halloween

so today's supposed to be the best day all year to do divination.

i may tarot like a bat outta hell.

or something.

#23, the happy squirrel card

as the fortune teller lady told lisa simpson, "the cards are vague and mysterious."

happy halloween. or samhain. or "day we drink and eat a lot of candy while dressing up as weird things of randomness." or day-before dia de los muertos.

edit: fyi, there is no #23 ;)

the hierophant

H I E R O P H A N T 

"I would like a story," says the salamander to the Hierophant.
"And what would you like to hear, little one?" The words come slowly. Each syllable seems to be drawn from deep within, pulled up from an individual rootlet. The salamander is used to it, and patient.
"I want to hear how I may fly. I was content. And then one day friend Caterpillar said he was sleepy. He slept for a long time until I nearly forgot him. Until...yesterday a moth came to laugh at me. He laughed with Caterpillar's laugh, and with Caterpillar's voice he said he had had a dream of wings."
"Ah." The sonorous exhalation seems to go on forever. "Ah, little one; I am sorry. Caterpillar has that blessing. He may sleep and dream of flight. He weaves a silken ritual around his body, and then comes the day when that vision transforms him. You..."
"I wish to dream of flight too!" says Salamander very seriously.
"You may dream of it," says his friend and teacher, "I will not be the one to deny you divinity. But just know that your own divinity shall be attained along a different path than Caterpillar's. Do not relinquish your dream, Salamander."

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Meaning: The Hierophant's roots are deep reaching, entwined around secrets and traditions and the ages. Ritual and cermony, pursuing knowledge and deeper meaning, the rigidity of a belief system.










You know what's fun about convention? Occasionally telling it to bend over while handing it a bottle of lube. Sometimes rules are meant to be broken. Sometimes to get the things we want, we have to break tradition. Occasionally mystics must be demystified, and the light can only be seen by turning tradition on its head.



Wtf am I going to do with an English degree? It's not like it'll pay for itself...

today: 7 of cups

7 of cups is a dreamer's card. it's kinda like, when you want something possibly obtainable, but is it realistic. half of the couple is grounded, trying to figure out a way to make a dream real, whereas the other half is too busy wanting it to actually work for it. it's action versus inaction, obtainable versus pipe dream.

so my mom's coworker wants to set me up with her nephew. fml. i just wanted the job...

high priestess: the wise woman

you know what really sucks about the concept of the "wise woman"?

she's always alone. she never has anybody to explain her wisdom to; it's all for herself.

which i guess is wise and all, but lonely. 

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Meaning: Wisdom, knowledge, learning, intuition, purity, virtue. The Owl is a keeper of knowledge, and he bears a key to unlock mysteries. The pomegranate is an icon of Persephone, who tasted the seeds and thus tied herself to Hades -- it is a fruit of fertility and death; and the moons embroidered upon her garments wax and wane. The new crescent, and gibbous moon that create the full cycle, embraced in one.

wheel of fortune: because sometimes life is joyfully fucked up

ah, you wheel of fortune card. how i love you when you're upright in all your uprighty goodness. 

sometimes life hands you a big freaking diamond, and if and when that happens, you kind of just have to kick the shit out of it for laughs.

i can't explain any better than that.

but, it's a good card, especially when you're looking for fortune to be coming in your favor, in whatever ways.

hell yeah, son.

because i like it & i can: the judgment card, with info completely and utterly stolen from another site, which i'll link to so it isn't plagiarizing

[actions]

making a judgment

having a day of reckoning
separating the wheat from the chaff
making an honest appraisal
getting off the fence
using critical faculties
taking a stand
making hard choices

feeling reborn

awakening to possibilities
transforming
enjoying renewed hope
making a fresh start
seeing everything in a new light
discovering joy

hearing a call

recognizing your true vocation
feeling inner conviction
feeling an impulse to act
deciding to make a difference
feeling drawn in a new direction
knowing what you must do
answering a need

finding absolution

feeling cleansed and refreshed
releasing guilts and sorrows
forgiving yourself and others
atoning for past mistakes
unburdening yourself
feeling sins washed away

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[description]
On Card 20, we see people rising up at the call of an angel. It is Judgment Day, when the faithful are brought to heaven, but what about those who are not saved? Have they been judged and found wanting? For their sins, will they be denied the presence of God? It is this aspect of judgment that is unsettling. How can judgment be reconciled with forgiveness?

