Tarot

And I will stand the hazard of the die

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Monday, November 16th, 2009 Tarot 1 Comment

She dropped a tear more rare than pearl

I can­not help but feel sheep­ishly guilty that I’ve neg­lected to post any­thing – any­thing – at all. Having elided details about the first half of September until now, I hope I can write down some of my med­it­a­tions here.

I feel slightly over­whelmed by my course­load this term, but I’m not sur­prised in the least. It is just as, if not more, chal­len­ging than I had pre­dicted to juggle so many courses. I can’t really say which courses I enjoy the most, but I feel that I have a rather well-​rounded group of instruct­ors. If I weren’t so eas­ily intim­id­ated, I would love to meet them personally.

My extra­cur­ricular activ­it­ies have kept me rather busy. I can’t really say that I didn’t expect it, but I’m sur­prised by the intens­ity with which they come at me. I worry that calls for my resig­na­tion are merely pending; I fear that I hear whis­pers of my incom­pet­ence echo in the hal­lowed halls. I hope I don’t disappoint.

Work! It’s taken so much of my time, but it’s really rather reward­ing if frus­trat­ing. I’m cur­rently on the fence about tutor­ing – I feel as if I don’t have the time but I really enjoy doing it. I’m sure my stu­dents can find other tutors but that thought doesn’t assuage my guilt-​ridden mind.

At any rate, it’s time to keep my chin up and get set for a very inter­est­ing term indeed. I bought a lab coat today so I finally feel as if I’m a real sci­ent­ist. Huzzah!

Optimism pre­vails!

  1. Five of Wands
  2. Ten of Wands
  3. Three of Pentacles
  4. King of Swords
  5. Eight of Pentacles
  6. The Hermit
  7. The Sun
  8. Seven of Cups
  9. The High Priestess
  10. Justice
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009 Academics, Justin the Tutor, Meditations, Minischool, SUS, Tarot 1 Comment

Who knows upon what soil they fed

  1. Wheel of Fortune
  2. Ace of Wands
  3. The High Priestess
  4. Seven of Cups
  5. The Sun
  6. The Hermit
  7. Eight of Pentacles
  8. King of Swords
  9. Knight of Cups
  10. Two of Pentacles

Reflection: I sup­pose this all has to do with school and work which are forth­com­ing. I see a lot that has to do with change and a lot that has to do with self-​reflection. Looks like the fun and games are over, it’s going to be hard work!

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009 Tarot 1 Comment

Thy firmness makes my circle just

  1. King of Swords
  2. Knight of Cups
  3. The Hermit
  4. Two of Wands
  5. Three of Swords
  6. Ten of Swords
  7. Three of Wands
  8. Seven of Cups
  9. Ace of Pentacles
  10. The Sun

A close friend of mine recently announced her imme­di­ate depar­ture to study law in Hong Kong for the next four years. I con­tinue to vacil­late among feel­ings of dis­be­lief, of delight and of dumb shock.

It’s strangely illu­min­at­ing, hav­ing someone leave my life so sud­denly and so imme­di­ately. It makes me feel like a fixed point in time and space, anchored to my life in Vancouver while someone travels across time (dif­fer­ences) and space to settle down some­where else. I feel strangely like the Time Traveler’s Wife, inap­pro­pri­ately enough.

I was never someone good at say­ing farewell.

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009 Friends and Acquaintances, Meditations, Tarot 2 Comments

Well, well, go and play till the light fades away

  1. Two of Cups
  2. The Star
  3. The Hanged Man
  4. The Magician
  5. Eight of Cups
  6. Seven of Wands
  7. Page of Swords
  8. Ten of Cups
  9. Ten of Pentacles
  10. Six of Pentacles

Hm? How unex­pec­tedly for­tu­it­ous! I’m curi­ous as to what the influ­ence of the Eight of Cups presents and what the Seven of Wands brings but the Hanged Man and the Magician seem well-​placed. How lucky I must be to have both the Ten of Cups and the Ten of Pentacles hanging around!

Something tells me that this will be a magical time. I can’t waste it!

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009 Tarot No Comments