Alright, lovelies. I’m working through a twelve-card reading with the deity in question, and I’m finding it interesting so far. So! I’m doing it live! …Ish. No streaming involved.
I am following this spread found on Backyard Banshee’s website. Beware of ads!
Card One, plus additional attributes
Q: Who are you?
A: I am hard work, tempered by efficiency. I subvert the establishment with new ideas. I am careful planning and bold first steps.
Cards Two and Three
Q: Tell me your mythos.
A: I am cooperation. I rebel against conflict. I make peace with my enemies. Edit: Alternatively, I provide the armaments in the conflict.
Q: Tell me of the secret you.
A: I am a sense of warmth and nostalgia. I am the happier times you put behind you.
Cards Four, Five, and Six
Q: What would you have me know right now?
A: Opportunity knocks! Why do you waste your investments so? You begin over and over again with no conclusion in sight!
Q: What would we accomplish together?
A: You need grounding in order to bring about good things. I can help you with that.
Q: What will we not speak on?
A: Do not come to me with your lack of commitment. I am not your arbiter of inspiration.
Cards Seven, Eight, and Nine
Q: What do you wish of me?
A: End your isolation. Return to society and share your light! You are in an echo chamber of your own design, unconducive to my will.
Q: What do I have to offer?
A: Look at your work desk! It is piled high with unanswered questions and unrealized dreams. You are a raw material, ready to be shaped.
Q: What will our relationship be?
A: I will challenge you at every step. I will throw you into the fire and beat the weakness from your body. What was once soft will harden into iron.
Cards Ten, Eleven, and Twelve
Q: What offerings do you desire?
A: Fire. And you know what they say, the best apology is changed behavior: offer your completed work to me.
Q: How may I honor you daily?
A: Dream constantly. Fill your days with happy surprises and creative whimsy.
Q: How will I witness you?
A: In those who praise you, and shower you with accolades. Do as I have said, and you will see me in the fruits of your labor.
CW: alcohol
Okay, so. I know I was already inclined towards Hêphaistos from our discussions, but these cards were pretty straightforward. Thoughts? Any patterns I might be missing, or misinterpretations?
Also, I love how Judgement showed up: both a Fire sign and a creative astrological alignment in Pluto.
Also also, I’m all dizzy now! Gonna get some of the clear stuff (water, not vodka).
Edit: Holy moly, Judgement is technically one of Hêphaistos’ cards, according to some witches! Wild!