In fact, judgment comes in two forms. The hurtful kind says, "What you did is wrong, and you are bad and worthless for having done it." This type of judgment separates and leaves no room for redemption. It is possible to judge without condemning. We assess the matter, weigh all sides and try to discern the truth. We recognize the need to choose and hope for the courage to do so wisely - but without blame.
In readings, Card 20 can be a reminder that judgments are necessary; sometimes you must decide. At such moments, it is best to consider the matter carefully and then commit yourself without censure. If you are being judged yourself, learn from the process. Take what is of value, correct what needs correcting, but never lose sight of your worth.

Card 20 also stands for the feelings that come with salvation. When the angel calls, you are reborn - cleansed of all guilts and burdens. The past and its mistakes are behind you, and you are ready to begin anew. You may even feel a calling - a personal conviction of what you are meant to do. If you are in a low period, in need of hope and absolution, Judgement can show you that renewal is at hand.





totally jacked from... hurr.

love spread for a friend

1- past
2- present
3- major influence
4- advice
5- outcome








1) justice reversed is unfairness. so maybe you've felt scorned in relationships somehow, like none of them have worked out & you feel it's unfair. (edit: dude just got out of a relationship, so this card apparently is more about him than her here)

2) fool - kind of a funny card to get for here, but still a card of naivety, though here the negative connotations aren't exactly prominent. you want to jump into something, but it may or may not be a bad/dumb idea.

3) reversed ace of cups - there's no love here, either from you or the other person, or maybe between you. there's nothing to fill the cup with, so to speak

4) reversed 2 of cups - reversed and the two lovers aren't connected to the earth; they're uprooted. maybe you shouldn't pursue this.

5) hanged man - perspective gained. seeing things from a new angle. not really a positive card in a love spread, exactly, but not really negative either.






she is not having luck with the lads, lately. sadface, y'all. sadface.

to clarify

the second spread: 7 of cups, (r) 7 of swords, (r) queen of cups

1) Now is a time for me to dream, to figure out what I actually want to do [with my life and shit].

2) ...and to break out of old routines, to try something new. do something new and not my "usual."

3) and i should probably stop being so emo.


now, you may be wondering, though you probably aren't, "hey, you used to explain the cards! what happened!?"

answer: i got lazier. simple as that.

but now i feel guilty, so...

7 of cups is a card of dreaming. it's the "head in the clouds" card. not necessarily a bad thing, depending on circumstances. sometimes we need to dream up things to decide a path for ourselves. yup yup.

(r) 7 of swords is, when upright, a card about rites of passage almost: something that sucks, but you kind of just have to do it. like your first car being not much more than a questionably-shitty lawn mower. or how your girlfriend drives more aggressively (...and better...) than you. reverse it, and you don't have to do anything. reversed, and the so-called "tradition" of the thing you're going through, the sense of obligation or duty you may feel towards it, is all in your head. here you have the freedom to create your own rite of passage (like those people who get tattoos after they've beat cancer once or twice to commemorate), your own path. there's no prescribed way with this one.

(r) queen of cups is basically the opposite of the emotionally-caring, sympathetic/empathetic person. there's some apathy going on here, some selfishness, etc.

so i should probably just buck the fuck up.

not helped by doing a tarot blog on basically my own whingey psyche, but dumber plans have been followed. right? :o

so, yeah.

i think today's the day to be over it.

[enter random grumble about something unrelated here]

and i also think today's the day to start figuring out things i want to do for me.

so, yes.

check.

experimental spread: theme for tomorrow

4 of cups, wheel of fortune, 5 of swords

basically? i might have failed my test in art appreciation.

maybe next time i should study for it.

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"clarifying" spread, which we'll figure the hell out tomorrow.

7 of cups, reversed 7 of swords, reversed queen of cups

so, yeah.

stay tuned, or something.