Protagonist
February 4th, 2005, 09:56 PM
As I've mentioned before, I do readings for friends, often in public. The other day, before a class started, I gave a couple of them readings. As the class started, the lights went out, the prof turned on the projector, and we all got ready to take notes, one of them asked to look at the cards some more during class. I didn't see any harm in it, so I went on taking notes while they fiddled with the cards. I usually cleanse my cards, and I sometimes get a rush from the cameraderie that gets associated with them when I let other folks handle them, oddly enough.
I was a bit worried the prof would notice, but, that didn't happen. As I took notes, I glanced over at them, examining the cards, spreading them out, putting them together, etc. Then, it happened. At one point during the lecture, the prof went to turn on a second projector, and everything was silent. What do I hear eminating from the darkness near my two friends?
"Got any cups?" "Nope. Go fish."
I actually vaguely yelped, "Holy crap," and watched as they played Go Fish with Tarot cards, having had the ingenuity to develop rules for the Major Arcana (they divided them into two suits, I think.) I cleansed my cards as I usually do when I got them back, and have been using them for readings since then as always. They asked to play with them again, and I agreed. It just seemed so cute and fun. My question here is this: is this a really, really bad idea? I've heard a joke that goes, "I played poker with Tarot cards. Two people died, and the rest of us met handsome strangers." I don't think anyone would actually die, but is it bad to use a divination deck for this sort of thing? It seems to work okay afterwards, and it feels kind of... innocent and soft when I hold it.
On a side note... the other day, I was famous among my classmates for about an hour or so after one of my predictions was dead-on. Usually, my readings are as accurate as anyone else here, but they don't necessarily tell the future; they'll often reveal things about a situation that the person didn't realize or give advice, like, "If you take that job, your boyfriend will probably not like it." Part of it is that I rarely get asked a truly predictive question. It's usually "Why does so-and-so feel such-and-such?"
The other day though, a guy asked me for a reading. He shuffled the deck and asked the cards, honestly, "What's for dinner?" I thought it was some sort of joke, but he said he was really looking forward to the meal and was hoping for something special (he used the phrase "roast beef" about five times. I looked at the spread. The Empress card came up, as did certain sword cards and pentacles. I told him that his mother (I kind of assumed the Empress was a mother, after all, we WERE discussing dinner!) wouldn't be able to make him dinner and he'd have to find something for himself, but it wouldn't be very good. The next day, for some odd reason, he tells me excitedly that his mother had been working late and he had only managed to get cold Wendy's for dinner. Honestly, I've never seen someone so ecstatic about cold Wendy's.
I was a bit worried the prof would notice, but, that didn't happen. As I took notes, I glanced over at them, examining the cards, spreading them out, putting them together, etc. Then, it happened. At one point during the lecture, the prof went to turn on a second projector, and everything was silent. What do I hear eminating from the darkness near my two friends?
"Got any cups?" "Nope. Go fish."
I actually vaguely yelped, "Holy crap," and watched as they played Go Fish with Tarot cards, having had the ingenuity to develop rules for the Major Arcana (they divided them into two suits, I think.) I cleansed my cards as I usually do when I got them back, and have been using them for readings since then as always. They asked to play with them again, and I agreed. It just seemed so cute and fun. My question here is this: is this a really, really bad idea? I've heard a joke that goes, "I played poker with Tarot cards. Two people died, and the rest of us met handsome strangers." I don't think anyone would actually die, but is it bad to use a divination deck for this sort of thing? It seems to work okay afterwards, and it feels kind of... innocent and soft when I hold it.
On a side note... the other day, I was famous among my classmates for about an hour or so after one of my predictions was dead-on. Usually, my readings are as accurate as anyone else here, but they don't necessarily tell the future; they'll often reveal things about a situation that the person didn't realize or give advice, like, "If you take that job, your boyfriend will probably not like it." Part of it is that I rarely get asked a truly predictive question. It's usually "Why does so-and-so feel such-and-such?"
The other day though, a guy asked me for a reading. He shuffled the deck and asked the cards, honestly, "What's for dinner?" I thought it was some sort of joke, but he said he was really looking forward to the meal and was hoping for something special (he used the phrase "roast beef" about five times. I looked at the spread. The Empress card came up, as did certain sword cards and pentacles. I told him that his mother (I kind of assumed the Empress was a mother, after all, we WERE discussing dinner!) wouldn't be able to make him dinner and he'd have to find something for himself, but it wouldn't be very good. The next day, for some odd reason, he tells me excitedly that his mother had been working late and he had only managed to get cold Wendy's for dinner. Honestly, I've never seen someone so ecstatic about cold Wendy's.