A ridiculously simple tarot reading...

This is to prove that tarot is not always so esoteric and complicated to understand as people usually think. In fact, it can be pretty obvious sometimes. A person close to me asked if now was the time to go on vacations after one year and a half of hard working non-stop. This the reading I got using the Gummy Bear Tarot:

I assigned no specific positions to the cards – and I didn't even need to. The first card, Seven of Pentacles, shows a bear that has been working hard for a while. Unlike the original Waite-Smith card, that shows a guy looking tired and unmotivated, this bear look tired but happy about what he has accomplished. It wasn't easy, but it gave the desired fruits.

Now, the central card shows a little Page of Pentacles holding a coin. I completely ignored the "traditional" meanings of this card, because here it showed me one thing: the green bear is taking a coin from the 7 of Pentacles to the next card – the Three of Cups. A card of celebration and good times.

The reading was very simply – it's time to use the fruits of your work to have some fun! Yes, definitely go on vacations! Use your hard-won money to give yourself a gift!

Of course, the Gummy Bear isn't the most complex deck around. But sometimes the message is very clear. It's literally just a matter of reading the story that's in the cards.



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