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dykepuffs · 7 months

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More good times with the Rancid Vibes Cards!

Having a deck of Kipperkarten and a deck of Zigeunerwahrsagekarten and a deck of Rancid Vibes Cards, and a 1-metre cutting mat to work on, I am comparing my decks:

First, the cards in all three decks, either with the exact same names or with very very close names (eg "Falsehoods" and "A false person")

I also threw in some Lenormands with the same names, where they really stood out to me, and then I gave up because the board is only so big and my patience is only so finite:

Geschenk//gift, Tod//death, Kind//child, Richter//judge, Falschheit//falsehood, Traurigkeit//sadness, Glück//luck, Reise//journey, Offizier//officer, Haus//house (I will ramble about this later!), Gedank//thoughts, Brief//letter

Then the cards in two decks, with the same or similar names and a couple of interesting thematic contrasts:

The Zigeunerwahrsagekarten and Rancid Vibes Cards share the following:

Geld//cash, Liebe//love, Eifersucht//jealousy, Treue//truth, Frohlichkeit//Happiness, Botschäft//message, Witwe//widow (And then the Zigeunerwahrsagekarten also has Witwer//widower)

Kipperkarten and Rancid Vibes Cards share only (Wohn)Zimmer//parlour uncomplicatedly, without the card also appearing in the ZWK.

And Kipperkarten and Zigeunerwahrsagekarten share Dieb//thief, Krankheit//sickness and Hoffnung//hope (using the same anchor/water motif as the Lenormand too)

But then there's these interesting half-shares:

Both Rancid Vibes and Kipper have a "Change" card where the Zigeunerwahrsagekarten have a "Stability" card: Unbestandigkeit//bestandigkeit//Veränderung

And then the Money cards in Rancid Vibes and Kipper - There was already a Geld card in both, but Reichtum//riches and "Unverhofftes Geld//Unexpected Money" and "Viel Geld Gewinnen//Winning a lot of money" feel very different - Riches could be anything, could be the result of a plan working out, but both of the ones in Kipper sound like just unexpected passive luck.

And finally, in this section, the love cards:

Rancid Vibes' "Liebesverhältnis//Love affair" is very different from both Zigeunerwahrsagekarten and Kipperkarten's Ehestandigskarte//Wedlock Card and Heirat//Marriage, but is maybe closer to Kipper's "Gute ausgang in der Liebe//Good Outcome In Love" and "Zusammenkunft//togetherness" - That's another thing that points me towards this being a Weimar era deck: The fashionable thing to want isn't marriage and a baby, it's a passionate affair. Notably absent is any card explicitly about marriage, at all, even though there is Love, Jealousy and Affair.

More of the near-matches and conversations:

Baldigst//Soon and the Lange Weg//Long Way and Erwartung//Waiting - The Rancid Vibes' promise of something imminent and fast, feels like the opposite of the Kipperkarten's reminder to be patient.

Likewise Geschäft//Business, contrasted with the blue collar Arbeit//work, illustrated with farmers digging the earth, and The ambiguous Gericht//Focus on a business in a town.

And finally Haus/house, of both Rancid Vibes and Zigeunerwahrsagekarten, which I keep mentally relating to the Big House, the Gefangnis//prison of Kipper in contrast to the comfort or privacy of the Zimmer//room.

And the querents, or the other people who might appear in the Große Tafel: The Lover and Beloved or Hauptperson 1&2, the Querent and their other half, are consistent, but the others aren't, exactly - The ZWK don't have more cards for more people, other than the Widow and Widower, but both the RVC and the Kipper both have six total people:

The Witwe//widow in RVC and ZWK, which also has Witwer//widower, but then the RVC has the Alte Dame//Old Lady - Is the Blonde Dame the twin of the Rich Girl or the Good Lady, or neither? Likewise the Grosser Herr - Is he a Guter Herr//Good Man or a Reiches Herr//Rich Man?

Then there's the cards that don't quite match up at all between decks:

In the Kipper: Kummer//Grief, Traube Gedanken//Cloudy thoughts (Which could be related to the Gedanken that all three decks already have), and "Zu hohes Ehren kommen//To come into hogh honours"

In the Rancid Vibes: The very ambiguous Gewinn//Win and Schicksal//Fate

And the Zigeunerwahrsagekarten has eight: Loss, Desire, Visit, Unexpected Joy (Potentially related to the Unverhofftes Geld//Unexpected Money of the Kipper?), Misfortune (One possible reading of that Schicksal//Fate above, actually), Enemy, Ecclesiastic (Perhaps he's a spiritual Judge?) and Anger.

