Welcome to the sixty-first card pull for the Mundane Magic project!
So happy to have you on this ride with me, looking at writing prompts, analyzing tarot cards for inspiration, and creating brand new short stories!
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Every Sunday, I pull a card from an old Rider Waite tarot card deck I purchased years ago in Salem, Massachusetts. Once a card is chosen, it will not return to the deck. The goal: 78 cards, 78 stories.
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On to today’s tarot card pull!
The card pulled today was the Five of Cups.
For my initial reaction to the card, check out the podcast, Episode 61.
First impressions from the image, which was pulled in reverse, or upside down in relation to myself, the reader: The focal point of this card is a person, I’m going to presume male, standing with their back to us, head bent, looking somewhat defeated or sad. They are cloaked in black. The cloak falls almost to the ankle, revealing brown boots.
Around this person’s feet, there are two upright cups, behind and to the right, and three spilled cups to left, in front of him. I say spilled, as there is some liquid on the ground, both red and green, next to the overturned cups.
This person is standing on a pretty barren landscape, some low rolling hills, devoid of greenery. There is, however a river ahead that looks like it is flowing underneath a bridge of some sort, and on the other side of that river, eventually, the landscape begins to green up and there is a structure that resembles a small, abandoned castle. The sky is gray.
The Rider Waite interpretation of the Five of Cups is as follows: A dark, cloaked figure, looking sideways at three prone cups, two others stand upright behind him and a bridge is in the background, leading to a small keep or holding. Divinatory Meaning: It is a card of loss, but something remains over, three have been taken, but two are left. It is a card of inheritance, transmission, and patrimony, but not corresponding to expectations. With some it is a card of marriage, but not without bitterness or frustration. Reversed: News, alliances, affinity, consanguinity, ancestry, return, false projects.
Our card was pulled reversed today, and I’m definitely liking the idea of having some trials, but there still being some hope, something still connected. I like the idea of looking at ancestry as well. The idea of a marriage, but not without bitterness or frustration, is intriguing.
A lot to think about this week! Let me know in the comments what you think. Where do you think this story will take us? I’m pretty intrigued by this stranger we have here.
Now what?
Our sixty-first card has now been drawn! I’ll be working on an original story during the week. I can’t wait to see what develops!
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