Tarot post mark 6.

[harpbeat]

I believe enough time has passed since my last set of Tarot readings. Would anyone like one today?

[A deck is on the table in front of her.]

Simply focus on your question while shuffling the deck, and inform me of your question when you return the deck to me. Then I can read your fortune.

[Any game, any character will be read with a real shuffling of a real Tarot deck!]

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[harpbeat]

[If the laughter is disturbing, it doesn't show from her friendly expression.]

It depends on how you look at things - the lesson of the Hanged Man. Sir, there are many, many goals in this world that one can pursue. If you focus too much on ones that are unattainable, you lose sight of what you could gain. The Hanged Man chooses to surrender in order to succeed in other respects.

[itsasteamroller]

...Fair enough. My main point is the assumption that there's such a thing as "unattainable" goals in the first place. It seems a little defeatist.

[harpbeat]

[She holds up a finger.]

Let us say, just for example, that there is someone you hate. I myself have such a group of people. Now, you could surely spend your energy trying to take vengeance on these people for slights against you, and I would hardly call you wrong for doing so - but in time you may realize that there is no way to seriously harm these people while safely remaining in your position of health and happiness.

In that case, do you continue trying to take revenge and jeopardize your freedom or your life, or do you prioritize your own well-being? There is a reason the phrase 'or die trying' is so popular, but the Hanged Man urges against that kind of thinking.

This is, of course, an extreme example. I live a violent kind of life, so it came to mind first.