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PILE ONE

Pile 1, the trope of your love story feels a little unorthodox and unpredictable. The beginning of this connection may not look like a typical, straight-forward love story. For some of you, this might even start from something very casual. A few of you could be in a phase where you are casually dating, exploring, or simply not ready to commit to something serious like marriage. You might feel like you just want to enjoy your life without putting too much pressure on relationships. However, during this time, you may meet someone who instantly feels very familiar to you. The moment you two connect, there will be a strong spark between you. The attraction will be intense, the chemistry will be beautiful, and the bond between you two will feel very natural. It will almost feel like you both already understand each other on a deeper level. For some of you, this connection might also come through an arranged marriage setup. Even in that case, the energy between the two of you will be very interesting because you both could be completely different from each other. Your personalities, lifestyles, or even your perspectives on life might not match at first glance. But despite these differences, the two of you will somehow fit together perfectly, like two puzzle pieces that complement each other.Another thing I see for those who chose this pile is that some of you might carry a fear of getting hurt. Past betrayals, insecurities, or emotional wounds may make you hesitant to open your heart again. Your subconscious mind might try to protect you by holding you back from starting a new relationship or trusting someone deeply. But when this particular person enters your life, things will start to feel different. Whether you meet them through casual dating, a random interaction, or an arranged setting, the connection will feel undeniable. The passion and physical attraction between you two will be very strong, and the chemistry will feel very magnetic. In terms of personality, this person might have a very strong and protective energy. If you are a female listening to this reading, the man coming into your life may have a broad build and a powerful presence. If you are a male watching this, the woman might be a little shorter in height, possibly with long hair and a very naturally attractive aura. Overall, the trope of your love story feels like “opposites attract” mixed with a strong, fiery chemistry. Even though the beginning may seem unexpected or unconventional, the bond that develops between you two has the potential to feel incredibly intense and meaningful.

PILE TWO

Pile 2, what will be the trope of your love story? First of all, I got this song in my mind — A Thousand Years. You might want to listen to it because it could have a specific message for you. The energy of your pile feels very calm, soothing, and comforting, almost like a savior entering your life. Some of you may come from a very toxic family environment where you never truly felt safe. The people who were supposed to protect you may have hurt you, used you, or taken advantage of you. I also see that your future spouse might have experienced something similar in their life as well. The first thing I see is that this is a very destined connection. It doesn’t feel like you meet at a specific planned place. It’s more like one day you go out just to get some fresh air or relax, and you accidentally meet each other. It feels like the universe is working behind the scenes to bring you two together. I also see possible places like a workplace, networking event, debate, college, or university where this meeting could happen. At your core, you both will be very similar. Your values, morals, and the way you view love will align deeply with each other. When you both decide to get married, people around you may question the relationship. There could be a lot of back and forth or doubts from others, asking why you are choosing this person But the truth is that this union is meant to happen, and no one will really be able to stop it. If you are a female watching this, the man in this connection will deeply admire and respect you. He will see you as the love he was searching for his entire life. And if you are a male watching this, this woman will give you immense care, affection, and emotional warmth. Overall, this connection will change your entire perspective on love and make you realize what true emotional safety and devotion actually feel like.

PILE THREE

Pile 3, what will be the trope of your love story? The first word that comes to my mind for your pile is justice — a place where people judge or debate things. For some of you, this connection could start on a dating app, while for others it could literally be around places connected to justice, like a courtroom, a debate, or some environment where discussions and arguments happen. This pile feels a little similar to pile 2 in some way, but the main trope here feels like enemies to lovers. You might not like this person at first sight at all. In fact, you could think that this person is an idiot or someone who is completely different from you. You might feel like there is no comparison between you two. It will feel like complete opposites. If one person is an apple, the other might feel like an orange — totally different. The energy is very much opposites attract, and for some of you it could even feel like forbidden love. In the beginning, you both might argue or clash a lot because you won’t understand how the other person thinks, processes emotions, or takes actions. If one person is fire, the other is water. But this strong difference is exactly what creates the spark between you two. For some of you, I also see that this connection may break certain social taboos. You and this person could come from completely different cultures or religions, and for some of you this person might even be from a different country. Because of this, people around you might question the relationship, wondering how you are even considering being together. However, at your core, you both will be very similar. Deep down, both of you will feel strongly that this is the person I want to marry. You may meet this person at a stage in life where you are very serious and practical about relationships, when you no longer want to waste your time and truly want something genuine and long-term. I also see that you may meet your future spouse after a very big heartbreak—a connection so intense that you will remember it for the rest of your life and even use it as an example of what people should never tolerate in love. So overall, the trope of your love story feels like opposites attract, forbidden love, and hate-to-love.

