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The card I pulled today
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Look forward to many satisfying encounters, however little or much gets done.

Why does this have to be too true?
 
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I haven't done anything this serious in a very long time, but a few months ago, a loved one asked for a charm to give them good health.

I did a shit ton of research and designed something. They kept it with them and now their bad health is going fully into remission.

I like to be skeptical and such but sometimes I think that little thing I made worked. It probably was just the good doctors but as my loved one said, "It didn't hurt".
 
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Kung Pow Cream said:
I haven't done anything this serious in a very long time, but a few months ago, a loved one asked for a charm to give them good health.

I did a shit ton of research and designed something. They kept it with them and now their bad health is going fully into remission.

I like to be skeptical and such but sometimes I think that little thing I made worked. It probably was just the good doctors but as my loved one said, "It didn't hurt".
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If it's retarded but it works, it's not retarded. There are even mundane explanations for it.
  • Placebo effect, classic
  • The charm is a constant, even if subconscious, reminder that someone cares about them enough to make something cool like that
  • Amulet effect (not sure if there's an official name for it), similar to the placebo effect, it gives you something to focus on if you're in pain or whatever.
 
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I'm ashamed to admit I used to dabble in this shit, mostly hoodoo. Then I realized how fake and metaphorically gay it is. All that effort, money, and kowtowing to various spirits and gods yet no real magic to show for it.
What I wanted:
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What "magic" actually is:
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Well what do you expect when you're using peepeepoopoo spells?
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My username and PFP a is reference to Stinkditch cow Stephanie Cianfriglia. She claims to backed up with entities from four pantheons (Egyptian, Norse, Celtic, and Satanic), a dandelion spirit (whom she's had astral sex with), the ghost of Jeffrey Dahmer (who is her astral husband), and is astral fuckbuddies with Loki (who looks like the capeshit one) and Odin, yet resorts to harassing her geriatric parents to adopt a cat for her.

I feel really mean for saying this, but almost every "magic user" is equally as unimpressive. Why bother with health insurance if you have magic? Why not just make gold instead of bother with a job? Why be scared of potential attackers instead of just turning him into a newt or giving him an aneurysm? It seems like most of the people who have real magic are the psychopaths who rule the world and keep getting away with everything.
 
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Just to let the future readers in the thread know that I dm'ed the person above with books and such as I thought it was too personal for me to say exactly what I used as it could potentially be used to figure out who I am.

I wanted to do another reading on Gypsy Rose as more stuff has happened to her.

Three of Wands reversed, Eight of wands reversed, and Judgement reversed.

So this is a bit depressing but makes sense because of her nature and what is happening around her. I think she would have liked to do some self reflection and time to herself but I think there's so much drama, newscasters, and tabloids around her that it causes her to be unable to do anything that is actually real work. Perhaps she is seeking professional help but honestly what she needs is a way to just hide from the world. It doesn't really help that she seems to seek it out as well. I feel like it's almost a cycle. She tries to get better and something drags her back in. Again and again. And the interesting thing about it is that I think her actions will get worse and worse and I don't think she'll take accountability or responsibility for actions. Or at least she won't get jailed again for doing anything even though they may be crimes.

I pulled three more cards because I wanted to see why she may be able to skirt the law and got:

Ace of Pentacles, Five of Pentacles, and King of Pentacles

Money. Absolutely money. And also the fact that when people see her and understand her story, they don't want to harm her anymore. They still see her as a victim. Which, of course, makes sense because of her past but that doesn't mean she can go around doing things. She's not a poor little thing. She's not a frail flower. She's a human that can still do bad things. And she must be treated the same way as anyone else. I will also say that a male character in her life is helping her out but may be protecting her from the consequences of her actions.
 
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Tarot can be pretty interesting, but the implications of my readings are always so negative. It’s always stuff like my future card being Justice or the reversed Magician. For once I’d just like to get a Sun or Six of Wands so I can never do tarot again and just be confident that things will be good.
 
