The best day

Well... in the end I BOUGHT THEM! The Alexander Daniloff Deck is in my possession now and I must say it's GORGEOUS. It's simply a piece of art. But because I don't like to have decks that I don't use and only stare at them from time to time, I use this deck for exercise also.

Some people will think it a blasphemy, but I'm actually thinking about rounding the corners. They look beautiful, but they're too spiky for my sensitive hands!

I'm going back home soon for two weeks and I want to meet my friends, so I have to organize a group meeting. I asked the cards, which day would be best for that purpose: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Monday or Tuesday.

I pulled XIV Temperance, Knight of Cups, 5 of Wands, 4 of Cups, 9 of Wands.

Wednesday (Temperance) and Thursday look good for a meeting (Cups being social). On Friday many people will probably have plans made already (5 of Wands). Monday looks like you can relax and be social too (4 of Cups), Tuesday is full of responsibilities (9 of Wands).

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...?