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Hey y'all, this is Jasper! I am a nonbinary (they/them), aromantic, and asexual tarot reader. This side blog is explicitly only for tarot/oracle readings. As such, let's go over the rules.

If you want a free reading, you will follow the following rules in exchange for a free one-card draw. I would appreciate receiving feedback afterwards in exchange for the effort I put into these readings. Send reading requests through the ask box only.

All readings are posted publicly.

Here are all of the things I need for a reading:

your preferred name, nickname, or initials

your pronouns

your question

background information around your question

Here are what I need if your reading includes someone else:

their preferred name, nickname, or initials

their pronouns

background information on your relationship with this person

If no pronouns are provided, I will default to they/them pronouns.

If you want me to use a specific deck, send the deck name as listed on the page (this is because I often have decks with similar names). Otherwise, I will choose the deck myself. If you want me to use a particular deck or to avoid particular decks, let me know in the reading request. There is a chance I will pick a deck that I have given to a deity I worship, and they may provide commentary if or as they see fit.

Don't know what to ask? Check this tag of question examples!

However, I will NOT answer the following types of questions:

“What does X think of me?” or “How does X feel about me?” (my decks will always tell you to just talk to them yourself)

yes/no questions (the divination systems I use are not good for that)

time-related or time-sensitive questions (your readings get answered when they get answered)

medical or legal questions as I am not a medical or legal person (don't fucking sue me)

future spouse readings (like it or not, there's a chance you could marry multiple people in the future, and you might not like any of them!)

readings about celebrities (I don't know who those people are)

entity identification readings (again, I don't know who those people are)

readings where I'm somehow supposed to choose your life decisions for you (do not ask me to pick your career or university or whatever)

anything I’m not comfortable answering

any readings that require me to somehow read minds

I am aromantic and asexual. If you want in-depth relationship readings, I am not the best tarot reader for that. I can give it a shot, but the answer to such a query is almost guaranteed to just come down to "talk to them or dump them since you can't talk to them" based on past times I've read for that sort of question.

I will not do readings for you if you misgender me.

Your questions will get answered when they get answered.

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Neopets/Skyrim Tarot: Queen & King of Swords

In the Skyrim Tarot, the Suit of Swords is instead depicted as the Suit of Arms. Refer to this post for my broader Minor Arcana suit complaints.

You're getting two pictures of Ilere because I love her. Ilere is an Earth Faerie who lives in the Haunted Woods. Despite her spooky demeanor, the most villainous thing she ever did (from what I could find) was teaching Sophie witchcraft. Sophie had fled from Neovia when the town became cursed, and Ilere gave her a shack and the tools she would need to finally become Sophie the Swamp Witch, enabling her to eventually cure the curse that wracked Neovia and her family. Ilere is an introvert who wound up being a mentor regardless, it's a classic trope.

It's interesting to come to the Swords suit, associated with Air, and wind up with an Earth Faerie. It's an interesting inversion of the elements and adds a more jagged edge. She makes for a fascinating Queen of Swords. The only alternative I could think of would be Queen Nabile, who we already saw on the Lovers card in this deck.

Aela the Huntress is a Nord werewolf, a member of the Companions' Inner Circle, and an expert trainer for Archery. She enjoys being a werewolf, and besides Skjor (who gets killed), she's the only one of the Inner Circle who isn't looking for a cure. She's also the one you drink the blood of to become a werewolf yourself.

The reason why she's the Queen is because she's the only one in the Inner Circle who's a woman. She comes from a long line of women who have been Companions since Hrotti Blackblade and grew up in the woods with her father until she was old enough for her Trial to join. Of all of the Companions, she has the most fleshed-out backstory that, you know, dialogue lines have been spoken for.

Overall, not a bad choice, she does seem to come across as the most senior of the Companions by the end of the quest. She's fine.

Ah, King Hagan, the ruler of Brightvale! He is a scholar and a man who has dedicated his life to learning, something he encourages within all of his subjects as well. He is famed for his wisdom and intellect, gives all of his citizens access to good education, and believes that the best decisions come from a position of knowledge and wants his subjects to make the best decisions. He is truly iconic and I salute him as a librarian myself.

