for entertainment purposes only: the inaugural tarot card draw

[alexseanchai]

alexseanchai, tarot reader, is opening for business.

Since I am new to doing this for other people, I am offering both one-card draws and three-card past-present-future draws for free, one free draw per customer, and I am sticking to my Hanson-Roberts deck—it's essentially the Rider-Waite except the art is prettier; that's the Hanson-Roberts Queen of Swords in my icon, and yes, sadly, all the people in the deck are white. I am also offering a second free draw (one card) to anyone who links me to their post advertising this, and a Celtic Cross ten-card spread to anyone who donates 5 USD via my Paypal button below.

Anonymous comments are screened and will remain so unless you say in the comment to unscreen it. If you want your card by PM instead of in a comment, tell me; if you want it by email instead of in a comment, I'll need your email.

The free draw is CLOSED.

Comments

Three-card request!

[thebrunettesblog.wordpress.com]

I'll go! I'm Ginny from the A+ forums, and I'm curious to see how this works!

I want a three-card draw... do I need to say anything else or just go from there?

Re: Three-card request!

[alexseanchai]

Since I'm only using one deck, I need no further information, thank you.

For the past, the Devil. In Christian tradition, the source of all evil, but that's not the case in tarot. It's more like something's gone wrong. Something you didn't know and should have known or needed to know, or something you were focusing on to the exclusion of more important things, or a situation in which you felt trapped.

For the present, the Eight of Pentacles. The image is an artist at work; one presumes from the card's standard associations that the artist is mastering a new technique. Whatever you're working on now, it's something that needs your best effort; if you're not working on anything in particular, it's a good time to learn something new. In either case, don't let the details slip.

For the future, the Five of Pentacles. Real cheerful card, this; one figure is elderly, the other leaning on a crutch, and both wearing patched clothes and crying. In front of a church, in the snow. In short, this card is for hard times, which I hope you will not experience, but preparing for them never hurts.

Two of your three cards are Pentacles, which suggests a need to focus on practical matters. Not to cut out creativity, emotions, intellectual pursuits, or the grand drama of life, of course, but perhaps you need more attention on your day-to-day.

Re: Three-card request!

[thebrunettesblog.wordpress.com]

Thank you! The Devil in my past is especially apt.

[shanaqui]

I'm always interested in tarot, even though I am also very sceptical about it. Can I have a three-card draw?

[alexseanchai]

For your past, the Ten of Pentacles. Knowing what I know of your history, this probably means that you were or were expected to be a play-by-the-rules person; it's usually a cheerful card, family and wealth, but in your case I don't think those meanings apply.

For your present, the Six of Swords. The image is a person steering a boat; this might mean literal travel or metaphorical, and you might be moving swiftly or slowly, but you're definitely moving, and the destination's in sight.

For your future, the Three of Cups. This is a very happy card. Friendship, community, help you give or receive, or just, y'know, being happy. Always a good thing for the future.

[shanaqui]

Thank you! Interesting.

[outlineofash]

I'd like to request a three-card draw, please.

[alexseanchai]

For your past, the Seven of Pentacles. The figure in this image is a gardener who's done hard work, good work, and is taking a break. I'm not sure if the coins are meant to be flowers or fruit; perhaps the gardener isn't getting the expected result and needs to reevaluate the project, or perhaps the gardener is getting good results and there'll be fruit pie tonight. That's basically the message of this card: take a break to look at what you've done and enjoy the rewards or rethink your course of action. Which would be straightforward as a solitary card or in the present or future position in the spread, but in the past position I don't know what to do with it. Something to think about, anyway.

For your present, the Ten of Pentacles. Big happy family with money, is the image on the card. If that's not applicable to your present circumstances (damn economy), the other side of the card is convention, rules, established patterns. Taking it with the Seven of Pentacles, perhaps adherence to those patterns is the thing to reconsider.

