The Five of Cups

against senseless loss plus reading recs for the first decan of Scorpio

I always forget just how literal the minor arcana of the tarot can be until I read “quick and dirty” or “short and quick” for people in person. This weekend, for example, a woman at the fall festival where I was reading cards approached, wanting a simple, one-card draw to describe the “current circumstances” of her life.

When people want the tarot to do…