Honestly, no notes. King Hagan is a very good choice for the King of Swords. It is intellect, authority, and power carefully wielded.

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Found out through trial and error that a screenshot of Kodlak's in-game model was flagged by Tumblr's mature content filter system even in drafts. This is a functioning website. Somehow Aela wasn't the problem.

Anyway! Finally, we reach Kodlak Whitemane. He's a Nord warrior and the current Harbinger of the Companions before you complete the questline. He hates being a werewolf because it's not going to let him get into Sovngarde. He dies in the questline, because of course he does, since the Dragonborn needs to take over. You have to break into Ysgramor's tomb to cure Kodlak post-mortem. Honestly, it's a cool idea.

In either case, as Harbinger of the Companions, he makes sense as the leader of their assigned suit. He's smarter than he lets on, both in terms of magic despite how modern Nords sneer at it and in terms of determining who has promise among the Companions. I can't think of anyone else I'd put here while still sticking to the factions-only part of this deck.

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Neopets/Skyrim Tarot: Page & Knight of Swords

In the Skyrim Tarot, the Suit of Swords is instead depicted as the Suit of Arms. Refer to this post for my broader Minor Arcana suit complaints.

The Cybunny Scout is a character who we find out later is literally named Scout. Honestly, that's funny enough as is. But she's also a member of the resistance against Dr. Sloth and is shown in the card as hiding and preparing to retaliate as Ylana Skyfire, her would-be assassin, creeps up on her. (And when Dr. Sloth was defeated, Ylana just teleported away and dipped. Frankly, iconic.)

As a scout, Scout makes sense for the Page of Swords. She's inquisitive, stealthy, and gathers information. Other characters I would consider for this position are other squires and knights of Meridell and Brightvale and Altador, but most of those are known to me because I actually played The Darkest Faerie video game and am biased. I think Scout is a fair enough choice.

Farkas is a Nord werewolf and member of the Companions. If you somehow didn't know that the werewolf faction that you join to become a werewolf as the only way to be a werewolf is full of werewolves, I'm sorry for spoiling it for you.

Where was I? Oh, right, Farkas. He's the twin brother of Vilkas, and while he's a full member of the Companions, he's on the lower side of the Inner Circle because he's kind of a dumbass. Everyone treats him like shit because he's not that smart. But that is the appeal for some people.

With the limitation of it being the Companions... Okay, look, I get why you'd use the Inner Circle only. There are five of those and two of them are twins. I maintain that the Companions who aren't part of the Inner Circle - Athis, Njada Stonearm, Ria, and Torvar - could also make sense here. But this is Inner Circle, so sure, Farkas makes the most sense of them.

Lord Kass, my beautiful stupid bitch <3. He's a Darigan Eyrie who used to be a general for Lord Darigan, but got uppity and took over after Lord Darigan was defeated in the first Meridell-Darigan war and decided to start a second one. Which, frankly, he was doing a better job and nearly won. When he failed, he got killed by ghosts. And now, everyone in Meridell and the Darigan Citadel come together to make fun of him with games like Whack-A-Kass aka Kass Basher.

Where was I? Oh, right. Uh. Alternative Knight of Swords could be... I'm gonna be honest, I'm blanking. It's not enough to be a knight or have a sword, it's about the intellect, the ambition, the scheming. It's just... It's just Lord Kass.

The Knight of Arms is Skjor, a Nord werewolf and member of the Inner Circle, and... I'm going to be so real with you, I remember nothing about this dude every time. He's one of the few Companions you can get generic quests from, he helps you get turned into a werewolf through the ceremony where he cuts Aela's arm and you drink it, he may or may not be fucking Aela the Huntress, and then he fucking dies immediately after you become a werewolf because he ran into a fort solo and got murdered by the Silver Hand because he's not a protagonist who can reload saves. Most of the time I never even talk to this man before the werewolf cult moment, which I understand is a skill issue on my part.

Frankly, the only reason I can come up with for him being here is that he's a member of the Inner Circle, which is only five people strong, and they weren't going to put Vilkas in the deck because it's weird to have two twins on different cards in the same suit and they would look exactly the same. It's a fine enough choice with the limitations of the faction-to-suit-to-court in this deck.

