sweet justification

Yesterday I celebrated my first year-anniversary of moving to Seattle, and was convinced (after a couple of glasses of wine) to accept a free tarot reading.

Now, first off, I don’t believe one bit in psychic nonsense. I consider it simply another form of therapy or counseling, albeit with someone who doesn’t have any sort of “serious” book-learning. Granted, there likely are a fair amount of counselors and therapists who also have no serious qualifications.

Anyways.

The first card, which was supposed to represent me, was The Hermit, which described me fairly well. The second, to represent where I want to be, was the Princess of Cups. Also fairly accurate. The third, to represent my movement from my current situation towards where I want to be, was the Prince of Wands. The fourth, to represent the method by which I proceed towards my goal, was the Eight of Cups (Indolence). The explanation for this was fairly redundant with that of the Prince of Wands.

Finally, the “outcome card” was The Chariot which has a nice little description:

The Chariot alerts us to the fact that a conflict is arising. However, it also gives us confidence in our ability to meet it and defeat it. Energy, will power, and resolution are available. If all resources are focused on the job at hand the potential for success is high.

In the card a knight stands ready to fight. He has many shields behind him, representing the many battles he has won. Two watches stand on either side of him representing conflicting emotions or planes of thought. The promise of success is within his grasp, as portrayed by the rich green palm fronds in front of him.

Essentially, the summary version of his interpretation is that I am in a difficult situation and must remain emotionally strong to work my way through it to eventual success. Pretty good advice for just about any situation, really, and it has served me well this last year.

All in all, it was an amusing / entertaining little ritual to be involved in and I recommend you try it out if given the opportunity. I could certainly see how people who are less grounded than I may be taken in by it. The question I asked will remain triple-x top secret, but the fellow doing the reading did a good job of interpreting my reactions to various things and all in all told me what I wanted to hear. I am pleased.