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Folks who follow my blog may have noticed my use of tarot card images, specifically the Rider-Waite deck. I’ve always been fascinated by the language of the symbolism on the deck. I enjoy doing readings for myself, not in an attempt to get a tarot card to tell my future, but to prompt new thinking about a situation or decision. I was intrigued to find that Jung was interested in tarot. That gives my judgemental rational mind something to keep itself occupied with while the rest of me indulges in my interest in tarot.

Which brings me back to the story I want to tell, of an unsolicited tarot reading I received on Tuesday. I was riding my bike back from Santa Rosa, and due to a bike path closure missed a turn. I ended up overshooting Dutton, and ended up a few blocks north of the bike path on Stony Point. No biggie; I just headed south on Stony Point to join up with the path again and backtrack.

On the overpass, just before the bike path meets up at Rt. 12, I noticed something laying on the ground as I passed over it. “The Fool” from the Rider-Waite tarot! I stopped and backed up to pick it up. What an excellent card! A favorite for describing my “early retirement”. I chuckled to myself and packed it carefully away in my pannier and headed off again.

Then I saw another card, face down. I stopped and picked it up also; then another. I decided to keep them oriented the same way I turned them over. In all there were five cards:

The Fool. Three of Wands. Six of Swords, reversed. Three of Swords. Knight of Pentacles, reversed. I don’t really like the way this three of swords keeps coming up.

The magical world seems to be working really hard to get my attention about something.

What would you tell me about cards I’ve drawn?