When a Friday the 13th happens, my friend A. hosts a dinner and game of Tarot of his own devising.
The wizard in charge
We go around the table, putting out a card each. "The ghost" hand is played by its neighbour. The cards are valued in reverse - i.e., a ten is worth 1 and an ace is worth 10. Trumps also have their values reversed. (I forget what happens with the court cards...) The person with the highest card in the first hand plays first. Next person has to play same suit or, lacking same, a trump. Person ending up with highest card gets a reading from the cards laid out. If the ghost wins, then the reading is a general, group reading.
Lots of food and wine are involved.
First round complete, ready for reading
If you don't like your reading, tough.
Multi-mind reading
I think this was my lay-out. The only thing I want to know about my future is if I have one.
Counting me (unseen), the appropriate number of 13 people were present - but "the ghost" made 14.
Round and round and round we go.
A. presiding over the proceedings
Scrying in the chocolate fondue is optional
Tri-colour pasta - because our host&chef is Italian
Tarot placemats! (Plasticized from a calendar)
Moon in Aquarius, so seafood - shrimp w. peppers
Seafood salad
Olives and hot peppers
The piece de resistance - tho I didn't see anybody resisting: Poached salmon
One of the wines - a smoked (!) (slightly) variety
A good time was had by all.
Next Friday the 13th - in July. Moon in Taurus. I guess that means boeuf! Meatloaf, roulades, steak tartare (there's a Syrian restaurant across the street we could get from)...
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But it sure seems that you enjoyed it.
That's good.
Just give me a spoon.
(or is it pudding?)
Are you sharing your reading, perhaps in your next post?
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Ger - It was a fun night - and the food was as good as it looked.
Linnnn - The dishes were good and quite easy to make.
Rita - indeed!
Patience - yup!
Snarky - the chief problem with scrying in chocolate fondue to not getting distracted.
Jmac - has to be Crowley deck!
Brazen - Can't judge a book by its cover!
Larry - You have to eat a strawberry with each mouthful of chocolate. (It was Bakers' chocolate blended with cream.)
Joanne - yes, it was fun!
Phyllis - you can always use the book. Tho with Crowley...
Romantic - As I said in the caption, I was only interested in one thing: Do I have a future? Answer - yes. Whether it will be brief and whether I'll be enjoying it - those are questions I didn't bother with. (Other readings were gone into in greater depth).
Scarlett - hey hey, that was just one bottle. Tho the others may be out-of-country too. However, our host was probably drinking his own made-in-his-basement wine. No smokin' was done, tho (except for one nicotine addict who dashed out to the balcony FTTT).
Zanelle - indeed - sometimes we need people, and some of those times we need CRAZY people (even if they look normal...)
I sure like all that food and fun being had....
Jonathan - Some people are good at conjuring up a meal.
Oryoki - The placemats are from an old oversize calendar, plasticized. But where does one find oversized Crowley-tarot calendars?
Christine - The Smoking Loon was actually lightly smoked. A bit strange. Went well with the evening.
Joan = I sure do know how to ATTEND a party!
Alysa - I thought so too.
Jejeune - look again: we had tri-color "bow-ties". We were a multi-faith gathering.
I never learned anything about Tarot or astrology or all these things you know about. Frankly, I don't see how anyone can remember it all.
But it sure seems that you enjoyed it.