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What is a personal curriculum?

Hello everyone! Back again to share with you my take on the personal curriculum trend. This trend, for those who aren’t familiar, is about curating a reading/viewing list on a topic of your own choosing and treating it as you would a college class, complete with outputs like projects and essays. It’s a way of remaining a lifelong learner. See this woman on YouTube dedicating her fall to the study of gothic literature, or this woman on TikTok studying baking, mocktails, and a bunch of other topics.

Choosing A Topic

So how did I land on Tarot and Numerology as my topic for study this fall? Well, the short version is that it was on my list and I happen to have the resources on hand to do it. The long version is that I am working on creating what I’m calling my “tarot portfolio”. It’s essentially a more organized journal or Grimoire that synthesizes all my research and study, picking out what I agree with and what I’ve learned and compiling it all into one document.

The Tower, In Defense of Its Reputation

The Tower is one of the most feared cards in the Major Arcana. It is often described as catastrophe, punishment, divine wrath, or chaos.

This reading is lazy.

The Tower is not evil. Calling it evil is like calling gravity evil, or the Sun, or entropy.

It is a function.

A structure collapses not because the universe hates it, but because it cannot continue to stand in its current configuration.

The Tower appears when identity has fossilized. When beliefs have become architecture rather than movement. When the persona has mistaken itself for the Self.

It is painful not because it is malicious, but because identity resists change.

Pain is the cost of updating structure.

If no collapse ever occurred, nothing would grow. A system that never breaks is a system that never evolves. A psyche that never shatters is a psyche that never differentiates.

The Tower is the nervous system responding to an unsustainable configuration. It is crisis as correction. Rupture as recalibration.

In human terms, it feels humiliating, disorienting, existential. In structural terms, it is maintenance.

The Tower is not a villain. It is a necessary catastrophe.

And necessity is not moral. It is mechanical.

The card is not here to destroy meaning. It is here to expose where meaning had become rigid.

When I pull a court card in my daily readings you might have noticed that I use the he/him, she/her, or they/them pronouns depending on which of the court cards shows up. I do this because, magickally speaking, I have a relationship with each of these cards, and as a Sorceress communicate with them as the very individuals they present themselves to me as. In a divination context though, any court card can, and does, represent any gender. This said, I find the court cards in divination align more with a person's personality regardless of their gender, sun, or rising sign, but they can still come to represent any one, or multiple, of these things.

Using the Prince of Wands as an example:

This Prince is a passionate, convincing, and creative individual, normally noble and generous but someone who might take a joke a bit too far, or gets themselves into needless conflict, just because they enjoy the drama. They take the piss essentially, they're a practical joker. They have a lot of energy and are enduring and strong, but seem to be constantly fighting against the odds. This is the kinda personality the Prince of Wands represents regardless of gender, so if this reminds you of someone but the gender doesn't seem to fit, it really doesn't matter, they are just acting as the personification of a specific kind of energy. This point is further made through the degrees of the zodiac the Prince of Wands represents: The Prince of Wands rules from the 20° of Cancer to the 20° of Leo and as such represents the rising sign of anyone born within this window, and the sun sign of anyone born between the 12th of July and the 11th of August. It's not like only people who identify with being a man can be born in these time slots, that would be absurd.

The Princesses on the other hand are a little more difficult to place strictly because they're not ruled by the degrees of the zodiac in the same way, they are instead the personifications of the quadrants over the North Pole. Obviously the same applies personality wise though, if the shoe fits, as the saying goes.

I have been speaking about the court cards in relation to the Thoth Tarot here, in regards to Rider Waite style decks there are no Princesses, instead we have Pages. As a Sorceress I communicate with the Pages as children, and refer to them as they/them unless they tell me otherwise. Divination wise, I read the pages again as kids, or those with a more fresh new outlook and childlike energy, and as I stated before when figuring out who they could represent, if the personality fits, don't box yourself in with zodiacs, gender, or ages.