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skonen_blades ([personal profile] skonen_blades) wrote2007-12-22 02:03 pm
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I'm proud of this shot

Took it a few days ago. I saw some playing cards lying in a driveway that had all been extremely weathered by the rain. It was a flash of red that caught my eye at first but I failed to find a queen of hearts or something heart-related. I got this Ace of Spades, though. Isn't the Ace of Spades the card of Death? I like that it, too, has died.






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[identity profile] molasses.livejournal.com 2007-12-22 10:32 pm (UTC)(link)
oh, it's excellent!

lookit, reflected in garbage lid (filled with rain)

Image (http://www.flickr.com/photos/55972220@N00/2115362869/)

[identity profile] skonen-blades.livejournal.com 2007-12-23 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
Sweet.

[identity profile] kindelingboy.livejournal.com 2007-12-22 11:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Most cartomancers don't like using the "OMG DEATH" interpretation (some don't even like using negative symbolism) but instead see it as representing a time of drastic change or great hardship.

I would interpret it as death, since I don't prefer the non-committal, vague and general-on-purpose kind of BS that most cartomancers seem to pilfer. Especially if it's inverted, which it seems to be.

So yes, it's the death card.

[identity profile] skonen-blades.livejournal.com 2007-12-23 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I know from my few forays into Tarot or whatever that the death card is actually a symbol of rebirth, renewal and possible harsh upheaval rather than the DEATHZORS that it's usually shown as in teh movies.
But yeah. I heard that inversion does change the meaning but I've heard from people that that's sort of up to the cartomancer as well.
I just did a tarot reading for a friend of mine this afternoon, actually. Coincidence? I THINK SO!

[identity profile] spuzzlightyear.livejournal.com 2007-12-22 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Excellent!

You should post it to the "Found_objects" community. They'd probably go apeshit.

[identity profile] skonen-blades.livejournal.com 2007-12-23 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
Sweet. I'll give it a shot.

[identity profile] therussianbride.livejournal.com 2007-12-23 10:30 am (UTC)(link)
strangely, the song "the ace of spades" by motörhead is in my head now. i think it is totally funy that all of your userpics are you in different moods. :) added you.

[identity profile] skonen-blades.livejournal.com 2007-12-23 02:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Ha ha. Thanks. That happened to me as well. The story behind my userpics is pretty good, actually. Remind me to tell you about it sometime. I didn't think it was that unusual but you're not the first person to find them amusing and different.
Thanks for adding me. Hope to see more of you. Come back often. : )

[identity profile] therussianbride.livejournal.com 2007-12-23 04:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"i'll be back", terminator arnie would say. and i will. you write interesting stuff here, mister. and i will remember you telling me the userpic story. :)