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Neopets/Skyrim Tarot: Ace & 6 of Swords

In the Skyrim Tarot, the Suit of Swords is instead depicted as the Suit of Arms. Refer to this post for my broader Minor Arcana suit complaints.

I chose the Ace and Six of each suit for reasons that you will see when we get to the Wands posts, but simply put, the Ace is the embodiment of the suit and the Six is what comes next after the first arc is done (provided you refer to the Ace-to-Five as one arc and Six-to-Ten as the other, splitting the suit evenly down the middle).

The Skyrim Tarot is a pip deck, which visually takes after the Tarot of Marseilles but the meanings are derived from the Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot since that's the most popular type of tarot for divination, as this deck is meant to be used for.

We're back in Meridell already! The Ace of Swords depicts Sir Jeran's paw holding his sword aloft. He was originally from Neopia Central but stumbled through a portal to go back in time and grew up in Meridell, where he grew up to be a knight during the two Meridell-Darigan wars. He's got a little sister, Lisha, who stumbled back in time not long after he did and helped as well. Jeran is the quintessential knight, and his sword is...well, it's not the most iconic sword in Neopia, but it's still a classic knight's sword in design. It's got an average rating of 1 in the Battlepedia, which...yikes.

The thing is, some of the other iconic swords of Neopia appear on other cards, so when you're looking for a classic...sometimes the low-Battledome-rating sword is it.

With the 6 of Swords, we're back to the Cyodrake's Gaze, which we first met on the Chariot! Let's copy and paste what we said there, shall we?

The Cyodrake’s Gaze is both a ship from Shenkuu along with being the name of the plot that introduced us to Shenkuu to begin with. Headed by Captain Tuan the Blue Gnorbu and First Mate Shumi the Green Scorchio, it features a cast of Anshu the Brown Ruki (along with being the Hierophant in this deck) as the ship’s doctor, Bonju the Orange Blumaroo as the ship’s chef (though no one likes his cooking too much…), Hoban the Yellow Aisha as the ship’s navigator, Kentari the Yellow Shoyru as the weapons handler, Linae the Pink Kougra who just helps out whenever she’s needed instead of having a dedicated role, and Orrin the Red Nimmo who keeps stock of the inventory.

Unlike before, the 6 of Swords is more focused on the crew itself. Hoban is checking the maps for a journey to Mystery Island, and everyone else is getting ready for the trip and to see what Hoban decides. If Bonju is looking a little...tense, don't worry about it, I'm sure no one is going to wind up overboard. It's fine.

For a card that represents moving forward from a painful time, implying through the guidebook that it's before a bit of unauthorized swimming is an interesting choice, but it also emphasizes the grudges. It's a fascinating pick.

Meanwhile, over in Skyrim, we have something that does promise to be interesting. The Arms suit is full of weapons, of course, but the Ace depicts none other than Wuunthrad (and some other swords that we don't care about). This axe was once wielded by Ysgramor, the leader of the original Five Hundred Companions, and part of the Companions questline involves gathering fragments of it in order to honor it...and then some other things happen but don't worry about that.

As an in-game weapon, it's...fine? It has the same base power as a Daedric Battleaxe and is slightly lighter with the same swing speed and reach. It deals 1.2 times damage to Dunmer, Altmer, Bosmer, and Falmer, so if you're on Solstheim, getting ready to deal with the Thalmor Embassy, or delving into Dwemer ruins attached to caves, it has its use. It can also be enchanted to actually do something with magic, but the display text doesn't change to show that, so you have to be really careful. Not the best, far from the worst, but you have to be doing something very specific to get full use out of the racism axe.

It is, however, the quintessential Companions weapon. That's part of what the whole questline was about, along with the werewolf thing.

Then they also add glass swords to it through the suit along with more than one Wuuthrad, and... Look, I've made my distaste of pip decks obvious. We don't need to keep beating Arvak.

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Neopets/Skyrim Tarot: Ace & 6 of Wands

In the Skyrim Tarot, the Suit of Wands is instead depicted as the Suit of Spells. Refer to this post for my broader Minor Arcana suit complaints.

