Reading Date: 12/3/20

<aside> 🔮 Reading Type/Inquiry: Fiction Genre Reading {Mystery} for {Anonymous}

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<aside> 🔮 Deck Used: The Literary Witches Oracle by Taisia Kitaiskaia

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<aside> 🔮 Intended Outcome of Reading: A quick spread/reading that will give insight and inspiration for your story.

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• Note from Jade

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What do I need to know about the story's premise?

Keywords: anxiety, threat, self-sabotage

It seems to me that your story is calling attention to the symbology within "The Noose." But, it can be symbolic of so many things other than anxiety, threat, self-sabotage. Martyrdom, cruelty, unnecessary death, means of oppression.

Think hard about what possibilities exist in your story around the ideas of anxiety, threat, self-sabotage and more.

To me, this card is telling you that the premise could very well fall into one of these categories.

Journaling Prompts for Further Introspection:

• What was your initial response to seeing this card? What hit you in the gut first? (Psst, that's your intuition calling — listen to it.)
• Think of other symbology you make from this card — is it giving you any inspiration for your story's premise or is it sparking anything new for you?

What do I need to know about the story's theme(s)?

Keywords: Renewal, Romance, Awakening

While Wildflowers are mostly known for their beautiful vibrancy, what's less known is that they, too, have a dark side.

Wildflowers are unpredictable, untethered, sometimes invasive and poisonous. It's usually the brightest, most beautiful ones that can do the most damage.

Themes and characters are also agents of duality. This card is saying that your theme would benefit from having the light and dark explored.

Journaling Prompts for Further Introspection:

• How can you take this concept of duality and "not is all what it seems" into your mystery?
• What kind of "Awakening" or "Renewal" can your characters have that would support a certain "theme" you've been thinking about?

What do I need to know about my story's main character?

Getting the Queen of Mystery for this position is very telling. It says that you have the skills and means to write great twists for your character. It also means that your character may be trickier than they let onto you, the writer.

This card tells me that your story's main character is going to be a compelling force to be reckoned with.

What qualities do you see in your main character? Do they match that of someone who is tricky?

Journaling Prompts for Further Introspection:

• Can you take a queue from Agatha to get any inspiration for your characters? Consider reading or re-reading one of her mysteries to get even more inspiration (I highly recommend Murder on the Orient Express).
• What qualities does a "trickster" have and how can you incorporate that into your character?