Tarot Cards

When rummaging through her parents’ storage room, Diane found a deck of tarot cards belonging to her late grandmother. Equipped with a working knowledge of how to spread, having spent considerable time researching various spiritual practices and disciplines, Diane began reading tarot with increasing frequency and thoroughness. She currently reads her tarot at least once a day, often redealing several times until she is satisfied with her results.

Diane has developed emotional feelings about certain tarot suits. For example, she strongly dislikes the suit of swords because, she protests, “they always mean something bad.” While her estimation of this suit may be generally accurate, her revulsion to it implies deeper psychological investment: we believe that she subconsciously loathes swords because, in many ways, they represent the condition of her inner psyche. Considering this, it is unsurprising that Diane favors the minor arcana suit of cups above all others. Her desire for an romantic partner coupled with her intuition that “they always mean something good” make the cup suit, which is associated with water, emotions, and love, a kind of pot-of-gold fantasy omen for her, as well as a talisman against the volatility of her disorders.

We consider Diane’s obsession with tarot to be a significant cause of many of her current nightmares.