complicationSnake + Lily
complication shaped by maturity, peaceLily + Coffin
maturity, peace applied to ending, illnessCoffin + Lily
ending, illness shaped by maturity, peaceLily + Scythe
maturity, peace applied to sudden cutScythe + Lily
sudden cut shaped by maturity, peaceLily + Cross
maturity, peace applied to burden, fateCross + Lily
burden, fate shaped by maturity, peaceReading it in a tableau
In a Grand Tableau, Lily is both a card and house 30. Whatever falls into that house is read through maturity, peace — so if Fish lands in house 30, money is being read in the context of maturity, peace.
If Lily lands in house 30 — 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.