duelacademynpcs | [Journal Post]

I'll take a reading.

I'll pick 5 cards. Deck of Secrets.

Present & Theme: "The Grains" Upright

Growth, self improvement. A suggestion to do things with your hands, energy that benefits in making you a better, deeper, richer person. Let yourself take a shower. Take a long bath. Read a book you've been meaning to. Eat something made by your own hands. Making something through your own efforts is deeply deeply useful.

Past Influence: "The Scarecrow" Reversed

A creature of fear you have trouble shaking. What scares you still, what is the shadow-behind-the-shadows. What are you running from. What are you hiding from. A sense something can appear unexpected. What stalks you in the darkness of your mind?

The Future: "The Unspoken" Upright

Secrets on the tip of your tongue but can't bring yourself to say. A truth you know, but you can't share. There are some secrets worth keeping, never sharing. But make sure this is a secret shouldn't be shared. Some secrets don't need to remain secret.

Reason: "The Apparatess" Reversed

A crushing sense of tradition. An obsession of purities. You are the result of everything in your life and the circumstances in which you live. You find the weight of tradition, authority, sides, crushing down on you. The demands and actions of others led you to this current space. Do not let yourself become weighed down by zealotry, or the zealotry of others. Do not let yourself wear the shackles demanded by others.

Potential: "Libra" Reversed

The paradox of fairness and tolerance. Both sideism.

I'll take a 5 card from the Deck of the Witch.

Present & Theme: "The Bogeyman" Reversed

Fears you've already overtaken, but have you. Fears you believe to be true. Or maybe they are true. Truths and horrors you believe to be reality, but are they real, or are they the ghosts you've made up to justify your version of the world? But this represents monsters, monsters in the dark, and they're center to your reading.

Past Influences: "XIII - Death (Fire)" Upright

The desolation that burns the past away. Change comes to all, but this is the fire that destroys the past. This is something you didn't just move on. This is something that was destroyed completely and utterly. This is the death, the fire, that says, move on. A destruction absolute.

The Future: "Candles": Black

Ritual. Not necessarily magical. But this represents the importance of ritual. The importance of rules. Do you need the ritual. This asks you to focus on the importance of ritual. Of beliefs. Of rites. To consider them, whether right or wrong. What purpose do they serve, especially in the face of destruction that burns away everything, and the horrors you believe hid around the next door.

Reason: "The Thing Among Reflections" Upright

A sense of something wrong. A sense of the world being not quite right. A sense you're not grasping a truth fundamental to the situation. A disconnect of one's sense of self and one's reality. This is asking you to try and learn the reality of things, even if they make not enough sense yet.

Potential: "The Happy Squirrel" Upright

Chaos! This is the monkey's wrench, the rules being tossed aside. This is your own base desires, maybe you need to shake up your routine and ritual, to make further sense of the world.

Perception and Reality, are they the same thing?

Well, I never pass up a chance at Tarot...

5 Cards from the Deck of Journeys.

Present & Theme: "King of Harts" Reversed

Tragedy. Your success turns backwards and collapses on you. Forces beyond your power strike at you. Your goals. Your world. Your family. Your power. Everything begins to shake, the happy life you know begins to unravel.

Past Influence: "Temperance" Reversed

A mistake of the middle ground being ideal, when it's not necessary. Making two sides shake hands wasn't the answer. Feeling your emotions, expressing yourself, going mad, is not wrong.

The Future: "Three of Crayons" Reversed

Art does not solve fires. Making art is good, but it does not solve the real problems. Sometimes being touchy feely is not the answer. Listening to miserable music and stewing in your feelings does not help. Sometimes you need to hit someone, and crack skulls.

Reason: "The Star" Reversed

A lady with a star as a halo. Hope is getting further and further away. Your ideals are drifting further out of your reach. Others seem happy, but your own happiness is elusive. What is it that they see, they get, they want, that doesn't fit your vision of the world. You have your own ideals. Your own dreams. Your own goodness. Your own justice. Hope is not an elusive faraway thing, it's right next to you.

Question yourself, question how you got here, question everything. You will find your answer.

