Friendly, person-centred readings by a practitioner with over twenty years experience.
The forces ranged against you at the moment, Theresa, are powerful and it's worth thinking carefully about their nature before taking any further steps, because they're difficult to change, and are likely to be with you for some time before circumstances allow you to push them away.
Easiest of them to influence is your own emotional state. There's an imbalance here; you seem inclined to pessimism at the moment, and are also tending to be a little withdrawn from the people who are closest to you. You will need to change this and become more open to giving and receiving love before you can move ahead - but this is by no means against your nature. There's a sense that this is only a temporary hitch which you will soon put right.
The other forces working against you are more challenging. Deeper than your current mood, there are serious and darker issues which need to be addressed. You have some serious self-examination to do, and some coming to terms with events from your past. The cards don't give much detail here, except it seems likely that this concerns events which wounded you deeply at the time and had a strong effect on your personality. Sorting it out may involve confronting situations in the present which stem directly from your past. If you've ever had or considered counselling, now might be a time to take it up again, in order to get to the root of these deep issues.
There's a final negative force - a powerful authority figure which is restricting your scope for action. It might be an institution rather than a person (difficult to tell from the cards) but its main characteristic is that it has been around you for a long time. The reason it has power over you stems mainly from your belief that this is so. Its influence is very persuasive, and has successfully convinced you that things have to be the way they are. Maybe it is indeed the case that you'll never shake off this influence entirely, but it might be helpful to consider at the present time which obstacles in your life are caused by your belief that they are insurmountable, and to what extent this belief has been installed in you by an external party.
Let's turn now to the energies working in your favour, which are strong and solid. Apart from your emotional state (which will soon pass) the cards show you as well-balanced and strong. There's a toughness about you at the moment, because you've had some success at fending off problems which ordinarily might've bogged you down. Those problems are still there, nagging at you, but you've brought them under control.
You're no stranger to periods of upset and discomfort. You've lived through times when money and security have been in short supply, and this hard experience too is lending you strength at the moment. There's a renewed sense of fearlessness about you. Most importantly, however, the cards show that you're ready inwardly to start moving forwards. You certainly have the enthusiasm and vigour to rush ahead, and you're just waiting for a chance to do so.
As I mentioned at the beginning, it seems important to take stock before any major decisions. The influences working against you are biggies, are likely to stick around, and will be challenging to overcome. The real challenge might lie in maintaining your current strength, so that you can move ahead swiftly and effectively once the obstacles in your path finally start to weaken, as they inevitably will.