skygiants

I'm rereading now, and I just read Bel's tarot reading in the first book, and I thought I'd pull it out because why not. If you put together all of the just tarot bits: "the situation is controlled by others, a domination that causes suffering. The way to counter this is by conforming to expected behavior. Fortune, reversed. A bad turn of luck. At the root of the matter, an imperfection in plans. Suspension. There has been a period of waiting, a suspended decision, but this is now ending. Narrow-mindedness, intolerance..these are the influences now coming into effect. A new alliance, or a meeting with an old friend, bringing hope. Four of swords, that's a period of rest, or recuperation, a withdrawal." And then Bel gets confused by the next card: "Poor workmanship. Pettiness, mediocrity. Yes, but it's in the Spirit position... How can the spirit of the jewel be pettiness, or poor workmanship? Poor planning perhaps? It's very mysterious."

This has been "vague foreshadowing" with nextian.