Three (or one) Card Draw for Samhain

[wyld_dandelyon]

Edit--I have work tomorrow, and NaNoWriMo starts tomorrow (technically, started at midnight) so I'd better close this to new requests. I'll do this again, though, so if you missed it this time, look for it to happen again in December.

Anyone who already left a request, I'll respond soon, most likely tomorrow night. Thanks for stopping by!

I haven't done one of these before, here in LJ-land. But I really enjoy them when other people do them.

Of course, the usual disclaimers apply -- a card reading can't substitute for professional advice. If you need a doctor or lawyer or financial planner, etc., that's not me. If I can provide some entertainment, or help you get in touch with your own higher power(s) or inner muse(s), on the other hand, I'm glad to be of service.

One of the things I've thought was great about many of these readings is that I get to glimpse different ways of doing readings, people's individual decks, or stone readings, and so on. So I'm bringing a unique "deck" to this reading--one I created for Torn World, as well as some more conventional cards.

One interesting feature of Torn World that isn't really visible in the stories is that there are three classes of noun--natural, technological, and abstract. Language shapes how people think; I suspect that having three classes of things will have significant effects on their culture; one of the things I wanted to do with this divination "deck" (the Kuleilyi actually place the images on metal disks, because metal and sounds are important to their religion/magic system); only children and apprentices work with paper or wooden copies). The specifics of the divination disks are still being reviewed by the canon board, so this is a sneak-peek for my friends, old and new.

So, anyway, THE RULES: You can leave a question or not, as you choose. The question can be for you, personally, for a creative endeavor, for a fictional character in a work in progress, or a request for inspiration. The default, if you don't specify, will be a three-card Torn World reading, much as Bai-Kunabei might give if you were to get a reading from her. Alternatively, you can ask for a one card reading from the Daughters of the Moon Tarot, or the Shapeshifter's Tarot.  A final option is to ask for a Guide from the combined deck I made out of  Susan Seddon Boulet's Goddesses and Animal Spirits.

Payment:  No payment is necessary, but this does take time and energy.  Any tips will be gratefully appreciated and applied to the "Get a Laptop that doesn't crash when it overheats" fund, since even with the little fan-table underneath, this laptop has crashed in the middle of me trying to write twice this week.

Time period:  this being the first time I've done this here, I don't know what to expect.  My current plan is to leave the post open for requests until at least midnight, but if the response gets overwhelming, I may close it sooner.  I will edit the post (in nice bold letters at the top) when I close to new requests.  If you get your request in by closing, I'll do a reading, either today or soon.

Comments

[kelkyag]

Heh. Okay, that was a less than fair question to drop on Bai-Kunabei. My thanks to the shaman, and to her author.

Danger is stock-in-trade for "plot" at the game I staff, but whatever plan plot had in mind is warped beyond recognition moments after the players lay hands on it, and the goal at some level is for other people to wind up with stories to tell. I don't know how to translate that into a less participatory medium.

[wyld-dandelyon.livejournal.com]

Ah. I drew you a Boulet painting, which shows a woman staring off into the distance, The line of her head is continued backward, into an egg-shape, which contains a flying nautilus, over a sunset, and a boat, a sleeping woman, a gull eating a fish a starry moon, and still more details. Your game experience gives you practice making stories with others, which you can use to coordinate between stories with other Torn World creators.

But this image brings the message that while you write an individual story, your imagination must contain and illuminate the multitudes. You provide not only the dangers, but the players who warp the plan, and the one who solves the conundrum caused by the intersection of all the influences. Even if you ask for suggestions, you have to hold it all in your imagination, and bring it to life with your words.

[kelkyag]

Food for thought, thank you!

P.S.

[wyld-dandelyon.livejournal.com]

It was fun writing Kunabei's reaction to your question. I also had a little fun with the window-dressing before Ellen's reading.