#pathfinders deck

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Feedback is appreciated! I was able to understand most of these, but the last one about killed my brain @__@ I don’t often use this deck because it’s more of an oracle style, but my head kept bugging me to use the Pathfinders deck instead.

For the coming spring, the boar is guiding you. Think of the strength and determination that the wild boar are known for. With spring comes new opportunities, and this creature is here to remind you to not be fearful of any coming changes.

Be cautious however. You know the boar can be rather temperamental. Ignore the creature and you may find yourself on the wrong end of things.

In summer, the boar sends you to the elephant within it's element. Patience, long memories, and family are all what binds the elephant together. In these three things comes it's strength, and you'd do well to not forget them. This old friend knows what family means to many people, and the trials that come with it.

The elephant's memory is long, and family is it's binding tie. Quietly it will support you regardless of the direction things go under the summer sun. Remember your rock and you will have support.

Autumn and all it's brisk weather leads you to the walrus and the seals. For some, this is a great time for creativity, and these creatures, living in two different worlds, can definitely lend you their help if you choose to accept it. Seals are known to be playful, but the walrus also does tend to have a slightly more aggressive side to it.

Things might get tense as it gets cooler, but tackle problems as they come by maintaining your cool and thinking outside the box.

Winter leads you to warmth and work with the dingos and dhole. This... is harder for me to read, simply because of my own comprehension level. This season may be either a time for you to shine, or one where you tread carefully as these creatures live in a duality. They can be loyal pets and wild animals, they threaten certain animals with extinction and yet they themselves are in danger of this.

Ultimately, however, these creatures do still enjoy playing and romping just like any other free-spirited dog. Just mind the teeth if things get too... excited.

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What negative feelings am I holding on to?

Ferret (Rx)

Ferrets are the lovable critters that are wriggly, furry noodles that tackle life as if it were an amazing and adventurous game. The thing to keep in mind with this is that the ferret can go too far. Thankfully, the playful eagerness of the ferret in this card is tempered by the looming presence of a badger. Normally the ferret is balanced by the badger, but in reverse the badger finds itself needing to be balanced by the ferret instead.

Why am I holding onto these feelings?

Gazelle

Part of the card talks about survival, but the thing also with this card is that it shows three types of antelope - Thomson’s Gazelle, pronghorn, and an impala. These are all herding creatures and as a prey species, fight or flight ability is incredibly important to them. As an apex predator though, there is little need for you to be concerned with a fight or flight response. (Did you know that the pronghorn is native to NA? Specifically the US.)

What is the first step in extinguishing my negative feelings?

Turtle

Patience. Harmony. Practicality. Three words that describe (most) turtles accurately. Wisdom is another very good word. And, as with most turtles (tortoises really), it takes time. Nothing major changes overnight unless there’s a explosion. Take your time with this change, it will come eventually, so don’t berate yourself if it’s not going as quickly as you’d like. When change happens, it will happen. Take time to breathe and learn. Then you’ll be able to attain that.

How can I bring positive feelings and experiences into my life?

Rodent

I. Did not expect that. The rodent includes not only the mouse and rat, but also the shrew, capybara, and a creature called the bilby. The mouse advises caution and frugal use whereas the rat encourages social activity and resourcefulness. The shrew can be seen as an annoying creature, but it does also yield a strong determination in what it does. The capybara reminds you to just be... relaxed. If you force it to happen, it will either run and hide or it will flat out ignore you. Worst case scenario? It’ll bite, and bite hard. If you just let it happen, then it will happen. 

The turtle and the rodent, whichever one you choose to follow, work together here. If you try to force this change, you’ll only grind to a halt. Let things happen as they will, but be aware of helping the change come.

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Can I have a reading? :) Thanks. I am a Libra, my name is Julia, and I am 16 if that helps.

Absolutely :D I shuffled 8 times before pulling, 7 for Libra and your age plus one for luck.

The three cards I pulled for you were from my Pathfinders deck, to get more experience with it.

Shark, Hummingbird, and Ferret.

These three together are a bit of sweet and sour as I was looking for some general guidance for you, anything you needed to know. These cards circle each other it seems.

While the shark is a symbol of stamina and keen senses, it is also known to us as a creature of relentless aggression and pursuit once it scents prey. It can be a bit of a double-edged sword if it gets in too deep, too much ambition can lead to hurting friends.

The hummingbird is all about finding the beauty in life, love and sweetness, and feeling the joy and sense of fulfillment from such acts, be they simple or not. They also represent endurance and confidence in performing daily tasks and keeping your route or direction so that you don’t sway from it. Keep your head up and stick to it! If you have to, fake it ‘til you make it! (I’m sure you’ve heard that phrase a few times.)

Ferrets! Play and fun and curiosity! If you’ve seen a ferret play or hoard things you can see their excitement and approach to life and tackling of tasks - they approach all as if it were a game. Even if that leads to trouble, doubtless it was an interesting, if not exciting, adventure to get there.

All in all, if that doesn’t make much sense to you, while all the cards exhibit their own strength, the shark is definitely your strength of will card, and while you may have ambition, or that you might need to seek it out, but you need to be careful with it. The way it’s tempered is with the hummingbird and ferret. Take joy in the simple things and find ways to have fun in your path - keep your head up and don’t be deterred from the route you take. It is yours and you’ll kick ass and have fun while you’re on it, but be careful that it doesn’t land you in hot water in the way the shark might with it’s relentlessness.

