The Arcana Carnival

For jlsigman from cafe_tarot. A general reading using the Fenestra Tarot.

I hope it makes sense to you and helps you. Enjoy! =)

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For Rakka, lordofcarnage, from cafe_tarot. A general reading using the Universal Waite-Smith deck.

I hope it makes sense to you and helps you. Enjoy! =)

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http://one-hoopy-frood.livejournal.com/10678.html : "Why you should care," an article on the 2009 election in Iran.

Perhaps it's a bit odd for a tarot journal to be posting on such a situation, but I'm almost as interested in politics as I am about Tarot, and I am highly attached to the ideal of people having choices in their government. Sadly, this ideal is not the reality when it comes to so-called free elections in much of the world.

As I was doing another personal reading, the Emperor came up in a Hopes/Fears position, or "what you fear but want the most." Without going into my reading, this particular picture of the Emperor (drawn from the Revelations Tarot) reminds me very much of Iran's president.

Name:
Sun Sign: Taurus
Moon Sign: Libra
Birth Card(s): XV The Devil / VI The Lovers
Favorite Card: III The Empress
Favorite Deck: the Lunatic Tarot
Ruling Number: 5
Life Path Number: 6
Soul Urge Number: 3
Religiously: an Eclectic Agnostic who dabbles in a bit of everything
Motto: "Not all those who wander are lost" - J.R.R. Tolkien

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