Okay, so I’ve been messing around with these Lord of the Rings tarot cards I snagged off eBay. I got them mostly because they looked cool and sounded kinda mystical, you know? Turns out, they’re not just for show – you can actually play some sort of Lord of the Rings game with them, besides the whole tarot thing.
I tried figuring out this game. Apparently, if you play a “dark” card to the Ring, you grab three dark points – I just used some pennies I found lying around. And if you play one to the “journey” deck, you take two. It’s kinda confusing, but I think I’m getting the hang of it.
These cards, man, they’ve got some awesome artwork on them. They say it’s inspired by classic tarot stuff, and there are 78 cards in total, with all these characters and creatures from the books and movies. I recognized a few, but some I’m still not sure about. Gotta brush up on my LOTR lore, I guess.
- I spent a good chunk of the day just looking at the cards and trying to figure out the tarot meanings.
- It’s way more complicated than I thought!
- They say the Rider-Waite Tarot is like the granddaddy of modern tarot decks, first made in 1909 by some mystic and an illustrator.
For the tarot readings, you choose between 3 or 10 cards, I usually choose 3 cards, and I did that for practice all the time. I read somewhere that the three-card spread is supposed to tell you about your past, present, and future.
I heard that not all tarot decks are the same, even though I have no idea about that. These LOTR cards might be different, but they’re still pretty fun to mess around with.
Anyway, that’s how I spent my day – geeking out over these cards. It’s been a fun ride so far, and I’m excited to keep learning more about both the game and the tarot meanings. Maybe I’ll even become a full-blown tarot expert one day, who knows?
