raya

Pile 1: The high priestess, king of pentacles, 4 of cups and 3 of cups.

The persona you've created: In front of others, you pretend to be the epitome of self-control and maturity. You project an image of being mysterious, quiet, with impeccable intuition, and a know-it-all, combined with someone stable, abundant, with their material life sorted, and unaffected by anything. It's the vibe of the little pigs in the meme: "Look how elegant and divine I am, floating on my cloud of perfection." (Sorry if this sounds like criticism, it's not; sometimes I just write automatically.)

The Reality: The reality is that you're terrified of everything falling apart… holding your breath, clinging desperately to your little comfort zone, your schedule, and your few certainties because you're terrified of losing control. But your soul is suffocating. You're actually someone who wants to throw protocol out the window, laugh at yourself, get drunk with your friends, and do something blissfully crazy. You're tired of being the responsible adult, and that's normal; you work hard to hold everything together. Sometimes it's okay not to be perfect.

Pile 2: 3 of wands, the templance, 10 of pentacles and knigth of cups.

The persona you've created: In front of others, you try to be the very image of inner peace, patience, and spiritual balance. You present yourself as someone incredibly calm, who knows how to wait, who doesn't get upset about anything, and who looks to the future with almost monastic tranquility. It's the vibe of putting yourself in a box with a sign that says, "I'm a good, harmless kitten, adopt my peace," like in the picture.

The Reality: The reality is that inside, a predator of ambitions and passions roars. You are an intensely passionate, dramatic person, driven by visceral impulses, who falls in love with ideas and projects with the fire of a dragon. And you don't settle for crumbs. Your goal is greater; you want total success, recognition, material abundance, the pack, status, and the entire empire.

Pile 3: 5 of pentacles, page of pentacles, The strength and the empress.

The persona you've created: In front of others, you pretend to be fragile, vulnerable, a humble, perpetual learner who treads carefully and always seems to be lacking something or that life treats you harshly. It's the vibe of an abandoned Bambi, something that makes no one ask too much of you or make demands. You always choose to keep a low profile, but…

The Reality: The reality is that you have the strength of a titan, perhaps not in body, but certainly in mind. It's clear that you are a creature with unbreakable resilience, capable of biting your tongue, taming your own demons, and lifting emotional weights that would crush anyone else. You are incredible because you are pure abundance, magnetism, creativity, and the fierce ruler of your territory. You don't need anyone to save you; you save others.

One day ppl will understand that Greek heroes weren’t supervillains but complex human beings who are representations of the best and worst of humanity and that they aren’t remembered bc they were ‘heroic’ in a modern sense and that the Ancient Greeks rarely actually whitewashed their heroes actions but instead used them to tell fables and tragedies.

Her date in episode 5 (Jersey devil) is so interesting. Her friend does give her one of those rare comments ("you need to get yourself a man") and she goes on a date with one of the dads from the birthday party, but even then, it doesn't feel too much like she was coerced - it looks to me like she saw the man and thought "why not?" She dresses up for and prioritizes their date. Ultimately, he's not her type so when he calls to take her out again, she puts an end to things. "No interest at this time." (And goes to the museum with Mulder). And she's moving on. That is all. She's still herself, we don't see her questioning that choice and agonizing over it. Absolutely loved that for her.

I think that, in other shows, an event like that could trigger a character's to spiral and question themselves and their worth. And maybe she does - off camera. After all, the X-Files was definitely a show that didn't want to be too romantic so lack of attention on Mulder and Scully's romantic lives is a byproduct of that.

Mulder also doesn't get hassled much about his love life. As far as we know, he's not dating, but he's also not bitter about that at all. I think it would be easy to make a character like him bitter and for him to resent woman over not getting laid, but that is not Mulder. Sure he has his magazines and his porn, but I don't think we ever see him being a dick to woman in a possibly romantic context (and even in general) - I see him as mostly a gentleman the whole way through. I bet if you asked him why he's single, he'd be super self aware too.

I'm a shipper so I do see Mulder and Scully together ultimately. Maybe Mulder and Scully don't feel a need to date because they are fulfilled with each other's presence. I'm also okay with the Ed Jerse and the vampire girl existing and Mulder and Scullg getting laid when they do.

scully: "okay."

that's it.

that's the relationship.

he asks.