What chances do I have?

I sent my text to a publishing house X around two months ago and am trying to wait patiently... But I started thinking about a publishing house that is second on my list, if X doesn't accept the text. To keep my tarot exercises going I pulled cards for what chances would I have in publishing house Y.

I pulled three cards: Queen of Cups, 6 of Swords, 7 of Pentacles.

For me it looks quite welcoming. The main character of the novel is female and there is a lot about women (Queen of Cups). The water on the card looks to me like a path - a new path for me. 6/Swords could mean a turning point in my writing "career", 7/Pentacles would mean that I would have to wait, but it's totally normal when it comes to publishing anything.

By the way, these are my newly trimmed Tarot of the Magical Forest. I think it looks beautiful without borders!

Cold

It seems I caught a cold and I wanted to know how it will be the next four days. I pulled one card for each day: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

I pulled 4 of Swords, XV The Devil, V The Pope, 9 of Wands.

Tuesday will be without changes, I will feel the worst on Wednesday or maybe I will infect someone else... Thursday will bring better health and on Friday I should be quite OK.

There might also be a suggestion for me to stay at home on Tuesday in order to get physical energy the next day. The Devil appeared in the spreads as a rush of energy before. Hopefully I can go to my German class on Thursday (The Pope).

Update: indeed I stayed at home (and a bit in bed) on Tuesday. On Wednesday I felt not perfect yet, but much better - only the weather was disastrous and I feld CHAINED at home ;) Today (Thursday) I attended German class again.

The injection

I'm having an iron injection on Thursday and I wanted to know how it goes. I've never had anything like that done, so I felt a bit anxious, in spite of the doctor telling me I will feel great after that and there's no need to worry.

I pulled 3 cards: 8 of Wands, Page of Wands and VII The Chariot.

The cards are obviously telling me to trust the doctor. I should get a lot of new energy that I'm now lacking!

Edit: the cards actually meant, that 8/Wands was something overwhelming, because the injection/infusion didn't go well and I had to try a new method: Page of Wands (taking tablets instead). After that I've really gotten well - The Chariot :)

Rounded them!

After trimming my Tarot of the White Cats, I had a problems, because they were quite spiky and thus shuffling them was not comfortable. I couldn't find any corner rounders here, so in the end I decided to round them simply by scissors. Now they feel fabulous!

Tactics

Since I wanted to tell that person what they needed to know, but I didn't want to hurt them, I asked tarot for tactics - what will work best.

I got 8 of Pentacles, XIII Death and VI The Lovers.

It seemed a logical tactic for me: first praise that person's hard work, then go with the hard part, and in the end stress good points I saw in their work.

I did exactly that and it seems that our meeting went good :)

What will the reaction be?

I found myself in a situation in which I have to choose whether to tell somebody something that can be difficult to them, but help them grow as an artist - or not to tell them but don't hurt them. I asked the cards what the reaction to that truth would be. I simply pulled three cards.

I got 5 of Swords, VIII Justice (Rx) and 8 of Cups.

Although that person said they're OK with critique, the cards show that they might feel hurt, unfairly judged and become depressed :( To tell or not to tell...?

My heritage

I made up a spread about "heritage", the way my character was shaped. I used only Majors. The reversed cards here I see as weaker, not in full strength.

1. Inherited from my mother. IV The Emperor

2. Learned from my mother. V The Hierophant

3. Inherited from my father. XIII Death

4. Learned from my father. VI Lovers

5. Something I have in me naturally. XIX The Sun (Rx)

6. Something I learned in my life. X The Wheel of Fortune (Rx)

I was surprised how well it showed my situation! From my mother I got rational mind and willpower (IV). I learned from her to obey the rules (V). My father gave me a bit melancholic nature after him, I'm also very cautious (XIII The Death has her finger pointing up, like she's saying: "watch out!"). I learned from my father loads of empathy and how to respect other people (VI).

In spite of that melancholy in me, I never totally give up, there's always that feeling in me, that everything is going to be all right (XIX The Sun Rx, weaker). Like my mother, I like to plan things, but only to some level. After that level I prefer to wait and see what comes (X The Wheel Rx). I also dislike controlling other people.

Nobody's perfect, but I believe I received wonderful gifts from my parents. And that I am also a one of a kind human being, that has its own worth! :)