Tarot Puff…
My mother brought me up being open to so many things. We believed in aliens…in past lives…in reincarnation…in astrology…mind power (what is now in “The Secret”). I’m not sure if you call all that new age but my mother was more into these things than taking us to church. But one thing she didn’t want me to do was making ‘pa-hula’. She warned me against that fortune telling bullshit…telling me that they are self-fulfilling. “If someone tells you this is going to happen to you…you’ll put it into your subconscious and attract that exact thing to happen to you. And then you’ll say, oh, the fortune-teller was right!”
However, as I was nearing my 27th birthday, I had this insistent urge to have my fortune told. I justified it to myself…my mom said that this was self-fulfilling…however, she believed so much in astrology as well…which also tells you things that will happen in the future right? Also, I am a very, very stubborn girl…and even if a fortune teller tells me I would end up with a poor guy with a small poypoy…I would definitely challenge that and not let that happen. And lastly, don’t people do these things to be ‘guided’ in some way…if something bad is foreseen…then at least they can do something now to prevent it.
Okay, enough justification. I was scared to do it. Partly because of my mother’s words and partly because I didn’t want to hear bad news like “You’re never gonna have children” or “You’re going to die really soon” (someone actually told me before that I would die young while reading my palm…how mean is that!).
But this evening, pushed by my monthly pre-menstrual restlessness and psychotic-ness, I packed up early and hitched a ride to Galleria. I went straight to the last floor where the Gary Lising store is and looked for Da Seeker’s Cove.
What they had there was Tarot Card reading…which I was very skeptical about…what with Madame V and all. I asked if there were any other psychic readings they could do. But then the Tarot Card reading was the cheapest. So I took it. P400 for 15 minutes.
Surprisingly, I had to wait my turn. Apparently, there are several other pre-menstrual confused women who wanted their fortunes told tonight.
Finally, it was my turn and the fortune teller was ready to see me.
I was expecting a woman with a turban or some head dress…with long fingernails with Caronia nail polish and trinkets and thick makeup. Instead, it was a young lady in jeans and slippers.
Here are excerpts from my session. (Those in parentheses are thoughts in my head):
Lady: Hi, how old are you?
Me: 27
Lady: What?! You’re 27? I thought you were a Povedan and I was wondering if you had permission from your parents to do this.
Me: Oh…you thought I was a student? Like I’d like to know if I’d have good grades this quarter or something?
Lady: Oh I’ve had students who did that! One was an honor student and she was asking about her grades!
Me: Oh my God…tell her to get a life, right!
Lady: Yah I know right. Soo
Lady: Okay, pick 12 cards with your left hand…
Oh but with your career…(okay, here we go)…there are going to be a lot of challenges with the job you have now. But these challenges are necessary so you’ll get this bump in the head and you’ll discover what you really want to be doing.
(Okay…let’s get to the good part…)
Me: Umm…what about umm…my love life…??
Lady:
Lady: He’s an older man.
(hmmm…how much older are we talking about here? 50? 60? Pensionado na ba ito?)
Lady: And you will get married one day. But you two will take a bit longer to have kids because you are both busy with your work…but yes, you will have kids. (what? I’m 27! How much longer do I even have to have kids??)
Me: Okay…what about me in general. Like overall well-being?
Lady: Well, the cards say you have a lot of self doubt. A lot of indecision. You have to stop letting things happen to you and start making things happen for yourself.
As for family…it’s good, there will be a new beginning…(ah, a new nephew or niece perhaps). For finances…well, you won’t be as rich as Paris Hilton (crap!)…but you will always be well provided for. As for friends….hmmm…oh…(uh oh, why did she pause there)…that man…the relationship…he might actually come from here (oooh…a friend! Uh-oh…all my single male friends are assholes!).
Then she made me pick a final card…some bonus card. And it read ‘harmony…conflict is resolved. Know that you deserve peace and happiness’.