Now that we're finally at the Wands posts, I can explain why I chose these cards! And it call comes down to the depictions of the Six of Wands. See, in the Skyrim Tarot, it alternates between having the Eye of Magnus/Eye of Shalidor symbol and banners depicting the schools of magic (minus Enchanting, sorry Enchanting) but before the Six of Spells, it's not depicting all of them (or even any of them consistently). In the Six of Spells, you can finally see all five banners plus the Eye instead of the Eye kicking one of the schools out like it does on the Five of Spells. Likewise, the Six of Wands in the Neopets Tarot depicts Roberta, who is close to my heart because she is one of the protagonists of The Darkest Faerie video game that I played on the Playstation 2 as a wee child. So it's nostalgia that conveniently lines up with the mess that the Skyrim Tarot left. But let's take it from the top in each section, yeah?

Simply put, the Ace is the embodiment of the suit and the Six is what comes next after the first arc is done (provided you refer to the Ace-to-Five as one arc and Six-to-Ten as the other, splitting the suit evenly down the middle).

The Skyrim Tarot is a pip deck, which visually takes after the Tarot of Marseilles but the meanings are derived from the Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot since that's the most popular type of tarot for divination, as this deck is meant to be used for.

Lisha is a young Yellow Aisha from Neopia Central who, after seeing a portrait of her long-lost brother Jeran in a museum, went back in time to old Meridell to help him alongside her friends. Lisha has been trying to be a wizard and hero for a long while, and the Ace of Wands shows her early on in that effort.

She's shown up in the Five of Swords too, alongside her friends, but here she gets the focus as the start of the journey through the Wands. She's a fitting example compared to other, more established magic-users.

Princess Roberta, meanwhile, is a Blue Acara and the niece of King Hagan (and presumably King Skarl too) who used to be a diplomat but undertook training to be a sorceress, and now runs a scrollshop in Brightvale. The Six of Wands depicts her just after the events of The Darkest Faerie game, where she has succeeded in saving the world alongside Sir Tormund Ellis and is now coming back home. (They might also be dating now? News to me.)

For a card about triumph and success and the recognition thereof, I think this is some great framing, and I am very excited to see Roberta again.

Alright, now let's discuss the eye imagery used by mages in the Elder Scrolls universe. There are two things by three names you need to know about: the Aurbic Eye, the Eye of Shalidor, and the Eye of Magnus.

The Aurbic Eye, depicted above in both Oblivion (not Remastered) and Elder Scrolls Online, is named for Aurbis, the pre-Anu and Padomay nothingness, and is symbolic of a connection to the magicka essence of Nirn. Basically, mages (particularly the Mages Guild and the Order of the Lamp, in order of pictures above) think eyes are cool. It's like the sideways anime eye that teenagers typically draw on their school notebooks.

The Eye of Shalidor aka the Eye of Magnus is two names used interchangeably for the third image, which is used almost exclusively for the College of Winterhold who hold Shalidor in high regard. Shalidor was this First Era to Second Era Nord who was really fucking powerful and nobody else compared to him, yada yada. Point being, with the College of Winterhold being the place that most mages go to in Skyrim, they care more about him than about Aurbis. Magnus, meanwhile, was a powerful et'Ada who literally became the sun because he dipped out while the Aedra and kind of the Daedra created the world. The Eye of Magnus is this orb that shows up in the College of Winterhold quest and looks nothing like the Eye of Shalidor depiction, but his Staff also shows up while they're all chucklefucking around. It's a whole thing.

Point being, it makes sense for this to appear as the main thing in the Spells suit. It's simple iconography that is repeated around the College of Winterhold and directly related to its questline.

Now, because Skyrim cut back on many of its skills and roleplaying game elements to create something of a slash and hack sandbox, Mysticism got cut from the list of schools, leaving us with five (and Enchanting, which is an action, not a school of magic, because Enchanting has effects from all of the schools): Alteration, Conjuration, Destruction, Illusion, and Restoration. On the count up from Two to Five, only some of the schools were depicted:

All of the schools (trust me, I have unaired comments about having extra iconography on the Ace that isn't actually part of it in a PIP DECK)

Two Eyes of Shalidor/Magnus

One Eye of Shalidor/Magnus, Conjuration banner, Destruction banner

One Eye of Shalidor/Magnus, Alteration banner, Destruction banner, Illusion banner

One Eye of Shalidor/Magnus, Conjuration banner, Alteration banner, Illusion banner, Destruction banner

Only on the Six of Spells do we see all of the schools, which now includes a Restoration banner because Skyrim's running joke is that Restoration "is a perfectly valid school of magic" and the member of the College of Winterhold faculty responsible for it is an in-universe punching bag.

