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[Video]

Has everyone received a card? I must say, I didn't expect such a rare gift. Did you know? I don't think a deck like this actually exists outside of the cards we have managed to collect among us!

[It's a bold statement, but after some time searching through the Internet and asking around on forums, she's fairly confident in her theory.

At any rate, she pulls out a deck of slightly similar cards, showing the card on the bottom of the stack (The Fool) before beginning to shuffle them.]

It's not the same deck at all, but I thought it might be fun to try my hand at some predictions. My dreams have been strange lately, so it must be some kind of a sign!

Ah... but not everyone is familiar with it here, are they? For those of you who don't know, tarot cards like these were originally used for card games, but more recently they've become popular for reading the future. It's one of the more well-known methods of divination.

[The shuffling stops.]

So, are any of you willing to give it a try? I'm no expert, so I'll just be doing a three card spread. It would be nice if it told us a little about the future to come, right?

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[Video]

[unknownrival]

Oh, I missed my chance the last time these were done! Please give me a reading, if you would.

[Video]

[puppet_show]

One reading, coming right up!

[She pulls out three cards and sets them down, flipping one at a time. All the while, she is consulting a small guidebook that must have the descriptions written in it.]

The Three of Swords. A representative of the past, it represents removal, absence, delay, division, rupture, dispersion.

...For the present, the Three of Cups, reversed. It represents expedition, dispatch, achievement, end. It also signifies the side of excess in physical enjoyment, and the pleasures of the senses.

And for the future... the Wheel of Fortune, reversed. It represents increase, abundance, superfluity.

[Video]

[gaveupfeeling]

I would like a reading.

[Video]

[puppet_show]

I'll do my best!

[Shuffle shuffle shuffle. Okay, three cards. With her guidebook near at hand for consulting, she starts flipping each one in turn.]

The card that represents your past is... the Nine of Cups, reversed. It can mean truth, loyalty, liberty; but it may also mean mistakes or imperfections.

The card that represents your present is... the Two of Pentacles. It's a card of gaiety and recreation, but it can also be read as news and messages in writing, obstacles, agitation, trouble, embroilment.

Finally, the card that represents your future... the Three of Swords. It foretells removal, absence, delay, division, rupture, dispersion.

[Video]

[kindofademon]

Ooh, can I have one?

[Video]

[puppet_show]

There's a lot of interest in divination here, huh?

Starting with your past, we have... the High Priestess, reversed. It represents passion, moral or physical ardour, conceit, surface knowledge.

For your present... the Seven of Wands. A card of valor, and can mean different things in different circumstances: intellectually, it signifies discussion, wordy strife; in business--negotiations, war of trade, barter, competition. It is a card of success, for the combatant is on the top and his enemies may be unable to reach him.

And your future... the Knight of Swords. It signifies skill, bravery, capacity, defence, address, enmity, wrath, war, destruction, opposition, resistance, ruin.

[Video]

[heavenscorpse]

Please let me have one, too!

[Video]

[puppet_show]

Sure! I hope you don't mind if I use the guide, though.

[She's getting a little faster at it, at least.]

The card that represents your past is the Nine of Wands, which signifies strength in opposition. If attacked, the person will meet an onslaught boldly; and his build shews, that he may prove a formidable antagonist. With this main significance there are all its possible adjuncts--delay, suspension, adjournment.

The card that represents your present is the Six of Pentacles, reversed. This signifies desire, cupidity, envy, jealousy, illusion.

And the card that represents your future is... the Four of Swords, signifying vigilance, retreat, solitude, hermit's repose, exile, tomb and coffin.

[Video]

[technologic]

Ah, can I have a reading?

[Video]

[puppet_show]

Certainly!

[She shuffles the deck and deals three cards, getting out the guidebook for reference. She'll flip each card one by one.]

The card representing your past is the Eight of Wands. It is read to mean activity in undertakings, the path of such activity, swiftness, as that of an express messenger; great haste, great hope, speed towards an end which promises assured felicity; generally, that which is on the move; also the arrows of love.

The card representing your present is the Hermit. It signifies prudence, circumspection; also and especially treason, dissimulation, roguery, corruption.

And finally, the card representing your future is... the Eight of Swords, reversed. It signifies disquiet, difficulty, opposition, accident, treachery; what is unforeseen; fatality.

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That's a bit ominous.

[video]

[croibhristeoir]

Divination? People still do that in this era?

[video]

[puppet_show]

Sure! It's especially popular among high school girls, but that doesn't mean they're the only ones who try it. Everyone's a little curious about their future, after all!

[video]

[needsteaplz]

You're trying out tarot card readings?

Well, I don't see why not. One reading, please.

