I mean technically day 3 but I don’t count the day I arrive…
Today I tried a reading that evokes the idea of Ain Soph Aur, of the stages of emanation of God… which is a fancy way to say a triangle with 3 at the bottom then 2 then 1.
When I picked the cards I actually shuffled them around in bed like domino pieces and grabbed the ones that were left behind. In the process a 7th card was left behid so I put it aside.
Everything emanates from the Reversed Hierophant, and they all point back to it except The Sun.
The general pattern is evident: If I keep on with my goal of self-care, good things will come, from better boundaries to more insight, to harmony… but the Seven of Swords emanates into the Reversed Sun, indicating the risk that trying to get away with something might result in disappointment.
The seventh card I take to be a warning of what awaits me if I neglect the self-care efforts. A reminder that the stress I’m healing from can easily come back.
And healing from stress I am, I’ve spent the better part of the past couple of days sleeping so much, and at every turn I need to remind myself to Just Sleep if I wanna keep sleeping.
Afterwards I went to get sushi at a place that was way too full yesterday. They said their specialty was beef tongue and it was nice! Very tender. I wanted the cups they served tea on so badly though, and I was so sad they didn’t sell them… though now that I write this, I might need to double check.
On the way back to the hotel after that I was taking pictures when I noticed two kids walking around with some hip-hop blasting on a speaker, waited very politely for me to finish my photo before they continued walking and that was so nice.
I’ve been very curious about a local mascot for a nearby hospital, mainly because the illustration style is very western, she even has curly hair. Then, in the nearby Matsumoto Kiyoshi I noticed that a brand of Menthol had a similar girl of curly hair…
I definitely gotta look that one up.
I killed time and went out with Fuyu and Aki to take pics near the sea a few minutes away from my hotel. Then took a few more with Haru and Natsu when the sun came out a bit.
Oh yeah, yesterday I had to sign an NDA while out so I had to buy an adobe subscription to be able to sign it from my iPad and I hated every part of that process… but it’s on me because I forgot to sign it before I left my house.
Aside from that… my family sent me pics of my signed school shirts and I’m gonna be honest, that’s very aggravating to me. The messages aren’t even bad, I just don’t like remembering that period of my life.
Anything before roughly college age leaves a very sour taste in my mouth, including photos of myself. But I don’t know how to tell them “please do not send me old pics of myself, they ruin my day a little bit.”