In total:

The RVC has more cards in common with the ZWK than with the Kipper, but the setup of the Querents and people is more like in the Kipper, and then the ZWK has more cards that completely don't match either the Kipper or the RVC.

So... I still don't know! I'd expected to find that it would be very similar to one of the existing two decks, just missing a few cards, not that it would be a weird synthesis of the two. I wish I had the instruction book that came with it, to explain how it was meant to be read - I assume a Große Tafel, reading all the cards at once in a grid, because of all those people cards, but I just don't know.

If anyone else does - or can think of other decks to compare it to - Give me a shout!

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michelles-garden-of-evil · 3 years

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Ian Martin’s Strange Paradise, Part I: The Top 5 Best Things

SPOILERS FOR LATE MALJARDIN AND BOTH DESMOND HALL ARCS

Hello and welcome again to my Garden of Evil, where this week I’m doing something a little different. Episode 44 having marked the departure of co-creator and original headwriter Ian Martin, we have officially reached the end of an era of Strange Paradise history. No longer will discussions and speculation on Martin’s authorial intent be relevant to the happenings on this show (although I will continue to give my thoughts on the Lost Episode summaries), now that Bob Costello is running the show with a different authorial intent.

Ian Martin’s episodes contrast with the second half of Maljardin in many ways. The pace is slower, the structure and characterizations more like those of a standard soap, and the tone at times borders on comedy. He also appears to have put more thought into the characters’ backstories than any of the other writers, much of which he never got the chance to show on screen. Moreover, of all the show’s writers, he seems to have put the most of his own heart and soul into it, if the death of his first wife six years earlier and his reuse of elements from the series in his later works are any indication.

That brings me to my plans for this week in my Garden of Evil. Before moving on to review Episode 45, I will post my final thoughts on his episodes, first listing what I consider the top five best things about his period headwriting the show. Next, I will make another of the top five worst things about the first 8.8 weeks of Maljardin (because no creative work is perfect). So without further ado, here are (in my not-so-humble opinion) the top five best things about Ian Martin’s Strange Paradise:

5. Clever, memorable dialogue and (sometimes) clever wordplay

I say “sometimes,” because (as we all know) Jacques loves his puns and Devil jokes, which tend to be as cornball as they come. The (intentional) humor in Ian Martin’s dialogue tends to be hit or miss, but when it hits, it hits harder than the chandelier hit the séance table. Even when the jokes miss, it’s clear that he tried hard to make the show both funny and scary, and some of the worse ones still amuse me in a dad-joke sort of way.

Some jokes from SP that I find genuinely funny:

Jacques: “‘Prisoners’ is such a harsh word, Alison. Now, actually, I prefer the [terminology] ‘detained guests.’“ (Episode 14)

Alison: “I find you and everything you’ve done distasteful and revolting." Jacques: "Methinks the lady doth detest too much." (same)

"I wish my mother was on canvas instead of always on my back.” (Holly, Episode 18)

Dan: "Knowing how much you loved Erica, I can appreciate your display of courage." Jacques: "It was either that or letting myself go to the Devil!" (same)

Jacques: “Such a delightful bedside manner. Why not let her operate?” (Episode 21)

Jacques: “If your room is a prison cell and you are a prisoner, well, I invite you to your last hearty meal.” (same)

Holly: "Would you like to see my scars?" Jacques: "Well, lead us not into temptation...now, that isn't from Shakespeare, is it?" (Episode 25)

Elizabeth: “It seems to be your opportunity to entertain, Reverend. May I suggest Song of Solomon?” (Episode 40)

Also, some things that aren’t jokes per se, but still clever wordplay:

Matt’s name, a reference to the Tarot card The Fool, or Le Mat in French.

Jacques: "Well, Dan, are you going to join me in some kippers this morning, or haven't you finished fishing for the day?" Dan: "Just lowering the line, and I'm afraid you're going to get hooked." (Episode 26)

The whole kippers thing from the same episode.

The scene transition lines.

Two things that Curt pointed out to me a while back: the recurring “little bird” motif and the fact that Jacques, who was “shackled to the Temple” for three centuries was also shackled through the temples with the silver pin. (Thanks!)

Of the later writers, Cornelius Crane (who will write the last two weeks of Maljardin and most of Desmond Hall Arc I) will be the only other to consistently use humor in his SP scripts. His will be a different style of humor, lighter on wordplay and heavier on wit, satire, and snark between characters, in many ways reminiscent of my favorite Dark Shadows writer Violet Welles. While the style of humor in Crane’s episodes has generally aged better, I can’t deny the cleverness and charm in the lines quoted above.