It really is a happy coincidence that the 6 of Spells has all of them alongside my bias towards showing off Roberta in the Neopets deck.

From this point onwards from Seven to Ten, the addition to each card just adds more Eyes of Shalidor/Magnus.

Overall, a fair enough design, it's interesting to have the banners there and they are a little small on the card, but they're a lovely stylistic choice.

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Neopets/Skyrim Tarot: Queen & King of Pentacles

In the Skyrim Tarot, the Suit of Pentacles is instead depicted as the Suit of Lockpicks. Refer to this post for my broader Minor Arcana suit complaints.

Ah, Queen Amira! She's the eldest daughter of King Coltzan III who took over ruling Sakhmet after he was poisoned and died. Our aroace queen because despite getting suitors lined up out the door due to her beauty and intelligence, she's turning them all down flat...even when Jazan tried to terrify her into accepting his proposal. As the Queen of Pentacles, she is a perfect fit - she rules alone and is bringing her kingdom and city back to its former glory, despite everything going on.

Honestly, no notes, 10 out of 10 choice for the Queen of Pents.

Let's scoot back to Skyrim and pick things up with Vex. This Imperial thief is the Master trainer for Lockpicking, the one who pays you for the No Stone Unturned quest, the best infiltrator that the guild has, and hands out the burglary, shill, sweep and heist jobs in case you want to do a generic quest for some quick cash.

She's been around a while, and as far as women in the Thieves Guild go, she's the best option for the Queen. With Karliah having left the guild for a while and the only other woman being Sapphire (who we saw on the Page), she makes sense.

King Skarl of Meridell as the King of Pentacles is a very interesting choice. The entirety of King Skarl's character is that he's constantly hungry and greedy with a foul temper. This is not the typical route that people choose when depicting a King of Pentacles and provides a very interesting nuance. Where there is plenty, there is still those who take a lot of it. Meridell is also a very rural kingdom with vast farmland, which also helps cement it in this suit.

He is also the brother of King Hagan and an unnamed sibling who is the parent of their shared niece, Princess Roberta. Overall, a fascinating choice for the King of Pentacles. I'm not sure who else I would pick for it, since this brings in some interesting nuance.

(And no, I couldn't find a large and good-quality image of Skarl, and I tried.)

Heeeere he is, Mercer Frey, fuckwad of the first degree! This Breton thief is the guildmaster of the Thieves Guild when you first join, was part of the Nightingale Trinity, and betrayed Karliah, stole the Skeleton Key from Nocturnal, and murdered Gallus, who was the guildmaster before Mercer was.

Honestly, as the King of Lockpicks and the guildmaster of the Thieves Guild, I can't think of anyone better for this. I just want to punch his face forever.

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Chat help, I'm trying to work on the Skyrim and Neopets comparison posts and Aela's boobs already got it automatically content-moderated in my drafts before I even posted it. Can't use an in-game model I guess.

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IT HAPPENED A SECOND TIME WHEN I TRIED TO ADD AN IMAGE OF KODLAK AFTER MAKING A BRAND NEW POST AND NOT ADDING AELA'S PICTURE.

LOCAL OLD MAN DECLARED TOO FUCKABLE BY TUMBLR AUTOMATED SYSTEM.

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IT WASN'T EVEN AELA. I MADE TWO TEST POSTS.

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Chat help, I'm trying to work on the Skyrim and Neopets comparison posts and Aela's boobs already got it automatically content-moderated in my drafts before I even posted it. Can't use an in-game model I guess.

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IT HAPPENED A SECOND TIME WHEN I TRIED TO ADD AN IMAGE OF KODLAK AFTER MAKING A BRAND NEW POST AND NOT ADDING AELA'S PICTURE.

LOCAL OLD MAN DECLARED TOO FUCKABLE BY TUMBLR AUTOMATED SYSTEM.