Potential: "The High Priestess" Reversed

You are small. You are not the great bridge to somewhere greater and more divine, but there is a bridge. Life is meaningless, but that's the beauty of the thing. You are not better than others, you do not live the best life by arrogantly looking down at others. You live it by making your won path forward, not dragging others down.

Since when were you a God.

Mmmm... express myself more, even if it means being a touch more violent, huh.

Mm? Sorry, you have me at a slight disadvantage. What do you mean, exactly?

Edited 2024-11-19 23:08 (UTC)

The first High Priestess in this Deck, when reversed, assigns as sense of someone confusing themselves for being the divine instead of a conduit to the divine.

....Huh.

Well, I can assure you I definitely don't see myself as a god. The opposite couldn't be more true, really.

Fortunately, this was potential, so it's a matter of "Don't fall into the trap".

... Would you mind doing a reading with the... Deck of Secrets? 5 cards, preferably.

Present & Theme: "The Shoreline" Reversed

A quiet space, but a static dead space. The realm between life and death, reality and fantasy, past and future, the land of indecision, the liminal space and veil. You know not what it is you actually want. And thus you sit in the liminal space between worlds. You don't know what the future holds, maybe it is a beautiful brave new world, or maybe total extinction of the self. It is alright to wait, to see the depths of the shadow and the abyss, where madness and extinction lie. Nothing should be there, there's nothing left in the shadow void, but you fear there is. This is a warning, the more you look into the shadow of the veil, the more nothing can become something.

Past Influences: "Pay Attention" Reversed

A crone brewing at a witch's cauldron. You have missed something incredibly important and tragic. You haven't checked something that could of made things so much easier. You've ignored all the signs of the real problem. You've blocked out the full view of the world, it's much stranger and bigger than you imagined, and seeing the very small world around you alone will you cause you trouble.

There are red flags you aren't noticing. Your indecision, your ignorance, is coming back to hurt you, and it's coming to a head.

The Future: "Protective" Upright

You'll need to protect someone, or something important to you. Even if they don't know they do, or don't think they do. You'll potentially need to hurt their boundaries or betray their trust, but it's all to save them. Better off angy than dead, only the living can feel anger.

Reason: "The Incubus" Reversed

You and those around you are in danger with only the smallest fig-leaf from danger. But that fig-leaf, that tiny barrier, might be enough. You want to be able to decide things at your own pace, but that might not be enough, it might take too long that it might end up with you and those you love getting hurt.

Potential: "Earthing" Reversed

Stationary thinking. You fear to dream. Living in the moment, scared of possibility. Let yourself dream. Your roots are strong, people will pull you back if you go too far. So let yourself risk things. Do not be afraid to move. Do not be afraid to change. Grow.

Hnmmm.

Oh, what the hey. Three cards from the Deck of Play, please.

Past: "The Draw to the Dark Corners of the World" Reversed

A call to the strange, to worlds unknown. The strange and the weird walked alongside you for so long as you drifted out of the light of certainty. You sought to open the door, no matter what laid in the abyss. And for it, you were rewarded by finding worlds far stranger than your own..

Present: "Ace of Hearts" Upright

Accepting flaws and imperfections, but enjoying new crafts, hobbies and skills anyways, even if you never become a Big Name. Doing is what matters. Joy in life is what matters. Being new to something is not a crinme.

Future: "Kids on Bikes" Upright

A sense of freedom. A liminal moment to define yourself. Something is in the air, something exciting, something strange, something impossible is about to happen. Go somewhere unexpected, new, different, stranger. The magic isn't the same as days past, you're older, more worn, more tired. But there's still freedoms you can grasp, as leave the bike in the woods and find something weird in the dark, this time on your own terms.

Edited 2024-11-20 03:48 (UTC)

... I can pay.

So if it's possible 10 card reading for Deck of Journeys or Secrets.

The Present & Self: "Temperance" Reversed

You think staying as you are is what you should be doing, but that's not the truth. If you want to deal with something, stop dawdling. Throw yourself head first. Thinking and being cautious is smart, but are you sure this isn't just walking in circles?

