While I can't predict what I'll be eating for lunch most days, others try look into the future, probing deeper than that alien spotted outside of Roswell, you could at least by me dinner first! Oracles and sages have attempted to unravel the mysteries of the future through mysticism since Hercules roamed the Earth and have passed on this knowledge through countless gypsy generations.
Today one of these methods of predicting is Tarot readings. Hogwash! The only thing a card has ever told me is "happy belated birthday, sorry I forgot". Yet, I decided to investigate for myself how inaccurate this prediction could be. Luckily, instead of paying $45 dollars to have a stranger lie to me, my friend Andi had a deck of cards and was eager to tell me cryptic messages for free.
After splitting the deck 8 ways from Sunday I began to draw cards. I first built a straight line of cards that told me who I am. Apparently I am a thinker whose feet is planted in the Blessing. Nothing I would tend to disagree with except they forgot to mention "damn handsome".
Next, I laid down cards that told me about my past. 20/20 hindsight: Ravens win the Superbowl: 2013, Declaration of Independence signed: 1776, Getting picked last in gym class: Always...boo hoo hoo...Since I'd already experienced my life up to this point I said "hit me" and 3 more cards were flopped on the table
The three cards that laid on the table predicting my future were The Queen of Passage which predicted change, The Bright Spark which indicates a new, sudden passion in life, and The Green Woman which foreshadows a slow, rich growth of change and new direction.
Immediately after getting my reading done I needed to go to the bar. No, not because I needed to drink myself into a stupor over these vague predictions, but to go on a first date with a girl who would become the love of my life.
In retrospect, I may have looked at my current situation through the filter of the cards and reconciled real life with what was foretold. But even if there is no truth behind the "science" of the cards, they still offer an opportunity to reflect on yourself, where you've been, and where you see yourself going.
My current tarot reading right now would show me going...to the bar! You drunkard. No, I meant the BAR EXAM. Lawyership HERE I COME!
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