What card am I?

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 23 Nov 2003, and now archived in the Forum Library.

Dark_angel	23 Nov 2003
Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs; he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter. Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900)

Tallarico	23 Nov 2003
My knee jerk response is 4 of swords...but I am not very good at this game either... :confused:

Dark_angel	23 Nov 2003
Good idea, but not what I was thinking of...

jmd	24 Nov 2003
The Devil?

Dark_angel	24 Nov 2003
Nope...

jmd	24 Nov 2003
5 Coins... maybe?

gloria	24 Nov 2003
How about The Hermit?

Kiama	24 Nov 2003
Dear all, Just a quick reminder of the difference between the original What Card Am I? (The game being played in this thread) and the Literature Clues What Card Am I? The original What Card Am I game is different from the Lit. Clues because it usually involves clues coming from our own minds, us rambling on for a few sentences about the card we are thinking of. Now, this doesn't have to be a work of art or genius. If you feel inclined by all means write something beautiful and intentionally genius-like, but your clue can be something as simple as: "I feel bored. Don't know if this is the right way for me. Bored bored bored..." (4 of Cups.) Anything that comes from your mind, no matter how simple. Literature Clues also do not have to be beautiful or genius-like, or highbrow. They can be anything as short as the clue Dark_Angel has posted in this thread, to as long and mystical as some we have seen in the past. As long as the clue comes from literature. I hope this has cleared up any confusion and clarified a few things. If you wish for further information about the games, please see the Index Blessings, Kiama

Dark_angel	24 Nov 2003
Oops, sorry Kiama! It was just a quotation I remembered which stuck in my mind when I read it years ago, and it always reminds me of this card. No one's guessed it yet.

gloria	24 Nov 2003
Ten/Swords? Hitting rock bottom, only one possible way to go now......up?

Xavier	24 Nov 2003
The hanged man ? Xavier

Diana	24 Nov 2003
9 of Cups?

Dark_angel	24 Nov 2003
No one's got it yet, keep guessing...

gloria	24 Nov 2003
Queen/Swords. Turning sorrow into wisdom?

Dark_angel	24 Nov 2003
No, keep thinking...

Diana	24 Nov 2003
Quote: Originally posted by Dark_angel No, keep thinking... That's all very well, but I still think jmd swiped my thinking cap - it disappeared when he was logged-on, and suddenly he logged-off and it had gone. I mean, that's very suspicious.

Dark_angel	24 Nov 2003
lol Diana!

Mystic Zyl	24 Nov 2003
Fool? Laughs at life and then goes through life trial and error.

gloria	24 Nov 2003
Nine of Swords!

jmd	24 Nov 2003
thinking cap??? oops, I thought it was an old rag. Sorry }) I'd better try it on for good measure :) .... now, how about 9 cups?

firemaiden	24 Nov 2003
Well, that thinking rag looks mighty silly on you jmd... How about the ten of swords?

jmd	24 Nov 2003
Looks like you need the rag, firemaiden... ten of swords has already been posted by gloria })

firemaiden	24 Nov 2003
I am on the rag, so be nice... grr jmd. And... is there a rule saying we can't copy other people's guesses? Is there? Grr...Okay, hand me that rrrrrag. How about the Saltimbanque, I mean the Bateleur, I mean, the magician?

Dark_angel	24 Nov 2003
No, none of the above... when you guess, you probably won't agree with me at all. :(

jmd	24 Nov 2003
Knight of Swords? ...could you provide a clue... such as which deck you might be using?

firemaiden	24 Nov 2003
Queen of S-words?

Dark_angel	24 Nov 2003
No one's guessed it yet, so I'll give you a clue. This person believes they are at rock-bottom, that no one has suffered their pain. What causes such severe pain that it feels like the worst pain in the world? Oh, and it's a minor. Edited to add: I didn't think of it in terms of a deck in particular; this phrase just sums up the card in general for me.

jmd	25 Nov 2003
from the RWCS, this may be the 5 Cups?

gloria	25 Nov 2003
I think JMD may have it there, so shall go for Eight/Swords.

Dark_angel	25 Nov 2003
JMD's the winner! A 5 of Cups person believes that they are the saddest person in the world, that their pain is complete, their grief is overwhelming and they realise the tragedies that occur in life (why man must laugh), and they are so absorbed in this sadness that they do not see the two cups remaining, which are full of life and happiness. Or perhaps it is that they have turned their back on these cups, seeing that in the end, life is dark and tragic, and laughter is but a way of forgetting for a while. I love Nietzsche! Over to you JMD...

jmd	25 Nov 2003
Thanks for the clue, Dark_angel, it helped immensely... especially if one considers the images on RWCS-type decks... Now I'll have to think of a card, and post a new thread...:):):)

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