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Star Trek Tarot @startrektarot.bsky.social · 15h

Card of the day: JUDGEMENT. An ancient Turkish proverb speaks of the tiny sound of a gnat as sufficient to a person of good judgement, while to one who lacks good judgement the sound of an entire orchestra is of no help.
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In "Spectre of the Gun", a Melkotian apparition pronounces that the Enterprise crew are to be punished for disregarding their space buoy's warning to turn back.

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Star Trek Tarot @startrektarot.bsky.social · 1d

Card today: EIGHT OF COINS. Confucius said, “The expectations of life depend upon diligence; a mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.” A modern joke asks, “How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice.”
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In "Assignment: Earth", operatives codenamed Gary Seven and Isis, trained by an advanced alien civilization from a planet unknown even in the Enterprise’s normal era, are on a mission in Earth's 1960s to disrupt the launch of a politically-divisive space weapons platform.

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Star Trek Tarot @startrektarot.bsky.social · 2d

Card of the day: FOUR OF RODS. If a previous venture began with a departure, it must conclude with an arrival. The completion of any important phase of a larger project can be a cause for celebration.
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In "The Omega Glory", on post-apocalyptic planet Omega IV, Yang leader Cloud William performs a ceremony which includes reciting an ancient but now-garbled scripture whose original meanings have been lost.

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Star Trek Tarot @startrektarot.bsky.social · 3d

Card of the day: KNIGHT OF CUPS. When people don’t know what is going on, they speculate. When they think they know, they fabricate. And when they do know, they often disparage. Jealousy is insecurity turned sideways.
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In "The Ultimate Computer", Dr. Richard Daystrom promoted the M-5 computer as a breakthrough in computer design, but had imprinted it with his own unstable personality.

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Star Trek Tarot @startrektarot.bsky.social · 4d

There are several Star Trek Tarot decks available, by different authors, with different artistic styles, different levels of production quality, different depths of understanding, and different dedication to continuity. Make sure to do your research, so you know what you will be getting. 🖖 😉

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Star Trek Tarot @startrektarot.bsky.social · 4d

Card of the day: FIVE OF BLADES. The difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is how you use them. Breakdowns can create breakthroughs. Things fall apart so that things can fall together.
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In "Patterns of Force", in star system M43-Alpha the previously primitive society on planet Ekos has been contaminated by an Earth cultural historian. Kirk and Spock attempt to go undercover to repair the damage, but are quickly captured.

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Star Trek Tarot @startrektarot.bsky.social · 5d

Card of the day: THE STAR. In the calm that follows a storm, opportunities may arise that were previously impractical. Beyond the vital short-term cleanup work, keep an eye out for ways to make major long-term improvements.
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In "Return to Tomorrow", Kirk finds a glowing sphere containing the remaining life essence of Sargon, an alien whose body had died a half million years earlier but whose mind remained active to probe nearby space in hope of eventually finding others.

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Star Trek Tarot @startrektarot.bsky.social · 6d

Card of the day: TEN OF BLADES. If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done. Your success may be determined by what you are willing to sacrifice for it.
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In "By Any Other Name", Kirk watches as Andromedan leader Rojan demonstrate their advanced tech to condense crewmembers down to geometric shapes. If a shape is kept intact, that person can be restored, but if a shape is crushed, that person is lost.

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Star Trek Tarot @startrektarot.bsky.social · 7d

Card of the day: NINE OF COINS. Prosperity begins with a state of mind. Believe in yourself, and in your expectations. Expect to expand your wealth, your knowledge, your relationships, your income, your wisdom. And you will.
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in "A Piece of the Action", After the Federation caused cultural contamination on Sigma Iota II leading to battling crime bosses, Kirk become the top “boss” himself to force all the Iotian bosses to answer to the Federation, which could then gradually guide the Iotians into a more ethical system.

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Star Trek Tarot @startrektarot.bsky.social · 8d

Card of the day: EIGHT OF CUPS. During any struggle, what may seem to some as capitulation may in reality be strategic redirection toward a larger goal. Difficult things can take a long time. Impossible things, a little longer.
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In "The Immunity Syndrome", the Enterprise retreats from the eleven thousand mile long giant alien amoeba invading Sector 3-9-J near star system Gamma 7-A.

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Star Trek Tarot @startrektarot.bsky.social · 9d

Card of the day: NINE OF BLADES. The past is a place of reference, not residence. Past mistakes are meant to guide you, not define you. Guilt can either hold you back from growing, or show what you need to shift in your life.
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In "Obsession", Nurse Chapel tries to cheer up Lieutenant Garrovick, who blames his own brief hesitation for the deaths of other landing party members.

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Star Trek Tarot @startrektarot.bsky.social · 10d

Card of the day: THREE OF COINS. Opportunity comes to those who look for it. Getting something done is an accomplishment; getting something worthy done right is an achievement.
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In "The Gamesters of Triskelion", on planet Triskelion, Kirk confronts The Providers.