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Chat help, I'm trying to work on the Skyrim and Neopets comparison posts and Aela's boobs already got it automatically content-moderated in my drafts before I even posted it. Can't use an in-game model I guess.

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Neopets/Skyrim Tarot: Page & Knight of Pentacles

Man, it's been a hot minute since I updated this series, huh? Let's get back into it with this post and see what happens.

In the Skyrim Tarot, the Suit of Pentacles is instead depicted as the Suit of Lockpicks. Refer to this post for my broader Minor Arcana suit complaints.

Once more, we'll start with the Neopets Tarot's Page. Zaira is an Air Faerie and is the apprentice of Kari the Negg Faerie. When Kari is busy running the Festival of Neggs every year, Zaira takes over running the Neggery. There's not a lot of lore for her because she is, like many Neopets characters, incredibly in the background. It's truly like that when you have an entire planet of characters to name and set as characters.

Overall, not a bad choice for the Page of Pentacles, though she's a fairly forgettable character. Wholeass, I didn't even know she existed until I got the deck because I don't fuck around with Neggs. Very interesting to pick an Air Faerie for the Earth suit, though...

Meanwhile, our Page of Lockpicks is Sapphire, a Nord thief and - naturally - member of the Thieves Guild in Riften. She's got a traumatic backstory, a strong focus on having debts repaid, and turns out to be the niece of fellow Thieves Guild member Delvin Mallory. She refuses to share her real name with anyone and, if you bring her a letter from her father Glover (by stealing it of course, because you're a Thieves Guild member too if you're doing this), gives you an exquisite sapphire for your trouble. This guild is literally a family business at this point.

My only complaint is that, despite likely being on the younger end given her...everything, she's not exactly new to her suit. She's already established in the guild. Then again, in-universe, it's not like the Thieves Guild is drawing in new members every five minutes despite Brynjolf's attempts. Though speaking of... Well, we'll get there.

But before we get to Brynjolf, we need to talk about Sir Tormund Ellis of Meridell. Ironically, despite being an actual knight, he's pictured in this deck before his adventure to defeat the Darkest Faerie.

Do I have some nostalgia because I literally started playing video games with that game? Yes. Yes I do. Never did make it past Brightvale though...

Now, the important stuff to know about Tor is that he's the elder of two children and was training to run a forge like his father alongside working the family farm. He always wanted to be a knight instead, but some lessons about hard work made it into his thick skull before he set off for Meridell. And his first duty as a knight was to go after the others who were investigating weird things happening in Illusen's Glade - and Illusen, as established, is an Earth Faerie.

But to be entirely honest here, Knight of Pentacles is a strange one for Tor. Personally, I'd call him a Knight of Wands, but...well. We'll get there when we get there. (And considering how long it took me to get this post out, uh, it may be a while.)

To be entirely honest, Brynjolf is the perfect choice for the Knight of Pentacles, especially because he goes out of his way to avoid becoming the King of Pentacles (cough, the Guildmaster) during the Thieves' Guild quest. Like with Tor, I can't accuse him of being slow and enduring a la the Knight of Pentacles's usual descriptor, but in the hierarchy he absolutely fits here to begin with. He's Mercer's go-between for giving orders to newer members according to the Prima game guide, he's the frontman up in the market scouting out marks, and he's the one scoping out recruits.

Honestly I feel like there's not much else to talk about with Brynjolf because he's one of the few Skyrim NPCs that everyone knows about. He's got a very unique voice type. He calls your character lad/lass. And as far as we know, he's just always been part of the Thieves' Guild, because he doesn't mention family outside or any part of his backstory.

So, with the fact that the suit is renamed to Lockpicks and focused on the Thieves Guild, and with the disclaimer that I don't particularly care about Brynjolf as a character, I have to admit that he's a good enough choice for it. There are worse options, so at least they did good here with the characters they chose.

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Hello, Jasper! hopefully this reading isn't too heavy. My name's Max (he/she/fae), and I feel like giving prior context is better for my ask.

Context: I've been feeling heavy for a while, and finally felt like I could do an egg cleanse. oh boy. the results were NASTY with a lot of cobwebs. a few days later I did another one, which was slightly better but still not good.

