What Does The Deck Say? July 8, 2024

Universal Tarot of Marseile: Knight of Chalices, 8 of Swords, & King of Chalices. ©Lo Scarabeo.

Today’s cards: Knight of Chalices, 8 of Swords, & King of Chalices.

It is a difficult choice with no clear right answer. That the person who is supposed to be making the choices is choosing not to is not helping you in any way. If you choose something that ends up with a positive outcome, that person is going to claim credit and rewards. If you choose something that ends up with a negative outcome, that person is going to blame you for acting in the absence of their leadership. Either way, you wind up hurt. When there is no right answer, the right answer is to do whatever it takes to keep yourself safe. Sometimes that means acting on behalf of an absent leadership. Sometimes that means standing aside to permit that same leadership to collect the consequences of their (in)actions. Sometimes that means walking away from something that was never meant to benefit you in the first place. It always means making a choice.


The Universal Tarot of Marseille is primarily based on a Swiss deck created in 1751 by by Claude Burdel. The pips have color backgrounds to assist readers with distinguishing suite and the majors have had the lines refined and color backgrounds added to soften the overall look. The Universal Tarot of Marseille is ©Lo Scarabeo.

What Does The Deck Say” is a weekday series of 3 card pulls from a cartomancy deck. No context or query is given to frame what the cards say as the posts are reading samples and not personal instruction. The result is sometimes humorous, sometimes serious, and usually surprising. All readers are invited to leave a comment about what they perceive in the random spread as each person will interact with the cards in their own way.

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