For your future, the Two of Rods. Don't be afraid to be bold, to be creative, to put yourself forward. Every gamble carries the risk of losing, but you can't win if you don't play.

[outlineofash]

Thanks. I shot over a donation to you, but I'm not going to ask for a Celtic Cross reading in return; this gives me more than enough to dwell on right now. :)

[alexseanchai]

Thank you! Hope the cards help.

[alexseanchai]

For the comment signed S K:

For your past, the Queen of Swords. This may represent the qualities of the Swords suit expressed in oneself, honesty, straightforwardness, wit, being able to look past the surface of a situation to the root causes or motivating factors, or it may represent someone else in your life who embodies these characteristics.

For your present, the Ten of Rods. The figure on this card is carrying ten large heavy sticks and has a long walk to go. However many projects you have going right now, you should consider the possibility that it's too many, and put one down for a while or find someone who'll share the work.

For your future, the Four of Cups. The figure on the card has three cups and is being offered a fourth, all of which are ignored. Whether this is a happy card depends on your circumstances: perhaps you will be too self-absorbed to notice good things happening, or perhaps you will need to take some time to focus on yourself.

[redsixwing]

May I request a 3-card draw?

[alexseanchai]

For your past, the Three of Swords. Ouch. Loneliness, heartbreak, betrayal: each of these can feel like a knife to the heart, and this card depicts three. If the incident the card speaks of doesn't spring immediately to mind, you may want to consider whether you have inflicted such on someone else.

For your present, the Two of Pentacles. Much happier. The figure on the card is juggling, which may be the obligations and activities you're trying to keep track of, or may just be for fun. Fun is always a good thing.

For your future, the Ace of Cups. Aces represent the pure energy of the suit, and Cups are the cards of emotions, intimacy, love. This is sometimes frightening but rarely bad; there are cards for when these feelings cause pain, and the Ace isn't meant to be one of them.

[redsixwing]

I will interpret that as a hopeful and helpful message, and shall consider it more deeply.

Thank you.

[alexseanchai]

:)

[embroiderama]

I'd like to request a 3-card draw. :)

[alexseanchai]

For your past, the Ace of Rods. The Ace is the clearest expression of the energy of that suit; in this case, creativity, courage, confidence. Always good things.

For your present, the Seven of Cups. How this applies depends on your current situation: it's all about fantasies and choices and disorder, so if there's an excess of one of those in your life, try to tone it down, and if there's a shortage, try to amp it up.

For your future, the Knight of Swords. Knights are double-edged: directness, logic, knowledge, all good things, but it's often easy to be blunt to the point of hurtfulness, to ignore feelings and desires from oneself or others, to refuse to accept that someone else knows better on something.

[embroiderama]

Huh, thank you!

[kiezh]

Are you still taking requests? If so, I would like a three-card drawing, please. :)

[alexseanchai]

For your past, the Seven of Cups. The images on this card are more fantastical than the usual run of tarot images, and there's a lot of them; perhaps you have been spending too little time on fantasy or have too few choices. Then again, perhaps you have been fantasizing too much or have too many choices.

For your present, Strength. That lion could tear the woman to shreds--it is physically far stronger than she--but it's letting her pet it, because in the sense of 'strength' that this card is using, she outmatches it. You have that strength too, that compassion, that patience, that heart. Don't forget it.

For your future, the Two of Cups. This might mean a potential romantic or sexual connection, or the strengthening of an existing such connection, but boiled down this card is about one-on-one connection, full stop; building such a connection, not breaking it down. Look for a chance to do that.

Two of your cards are Cups, which suggests that right now you need to be most concerned with your emotions and your inner self.

[kiezh]

Belatedly - thanks for the reading. It's interesting and thought-provoking, and I can see some ways it might apply. Strength is a good card to keep in mind, when suffering from severe depression. At least the Two of Cups is hopeful?

Anyway, thanks again. I find Tarot symbolism fascinating.