4. A more complex story than later arcs

Compared to all other arcs of the show, early Maljardin has, by far, the most subplots. You have (1) the main plot that revolves around Jean Paul’s attempts to preserve and resurrect Erica, which leads to his desperate attempts to protect the cryonics capsule, Jacques’ freedom and repeated possessions, and Raxl and Quito’s search for the conjure doll and silver pin. Directly connected to this are (2) Jacques’ murder of Dr. Menkin, (3) Alison and Dan’s search for the true cause of Erica’s death and for Dr. Menkin’s missing notes, and (4) the love triangle/square between Dan, Alison, and Jean Paul/Jacques. Then you have the four interconnected plots directly involving Holly, including (5) her romantic pursuit by Matt, Tim, Jacques, and Quito; (6) her conflicts with Elizabeth including direct competition over Jean Paul/Jacques; (7) her torment by Erica’s spirit; and (8) Tim’s subplot about the damned Holly portrait. Then there are (9) the saga of the missing cyanide and (10) the guests’ resistance to Jean Paul’s imprisonment of them on the island. In addition to these, we have (11) the history of Jacques, which may have included innumerable subplots of its own had Ian Martin been allowed to explore it thoroughly. We know that Jacques’ pursuit of Alison and Elizabeth would have connected to this, given their previous incarnations as Rahua and Tarasca, and that Martin originally planned for Tarasca to have her own storyline. If we include the aborted arc about Elizabeth’s possession by Tarasca, that would have made a whopping twelve subplots(!), unless I’m forgetting about something.

For comparison, here are the major subplots from Desmond Hall, during the period when Cornelius Crane did most of the writing: (1) Jean Paul’s possession by the Mark of Death; (2) the coven’s schemes to undermine the Desmond family, which led to the disappearance of Philip Desmond; (3) the Evil Serpent plotline; (4) the Hamlet subplot involving Cort’s conflicts with his mother and dear stepfather; (5) the love triangle of Cort, Holly, and Philip’s ghost; (6) the second love triangle of Ada, Laslo, and Irene; (7) all of Jean Paul’s romantic entanglements; and (8) the attempted possession of his fiancée Helena by Erica. That’s still a lot of intersecting plots, but not quite as many as in early Maljardin.

I know I’ve complained in the past about the recap that makes up about half the dialogue in early Maljardin, but the sheer number of plots may have required it to ensure that returning viewers remembered everything and new viewers weren’t completely lost. I don’t have to like the constant recap, but I must admit that it was probably necessary even for the fans who managed to catch every episode during its original run.

3. Stronger characterizations than under the writers of late Maljardin

Like a traditional soap opera, the first half of the Maljardin arc is character-driven. Most important plot points occur on Mondays and Fridays, leaving the mid-week episodes for (mostly) minor plot points, subplots, and character development. We see Alison’s relationship with Jean Paul evolve from friendly in-laws to potential lovers, only for her to tire of his constant mood changes and withdraw from him. We see Reverend Matt Dawson’s crisis of faith, from his stalking Holly out of an allegedly spiritual love to his questioning his disbelief in demons while trapped on Maljardin. We see Dan lose all respect for Jean Paul as he becomes convinced that his employer murdered Erica and Dr. Menkin. We also see Jean Paul grow increasingly volatile even when Jacques isn’t possessing him, making his prisoners try harder to escape and creating a vicious cycle of repression and paranoia on the island.

After Robert Costello becomes producer, the arc shifts to a more plot-driven narrative. In a span of just four weeks, Erica will be resurrected and proceed to murder most of the characters. Character development will lose its importance in late Maljardin, and the characters of Elizabeth and Holly (and later Jean Paul) will become almost unrecognizable. Although Cornelius Crane was a competent writer who gave strong characterizations to the characters he created, he makes it clear that he didn’t care much for Martin’s creations through how quickly he kills off most of them and alters the personalities of two of the ones left.

2. Actual research

This one is most noticeable in two areas: the scientific subjects discussed and the way that Martin uses the Tarot. Before writing for SP, he worked on The Doctors and The Nurses, both early medical dramas with soap opera elements. Little survives from either The Nurses or the 1960s era of The Doctors[1], but one can imagine that he got into the habit of researching medical topics then--perhaps not including subjects as far-out as cryonics, but maybe some of the others discussed on SP like cellular reconstruction, organ transplants, and eclampsia. Here on SP, he’s referenced specific scientific studies, including Miroslava Pavlović’s study of brain transplants in quail embryos, Kenneth B. Wolfe’s “Effects of Hypothermia on Cerebral Damage Resulting from Cardiac Arrest,” and--most fascinating of all--W. Grey Walter’s robotics article “An Imitation of Life,” whose potential significance to Erica’s backstory I discussed in the final part of my Shadow Over Seventh Heaven review series.

