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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: "throw a wrench in the works"

5 of Wands - RWS


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prompt from generator: "barking up the wrong tree"

7 of Cups - RWS

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prompt from generator: "nail"

Hierophant - Tabula Mundi
(Vau = nail, securing the above to the below)
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prompt from generator: "get your feet wet"

6 of Swords - RWS


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prompt from generator: "at the top of your lungs"


The Fool - Tarot of the Origins

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prompt from generator: "mowing a lawn"

4 of Swords - Thoth
(same as the haircut prompt earlier, Jupiter wants to grow, but Libra's balance keeps it from getting out of hand)
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prompt from generator: "winner takes all"

6 of Wands - Victory (Thoth)

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prompt from generator: "swimming with dolphins"

2 of Cups - unnamed deck in progress by M.M. Meleen
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prompt from generator: "break a leg"

Magician (Fantastic Menagerie)

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prompt from generator: "the other side of the coin"

2 of Coins - Galaxy Tarot

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prompt from generator: "putting on a wet swimsuit"

4 of Cups - Tarot of the Spirit
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"Putting on a wet swimsuit" reminds me of getting back with an ex! :lol:


prompt from generator: "burn the candle at both ends"

7 of Cups - Debauch (Thoth)

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fire cat pickles wrote: 28 Jun 2021, 21:08 "Putting on a wet swimsuit" reminds me of getting back with an ex! :lol:
YES. *shudders* at the thought of it.


prompt from generator: "finding a seat in a crowded room"

7 of Wands - Wild Unknown
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prompt from generator: "eats like a bird"

2 of Wands - Minchiate Fiorentine

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prompt from generator: "skiing down a hill"

9 of Wands - Tabula Mundi
("change is stability" -BoT)
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prompt from generator: "cut a rug"

3 of Cups - RWS

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prompt from generator: "food fight"

The Tower - Thoth
(Mouth (Peh) and the God of War)
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"When Jacob went to the bakery to buy doughnuts for the office, he made sure to get a baker's dozen so he could sneak one to eat on the way to work." Farlex Dictionary of Idioms
prompt from generator: "baker's dozen"

7 of Swords - RWS

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prompt from generator: "flipping pancakes"

9 of Disks - Tabula Mundi
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prompt from generator: "beggars can't be choosers"

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prompt from generator: "filming a movie"

Fortune - Tabula Mundi
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prompt from generator: "burning daylight"

XIX. The Sun - RWS

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prompt from generator: "playing Chess"

6 of Swords - Thoth
(honestly, when I play chess, it's more like the 8 of Swords, but if I were good at it...)
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prompt from generator: "not my cup of tea"

8 of Cups - RWS

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prompt from generator: "asking for an autograph"

7 of Cups - RWS
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