[video]

[puppet_show]

That's right! I've never tried it before though, so go easy on me, alright?

[Shuffling~ Okay, three cards face down. She flips each one as she gets to it.]

The card representing your past is the Knight of Cups. He signifies arrival, approach--sometimes that of a messenger; advances, proposition, demeanour, invitation, incitement.

The card representing your present is the Sun. It signifies material happiness, fortunate marriage, contentment.

And finally, the card representing your future is the Page of Pentacles in reverse. He represents prodigality, dissipation, liberality, luxury; unfavourable news.

[forgivethemtheirpain]

I want to try! ♥

[puppet_show]

Alright, here it goes!

[Doot doot shuffling doot. Guidebook is at hand. Let's do this!]

The first card representing your past is the Nine of Wands in reverse. It signifies obstacles, adversity, calamity.

The second card representing your present is the Hermit, also in reverse. He signifies concealment, disguise, policy, fear, unreasoned caution.

And the third card, representing your future, is... the Six of Wands. It can mean various things: on the surface, it is a victor triumphing, but it is also great news, such as might be carried in state by the King's courier; it is expectation crowned with its own desire, the crown of hope, and so forth.

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[ex_cashcow493]

Sorcery?

[ BURN THE WITCH mentality, etc. ]

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[puppet_show]

Some people think it is!
I'm not sure if these cards are really magical at all, though.
It depends on what you want to believe, I guess!

[video]

[devola]

Ooh, the readings were kinda fun last time, sooooo... Sure, why not~

[video]

[puppet_show]

The readings have been a little hit or miss so far, but I'll try my best!

[She finishes shuffling and deals the cards, flipping each one over as it comes.]

The first card, representing your past: the Four of Cups in reverse. This indicates novelty, presage, new instruction, new relations.

The second card, representing your present: the Ten of Cups in reverse. This indicates repose of the false heart, indignation, violence.

The third card, representing your future: the Six of Swords. This indicates journey by water, route, way, envoy, commissionary, expedient.

Video

[smothersome]

Divination...? Well then, fair maiden, who holds the cards of fate within her hands... I would be grateful if thou wouldst offer to show the future to me, whether it be bad or good.

Video

[puppet_show]

[That... is very proper speech, wow. She tries to mimic it, although it comes out quite a bit more lighthearted.]

I shall try to the best of my limited ability!

[And so she deals the cards, flipping each one as she goes.]

Thine first card, a card of the days past - the Hermit. He signifies prudence, circumspection; also and especially treason, dissimulation, roguery, corruption.

Thine second card, a card of the days present - the King of Swords reversed. He represents cruelty, perversity, barbarity, perfidy, evil intention.

[She frowns a bit here; an indication that she believes the reading a bit odd. But with a slight shrug she'll finish it off.]

Thine third and final card, a card of your future - the Ace of Cups reversed. This represents a house of the false heart, mutation, instability, revolution.

[Video]

[parkouring]

Mind humoring me with one?

[Definitely not someone you actually expect to believe in things like this.]

[Video]

[puppet_show]

You aren't the first to ask. But at this point I'm starting to think I should put up a disclaimer... Something like, "These readings are for entertainment purposes only."

[Everyday I'm Shuffling~ And three cards dealt face down. She'll flip them as she goes, checking the guidebook for the exact meanings as well.]

The first card represents your past. This would be the Three of Swords, signifying removal, absence, delay, division, rupture, dispersion.

The second card represents your present. The Magician, signifying skill, diplomacy, address, subtlety; sickness, pain, loss, disaster, snares of enemies; self-confidence, will; and in your case, it directly refers to yourself.

The third card represents your future. It is the Ten of Pentacles, reversed. This signifies chance, fatality, loss, robbery, games of hazard; sometimes gift, dowry, pension.

Video

[lunch_ticket_millionaire]

Oooh, ooooh, me, me!

Video

[puppet_show]

Alright, here goes!

[Blah blah dealing the cards and flipping each one blah. Hopefully it won't bother Sakurako that she's using the guidebook, because that is definitely a thing.]

The first card represents your past. This is the Ace of Pentacles in reverse, signifying the evil side of wealth, bad intelligence; also great riches. In any case it shews prosperity, comfortable material conditions.

The second card represents your present. This is the Two of Swords, signifying conformity and the equipoise which it suggests, courage, friendship, concord in a state of arms; another reading gives tenderness, affection, intimacy. The suggestion of harmony and other favourable readings must be considered in a qualified manner, as Swords generally are not symbolical of beneficent forces in human affairs.

[...Huh.]

The third card represents your future. This is the Page of Pentacles in reverse, signifying prodigality, dissipation, liberality, luxury; unfavourable news.

[Ouch.]