The one time I did tarot (it was completely wrong)
Thinking about this because of that really good Patti LuPone episode of Agatha All Along.
In my freshman year of high school, my theater director did a tarot reading for me. I don’t remember much except for one thing: I drew one card (I forget which) that was supposed to represent femininity or feminine energy. She asked me if I was on my period. I said no (I didn't tell her I had never had a period). She said I would be soon.
My friend, I did not menstruate for two whole years after that. I started my period on Halloween my junior year of high school (spOoKy). It was so late I went to an endocrinologist to make sure nothing was wrong with me. I did not consult any fortune tellers.
Now that I have the clarity of hindsight, and being trans, I think the femininity thing was so laughably wrong that maybe everything she said that day was the opposite of what would actually happen. I don’t remember anything other predictions, though. I’m sure they were vague and positive. Which, given how the state of the world is right now, kinda makes sense.
I do think a more skilled tarot reader could have come up with a meaning for that card that was more…intuitive about my gender? Especially since she knew me; I wasn’t a stranger. I’m sure if a cis man pulled that card she wouldn’t have said “welp you’re gonna get your period,” she would’ve interpreted it differently.
So maybe the cards were right, just the reading was wrong. Maybe the correct meaning was "You're repressing your femininity because you want to be a man; once you are comfortable with yourself, I see you being quite feminine." That's what she would've said if predicting the future was real. That would've saved me a lot of time.