Tarot Reading can be used for many different reasons. Well it was announced late in May that actress Keira Knightley and her musician boyfriend of 15 months, James Righton, have become engaged. The couple have kept their relationship particularly private well, as private as you can, when one of you is a world famous Hollywood actress, and the other the keyboardist of a hot Indie band.
We thought it would be interesting to put their relationship under a different kind of ‘spotlight’, and see what the Tarot has to say about where Keira and James are going in their love life.
I’ve done a three card spread, and what’s appeared are: The Wheel of Fortune, the Three of Wands, and the Queen of Coins.
The little bit of information we have on this relationship is that Keira and James have managed to spend an enormous amount of time together, right from when they met. This relationship was no ‘slow burn’, and the Wheel of Fortune appearing in the past position, would suggest that their meeting was one of those special, ‘immediate connection’ type of moments.
This wasn’t just chemistry – there’s the sense of that magical kind of feeling, of experiencing a kind of instinct between them, almost as if they’d known each other before. The Wheel of Fortune provides a really powerful sense of strength in the relationship between Keira and James, and I feel this is a pretty secure relationship. Their lifestyles will obviously demand a very secure bond, and the Wheel of Fortune is a really good sign that they’ve had this so far in their relationship.
I feel too they that both spontaneously dived into the emotions this relationship brought up in them – I feel there was a moment when Keira in particular could have stepped back and allowed her rational self to rule. She’d only recently come out of a five year relationship with her former boyfriend, actor Rupert Friend. But the Wheel of Fortune tells us that she listened to her deepest heart, and made a conscious choice to step forward into this relationship with James.
The three of Wands in the focus is a beautiful message about this engagement! It speaks of a confirmation – that this is the right step for Keira and James to take, and at the right time. Their dreams are becoming a reality, and there is no reason not to simply push forwards and into a deeper level of commitment in their relationship. Whilst I don’t get the feeling that this will be a particularly long engagement, I feel in the Three of Wands that they’ll take their time, and really enjoy the experience of planning their wedding, and this next stage of their life together.
And in the future position, we have the Queen of Coins. On a fairly superficial level, this particular Queen tells us that this relationship will be solid and secure as it develops. But there’s much more to it than that! The Queen of Coins also points towards a deeply fulfilling emotional life, and that Keira and James will have no difficulty in communicating their true feelings with one another.
But I feel another aspect too – I feel that the Queen of Coins hints at a kind of ‘muse’ quality to their relationship. It’s a very subtle thing, that special quality that seeps into the expression of someone who is especially creative. It’s not easy to quantify, but it’s a depth which emerges in how an artist expresses themselves. I feel that these two are really good for each other, and on so many levels. Clearly there is passion and the romance between them is especially obvious right now. But I feel they’re good for each other in other ways. Here’s hoping that they’re really happy together, and that we can enjoy the effects of that happiness too, in the work they produce in the future!