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I'm an atheist - I don't believe in a higher power or an afterlife or ghosts or esp or fairies or anything of the sort.
So why do I believe in tarot?
It's not a fully fledged belief. I don't think what the cards say is gospel and take it all with a HUGE grain of salt.
Still... every time Auður and I get together with a couple of bottles of wine and several half-cocked theories about literature we end up laying down some cards. And proceed to treat the outcome very seriously. Last year this guy kept showing up in the cards - again and again:
Now it can have several meanings but they're rarely good. As a rule this is the card you least want in your future because it means that in all likelihood it will be an unhappy one. Looking back, 2012 wasn't a good year at all - for either of us (for very different reasons). So I was actually very relieved last night when this particular card failed to show up. Relieved because I now believe everything will be OK? I don't know. Maybe. It's strange to assign such power to an arbitrary process.
So why do I believe in tarot?
It's not a fully fledged belief. I don't think what the cards say is gospel and take it all with a HUGE grain of salt.
Still... every time Auður and I get together with a couple of bottles of wine and several half-cocked theories about literature we end up laying down some cards. And proceed to treat the outcome very seriously. Last year this guy kept showing up in the cards - again and again:
Now it can have several meanings but they're rarely good. As a rule this is the card you least want in your future because it means that in all likelihood it will be an unhappy one. Looking back, 2012 wasn't a good year at all - for either of us (for very different reasons). So I was actually very relieved last night when this particular card failed to show up. Relieved because I now believe everything will be OK? I don't know. Maybe. It's strange to assign such power to an arbitrary process.