His penchant for research becomes even more obvious when we explore his use of the Tarot and compare it to the way the cards were used on the show’s inspiration Dark Shadows. Despite also having done research on various occult matters--the most obscure being the use of I Ching wands for time travel[2]--DS’s writers were notably lazy in their use of Tarot symbolism, sticking mostly to the Major Arcana, often interpreting their names literally, and using the Tower of Destruction so often that one would think that copies of the Tower comprised half the deck. Not so on SP. Although he did have tarot reader Vangie Abbott use Death literally in Episode 7, and he does portray the Nine of Swords as “the card of death” when it typically means nightmares, suffering because of loss, and inner torment, his use of the Tarot typically shows careful research into the meanings of mostly cards from the Minor Arcana (the suits of wands, cups, swords, and pentacles). He uses it both as a means of giving character profiles and for foreshadowing, although the cards often foreshadow planned events that never took place because of script rewrites.

He did, however, take some artistic liberties with other subjects that he must have researched while writing the serial. I mean to write a detailed analysis someday comparing and contrasting the show’s portrayal of vodou with the reality, but I’m not satisfied with the scanty amount of research that I’ve done so far. I have already written about the Great Serpent and how Raxl appears to syncretize the loa Damballah with the Aztec feathered serpent Quetzalcoatl, but there are other related subjects I want to discuss someday in other posts. The short version: the “voodoo” portrayed on the show is a mixture of elements of genuine Afro-Caribbean religions (worship of a Serpent God, belief in zombies, use of drums in rituals, the titles “Conjure Man” and “Conjure Woman”) and traditional Mesoamerican religious practices (Quetzalcoatl, Aztec human sacrifice, Raxl’s mention of curanderos). The evidence suggests that he picked and chose elements from these traditions for Maljardin’s “Conjure Faith” in a way reminiscent of the real-life phenomenon of religious syncretism. While somewhat problematic, the obscurity of some of the things he picked and chose shows that he must have conducted some research even on these subjects.

1. The best Jacques

Jean Paul Desmond may be the protagonist, but, in the first seven weeks of the show, it’s his devilish ancestor Jacques who truly steals the show. From his evil laugh to his snarky commentary on the happenings on Maljardin to the hilarious and adorable expressions he makes as he plays with his detained guests, there’s no denying that Jacques is the star of Martin’s SP. When he’s absent, the whole show suffers from a lack of his mischief, not to mention that smile that stirs up desires in me that can never be righteously fulfilled. If there’s a Devil, I bet he resembles THE DEVIL JACQUES ELOI DES MONDES in looks, voice, and demeanor--the better to seduce you with (and by you, I mean me). Horns and a pointy tail, after all, don’t tempt half as well as a beautiful black cape and Bissits Face™.

The Jacques of late Maljardin will be a far flatter character, more outwardly evil but less charming and consequently less entertaining. In Desmond Hall, his role will be reduced significantly and he will have very little dialogue, mostly just the same clip of his laughter repeated. He will have a few fun scenes in the second Desmond Hall arc, but the post-Martin Jacques is no devil, just an ordinary man with a slightly different personality, led over to the dark side. This is understandable--the thought of the supernatural embodiment of evil remaining imprisoned for three centuries is quite far-fetched, and Desmond Hall Arc II writer Harding Lemay wasn’t fond of all-evil characters[3]--but I still find the original Jacquet the most fun by far.

That concludes this post on my favorite things about Ian Martin’s Strange Paradise. Stay tuned for my list of some things about his writing that needed improvement.

{ Next: The Top 5 Worst Things -> }

Notes

[1] The Thousand Oaks Library in Thousand Oaks, California has ten of Martin’s scripts from The Doctors from shortly after the series switched from its original experimental anthology format to a traditional continuing soap.

[2] The portrayal of the I Ching as a means of time travel on Dark Shadows almost certainly came from William Seabrook’s book Witchcraft: Its Power in the World Today, where he describes the 49th ko hexagram’s use in a form of past-life regression in New York magick circles in the early 20th century. See Seabrook, “Werewolf in Washington Square,” Witchcraft (New York: Ishi Press, 2015), pp. 164-175.

