Personal Reading: Two Paths

What do I need to know about pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Art and Master’s degree in Education?

————–2—–3—–4 <<<Art degree

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————–5—–6—–7 <<<Education degree

1. Where are you now? reversed Justice

I certainly get this one – there’s a since of imbalance, disharmony and indecision about my current situation. In a way, I feel wronged that I never got to pursue an Art degree the first time around, but I’m torn because I want to pursue a Master’s – the issue seems to be a battle of the heart and mind: my heart wants the Art degree but my mind says the Education Master’s is a better decision in terms of cost/benefit. Funny enough, Justice is also my Personality Card (what I’m meant to learn in this life) – maybe this decision has a great impact on the rest of my life and contains the lessons I’m meant to learn.

2 + 5: Benefits of each: Queen of Cups (art), reversed 8 of Cups (edu)

Again, the heart of the matter seems to be… my heart (forgive the pun). I’ll find pursuing art incredibly fulfilling, whereas a Master’s feels like I’m pursuing it because I feel like I have to, not because I want to. I’m leaving behind all my glittery artsy cups and moving on to the future I’m “supposed” to create but I leave with regrets and doubts (again).

3 +6: Downsides of each: reversed 10 of Swords (art), Chariot (edu)

Not sure how to take the reversed 10 of Swords – perhaps my Art degree will be very mentally taxing which I’ll have to accept and move on with power. Again, learning a lesson. Learning and creating art isn’t always Cuppy There’s lots of mental effort, too.

Interesting how the Chariot is a downside for my Master’s degree. Again, it seems that completing this degree will require substantial willpower and focus to succeed and not give up.

4 + 7: Probable Outcomes: reversed High Priestess (art), reversed 10 of Cups (edu)

Again, I see this dichotomy of the spiritual (art) vs. material (education). The High Priestess is my Soul Card (my purpose for all life times). It seems that this Art degree will help me further become the High Priestess, but not without a few bumps in the road first. Seems that this degree will test me spiritually but at least I’ll be a wiser High Priestess at the end of this after starting out as the naive Queen of Cups.

On the other hand, it seems that a Master’s degree will negatively impact my home and family life – perhaps in terms of monopolizing too much of my time and missing important family events. This also signals to me that getting a Master’s degree because that’s what’s expected of me (by family!) will not solve my problems or necessarliy make me any happier in the end.

Overall Thoughts

Wow that was really insightful. Overall this spread showed me that this decision runs much deeper than choosing a career field – rather it’s about choosing what will make me happy. Also, Justice also seems to tell me not to rush my decision – this decision is worth considering seriously. Fortunately, I don’t need to decide right away – I can explore both opportunities further. On a side note, I followed the Tarot reading ritual that I talked about in my previous post, and I think it’s made difference already

Deck Used: Mystic Dreamer Tarot