According to today's Tarot reading - I'm trying a small one every day, just to keep in practice and get the hang of the cards, and let me repeat my disclaimer yet again that my mind is not going to be taken over by a cult just because I'm having fun with some very pretty pictures which have a practical application in problem solving - there is no way I can finish my essays before the deadline. And finally, I'll add, it's my blog and I'll blog what I want to without worrying about your disapproval, thanks.
According to the Two of Cups, this is because I've been overconfident for weeks about how well I'm doing, and also because I can't make my mind work past the brain-fuzz. Apparently, the best I can do about this situation is to trust in the wisdom of the Nine of Cups - but unfortunately, I'm not sure exactly what it means. It's traditional meaning is indulging yourself, wish fufilment, enjoyment, which doesn't seem at all what I need to be doing.
Maybe it's a mystical message from the beyond that if I spend tomorrow in a mega Doctor Who marathon, I will return to find four neatly typed copies of my essay on my pillow. Tempted to try this. Apparently, this card is known as the "Wish Card" - which is really, really unhelpful considering the Magician Reversed has already given me a good heads up that my wish may yet crash and burn. Maybe it's a sign that all things are still possible - "Time is in flux!" ~ the Doctor - and that I can finish my essay after all.
Having had a peek at what I can do about this dyre situation, I laid out an extra one to represent aspects of this situation I have no control over - and recieved Judgement Reversed. Reversed, I discover after research, isn't necessarily the direct opposite - maybe it means the same as the normal card, but subverted or diminished somehow. The only judging going on in the next few weeks is that of my essay, and I'm tempted to think together this means "you can still get them in, but don't think you've any chance of a good mark!"
What, both of them, I moan to myself, and throw in a fifth card for good luck (the first card was a Querent Card, i.e. one to represent myself. I got the Queen of Cups, which is perfect and obvious). Five of Swords, it says. Hmmm, thanks. It doesn't look like good news to me - I'll look it up. Bollocks to that, then, it's a terrible card: indicates bad times ahead, and seems to think I'm lazy and selfish into the bargain.
I wonder, would the reading appear to be positive if I were more confident about my writings?
Disclaimer for parents: this is an outdated divination method which is not real. Probably. There is no reason to panic. Probably. This message will now self-distruct. Probably.
Ticka-boom!!!!!!!!!!
According to the Two of Cups, this is because I've been overconfident for weeks about how well I'm doing, and also because I can't make my mind work past the brain-fuzz. Apparently, the best I can do about this situation is to trust in the wisdom of the Nine of Cups - but unfortunately, I'm not sure exactly what it means. It's traditional meaning is indulging yourself, wish fufilment, enjoyment, which doesn't seem at all what I need to be doing.
Maybe it's a mystical message from the beyond that if I spend tomorrow in a mega Doctor Who marathon, I will return to find four neatly typed copies of my essay on my pillow. Tempted to try this. Apparently, this card is known as the "Wish Card" - which is really, really unhelpful considering the Magician Reversed has already given me a good heads up that my wish may yet crash and burn. Maybe it's a sign that all things are still possible - "Time is in flux!" ~ the Doctor - and that I can finish my essay after all.
Having had a peek at what I can do about this dyre situation, I laid out an extra one to represent aspects of this situation I have no control over - and recieved Judgement Reversed. Reversed, I discover after research, isn't necessarily the direct opposite - maybe it means the same as the normal card, but subverted or diminished somehow. The only judging going on in the next few weeks is that of my essay, and I'm tempted to think together this means "you can still get them in, but don't think you've any chance of a good mark!"
What, both of them, I moan to myself, and throw in a fifth card for good luck (the first card was a Querent Card, i.e. one to represent myself. I got the Queen of Cups, which is perfect and obvious). Five of Swords, it says. Hmmm, thanks. It doesn't look like good news to me - I'll look it up. Bollocks to that, then, it's a terrible card: indicates bad times ahead, and seems to think I'm lazy and selfish into the bargain.
I wonder, would the reading appear to be positive if I were more confident about my writings?
Time-travelly paradox, meaning if I fail my essays - the cards were right! And if I get them in, well it means I applied the wisdom of the cards and averted a fate not set in stone. Oh, how I love the sweet illogicalities of faith!
Have you ever heard of the Chaos Magicians? They perform magic through adherance to gods they admit do not exist (yet pretend do, wholeheartedly), using systems the acnowledge to be meaningless (except at the actual moment of use). I'd have a lot of sympathy with them, were it not for the fact they are nuts.
For now I'm doing tiny me-questions, to get a handle of the various cards so I can do it without referring to the book so much. After exams, I might do what I've found suggested on the web and do a reading for a media figure. Or maybe the economy. It'd be nice to see the recession reduced to a seven-card spread. That way, at least I can judge my accuracy impartially in a few months time.
Disclaimer for parents: this is an outdated divination method which is not real. Probably. There is no reason to panic. Probably. This message will now self-distruct. Probably.
Ticka-boom!!!!!!!!!!
Comments (2)
I think you're reading too much into the tarot and their actual message is "GET OFF THE FECKING INTERNET AND BACK TO WORK!!1ONE!1'.
:P
That had also occurred to me...
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