[3] Harding Lemay, Eight Years in Another World, chap. 3, Kindle edition. In this chapter, Lemay discusses his conflicts with Irna Phillips, the creator of Another World, over how to portray soap opera characters. According to him, Phillips believed that characters should be depicted as either “Saints” or “Sinners,” the only permitted nuance being that female Sinners had to love their children if they had any. Lemay disagreed with such black-and-white characterizations, finding them unrealistic, and made the serial’s characters more morally gray.

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soothingaura · 4 years

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i dont know how it works but my initials are RG, im currently. 24 years old born Feb 23 and i have been single all my life and i was wondering how my. love life is going to be sorry of this weird

Hi, RG!

In your Tarot reading, I pulled three cards: Knight of Swords, The Chariot, and The Lovers. You may be excited reading that you got The Lovers! The former two cards are symbolic of an authoritative, bold person; someone who likes to take charge. This may also be describing you—you may be taking charge of your love life and finally doing something about it. In fact, these cards are asking you to “please, do something about it, already!”

For Kipper, I drew Lovers again! Wow! You can definitely expect something to change. I don’t think you will be single for long.

For Lenormand, I got Anchor. This is a card of stability, of someone holding one down. Being a literal anchor. What a beautiful card to receive for a love question! Whoever you meet won’t be flakey.

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yogitarot · 4 years

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Kipper Card Lesson # 4: Card No. 6 Card number 6 "Gute Dame" typically interpreted as a wife, mother, lover, etc. Kipperkarten, like other European card decks during the 19th Century was inspired by the discovery of the "Minor Planets" AKA asteroids during the Victorian Era. Early asteroids were named after Greek and Roman Godesseses giving rise to the Divine feminine, the Goddess realm and awakening. Card Number 6 = Asteroid Number 6, Hebe named for Hebe, the Goddess of Youth and Beauty Hebe's parents were said to be Zeus and Hera ( Roman Counterparts Jupiter and Juno). Archetypes include long suffering wife, mother, mother in law, lover, etc. Of course try he Mythology of Zeus and Hera are rich and plentiful in assisting with understanding the true meaning of Kipper Card No. 6. Namaste. #kipper #kippercards #kipperkarten #kippermeanings #truekippermeanings #esoterickipper #esotericmeanings #hiddenmeanings #kippergoddesses #goddessworship #goddessmeditation #kipperarchetypes #archetypesofkipper #asteroidastrology #astropsychology #asteroids #greekmythology #romanmythology #consciousness #ascension #energyreadersofinstagram#kipperreadersofinstagram #oraclereadersofinstagram #healingthedivinefeminine #divinefemine #divinemasculine #twinflames #soulmates #twinflame #soulmate https://www.instagram.com/p/B6rJMRaHvcS/?igshid=1k7vxet2ga750

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jamiesonwolf · 2 years

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This evening, I asked the cards "What did I learn today?" I drew expectation and marriage from The Rainbow Kipper cards 🌈. I'm constantly reminded that my Husband is the man I dreamed of. For a long time, I had this belief that I would be alone. Love hadn't been kind to me. I expected that I would be alone and was content with this. When I met the mam that would become my Husband, I had no idea the journey that we would go on together. He continually shows me what love really is and knows me better than myself. He has helped me to change my expectations of what love is and what it can be. The fact that I get to be married to my best friend, my lover and the man that is my beautiful Husband is one of the greatest gifts I have ever received. ❤ #OracleCards #RainbowKipper #expectations #love #marriage #bestfriend #magic #love #husband https://www.instagram.com/p/CXFdCAZMpN9/?utm_medium=tumblr

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eclecticdivination · 6 years

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Hi! :) If possible, I would like a general reading. My name is Cristiana and my sun is in cancer (but technically I'm a gemini-cancer cusp). Thank you for anything :)

Hi Cristiana! I pulled a few cards for you! The Emperor, Four of Wands, Page of Wands - Gilded TarotThoughts, Lovers, Unexpected Income - KipperOkay so the “thoughts” card flew out and landed on The Emperor. Someone with masculine energy is thinking about you. Earthy, stubborn, likes things in order, maybe a bit bossy and arrogant, although they may hide this side very well. This person thinks of you as more than a friend. I don’t see this as just a casual thing from their end. They have strong feelings for you. It’s very sweet but also intense. If you’re not feeling it, let them know. I love that two of my followers are getting the Four of Wands tonight! Lovely energy! Celebrations, parties, weddings, promotions. Congrats sweetie! This is a joyful time. You also have extra money coming your way. So when the party is over, get started on a creative project. It will be profitable for you.I hope this helps! 💖

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qldqueerboy · 2 years

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A troubling problem is looming today in your personal life. You feel mentally trapped that there is nothing that you can do to stop the situation from progressing even darker than it already is. Relief to a certain extent will come. It may be momentary but it does provide hope and comfort that something about the situation is changing. There is no certainly that the troubling problem will disappear fully but at least it will take away the fear and worry it has over your mind.

