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Friday, September 29, Second Period

Once again the furniture has been rearranged. There are large comfortable pillows and cushions on the floor, and between each set of two is a low table with two decks of cards sitting on it. One deck is an ordinary set of playing cards, the other is a classical tarot deck. There are also two sets of handouts on each table. As usual, a table of tea and coffee, scones, cookies, and tea sandwiches has been provided.

"Today's exercise is on Cartomancy, or the skill of divining through cards. Cartomancy can be done using ordinary playing cards, although many people choose to use the more ornate and specialized tarot cards. You have a choice to use either one today. Once you've gotten comfortable, I want you to follow the guidelines on your handouts and do a simple reading for your lab partner. You can choose any layout you like, although you must use a minimum of three cards. If you're not certain what to choose, consider using the Celtic Cross, which is a very common layout for general readings."

HOMEWORK: One of the handouts is actually a take-home test. Please complete the test and bring with you to lab next Friday.

[OOC: The following links can be used to generate tarot readings.]
Traditional Tarot Reading #1
Traditional Tarot Reading #2
Reading using Playing Cards

Syllabus
Class Roster
Classes Linkdrop
Lab Partner List

[~~Please wait for OCD threads.~~ Class is now in session.]

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"Maybe it gets better?" Blair put down a few more cards and blinked. "Uh...or not. You know, I'm thinking cookies sound good right about now."

"Cookies it is then," Bel said unhappily. He reached for a few and handed some to Blair. "So, uh, should I do you then?"

Blair took the cookies and munched on them. "Um...I'm not so sure I want to. You know what, maybe we got a bad deck! A deck of tarot-y badness. Do you want to try again with different cards?"

"Let's just skip me," Bel said hastily. "I think we've seen enough."

[ooc: *does another reading with another deck and gets one Just. As. Bad. :D *]

"No, we really should go again, man." Blair got up and brought another deck over, setting it in the middle of the table. "Maybe this time you should think really, really positive thoughts at it."

Bel looked dubious, but allowed for another reading. When the first few cards that popped up were the Devil and the Tower, however, he reached forward and scattered the deck. "No," he said firmly. "That's enough."

"You're right, man. No more tarot readings." Blair leaned back on his cushion and looked at Bel. "You okay?"

"You don't really believe in this stuff, do you?" Bel said, dodging the question. "I mean, visions like what Phoebe has are one thing, but this is just silly."

Blair eyed the scattered deck and nodded slowly. "Totally silly. No basis in reality whatsoever."

"Right?"

"Well, either that or there's lots of bad news ahead of us," Bel said half-heartedly.

"Yeah, no chance of that happening." Blair said worriedly.

"Nope," Bel said. "So, uh, reading for you, or just cookies for the rest of class?"

Blair eyed the cards and raised a cookie in a toast to Bel. "I'm thinking cookies, man. If Aziraphale has a problem, maybe we can show him our collective owies and he'll take pity on us."

"Works for me," Bel said, raising his own cookie and tapping it against Blair's.

Blair bit into his cookie and checked Bel out. "Any word from Phoebe?"

"I talked to her last night," Bel said. "She's doing okay. Hopefully she'll be back at school Monday."

"Really, man? That's awesome!" Blair grinned. "Did you tell her about your...uh... tarantula problem?"

"No," Bel said shortly.

"Oh." Blair eyed him over his cookie. "Is this a topic we're not going to talk to Phoebe about?"

"No point," Bel said. "She doesn't need to know."

"Uh-huh." Blair didn't push. "Whatever you say, man."

"How are you doing with the tarantula problem?"

Bel shrugged. "It's not a problem. It happened. It's over."

Yes, he may be in denial.

"Reeeeally?" Blair said slowly.

"Yes, really," Bel said. "What's the point of worrying about it?"

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