Oh dear god please let this make sense to you I tend to overthink things and I think I overthought the phrasing at the end but I’m not sure PLEASEGIVEMEFEEDBACK. I DON’T USE THESE CARDS OFTEN.

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What advice can you give me (about the recent news I was given)?

Moon Garden tarot

Page of Staffs (Rv)

(Without looking up definition; interpretation may be skewed due to news)

Normally this page is pretty happy go lucky, head in the clouds and filled with wonder as he clings to the rod with one hand. This in reverse, or blocked as it may, has him falling, or crashing, and that hand is holding for a different reason. Pages are messengers, and he's saying hang on. His wonder-filled gaze seems almost fearful, but the rod is firm.

Pathfinders Animal Totems

Butterfly

(Personal description)

Right off I know this is a card of change. That's the number one thing that butterflies are associated with. Another thing they're associated with is illusion. There will be change, but it might not be even what I'm expecting it to be. While, yes, this could be in consideration with what I've learned, it may well be for something else entirely, so I probably shouldn't keep all my eggs in one basket with this card.

Booklet description under cut.

Page of Staffs

They do bring warnings or otherwise alert to misunderstandings. While I'm not too far off, the Wand/Staff set are typically pretty energetic, so this reversal could even make them aggressive with their notices or excited enough that they can't resist showing off. (Combo book/Aeclectic)

This is also a good description of the card in reverse, but I don't think it really applies here.

Butterflies

One thing I didn't associate with them was that they are also associated with joy provided the change is accepted and welcomed. They're messengers themselves, I think, and... hah, that's mean. That's really, really mean.

The butterfly comes to the hurt and ill to ask them to allow joy into their lives

I'm... gonna go over there for now.

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Day 3 for the lovely FEEEESH.

What do I need to focus on?

What is stopping me from focusing?

How can I focus more?

I'm using my Pathfinder's deck for this one.

This deck and I get along kinda so-so. Let's see how this goes.

And I was shuffling the deck and I randomly had the Squirrel fall out of the deck. This may be what represents you.

Squirrel

We all know the squirrel for being rather zany and energetic, almost ADHD tendencies, but one thing we don't typically associate it with is it's persistence and attention to detail. The squirrel is a precise creature that has to pay attention to all things, it's energy being what helps keep it alive. Give it enough time and it'll solve most puzzles (you know how they get with certain birdfeeders).

You are aware of things, but you might also pay just too much attention as well.

What do I need to focus on?

I found the Scarab in reply to this.

The scarab is well known to most of due to The Mummy series and it being associated with life and death (mostly death, though, as it tended to be rather.. ravenous).

However, most actual legends surrounding this creature are that of life. They are the dung beetles. One may see this as rather gross, but they're the subject of an interesting (in my opinion) belief. Believed to spontaneously generate due to the parent scarab(s) rolling dung and taking it to where their young hide, they are seen as as symbols of renewal and defiance of death as the young feed on the nutrients within it and then emerge as adults.

With this card and the question at hand on what to focus on, it seems that there might be something that needs to be let go. It's time to focus on the future and renewing yourself.

 What is stopping me from focusing?

The Okapi was drawn for this question.

The okapi is associated with quiet, silence, and resistance to action. You've been restraining yourself, staying quiet... Sitting in the back of the room while acting like you know none of the answers in class, I suppose. You need to break away from this, raise your hand and answer questions. Don't let others have the limelight, let yourself have some of it as well.

As I would tell my younger self, put down a book for a few minutes and talk to your classmates - it doesn't have to be for very long.. The book will still be there, and you'll grow for it.

How can I focus more?

Somehow I drew the Panda for this.

Both of these creatures, the "traditional" panda with the black and white, and the red panda, have masks. While that is part of their charm, it also shows that we have false faces we wear (I had a terrible habit of this in high school, or so I might have deluded myself).

Part of the issue you may have is that these last three creatures, the okapi and both pandas, have some semblance of masks. While the pandas wear their masks on their faces, the okapi wears it on their legs, the stripes they have that resemble zebra stripes.

The way you can focus more is by being yourself, I guess. As cliche as it sounds. Don't hide in the shadows. Don't hide your face. Go ahead and just do.

... If that makes any sense.

I swear I'll upload pictures at some point for you.

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Alrighty! First post on my tarot sideblog! :D

I'm doing day 10 of the #SpreadADay thingie by ArcaneMysteries and RagabashWitch.

Day 10 questions!

If I were someone else, how would they see me?

How would they judge me?

How would they like me?

Day 10 Deck! Pathfinders Animal Totem deck! 

1.) Wolf (Rx)

This... kinda makes me sad. Normally the wolf, to me, would be all loyalty and power and courage, but in reverse it shows cowardice, betrayal, laziness... Eek. I'm sorry world =\

2.) Whoopsie, two cards. Cat (Rx) over Panda! Red panda showing.

Cat in reverse... that seems to spell clumsiness, annoyance, and generally getting in the way... But for all of this, the red panda is still super adorable, but the masks they both have seem to show a negative emotion. The red panda is clinging to a branch, so there might be some fear in that negative emotion.

3.) Lynx. I had a coworker pull this for me to see how it'd work out. Interesting.

The lynx generally has an air of mysticism around it and... yeah, I really don't want to bullshit this one. The card doesn't speak to me much, but the description that goes with it is that it seems to harbor secrets, so that could well be my Director's influence on my coworker, that I'm not to be trusted and that I'm not telling the whole story.