for entertainment purposes only: free tarot draw (readings and writings)

[alexseanchai]

I am offering one-card draws for free, one free draw per customer, Hanson-Roberts or Pocket Goddess Tarot.

When you ask for a card, either tell me that you're looking for a reading or leave a prompt of up to five words. If you want a reading, this works like the usual one-card draw: I tell you the card and interpret for you, and it's up to you to figure out how it applies. If you leave a prompt, you get a hundred-ish-word story inspired by the prompt and the card.

Anyone who links me to a post advertising this gets another free card, same rules.

A donation of 2 USD gets you a three-card past-present-future reading. A donation of 5 USD gets you a ten-card Celtic Cross reading. Alternately, for each dollar you donate, I'll write another hundred words to your initial prompt.

Anonymous comments are screened as always, but all the stories will be publicly visible.

ETA: If you donate, please tell me who from and what for.

The free draw is CLOSED. If whoever left that donation—thank you, by the way—wants to identify themselves, though...

Comments

[ambersweet]

May I have a reading, please?

(Signal boosted.

[alexseanchai]

Your cards, from the Hanson-Roberts deck, are the Four of Rods and the King of Swords.

The Four of Rods depicts two young women decorating a pavilion with flowers before a party. Celebration! Jubilation! Exhilaration! Perhaps something unexpected, perhaps something planned, perhaps the rush of feeling at attaining freedom of something holding you down or discovering a new possibility.

The King of Swords is all about the energies of Swords--honesty, fairness, intellectual pursuit--put into action. He can be arrogant, condescending, dogmatic, but those aren't traits to emulate. Where could your life use some more honesty, some more attention to ethical behavior, some time out for thought?

[kiezh]

I would like a reading, please.

[alexseanchai]

Your card, from the Hanson-Roberts deck, is the Empress. She's Mother, Mother Nature, Mother Earth. (Tarot is kind of gender-binarist.) She also represents staying grounded, staying in touch with your physical self. Or she could be abundance, the autumn cornucopia. I would take her as a suggestion to go out and do, something that involves your body and multiple of your senses more than your mind, something nurturing, and/or something you enjoy.

[kiezh]

Hmm. I will interpret that as "Yes, now that there's spring sun and non-freezing temperatures outside, you should indeed find opportunities to bask in sunlight." :D

Thank you!

[alexseanchai]

Sounds like a plan!

[perfectworry]

I'd like a reading, please, from the Hanson-Roberts deck, and I gave you a link back on Twitter.

[alexseanchai]

Your cards are the Nine of Cups and the Five of Swords.

The Nine of Cups is an excellent card. The man on the card has exactly what he wants, nine shiny golden cups on a shelf, and is quite content with it. Sometimes this is called the 'wish card': make a wish and it'll come true, and with luck you like the Nine man will be content with the results. He's also, like the Empress, a card about connecting with the physical world and one's physical self.

The Five of Swords, not so excellent. Sometimes it's necessary to act with the self-interest of the Five man, in order to (for example) escape a situation that's hurting you. But often it means you or someone whose behavior affects you has forgotten that enlightened self-interest is meant to be 'enlightened' before 'self'. To be fair, most people forget that a lot.

[milkymoon]

May I please have a reading? ^^;;

[alexseanchai]

Your card, from the Hanson-Roberts deck, is the Seven of Rods. The person on the card is mid-battle, six on one, but she's standing her ground, she's fighting back. I suspect there's something in your life where the odds are against you but the right thing to do is hold your head high and refuse to be pushed around.

[ariestess]

If this is still open, I'd love a card. No specific question, just curious what the universe feels I should be paying attention to.

I can offer healing vibes if you'd like.

[alexseanchai]

Your card, from the Hanson-Roberts deck, is the Fool. Everything is new and fascinating to her, and anything could happen; perhaps you could use some of that. Or perhaps it's time, as Elphaba says in Wicked, to trust your instincts, close your eyes, and leap. Stop accepting limits because someone says they're so. Some things the Fool cannot change, but till she tries she'll never know.

The offer of healing vibes is appreciated.

[ariestess]

Thank you! This is something I think I needed to hear right now. And the Wicked reference made me giggle.

Healing vibes headed your way...

[alexseanchai]

:)

[dreamwriteremmy]

I hope I'm not too late for this either. Here via ysabetwordsmith and perfectworry's signal boosts.

May I have a reading from the Pocket Goddess Tarot, please?

also signalboosted as well. :)

[alexseanchai]

Your cards are the Eight of Pentacles and the Eight of Staves.

The Eight of Pentacles is an excellent card if you're an artist and/or crafter. Sometimes it's a sign that what you need is some more elbow grease on your art, sometimes a sign that you need to learn a new skill or do some more research before getting back to work on your piece of art.

The Eight of Staves is a sign that something needs to happen NOW, or something's going to happen NOW, or some key piece of information is going to arrive, again, NOW. In combination with the Eight of Pentacles, I would call it an indication that it's an excellent time to start a new piece of art.