Literature Clue (9th April) - Solved

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 09 Apr 2004, and now archived in the Forum Library.

Minderwiz	09 Apr 2004
"Joe's entourage followed him to his new house, and so did the tour buses. The only people who were unaware that Joe had moved into the house were the absentee owners and the real estate agent, who had taken him through it. .... By the end of the first week, Joe was giving tours and lunches at three dollars a head. He greated the tourists with a slightly altered version of the welcoming speech he had used at his other houses: "Good afternoon! My name is Joe Odom. I'm a tax lawyer, real estate broker and a piano player. I live in this house, which was built in 1842 by Francis Bartow, a Confederate General who died in what we like to call the War of Northern Agression. Feel free to walk around, and make yourselves at home. If you see a closed door though, please don't open it, because you're likely to find dirty socks and unmade beds and maybe people even sleeping in them." John Berendt - 'Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil'

gloria	09 Apr 2004
I could be wrong but this sounds like a get-rich-quick scam to me. So how about 7/Swords?

Minderwiz	09 Apr 2004
No sorry not the 7 of Swords, and not a get rich quick scam

ncefafn	09 Apr 2004
Hmmm . . . shapeshifter, trickster, illusionist . . . the Magician? Kim

Minderwiz	09 Apr 2004
No sorry, not the Magician - though it could have been, so a good guess.

gloria	09 Apr 2004
Joe and his entourage remind me of 6/Wands.

Diana	09 Apr 2004
He sounds like a great Chariot.

Minderwiz	09 Apr 2004
No, sorry he's neither of these

ncefafn	09 Apr 2004
I always thought the King of Cups was kind of duplicitous. How about the King of Cups?

gloria	09 Apr 2004
I'm gonna go for the entrepreneur....King/Wands.

Minderwiz	09 Apr 2004
No neither of these two either

jmd	10 Apr 2004
Having been away for a few days, it's a great way to get back into the swing of things... ...how about, possibly (?), the deceiver, ie, XV the Devil ?

Minderwiz	10 Apr 2004
No it's not the Devil , I'll wait a couple of more guesses and then give some clues :)

jmd	10 Apr 2004
The Emperor ?

gloria	10 Apr 2004
How about Knight of Swords? He has the gift of the gab. (mercurial energies)

Minderwiz	10 Apr 2004
Gloria WINS - it's the Knight of Swords, not only gift of gab but sense of humour, love of fun, charisma, generosity and some enterprise. Despite the enterprise, Joe ends up only holding parties and helping friends - he's a professional squatter but not a successful entrepreneur. Well done Gloria - over to you!

gloria	10 Apr 2004
Thanks Minderwiz :) Now for the difficult part....this could take some time!

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