Zombie Cat Style readings get right to the point with pretend predictions and light dusting of snarky-ish humor. Perfect for spooky season, but available all year – your support on Ko-fi helps me create Sage Sips with NO ADS or paywalls. A portion of the proceeds are donated each month to one of the organizations below.
Just as a quick review. in this layout No aces = NO, 3 aces = YES, 1 ace = maybe but leaning no, 2 aces = maybe but leaning yes.
Q: I’m in the United States so I’m hoping you’ll get this and not think I’m some kind of snowflake for asking this. I’m thinking of doing something self-indulgent, pointless and frivolous. It would cost the same as a night out to the movies, and really shouldn’t make that much of a difference, BUT I just saw the news about inflation hitting 4% and I’m feeling worried. What if we need that money for something else?
A: First of all – VOTE. Protest, write your reps, use 5calls, use resitbot, vote and make sure everyone you know who can votes – any little anything you do can only help to protect your budget in the long run.
That being said, I get the sense that there is a little more to this than you are letting on – maybe this is more important to you than something on par with a night out at the movies. Whatever it is, is it worth the risk of movie tickets? Is it worth the risk of ignoring this advice? If you are comparing it to movie tickets, I suspect it is safe to say this frivolous thing costs less than a week of therapy on one of those phone apps. If it has a positive impact on your mental health, and makes you feel more resilient while living the U.S. political dumpster fire, what’s the harm, really?
If the budget is tight enough that movie tickets make a big difference, then no, don’t do it.
If the fear is the thing holding you back, this is not necessarily the NO you might think from seeing only one ace.
I ‘hear’ “Wait for a change and there will be success”
An ace of pentacles hints at money luck.
The death card is change….something has to change for the success to come. The hard part is deciding if you wait for the change – or go out there and make the change. On one hand, waiting for the right time is good advice, but so is the notion that no time is perfect. If you wait for perfect, you will be waiting forever.
Six of Wands is peace after struggle. No matter what, there might be a wait or a rocky start but it will be ok in the end.
Keegan Tatum, the political scientist reminds us that uncertainty feels unsafe, and short definite answers is comforting (which may be why new data shows evangelicals are so trusting of AI and so very overlap with fascist authoritarian politics).
Certainty seldom happens even with fictional cats making pretend psychic predictions.
It could be that the answer is no…don’t do this unless you are willing to risk a little uncertainty and willing to protect your peace along the way.
