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wyld_dandelyon) wrote2010-12-30 07:39 pm
wyld_dandelyon) wrote2010-12-30 07:39 pm
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New Year's Card Draw
I've decided to throw this open a little early. I plan to leave it open until sometime on January 1; if it's not the 2nd and I don't have a "closed" sign at the top of this post, you're welcome to request a card (or three, in the case of Torn World readings).
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.
Decks:
I'm going to offer three-card Torn World readings again. You can have a reading from the Kuleilyi Divination Disks, much as Bai-Kunabei might give if you were to get a reading from her.
If you would like a Guide, I have the combined combined deck I made out of Susan Seddon Boulet's Goddesses and Animal Spirits.
To bring meaning out of chaos, the Fantasy Showcase Tarot featuring art collected by Bruce Pelz, where each card is by a different artist (or, in one case, two artists).
For inspiration, guides, whimsy, and sheer beauty, Brian Froud's Fairies' Oracle. (Though some of the advice provided by this deck last time was quite practical.)
And finally, because five is a magical number, the Shapeshifter Tarot.
Rules: Do I need rules? Ask what you want to ask, the way you want to ask (within the limits of polite behavior, anyway). Let me know which deck you'd like me to use. My cards have always been respectful of the creative life; feel free to ask about creative projects if you wish.
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, which still has a long way to go. And if things get busy, I'll do readings for people who tip first.
I hope you all have a wonderful new year!
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.
Decks:
I'm going to offer three-card Torn World readings again. You can have a reading from the Kuleilyi Divination Disks, much as Bai-Kunabei might give if you were to get a reading from her.
If you would like a Guide, I have the combined combined deck I made out of Susan Seddon Boulet's Goddesses and Animal Spirits.
To bring meaning out of chaos, the Fantasy Showcase Tarot featuring art collected by Bruce Pelz, where each card is by a different artist (or, in one case, two artists).
For inspiration, guides, whimsy, and sheer beauty, Brian Froud's Fairies' Oracle. (Though some of the advice provided by this deck last time was quite practical.)
And finally, because five is a magical number, the Shapeshifter Tarot.
Rules: Do I need rules? Ask what you want to ask, the way you want to ask (within the limits of polite behavior, anyway). Let me know which deck you'd like me to use. My cards have always been respectful of the creative life; feel free to ask about creative projects if you wish.
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, which still has a long way to go. And if things get busy, I'll do readings for people who tip first.
I hope you all have a wonderful new year!
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In the last ten days I've been swept in an immense tide of creative inspiration. I began and completed two epic pieces (a poetry cycle and a novelette). I cannot help but think this is significant, and would appreciate a Torn World reading about my creative process in 2011. Thank you very much!
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As the afternoon shadows grow longer, snow starts to fall. Bai Kunabei lifts her heavy bag of disks, holding it closed, and walks toward the schoolhouse. One of the villagers picks up the bowl of midwinter blessings and follows; another lifts the blanket, shaking the dust and twigs out of it.
She sees you standing there, and waves you to follow her. "The midwinter sun is pleasant, but it is not needed for my work. And it will be more comfortable inside."
Once inside, the desks are pushed to the sides of the room, some piled on top of each other, and the blanket is spread again. She sits down nimbly, and offers you the bowl of paper-wrapped blessings.
You reach your fingers into the bowl, touching, reaching, finally pulling one from the bottom of the bowl. It feels round and heavy. Opening it, you find a tiny metal disk, a bright enameled flower on one side. "A divination disk, albeit a symbolic one only. Perhaps you are a shaman too?"
When you don't answer immediately, she folds your hand around the disk, then reaches into her bag. The image is a person, holding a poetry scroll and flowers in his hands.
"First, The Suitor, the distant aspect of people. This is the natural aspect of your question. You are a writer in your world, if I understand your question properly. You will always be the suitor, always reaching out to distant people, your words your offering."
She reaches in to the bag again, "And the technological, representing the skills that you need--" she pulls out a disk with a knife depicted on it. "Yes--the embodiment of human will and choice. You are at a point where you can make choices that will affect your writing career for a very long time. And the abstract--" she pulls out another disk. "The scream, intensity, good or bad. Pain, fear, love, orgasm--that intensity is what will draw people to your work. Embrace it, in all of it's various aspects.