Mitchivination
Jeff
Wednesday, October 3, 1973. What the hell, on … let's say Wednesday, Mitch will sit at his desk in the URIEL office and try a Tarot spread on the topic of his poorly-defined, partly-serious personal goal of defeating the Comte and taking on his identity as Saint-Germain, guardian of holy Mount Shasta.
Michael
Does Mitch have a particular spread in mind?
Jeff
Mitch's usual four-card spread
Michael
this is Mitch's poorly-defined, partly-serious personal goal of defeating the Comte and taking on his identity as Saint-Germain, guardian of holy Mount Shasta:
this is how Mitch's poorly-defined, partly-serious personal goal of defeating the Comte and taking on his identity as Saint-Germain, guardian of holy Mount Shasta has been:
this is where Mitch's poorly-defined, partly-serious personal goal of defeating the Comte and taking on his identity as Saint-Germain, guardian of holy Mount Shasta is headed:
this is what Mitch's poorly-defined, partly-serious personal goal of defeating the Comte and taking on his identity as Saint-Germain, guardian of holy Mount Shasta means:
Jeff
The first, third, and fourth cards are all in line with what Mitch would expect: a nebulous goal, the potential of a golden rain of success-coins, the stasis of such a position.
That second one though.
He looks like he's lying on his back floating downriver, it ought to be a calm and serene tableau, but he's pissed off about it. Bunch more floaties coming along with him, he's kicking like he wants them away but instead of actually swimming off he's just clutching his floaty and scowling.
Guy's getting in his own way. Not letting events take their natural course, but not making meaningful progress his own self either.
Mitch's interpretation: if he wants to do this, he needs to do it.
Michael
Jeff
Michael
Two more things bubbling up from Mitch's subconscious, on cards 1 and 4, as he looks at his cards and his interpretation with a lot of satisfaction, like he got this one right in one.
1. The Ace of Wands is just about as Magician a card you can get without being the Magician. The Magician's got balance of course: all four suits and the Major Arcana live on there. Whereas the Ace of Wands is just pure "do it" energy. A direct confrontation, manifesting as an exercise of Mitch's will and creativity, is at the center of Mitch's poorly-defined etc etc etc. It's not going to be as easy as kicking the Comte off the mountain. There's a fist and a wand here.
4. The Hierophant does connote the inherent stasis of being the guardian of the Mount Shasta global chakra/node. But it also connotes the new power-order that comes with it. What could Mitch do as Pope? He'd almost certainly have both followers and a symbological infrastructure to implement his Will (those two bald fellows and the staff/throne). So while the job description does mean a good number of personal strictures, it also means world-shaping power.
Oh yeah, one more thing: 2. When Mitch re-focuses on the Seven of Wands, he can't help but see every damn time the Comte got on his case to find (and kill?) his double.
Jeff, if there's anything more you want to delve into interior-monologue-wise or if anyone wants to chance across Mitch doing this at his desk at Livermore (if Jeff is okay with it), let me know. I feel like there are a few more pieces of relevant info I could drop here but sadly work and home have had me too busy to take the initiative since last night.
Jeff
Sure, sure. The notion of the Comte as just a bunch of sticks poking Mitch to go in a particular direction and Mitch swatting him away, that's a reasonable take. Still emphasizing Mitch's lack of action.