After all this time, I still haven’t forgotten my card reading skills. I don’t read cards as much as I once did, but once in a while I’ll use the cards as a form of meditation.
No, the cards don’t power on their own. At least, I don’t think they do. However, I find they’re useful for directing my thoughts and bringing any insight that I have buried deep in the mind all the way to the surface. That being said, sometimes I surprise myself with these things.
Earlier, this afternoon, I had waken up from a long nap. I was feeling kind of down. I’m moving back to Waterloo on the 1st of May. I don’t mind moving back. I’m sure that the two weeks between now and then is going to pass rather quickly. However, I was still having the dilemma of how long I should stay at work. I mean, my work experience hasn’t been exactly the greatest. So, I was tossing around the idea of working until the 22nd. That would give me a week off, but I would miss out on one week of pay. If I choose to stay until the 29th, I’ll get the extra cash, but it would be a great struggle to stay interested. It was a decision between 5 or 10 more days of sitting around, looking busy. I was leaning towards staying the full duration, if only because I’m a greedy bastard.
This problem has been on my mind for a long time. After my nap, I got up and noticed that my deck of Rider-Waite cards was by the bed. I thought “why not?” So, I grabbed the deck and asked “how much longer should I work?” I shuffled several times, then drew a card from the middle. Out of 78 cards, I pull out the 10 of Wands (pictured above).
Oy!
The 10 of Wands generally has a meaning of carrying a burden of sorts, but following through with things. In the Crowley-Thoth deck, the keyword for the 10 of Wands is “oppression.” In the Rider-Waite picture, you see this guy hunched over, carrying ten batons. The load seems particularly heavy, but it doesn’t look like he’s going to drop it until he gets to his destination. Also, the significance of the number 10 was not lost on me.
So, there. On Monday, I’m going to inform the appropriate people that I’m staying all the way until the 29th. The cards didn’t order me to do so. It just confirmed what I was thinking of all along.
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