I'm quite unsure whether the issue is external (I've suspected being cursed/hexed for a while now, but I can't be too sure), or internal (I won't go in depth, but I'm going through a rough patch emotionally, which is causing me a lot of uncertainty and confusion). So my question is, is whatever needs to be cleansed something leaning the external world or the internal? or if this counts as making you carve my path (I'm sorry! this is my first reading ever, I don't think it breaks tos but I can't be sure.), what measures can I take in order to protect myself? no deck in particular, just choose whichever resonates! thank you!

Good evening, Max! Your deck for this evening shall be the illustrious Wild Mystic Oracle by Anastasia Catris. I gave it the instructions to give me an upright card for external or a reversed card for internal while explaining your situation to it, and so it has given me Octopus - Adaptation upright.

Octopus as a card represents adapting to new situations, flexibility, and adjustment, just like octopi themselves do - through camouflage, through mimicking, through being boneless and squeezing through things, through physically removing themselves from the water for a bit, and through regenerating lost limbs or shielding themselves with shells and debris. As a card, it encourages you to adapt to your surroundings with ease adn agility, to think on your feet and outside the box.

It may also point to reading the situation from a new angle or take a new approach to the problem. What may be affecting you may not be a curse or hex outright, but could have the same effect. External factors are the notable ones at play, potentially including other people or other entities.

As for the spell work portion of this reading, this card is associated with Water; with balsam, peppermint, campanula, and camphor; with cerussite, blue chalcedony, bloodstone, and brown jade; and with moving to a new home or country, travel magic, and aid in seeing an alternative path through a difficult situation.

I hope this reading helps in some way, Max, and I'm thankful that you entrusted me with it. As for something about protection, you may enjoy scrolling through the protection section of @jasper-grimoire to see what I have stored there that you can use either outright or as inspiration.

Best of luck to you, Max! If you feel so inclined, please feel free to send feedback in my ask box, leave feedback in a reblog of this reading, and/or reblog my reading guidelines!

~Jasper

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Hello, Max here! I'm feeling a bit drained, and I haven't quite been able to discern the results of this reading yet - but I'd still argue that it feels really accurate so far. I don't really know what to make of being affected by something external to the point of it being akin to a curse butttt I am a very short-sighted person and struggle to see multiple sides to one situation so it feels like the card is also calling me out on that lmao. I have been changing and adapting a lot these few years, so it really makes sense.

About the spell part, it's funny because last year I lived somewhere abroad for a few months, and I find myself wishing to be there again more often than not. And I particularly have certain issues with activities related to water, mainly making sure I drink enough (lol) and showering. So it somehow also feels like it's related to that.

And thank you so much for giving me the link to your protection section! I need to look at it further, but for what I've seen so far it's really helpful! thank you so much for the reading and for the helpful advice, it really helps out :]

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Hi Jasper, it’s NJ again (they/them.) Could I please ask for a reading about a spirit I asked about before I call “S?” (he/him) I was told by another reader that we had friendly energy between us but we’ve grown apart, so could you please check to see if I could start up a friendly connection between us again? Thank you!

Hello again NJ, let me preface this with a regular reminder:

I am not good at entity-related readings. This is why I do not normally offer them.

I am also going to rephrase this question into something actionable, which is How can NJ start up a friendly connection with S again? - That way it actually gives you something actionable to work with. For this reading, I am using the Hemiptarot by Ladybeadle Works, my newest deck, and it has given you the Six of Pentacles upright.

This is a card about charity, giving freely to others, and letting people share in your fortune. While the Pentacles are associated with Earth and the material world, it's about all forms of abundance and prosperity. It's embodied in this deck in the spots of a ladybug, which is a symbol of good luck. This is about the home, food, work, money, and possessions alongside physical health and one's connection to their own body and the Earth. Being a Six, it also comes after the backslide that is the Five, meaning that while things have been difficult, you're past the worst of it and can move forward more consistently again.

The way I see it is that this is telling you to reach out to S yourself and do nice things for him without the expectation of reward. If you've seen something you think he would like or have made something for him, go ahead and give it. You have to initiate the reconnection.

I hope this helps, NJ! If you feel so inclined, please feel free to send feedback in my ask box, leave feedback in a reblog of this reading, and/or reblog my reading guidelines!

~Jasper

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