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carinasibila · 7 months

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PICK A CARD Weekly Reading: Relationships (Oct 16-22) Disclaimer: Only take what resonates and leave the rest behind. I am only posting this reading on profiles I’ve listed on my Linktree (linktr.ee/carinasibila) – all other profiles that might post it are fake. Decks used in this reading: Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot Blue Bird Lenormand* Original Kipper Cards** 🔗 Linktree 🔗 https://linktr.ee/carinasibila ☕ Donations/Tips ☕ https://ko-fi.com/carinasibila PILE 1 V of Wands, Fox*, Main Female** Back of the deck: V of Cups Right now, you’re grieving over a disappointing love situation. While it’s crucial for you to go through that process, the cards warn you that you risk getting lost in this grief. This week, focus on yourself and the positive things in your life and not on your unhappy love situation. This will help restore your lost confidence in the possibility of love. If this doesn’t resonate, you and your person are likely arguing too much at the moment. In this case, be more discerning this week and take special care to reflect whether the issue in question is truly important to you and your relationship. The cards are warning you about the risk of bringing lasting disharmony into your relationship. PILE 2 Ace of Pentacles, Snake*, Pathway** Back of the deck: IX of Wands You’re currently beating yourself up over not knowing what your relationship should/will look like in the long term. For this week, the cards advise you to calm down and take on a more practical approach: think about what you and your person can do now to work on your relationship. Most likely, you’ll get a better sense of the future along the way. Alternatively, you’re worn out over the fact that recently your person has been failing to make you feel secure in your relationship. In this case, the cards emphatically ask you to communicate your emotional needs loudly and clearly. It might be the case that your person hasn’t realized the emotional turmoil and hurt they’ve been causing you. PILE 3 The High Priestess, Crossroad*, Lovers** Back of the deck: VII of Swords Your person is being uncommunicative with regards to their intentions for your relationship, which makes you feel disoriented. The cards advise you that this week might be the perfect time to confront your person about this. Either they will be willing to talk things through or they might not be as invested as you in the connection. Alternatively, the cards warn you that someone might try to drive a wedge between you and your person this week, making you question your relationship. Should this resonate, it will be a test of your commitment to the relationship. Remain strong and do not listen to the “intruder”; instead, focus on the happiness the relationship brings you.

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elinajohansson · 7 years

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My tarot and oracle decks, part 5:

41. Astrological Oracle Cards - Lunaea Weatherstone/Antonella Castelli - Lo Scarabeo 42. Dream Reading Cards - Rose Inserra - Rockpool Publishing 43. Gilded Reverie Lenormand - Ciro Marchetti - US Games Systems 44. French Cartomancy - Lo Scarabeo 45. Blue Bird Lenormand Fortune Telling Cards - Stuart R Kaplan - US Games Systems 46. Mystical Kipper - Regula Elizabeth Fieehter/Urban Trösch - AGM Urania 47. The Playing Card Oracles - Ana Cortez/C J Freeman - US Games Systems 48. Lovers Oracle - Toni Carmine Salerno - Blue Angel 49. Animal Spirits Knowledge Cards - Susan Seddon Boulet - Pomegranate Communications 50. The Fifth Agreement Cards - Don Miguel Ruiz/Don Jose Ruiz/Janet Mills - Amber-Allen Publishing

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tarotwithaura · 6 years

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hiii! im wondering if E.K is interested in me romantically?? if so, what's the best way of approaching him?? thank u dove! xo -I.H

They are definitely interested in you. E. K. will come to you and this relationship will be spectacular.

Using a Kipper deck I drew Courtship, Sudden Wealth, and Lovers.

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Dove LaVeau is a 1st degree Wiccan Priestess with a degree from Woolston-Steen Theological Seminary in Wiccan Ministry. She’s been reading cards professionally for 5 years. And has had oracular abilities her entire life.

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michelles-garden-of-evil · 3 years

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Quiz: Which Desmond Hall Character Are You?