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Tarot can be pretty interesting, but the implications of my readings are always so negative. It’s always stuff like my future card being Justice or the reversed Magician. For once I’d just like to get a Sun or Six of Wands so I can never do tarot again and just be confident that things will be good.
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Oof all the time? O.o
 
Justa Grata Honoria said:
Oof all the time? O.o
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I don’t do tarot often, maybe once every few months. But yeah, basically every time. I have a knack for predicting nasty futures.

I did a reading now just to see.
Past: Seven of Swords
Present: The Magician
Future: Ace of Pentacles (reversed)
So my past is full of lies and deceit, and my present is useful endeavours and power. So far so good, and accurate enough. My future is losses and bad investments. Yay.
 
I like the social game aspect of reading cards, it blows D&D and faggy board games out the water as a social pastime. One thing I took from /div/ is that an incredibly specific response to an annoyingly vague question has an uncanny result and response to it. It leads to consideration and some good discussion if you aren't consulting with an idiot on their side of the table.

Susanna said:
I don’t do tarot often, maybe once every few months. But yeah, basically every time. I have a knack for predicting nasty futures.
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In trying to detach from the woo woo, I think card readings are more diagnostic than predictive, by design. They allow you, the reader, to see your own bullshit; both in how you interpret what you want and don't want to see, as well as extend your perception into the fringes of a situation and see what is just over the horizon. You may also have a gimmicked deck with taller cards that end up on top when you shuffle. I had an awful deck wehre the jack of clubs kept popping to the top and that was the problem.

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I think witch stuff is super cool. My main issue with it is a lot of practitioners have kind of shitty lives and struggle for things that come naturally for me without using any witchcraft, so I feel like it must not work well.
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The witchlore says that the gift is for those that need it most, it's always been a fringe profession, although there are those who can hold down a 9 to 5. I'll say this much, I've never seen a serious practitioner or griftworker who was truly struggling. A lot of them are a little off and struggle with a lot of things, but most of them aren't bad people. Much better than other occult circles, at least.
 
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/div/
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Fuck, I didn't realize I was gonna see that thread name here. I've been doing readings before that thread was created and still do the occasional reading in it. However, the questions can be a bit retarded since it's 4channers asking them.

"SEX WHEN?????"
"DO THEY LIKE ME???"
"NEXT GF/BF???"
 
Kung Pow Cream said:
"SEX WHEN?????"
"DO THEY LIKE ME???"
"NEXT GF/BF???"
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I got good at filtering anyone who couldn't follow my prompt. I liked doing career readings and actual relationship diagnostics, those were always fun and fruitful. Anons have some weird expectations about what you can reasonably get from a reading, otherwise.

I really miss the old /x/ culture, plenty of good people among the schizos.
 
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I got good at filtering anyone who couldn't follow my prompt. I liked doing career readings and actual relationship diagnostics, those were always fun and fruitful. Anons have some weird expectations about what you can reasonably get from a reading, otherwise.

I really miss the old /x/ culture, plenty of good people among the schizos.
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The most fun I had was doing energy and relationship readings with i-ching. Man, I really wish people were into that more than tarot.
 
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Kung Pow Cream said:
The most fun I had was doing energy and relationship readings with i-ching. Man, I really wish people were into that more than tarot.
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I do some I Ching, I usually save it for shit that's important. It's also hard as shit to explain and just takes up so much text. Getting an engaged and active sitter is hard as shit on there.
 
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Something that just hit me is a finger fidget I do when I'm in the early stages of stress, touching the tip of the thumb to the tip of each finger on the same hand in a row, back and forth getting faster until my thumb slips or I miss a finger. It was from some British murder mystery drama I saw almost two decades ago where one of the characters who professed to be a witch does it. I've no idea why it's stuck with me for so long, but my hand just starts doing it without me thinking on it at times.
 
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