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Star Trek Tarot @startrektarot.bsky.social · 10d

There are several different Star Trek Tarot decks, by different authors, with different artistic styles, different levels of production quality, different depths of understanding, and different dedication to continuity. Make sure to do your research, so you know what you will be getting. 🖖

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Star Trek Tarot @startrektarot.bsky.social · 11d

Card of the day: STRENGTH. Theologian Reinhold Niebuhr’s original serenity prayer asked for “courage to change what must be altered, serenity to accept what cannot be helped, and the insight to know the one from the other.”
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In "A Private Little War", on planet Neural, the wife of Hill People leader Tyree is the Villager shaman Nona, a powerful Kahn-ut-tu woman with knowledge and healing powers.

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Star Trek Tarot @startrektarot.bsky.social · 12d

Card of the day: QUEEN OF COINS. “I trust you” is a better compliment than “I love you”, because you may not always trust the person you love, but you can always love the person you trust.
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In "Journey to Babel", Spock's human mother, Amanda Grayson, visits the Enterprise along with Spock's Vulcan father Sarek en route to a Federation diplomatic conference on planet Babel.

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Star Trek Tarot @startrektarot.bsky.social · 13d

Card of the day: SIX OF COINS. If you want to touch the past, touch a rock. If you want to touch the present, touch a flower. If you want to touch the future, touch a life. Kindness, like a boomerang, always returns.
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In "Bread and Circuses", on System 892 planet 4, leader Proconsul Claudius Marcus tries to bribe Kirk with a "gift" of the slave girl Drusilla. (Kirk appreciates the offer, but doesn't keep her.)

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Star Trek Tarot @startrektarot.bsky.social · 14d

Card of the day: TEN OF COINS. One secret of success is to stop focusing on what you do not have and shift your consciousness to an appreciation for all that you do have. Live a life of positivity and you will have prosperity.
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In "The Trouble with Tribbles", Kirk discovers that the tribbles have found their way into the grain storage compartment on Deep Space Station K-7.

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Star Trek Tarot @startrektarot.bsky.social · 15d

Card of the day: KING OF CUPS. What is a man, but that lofty spirit, that sense of enterprise, that devotion to something that cannot be sensed, cannot be realized but only dreamed, the highest reality!
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In "I, Mudd", Harry Mudd is luxuriating on the throne of Norman's android planet.

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Star Trek Tarot @startrektarot.bsky.social · 16d

Card of the day: NINE OF RODS. It is said that experience is the best teacher. But that experience may be hard-earned. An ancient Hindu proverb suggests that no physician is really good until he has killed one or two patients.
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In "The Deadly Years", Dr. McCoy is showing the effects of the rapid-aging disease picked up from planet Gamma Hydra IV.

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Star Trek Tarot @startrektarot.bsky.social · 17d

There are several different Star Trek Tarot decks, by different authors, with different artistic styles, different levels of production quality, different depths of understanding, and different dedication to continuity. Make sure to do your research, so you know what you will be getting. 🖖

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Star Trek Tarot @startrektarot.bsky.social · 17d

Card of the day: FOUR OF COINS. It is said that those who love money will never have enough, and are never satisfied. The real measure of your wealth is how much you’d be worth if you lost all your money.
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In "Mirror, Mirror", Uhura, Kirk, McCoy and Scott have unexpectedly materialized in the transporter room of the ISS Enterprise in a parallel universe.

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Star Trek Tarot @startrektarot.bsky.social · 18d

Card of the day: THE WORLD. All things, both good and bad, eventually reach an end. The tales most worth recording and retelling are the tales that reach the most memorable and satisfying conclusions.
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In "The Apple", Kirk and the Enterprise landing party address the native villagers on Gamma Trianguli VI after freeing them from enslavement by Vaal.

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Star Trek Tarot @startrektarot.bsky.social · 19d

Card of the day: KNIGHT OF RODS. Learning is an act of exploration. The eternal quest for knowledge may seem difficult at times, but that can lure the mind to the pursuit and discovery of deeper findings.
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In "The Changeling", Kirk addresses Nomad, originally the first interstellar Earth probe to seek new life-forms before encountering an alien probe that altered its programming.

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Star Trek Tarot @startrektarot.bsky.social · 20d

Card of the day: EIGHT OF BLADES. When stressed, sometimes the best thing to do is to not think, not wonder, not imagine, not obsess. Just stay calm, breathe, and have faith in the belief that everything will eventually work out.
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In "Wolf in the Fold", Scotty is found dazed and disoriented, still holding the bloody knife after Redjac had used it to murder a local dancer on planet Argelius II.

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Star Trek Tarot @startrektarot.bsky.social · 21d

Ha! "It's a work in progress..." 😀 😉 🖖
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Monsters, Inc. Put that thing back where it came from, or so help me!

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