SPOILER WARNING FOR DESMOND HALL ARCS I AND II

Last week, I was going to work on finishing my next review, but then my muse pulled me aside and ordered me to write a Desmond Hall personality quiz while threatening me with a conjure doll and silver pin. Not every Desmond Hall character is in this quiz, only the ones that I thought would be the funniest to write. Enjoy!

1. You have just arrived at an ancient manor house enveloped in darkness that rests atop a sinister network of haunted caves. When you learn this, how do you react? A. Lie in bed for several days while writhing in agony. B. Accept it and keep myself busy while pining for my voodoo island home. C. Act insufferably smug, because soon the house will belong to me. D. Go search for creatures in the caves to alleviate my boredom and satisfy my compulsion to do random disturbing things. E. Barely react at all because the writers have forgotten that I have a personality. F. Swan around while talking to myself about how the manor looks like something out of a storybook. G. Wish that I could live there again, because I've been trapped in a trippy magical closet for months.

2. The daily newspaper arrives and the headline reads, "GIRL BRUTALLY MURDERED.” What is your response? A. Retreat to my bedchamber and panic loudly about how I hope no one discovers that I’m the murderer. B. Get the body buried and all evidence concealed. C. Observe a moment of silence for my former doxy, then promptly forget she ever existed. D. Cut out the photo of the victim's face, suspend it from a papier-mâché gallows tree, and display it prominently in the foyer. E. Feel moderately concerned for my safety, but not too much. My ghost boyfriend will protect me...maybe. F. Scheme to blackmail the killer into marrying me. G. Wonder, "Was that my brother again?"

3. Your hobbies include: A. Moping around the manor house in fancy suits and contorting my face as though trying unsuccessfully to relieve myself. B. Reciting dramatic monologues with bits of scenery caught between my teeth! C. Plotting murder, robbery, and the corruption of young maidens while sipping sherry. D. I wander. I visit. I'm here and there. I'm a kind of ghost of Desmond Hall. E. I used to enjoy rebelling, flouncing, and bickering, but I've lost my taste for those. Now I prefer hanging out with old people in a cottage that smells of strange spices. F. Talking to and stroking my sweet little snake. (By which I mean "reptile with no legs and a forked tongue." Get your mind out of the gutter.) G. Necromancy.

4. Your favorite foods include: A. Bubbly eggs cooked in champagne. Definitely not kippers. B. The cuisine of my native island, before the evil of THE DEVIL JACQUES ELOI DES MONDES made all the plants poisonous and killed all the animals! C. My spouse's hors d'oeuvres--but only when I don't have to eat them off the floor. D. Sugar, strawberries and cream, and the very best...*checks Teleprompter*...butter. E. Muffins laced with magical herbs. F. The delicious misery of the man who tried to strangle me and of all the other women who want him. G. I don't eat anymore. I'm a ghost. Food passes right through me--literally.

5. What turns you on? A. A lover who is unpredictable but not murderously crazy, and who likes to wear lacy nighties. B. I would not know! I have not felt those urges in three hundred years! C. Money. D. Anyone from my preferred gender who actually wants to spend time with me. E. A ghost who behaves like Edward Cullen. F. Jean Paul Desmond! He is the sexiest male character in the history of television. G. Submission and unquestioning devotion. Also, lesbians.

6. What is your signature look? A. Highly flattering mod suits combined with an unflattering combover. B. A long black Victorian dress. C. A stodgy gray/green suit, which is probably in desperate need of Febreze after being worn three days in a row. D. Turtlenecks. E. Bleached blonde hair and faddish early ‘70s fashions. F. Long pointed fingernails, false eyelashes, and a creepy grin. G. I once hung from the ceiling with my shirt torn open. Does that count?

7. Everyone has a skeleton in their closet. What is yours? A. Although I want to reach out and help the beautiful young women who come to me, instead my hands reach out to kill! B. I single-handedly cursed my employer's family by signing his grandfather’s (misspelled) name on a pledge to the Dark Lord. C. I am a black widower. D. I used to participate in necromancy rituals with my dear cousin. E. I stole a piece of my mother's jewelry and sold it at a pawn shop. F. I am a priestess of the Serpent God. G. Funny you should mention skeletons. My closet has a literal one hanging in it.

8. If you had to guess, which of these personages were you most likely in a past life? A. A freebooter possessed by the Devil. B. Myself. C. Henry Seewald--who looks exactly like a toddler version of me--transported back in time via the 49th hexagram. D. Someone named Claude. E. A young girl sacrificed by a priestess who looked like my mother. F. Ophelia, if she were real. G. My great-uncle with the same first name as me, who was allegedly disowned for being a poet.

