I haven't been following the lead-up to the election and have no particular expectations. I'm just sort of testing my equipment here.
Ace of Cups: Washington, D.C. There's a dove (D) and a cup (C), and there's a big W on the cup. The overall imagery is also connected with washing, and the Latin for "dove" is columba (District of Columbia). I guess California is a possibility, too, since its capital is Sacramento, but overall I'm pretty confident this is Washington. Does anything interesting ever happen in D.C. at midterms? It's so overwhelmingly Democratic that I can't imagine there are ever any surprises. Eight of Swords: Paralysis and blindness. A looong wait for the results. Again, I can't imagine this actually happening in a D.C. local election, so perhaps it refers to the effect on the federal government of the election as a whole.
Hanged Man: Not sure about this one. The gallows forms a big T, so it could be Tennessee or Texas -- more likely the latter, since TX = Tau cross. Just a wild guess. Nine of Swords: A nightmare -- but from whose point of view? Update: I'm kicking myself for not recognizing the Hanged Man as the Oz/Fetterman race. Upside down = antipodes = Australia = Oz, and it's literally a man hanging by a fetter around his ankle.
Okay, that's literally a blue wave in the House, and that imagery is echoed in each of the other cards. A major loss for the GOP, and the Dems feeling their oats. Not what any sane person would predict, but then sane people don't base their political predictions on Tarot cards, do they?
Defiance. Refusal to concede.
Overall effect on...
And finally, the whole election in a nutshell:
What it looks like to me: Massive, absolutely undeniable fraud, handing a big win to the Dems. A general rejection of the legitimacy of the results, leading to paralysis and a crisis in Washington. Perhaps accusations of fraud in the other direction in Georgia, where the Republican incumbent will win. And maybe something shocking in Texas? Don't tell me Beto's going to "win"!
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Hm, I've seen a few predictions of a red wave. Whether that shows up immediately, or through rejection as you suggest, this might be one to remember.
(White Cherokee rose? I didn't know that... how interesting.)
Sane?
Well consider the general level of hamfistedness, incompetence, and hubris displayed by the powers that be.
Also the coordinated mass news stories of the past 48 hours - red mirage at the beginning of election day, its normal for it to take days to count votes, GOP is going to cheat, and stories about long lines in blue places such as universities.
Guess we'll find out soon.
> Eight of Pentacles: Looks like business as usual, presumably a win for the incumbent.
The picture looks literally like a dude sitting there forging stars, so it reads to me like a dramatic result would be a dramatic accusation of forgery with messy aftermath. (For drama, the accusation just needs to be public, it does not need to be proven true or false.) Which is consistent with the overall reading.
My second reaction on looking up who the incumbents were were 'wait, the midterms are today???'
Checking in on Georgia's gubernatorial race, the Ministry of Truth (Wikipedia) informs us:
> When asked if she would accept the results of the election if she lost, Stacy Abrams declined to directly respond.
Hence accusations of forgery seem probable no matter who wins.
It looks like the incumbent governor has won in Georgia, and his opponent has conceded. No accusations of fraud so far. In Texas, too, the incumbent seems to have won without incident. So far the reading seems pretty far off-base.
So far the most noteworthy result has been Pennsylvania, where the brain-damaged guy in the hoodie won out over the Turkish TV doctor. Nothing about that in the cards.
Unless the Hanged Man was about Pennsylvania. The French name of the card is Pendu, and it features a "fettered man" who is upside down (as in Oz/Australia).
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