I love beautiful tarot and oracle cards, so for each chapter of each novel I write, I draw a card from one of my decks and read it intuitively. For this chapter, I drew Knight of Cauldrons – Celtic Tarot. See the bottom of the page for information about the novel.
One Door from Disaster (Chapter 7), The Lost Teachings of Dead Monks
For the previous chapter, we looked at Charlie and his relationship with Lilah from her point of view. For this chapter, I’ve drawn another card from the same Celtic Tarot deck, this time a Knight of Cauldrons, which is more commonly called the Knight of Cups.
The Lost Teachings of Dead Monks — a magical library, ancient forbidden knowledge, and a librarian who manifests her deepest fears. Available direct from the author →
Typically, this knight is a Prince Charming type, all about emotions and love. This is how Charlie sees himself—heroic, self-sacrificing, romantic. There’s a hint of that in this card, but in this deck, the knight is astride a blue dragon in a green field with a castle—home?—in the background.
The dragon is looking at a very narrow stream that it could step over easily but does not. The knight carries the weight of a black raven on his head, and a cup of water in one hand, careful not to spill.
At first glance, these two knights appear to be very different and in different seasons, but the undercurrent of caution and hesitancy is similar. The previous knight was moving forward but cautiously, but here, the knight is at a full stop. Will he stay on the dragon? Empty his full cup (love)? Or refill it with fresh water?
Law of Attraction, magical library, ancient artifact, witches and librarians. Both Lilah and Charlie try to use the Law of Attraction to get what they want but manifest their fears instead.
For more on reading the cards — meanings, spreads, and the stories they tell — see the Tarot Cards hub.
A magical library, ancient forbidden knowledge, and a librarian who must face the fears she’s been manifesting all along.
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