9. Your favorite Dark Shadows character is: A. Barnabas Collins. B. Magda Rakosi. C. Nicholas Blair. D. David Collins. E. Carolyn Stoddard. F. Angelique Bouchard. G. Quentin Collins.

10. What from 1970 Dark Shadows do you believe was most likely inspired by Strange Paradise? A. The character of Judah Zachery, who is highly reminiscent of THE DEVIL JACQUES ELOI DES MONDES. B. The use of a retcon to completely change Angelique's backstory. C. The name Desmond Collins. D. The implied reincarnation in the Summer of '70 arc that (sadly) never got explored as much as it should have been. E. The subplot about Quentin falling in love with Daphne's ghost. F. The Leviathan cult's use of snake iconography. G. The carousel in Tad and Carrie's playroom.

If you answered mostly A, you are Jean Paul Desmond, richest man in the world and master of Desmond Hall. Tall, dark, and incredibly handsome in spite of his receding hairline, Jean Paul is the victim of two self-imposed curses, one of which causes him to strangle people when the Mark of Death appears on his hand (which is totally not a reflection of some repressed or hidden part of his personality, having formerly displayed megalomania and control freak tendencies on his island). When not under the effects of this curse, he is the living embodiment of charm and sweetness and attracts would-be partners like moths to a flame. Logically, the same must be true about you, because online personality quizzes are never wrong. ;)

If you answered mostly B, you are Raxl, daughter of the Priestess of the Serpent and winner of the Canadian 1969 and 1970 scenery-chewing contests. Far older than she looks, the Desmond family’s housekeeper may not be as loyal as she appears, depending on the whims of whomever wrote the plot outline for the final arc. She is an expert on all things occult and supernatural, from tarot cards to the Egyptian Key. Even after her retcon, she is awesome.

If you answered mostly C, you are Laslo Thaxton, husband of Ada (Desmond) Thaxton and master of Desmond Hall in the absence of Jean Paul and Philip. I would say that you are an unscrupulous, greedy Devil-worshiper like Laslo, but I’ve always hated those personality quizzes that make moral judgments about people just because they share some traits in common with the villain. Therefore, I’m just going to assume that you are most likely a decent person who only got Laslo because you happen to love money and Nicholas Blair.

If you answered mostly D, you are Cort Desmond, twenty-something cousin of Jean Paul and Philip. Eccentric and erratic but oh-so-adorable, Cort is a polarizing character loved by some fans for his good looks and (often unintentionally) funny lines, but hated by others for being somewhat of a spoiled brat. Like Hamlet whom he idolizes, he seeks justice for the death of his father, along with the inheritance his Dear Stepfather Laslo wants to steal from him.

If you answered mostly E, you are Holly Marshall--or, rather, what Holly has become since her creator Ian Martin left the show. Formerly a spitfire with a high IQ, a low boiling point, and a love for outdated slang, Holly has become a shell of her former self under the new writers. She spends more time unconscious and hypnotized than not; when she is conscious, she wastes her time pining after an unsuitable love interest who treats her like Edward treats Bella in Twilight. I hope this doesn’t describe you, because, if it does, you should seek help. Don’t be like Desmond Hall-era Holly!

If you answered mostly F, you are Agatha Pruitt, a young seamstress obsessed with Jean Paul. While the master of Desmond Hall has attracted many suitors, none are as strange or disturbing as Agatha, who blackmails him into letting her live at Desmond Hall after his failed murder attempt and proceeds to wreak havoc there along with the Serpent God (who may or may not be Raxl’s Great Serpent) whom she worships.

Finally, if you answered mostly G, you are Jean Paul’s brother, Philip Desmond (not to be confused with his cousin Philip Desmond, or either of the two Philippes des Mondes). A secretive figure largely mysterious even to his own brother, the handsome Philip dabbles in the dark arts and other mysteries, which ultimately leads to his disappearance into the caves beneath Desmondton and reappearance as a ghost. His character alignment is unclear--he may be evil, or just chaotic neutral--but one thing is clear: whoever messes with Philip has the Devil to pay.

#strange paradise #desmond hall arc i #desmond hall arc ii #dark shadows #quiz #justforfun #i'm cort by the way #although i thought i would be agatha because of my answer to question number 5 #a lot of people think of sp as a ripoff of ds #but in truth the copying and inspiration went both ways #case in point: the carousel which sp introduced several months earlier #also you're welcome for that bad ada subtitle

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