99 Problems, 78 Solutions

Me at 4am:

me: sure. so do you know what spread do you want? if not just tell me how much you're looking to spend-

them: can you just do it for free? you're already playing with them and I dont wanna waste my money, plus it's not like hard right?

me: sure

me: *shuffling and pulling exactly one card*

People will often notice patterns to the cards they pull - you’ll notice that certain cards come up more often. This tends to be based on a feeling though, rather than any real data about which cards you’ve pulled - and the real data may surprise you. 

I’ve kept track of the cards I’ve pulled in my single card readings over the past three months, and here are some things I’ve noticed: 

I pull one card more frequently than any other card. In my case, that card is The Magician. It’s really useful to know - not just suspect - that one card turns up constantly for me. 

Some cards don’t actually appear as frequently as I think they do. I recently pulled the Nine of Pentacles and thought, “Again?? Why do I pull this card so much??” but when I look at the actual data… I’ve pulled other cards way more frequently. I think it’s a form of the Baader-Meinhof effect - a card can stick in your brain for some reason and you remember it as appearing more often than it actually does!

There are interesting things about the cards that I don’t pull. In three months, these Major Arcana cards have never come up at all: The Emperor and The Devil. I can look at the data of what archetypes don’t appear in my life and draw some interesting conclusions. I’ve also not drawn a single court card (page, knight, queen, or king) from the suit of swords - swords tend to deal with conflict, which I maybe have less of during this particular time in my life

I can identify which suit and which numbered cards appear the most and the least in my readings. While the totals of Swords, Wands, Cups, and Pentacles I pull are pretty close to even, Wands eke out a little bit higher total than the others. Cups and Pentacles are tied, with Swords coming in last. If I didn’t have this data, I’d probably assume I pull Swords the most - because they leave the biggest impact on me when I do pull them! Of the numbered cards: I pull Aces of any suit the most, and Twos of any suit the least. This makes for some interesting patterns: The Magician is sort of the “Ace” of the Major Arcana, as well. Aces are about a very singular willpower whereas Twos are about partnership and duality. Through this pattern I can identify the focus the cards have on my life at this particular point in time.

I pull Major Arcana cards more than is statistically likely. The Major Arcana makes up 28% of the deck, but 39% of my pulls. The Major Arcana are more associated with long-term messages, and so my life may have more long-term type changes needing to be made during this period.

-my altar is dirty. ok, sure, i cleansed and cleaned it for the picture i posted on yule, but in the 3 days since, it’s already accumulated dust, incense ash, and… is that chip dust?

-my grimoires?… unfinished. i have 2. one is extremely unorganized, and has much misinformation (the beginning pages are from the early days of my practice, when i did my research on tumblr and HEXED before doing protection spells). the other, it’s more orderly— but, i have ZERO motivation to finish it. i keep most of my info online anyways

-i have a small jar sitting in a larger jar full of salt,,, cleansing,,,, i was gonna use it for a spell jar, but… i never got around to it. fuck

-i have a wand that i never use

-executive dysfunction often prevents me from doing spells and rituals and shit. i’ll b like “ok jayda. this is the one day a year you celebrate [insert sabbat]. get off your ass and do something witchy” And Then I Don’t.

-a container of rainwater? creek water? some sort of outside water? sitting on my desk. it’s been there for months and it’s growing mold

-candles that i made and STILL haven’t used

-speaking of candles, my altar is like 0.00002 inches from my bed (bc my side of the room is so so small), so i’m always afraid to burn that one candle on the edge of the altar table

-so. many. HERBS. stashed away under my altar. i never use them

-often i’ll go weeks without cleansing myself or my space. i feel like that’s unhealthy

-i forget to veil a LOT. then, i’m completely overloaded with everyone’s energy and it fucking sucks. i should really just sew some sigils into my covid masks, cause i never forget to put those on (i’m a huge hypochondriac)

-but

-no matter

-how fucky i am at doing this

-i still love witchcraft

- :)

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