64     FORTUNE TELLER

KEY CONCEPTS:  intuition, mystery, spiritual guidance, thirst for knowledge, training, the future, feedback, busybody, a mysterious person, possibly the querent. (Corresponds to High Priestess)

MESSAGE:   Fortune Tellers you consult on your journey may appear in bone and flesh…or perhaps as an animatronic Zoltar skulking alongside a tourist trap.  Gypsy Grandma, Esmeralda or any mechanical sibyl can swallow coins and dispense bold predictions to giggling schoolgirls.  But before you surrender your hard-earned dollar, consider:  did a need for constant feedback send you chasing deeper truth from random novelty machines?  Can any mechanized mannequin spit out useful advice?  If you’re hoping for spiritual direction, I’m not surprised--who other than a seeker consults an oracle?  Pre-programmed responses, however, lack scope and authenticity.  You deserve much more than a tinny spiel and a mass-produced fortune card, dear traveler. 

If you pride yourself on skepticism towards divination machines, know that warm-blooded seers can’t proffer all the answers, either.  If you’ve chased every flashing, neon “psychic” sign from Chicago to L.A. you’re not just seeking Lotto numbers or the initials of your next squeeze, you’re seeking connection to your inner source.  Just because a reader’s shingle says “soothsayer” doesn’t make her more spiritual than you.  Perhaps she’s merely a busybody meddling in your secrets.  Charlatans lean on reactions to glean inside information;  they prey upon vulnerabilities. But if you’re feeling smugly rational believing in science alone, guess what?  Your earthly source is just as flawed.  The “truth” of this sense-world offers only smoke and mirrors; it’s your job to pierce the veil.  Constant seeking outside self only multiplies confusion.  Blindly accepting input from gatekeepers--metaphysical or scientific--subjects you not just to their insight, but to their ignorance as well. 

If you’ve drawn Fortune Teller today, she’s guiding you to trust your own intuition.  Have you been wringing your hands looking for answers in the lines of your palm?  You’re clutching illusion.  Have you leaned on everyone else for inspiration?  Take a deep breath.  The Great Unknown is not your enemy; it’s the formless place from which all creativity flows.  Mystery defies classification; get comfortable in her darkness. Let your inner senses heighten.  When you impersonalize the person, you’ve lifted the veil. 

Life would grow dull indeed, if we could always foretell our future.  Does Fortune Teller spur you to seek spiritual training?  Maybe you require assistance to advance on your earthly trail; a mystery school or vision quest could get the crystal ball rolling.   Do you burn with a thirst for knowledge?  Take a cool draught of living water. You already have that which you seek.

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