Free Tarot Card Draw!

[rowyn]

So, while I was in Seattle, I bought shatterstripes's Tarot of the Silicon Dawn, because it was very shiny.

I have no discernable psychic or precognitive abilities*, but the deck is very shiny, and I rather want to, you know. Do something with it. Other than leaf through the pretty pictures. And offering card readings is something people seem to do on LJ fairly often, so hey, why not?

So leave a question on this entry if you like, and I will draw a card or three from the deck and reference the short descriptions helpfully written by queenofstripes and provided in the deck's accompanying book. Based on these, I will give you a most-likely-not-very-useful response to your question. I will even link to the image of your card from shatterstripes's website. It'll be fun!

Edit: If you would like to ask for a question on behalf of a fictional character (like a character from a book you're writing, or a game you're playing), feel free! My fictitious psychic powers* will work just as well if not better on fictitious people, after all. :)

Edit the second: I should mention that this Tarot deck is NSFW: it has quite a bit of nudity, as well as kink and gender genderqueer. You are warned!

* No slight is intended here to people who take tarot readings seriously or find spiritual import in them! I am only making fun of myself, I promise. I do think that tarot cards can be interesting problem-solving or meditation tool, in terms of making one think about different angles or approaches, even absent any divinatory abilities. But I'm not even sure I do a good job at that, hence the disclaimers.

Comments

[zeeth_kyrah]

What do things look like after this month?

[rowyn]

For you, I drew: The High Priestess, inverted, The Five of Pentacles, inverted, and (untitled), inverted.

Apparently, next month will look inverted. And somewhat Major.

The Five of Pentacles has an unhappy and rather worried person listening to people argue, probably about money, but it's inverted, so I'd say July will either be peaceful or a good time for productive, if contentious, discussions. The High Priestess in this deck is a priestess of technology; being inverted, I'll interpret that to mean that the important things of July will happen offline and in low-tech arenas, probably spiritual. The (untitled) card of this deck is the Card Formerly Known as the Traitor, aka the Hanged Man. She's a rather cheerful looking woman in rubbery bondage; I'll go with her inversion meaning that bondage is illusory: July will bring you realization of a freedom you didn't know you had, although not necessarily one you will be glad to have.

[zeeth_kyrah]

Thank you. I think your interpretation is pretty close to what I'm getting, but there are deeper meanings if you know more about what I'm going through.

As I look at it, actually: from my perspective, the High Priestess is showing a duality of being which is actually illusory, especially if inverted. That's her in that image, in two faces, two worlds. My association with technology, well, it's been low enough anyway, and all my advancements lately have been spiritual. But this is about subversion as much as inversion: the path I'm taking right now will get me where the High Priest (the counter card to this one, and one of great power and authority, as well as full transformation or acceptance of knowledge and depth of self) says to go... but it's seemingly backward from the path that he would want me to take. I'm going away -- walking away -- from the call that seems to have been issued, in order to follow the call of an even higher path.

For me, that's also what the hanged man is about, in this reading. The sacrifices I can find acceptable, even if I wouldn't normally choose to make them, instead of the sacrifices demanded of me by those in the old terrain.

And notice that the woman in the minor is turning away, hiding from the argument. But inverted, would it perhaps mean she confronts the argument, and asserts authority over it? I feel this may be so. And in identifying with the woman and not the battle, perhaps I will find authority over the conflicts that have so far driven me away from the things that would support me.

Your interpretation is interesting, though. I don't have the deck myself, though I think I may have to buy a copy (there's a book seller in town which gets the Lo Scarabeo catalog, as well as a New Age/Pagan friendly shop where tarot decks are sold). The spot gloss on these cards interests me quite a bit, as it adds details that really complete the picture.

Heh. I haven't even shuffled the darn thing and I'm connecting to it. For as pushed away as I felt early on, this deck is calling me. :)

Thank you again.

[rowyn]

That makes sense, especially the artificial duality in the High Priestess, and confronting disagreement instead of shying away from it.

The deck is lovely, and the texture that they get from spot gloss definitely adds something. It's quite a different experience from looking at the cards online. Especially the Void cards, which are much better appreciated in person. :)