The Problem: "Seven of Potions" Reversed

An over-reliance on normality and self care. Refusing to let go of normality and comfort cares when something greater lies waiting outside of site. This is a card of thinking avoiding things solves problems, and that itself is the problem. You're so close, and yet so far.

The Past: "Four of Swords" Reversed

You drew your sword, and then sheathed it when you didn't. Losing something just as you gained it. Stopping just before you start. This combined with Temperance and Seven of Potions indicates you've been on unsteady ground for quite some time.

The Future: "Ten of Crows" Reversed

A moment of strange omen, a sense of what you knew, what you know, isn't quite right. Your memory is not quite right, reevaluate your past when the time comes, but this is the moment where the world changes, you fall forever into Wonderland, into Absurdia.

Conscious Influences: "Six of Cats" Upright

Take a break from everything, not in a bad way. Go take a nap. Forget everything. Roll around. Have some fun you've been meaning to do, it'll mean a lot to yourself to take a break and breathe before you stare past the veil.

Unconscious Influence: "Death (Archer)" Reversed

The hind-brain sense that the change that's been crawling up behind you will be brutal. It will be. You can't go back, chaotic change. And that's what scares you most because it's uncharted ground.

Your Influence: "Two of Swords" Upright

You're in stalemate. Lack of movement. Unable to let go. A decision that needs to be made, but you keep putting it off, and the longer you put it off, the shakier the ground beneath you gets. Take a break, as per the Six of Cats, but. The decision needs to made, ultimately.

External Influence: "Ace of Skulls" Upright

Who is Yuki Asuka. Who are you. Who are yourself versus the world. Are you the expectations of your life up to now. This card says no, the Ace of Skulls is the choice to redefine yourself completely, or as little as you want. What is stopping you.

Hope and Fears: "Seven of Pentacles" Reversed

You're scared you've made the wrong choice following what you've been after. And that's what keeps you from stepping forward.

Outcome: "Nine of Pentacles" (Second) Reversed

Do not be tricked by false or easy wisdom. This is your personal gnosis versus an easy guide, stick with your personal gnosis, your personal path, the facts of others are merely that, and you can be so so much more than that.

5 Cards from the Deck of Secrets.

Present: "Cerridwen" Upright

The witch queen goddess who grants transformation, freedom and inspiration. She has the cauldron of inspiration. Inspiration and facts will be coming your way soon, your stasis will be broken. She gives you what you need to hear, not what you want to hear, and what wisdom she grants is for you and you alone. Vision, do not compromise. This is for you and noone else.

Past: "The Outsider" Reversed

Understanding that which isn't known, understanding someone who doesn't belong, who is suddenly appearing, becoming the stranger in yourself, and hiding that mystery.

Future: "The Heart" Upright

Unprocessed trauma. An unprocessed situation. The inescapable you and them. Acknowledging that the problem is there, that the person you thought you knew isn't who you thought they were but your heart keeps pounding.

Reason: "Respite" Upright

Laying something to rest. You've grown, they haven't. You deserve peace, and don't need to way yourself down. You have your own journeys, you can cut the chord with them.

Potential: "Little Trickster" Upright

Small little problems and tiny monkey wrenches, they may swing in your favor anyways. Not getting what you wanted, but what you got is good, or finding another way into a situation. Lighten up, take the embarrassment. Stop being so high strung.

5 Cards from the Deck of Journeys, I guess?

Edited 2024-11-21 12:41 (UTC)

Present & Theme: "Four of Wands" Upright

Working with others to a unified goal. The fusion of intention. Perhaps marriage or a romantic relationship, or a new job. This is about new union, new alliance.

Past Influences: "Page of Cups" Upright

A journey of love, unsure of what you want, seeking connection, but not sure where to find it. You have feelings for someone but unsure how to express them due to your own flaws and their circumstances.

The Future: "Gemini" Upright

Things are always better together. Explore new work, new relationships. Have fun with your life for once, instead of surviving and vibing.

The Reason: "Ophiuchus" Upright

There's something or someone you want. Admit your feelings.

Potential: "The Devil" Reversed

Lust. Desire. Want. Need. Desire. Your base desire. Admit what you actually want. You fear it spiraling out of control, that you're a slut for wanting what and who you want. It's fine to be a bit naughty.

