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[pheromonecoffee]

Is anybody else hearing voices when they get to know somebody?

Because I am. They tell me I have their blessing when I choose a persona of an arcana.

This is normal right?

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[titansno]

[YOU'RE TAKING THIS WAY TOO LITERALLY MATT]

Riiiight.

[The two cards drop. Two new ones come up from the table and turn around. The Empress and the Emperor.]

So after those two, we've got the Empress and the Emperor to deal with. As the Fool grows, he's gonna be more aware of his surroundings. The Empress represents a motherly, nurturing influence. Her card emphasizes abundance, nature, and all of the sensations and resources that the world has to offer.

In the same vein? The Fool's father figure is the Emperor. He brings authority and structure to the Fool's life, showing him the world's patterns. Rules are the big thing, and he'll start to see that the world doesn't revolve around him and what he wants. The Fool isn't gonna like it, he's going to bridle under limitations like these. But with the Emperor's help, he'll start to understand the point of them. Or something. That's the idea, anyway. [she tries not to let her contempt for this particular card show too much. DADDY ISSUES]

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[pheromonecoffee]

That's exciting. [Matt shut the fuck up.]

But they're not actually people, right? Just conditions? So if the fool's journey is a thing, then why are people I'm meeting getting labeled with other arcana?

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[titansno]

[considering...]

I think that's where Jung comes in.

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[pheromonecoffee]

And why is everybody not the fool? If it's everyone's journey.

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[titansno]

In the context of the journey, everyone is, at some point. But - I think ...

[god, this is difficult.]

This is all conjecture, I'm making a lot of assumptions here from what I've studied, but... bear with me? [she raises up her hands, before running one down her face.] I think whatever assigns Arcana to the people around you might be using Jungian archetypes. It's looking at their psyche, at their personality and the specific problems they're dealing with - and maybe the role they play for you. If they were at the Fool's stage, that isn't what they're dealing with right now. It's picking a Major Arcana that represents them best.

I think you're at the Fool's stage in your "story". It might be taking the metaphor and applying it that way.

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[pheromonecoffee]

[He considers it. It somehow seems wrong, but he doesn't know enough to figure out why yet.]

What comes next?

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[titansno]

The Hierophant and the Lovers...

[then she starts to type.]

Maybe it's time to speed this up. [then text pops up.]

The Fool's Journey. Failing that, the tl;dr version is hard to go wrong with.

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[pheromonecoffee]

[He pauses only because that's a lot of names and faces and he's kind of surprised they eventually peter out and stop.]

Thanks. This could help.

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[titansno]

Not a problem.