which bitch? witch bitch.

Knight of Cups. Art by Eduardo Alexandrino, from the Little Ghost Tarot.

Ongoing battle, battle weary, fatigue, drained of energy, nearly there, close to success, courage, persistence, perseverance, backbone, learning from past failure, gather your strength, fight your corner, last stand, guarded, wounded, expecting trouble, holding out, not working out as planned, setbacks, strength of will

Please please please find a local herbarium instead.

Some teashops have some amazing herbs. And online shops, like Mountain Rose Herbs are amazing. I've met them in person at fairs and ordered from them a bunch. Online, buying in bulk makes more sense, so partner up with friends and try splitting it once it arrives.

new ideas; breakthroughs; mental clarity

Yes, sometimes you won't be able do things. So it goes.

Lest we forget, the Venn Diagram of “banana” and “egg” may not be a perfect circle.

I guess not, but it's cooler if it does.

Also a show of solidarity with Amazon drivers.

Okay, it's possible that I didn't fully deactivate shitpost mode...

Four of Swords. Art by Jesse Lonergan, from The Unveiled Tarot.

It's like... yeah I believe that stones can do stuff, but I think I get more mileage woo-wise out of the brick dust I stole from a former burlesque house than I do from a random crystal. And it's not saying that they don't work, though I remain skeptical of how their correspondences are assigned, just that I don't typically USE them.

Always saw myself as more of an Ogg.

Professional historians have pretty much concluded that the tarot is simply a beautifully illustrated medieval Italian card game with allegorical pictures that most people back in those days would have been able to immediately recognize. So the tarot was not created for divination, fortune-telling or hiding deep secrets. So what? Tea leaves aren't created to be read, nor clouds to be skried into. Dice were created to have fun, yet witches roll them to get answers. What better than a card game to reflect the playful interrelation of events in the game of life?

The Conquerer [5 of swords tarot] this evil knightess is for https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/novaandmali/star-crossed-a-queer-tarot project! go get yours <3

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three of swords ✶

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Feeling trapped, isolation, paralysed by fear or anxiety. Totally not fine.