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Backwards Tarot Prompts

A quick exercise where the situation comes first, and then we choose a card to represent it.
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Inspired by this post on Llewellyn's blog by Susan Chang, here's a quick exercise where the situation comes first, and then we choose a card to represent it.

For the prompt, you can use the one the person before you used or add your own, whichever you prefer. One option is to use a prompt generator like this one.

Then choose the card that best represents that prompt in whatever tarot deck you're considering. You can explain why you chose that card, or you can just quickly tell us the card and deck.


(It's not about picking a "correct" card. Decks vary, and as the post linked above says, one person might choose The Chariot (their car) for "running errands" while another might choose the Knight of Wands (on a mission))

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prompt from generator: "hit the books"

Princess of Disks - Thoth

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prompt from generator: "eating spaghetti"

10 of Wands - Thoth
(I'm not oppressed by spaghetti! :P It just looks like pasta sauce and 2 utensils.)
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prompt from generator: "watching the paint dry"

4 of Cups - RWS

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prompt from generator: "washing a dog"

Hanged Man - Tabula Mundi
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prompt from generator: "egg on your face"

5 of Coins - Fantastic Menagerie


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prompt from generator: "trying to stay awake in a boring class"

8 of Cups - Tabula Mundi
(heavy Saturn in Pisces)
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prompt from generator: "on the same page"

3 of Pentacles - RWS

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prompt from generator: "ironing a shirt"

Ace of Wands - Thoth
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prompt from generator: "your eyes are bigger than your stomach"

9 of Cups - RWS


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prompt from generator: "putting in contact lenses"

Devil - Pharos Tarot
(Hah, Devil came to mind for ayin=eye and how I can't put #@!$ contacts in. Then I remembered Pharos literally calls that card The Lens)
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prompt from generator: "mailing a letter"

The Chariot - Thoth
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prompt from generator: "ordering food at a restaurant"

3 of Cups - Tabula Mundi
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Sorry I haven't posted in a while!
prompt from generator: "bull in a china shop"

Prince of Disks - Thoth


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prompt from generator: "going on safari"

9 of Wands - Mary El Tarot
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prompt from generator: "on cloud nine"

10 of Cups - RWS



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Prompt: "Be All Ears" https://www.thegamegal.com/word-generator/

Robin Wood: The Empress
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prompt from generator: "playing at a piano recital"

Adjustment - Tabula Mundi Tarot
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prompt from generator: "in the nick of time"

8 of Wands (Swiftness) - Thoth

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I was going to go with Wheel of Fortune but it seemed too pat! Then I remembered the imagery on the FMT and the GD keyword that Crowley chose for 4 of Wands, "Completion":
prompt from generator: "come full circle"

4 of Wands (Completion) - Fantastic Menagerie

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prompt from generator - "performing at a rock concert"

Lust - Thoth
(a mini theme going - first a piano recital, now a rock concert, and both Thoth majors with different names than RWS)
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prompt from generator: "shoot the breeze"

2 de deniers - Jean Noblet (Flornoy)
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prompt from generator: "playing soccer"

6 of Wands - Tarot of Physics
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prompt from generator: "blood is thicker than water"

10 of Pentacles - Galaxy Tarot

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prompt from generator: "baking a cake"

8 of Disks - Tabula Mundi
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prompt from generator: "icing on the cake"

XV. The Devil - Housewives Tarot


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