Edited 2024-11-22 04:38 (UTC)

Uh. 5 Cards from the Deck of Play???

The Present & Theme: "Fun Police" Upright

Miscommunication. Differing points of view. Taking things too seriously. A one dimensional approach to life. A current inability wonder, to enjoy. A struggle to pass along meaning. A struggle to gain meaning. And because there is a lack of fun and meaning, the world feels disorienting and confusing.

Past Influences: "Influencer" Upright

Personality for personality's sake. Performing gender, appearance, identity. This is not about false faces, this is about how you were born, and how you wish to be. Your mask you made is as valid as the you you were born as.

The Future: "Camgirl" Reversed

Trouble knowing your worth, trouble owning your worth. Trouble understanding the situation you're in or the way those who care about you do things. Trouble taking ownership of the new status of things that are, Princess. Do you actually feel comfortable in the body and life you've built.

Reasons: "Punch a Cop" Upright

A striking at the way things are, at authority, but with little effect. This is failure to deal with the bigger issues, and skirting around it, confusing symptoms for the source. You must not let yourself be bound or held back. What you want to do for the moment won't do much, but it signals intent. This is frustration you want to vent.

Potential: "Combat of Mars" Reversed

Power. Pure and simple raw power. Power fantasy.

Um. 5 Cards from the Deck of Play...?

The Present & The Theme: "Monster Care Squad" Upright

You want to reject your humanity completely, but you're scared of doing that. You want to be greater than you are, Akashiro Tsurugi. But you don't know what to become. The dragon that knows not she is ill, the dragon that knows not what she wants to be, even though she got her life together. You must take care of yourself at the source.

Past Influences: "Jester" Upright

Accepting you are the sum of all that you exist in. The world was never fully in your control. Being unsure of what face you actually wear. Up and down. Up and down.

The Future: "Leo" Upright

Throw yourself into something new. Let the fire burn hot.

Reasons: "Kids on Bikes" Upright

You can't reclaim your childhood, but you can find something new, venture into somewhere new and strange.

Potential: "The Vow" Reversed

Promise nothing, reject all expectations. For you, vows are pointless.

5 Cards from the Deck of the Witch?

The Present & Them: "Page of Wands" Reversed

You're a brat mouthing off to adults, stuck in the realm of immaturity and children. Reckless foolish behavior, Mrs. Hiroshi, or at least a portion of you is.

Past Influences: "XV - The Devil (Classic)" Reversed

Your own poor behavior left you in this state, Mrs. Kiriya. You don't want to admit that. And yet, that is the fact of the thing.

The Future: "8 of Swords" Upright

Ultimately, you can change the state of your situation, but you have to choose to. You're stuck in a case of your own making, what you do with that cage of swords you've made is your own choice.

Reasons: "Knight of Pentacles" Reversed

People don't understand what you want, and you don't understand what others expect of you. Shifting sands, your reality is as real as mud. Your identity is fairweather. The skeleton who pretends to be alive.

Potential: "The Wound Man" Reversed

Your situation however, while caused by your own poor behavior, was done for someone's lark. For right now, you should heal, come to terms with things.

Hey! What about me! I want five cards from your witch card thingy!

The Present & Themes: "Page of Pentacles" Reversed

You have nothing you want to do with your life. Because you are a fiction. What is it you want to do, illusionary girl?

Past Influences: "The Performer" Reversed

A manic desire to be someone else than who you really are. You exist because She is afraid of being herself, because she ate her own identity too far, to the disgust of others.

The Future: "XVII - The Star" Upright

A dream will come true, if you stare into the night sky. A sense of guiding light. A chance to obtain everything more than you've ever deserved.

Reasons: "Candles" Upright

You should look at the behaviors and rituals that led you both to the space you are now. Contemplate, is this the reality wish to have be.

Potential: "XV - The Devil (Wealth and Taste)" Upright

Chase after the power and fire left in your silly little chest, lost in your vanishing mind. You both desire passion. This is not a good devil, but this is a Devil who desires the heart's true desire.

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