So how was my overall tarot card experience? It was actually a lot of fun. We were laughing the whole time (she said her clients were usually so serious and looked depressed…and it was a relief I was at least laughing at my fortune). The weird thing is, without telling her much, she was able to tell me lot of things about my life and about myself that were true (I didn’t write down everything here of course). Yeah…yeah…I’ve been a skeptic too. But it was just so cool that she hit some stuff right on the bullseye. And I wasn’t scared or told anything bad. It was pretty fun…like having dinner with a friend (that would cost you around P400 too=P). In the end anyway, all of us will make decisions everyday that could change the course of our lives. It doesn’t matter what the cards say. I’m just glad it said I’m not going to be single forever=P
September 3rd, 2007 08:45
Ano baaa! You won’t be single forever! Malay natin mauna ka pa sa akin dibah? Dibah? :p
September 3rd, 2007 13:52
“oooh…a friend! Uh-oh…all my single male friends are assholes!”
Say what ?
“For finances…well, you won’t be as rich as Paris Hilton (crap!)…but you will always be well provided for”
I told you
September 3rd, 2007 18:17
Juned and Marcelle could read you your future quite correctly, if you’d ask them. And they won’t charge since they’d probably do it in a blog meet in front of all the bloggers =)
Ako rin huhulaan kita. Before you hit 30, you will….
be happier =)
September 3rd, 2007 19:46
“Well, the cards say you have a lot of self doubt. A lot of indecision. You have to stop letting things happen to you and start making things happen for yourself.”
Nice advice. Go ahead and take it
September 4th, 2007 03:14
.Brilliant post with a permutation-based-funny reading
Lol!
In my experience, you have to be a little careful around some of these people (tarot card readers, psychics etc.)
.They take themselves fairly seriously.
.btw nice site
September 4th, 2007 04:23
I once went to the fortune teller once. She told me to steer clear of midgets. I wish I had followed her advice.
September 4th, 2007 06:06
One time I had a girlfriend who went to one of those fortune readers (actually I was with her when she went in). Among other things, the fortune reader said she would get married someday but I won’t be the one she would be marrying. About less than six months later, she broke up with me saying so and so reasons.
Took me two years to get over her and move on with my love life.
Hirap talaga if you get so much in love with someone. You give it your whole heart and it gets served back to you on a platter.
September 4th, 2007 08:38
Sayang, tinanong mo rin sana yung tungkol sa horoscope.
September 4th, 2007 20:23
@Ghost…
Let me guess…the fortune teller also told you to stay away from grocery aisles?
September 5th, 2007 10:49
It’s been a while since I had a reading. If I pay for it, i consider it as fun entertainment. If my reader-friend, who doesn’t charge, reads for me, I consider it a gift - an opportunity for insight and reflection. Peace out!
P
September 6th, 2007 03:06
@papichulo168 LOL! … that fortune teller was telling the future of my (then) gf and not my future. And that happened over 10 years ago, I think. Yikes! Am I really that old?
September 6th, 2007 03:07
@Ade Kinda curious… what about midgets do you now regret?
September 11th, 2007 01:14
- Aileen, racing na ba ito?=P
- Juned…yup, assholes talaga;) haha!
- Jun, salamat sa hula mo=P ang galing, ni hindi mo kailangan ng cards=)
-Jon, I will=)
-undex, thanks=)
-Ghost, ang dami mong shineshare dito about your lovelife ah=P
-Ade, she told me to stay away from losers too=P
-Michael, tama na isang pahula=P
-Papi, bad ka parin=P
-P, can your friend do it for me for free rin?=) haha!
September 11th, 2007 02:16
@Sorsi
well, just sharing lang naman.
September 11th, 2007 11:32
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[…] So yeah, that was a very optimistic outlook for the rest of my life. Now, I don’t necessarily believe in fortune tellers and any other sort of sorcery like that (unlike this fairy midget), but then hearing things like that are, well, in a word, depressing. Well, imagine being told about these stupid turns your life will take. It’s not exactly the happiest thing to hear. It’s not the fortune teller’s fault, but still, they make you realize stuff. […]
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