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Every November I engage in a fun, free, international writing "competition," called NaNoWriMo, for National Novel Writing Month. It's a creative writing program where participants attempt to write a 50,000 word Novel in 30 days. The only real competitor is oneself. If you fail to write 50k, it's totally fine - the gift you've given yourself is that you started something interesting and artistic. If you win, even better. You will have written something that has never been written before - your own story in your own words. This is something like my 13th year and 25th project in NaNo (there are smaller events throughout the year, called "camps") One of those projects wound up as Applied Tarot. The rest of them have been shelved in my grand bookcase of fiction known as my Onedrive, but I always feel accomplished when I think of them. They're work that I did with my own hands. This year I'm attempting a dystopian mystery novel. I don't have any idea where it's going nor whodunnit, but I'm having a blast trying to figure everything out alongside my protagonist. What does any of this have to do with the Three of Cups, you ask. A lot of writing is done in a vacuum. It's a solitary exercise, but it's one that I could not do without the support and pep talks from my writing friends. Ever weekday morning, my friend Tammy hosts a write-in over Zoom (Tammy is author of the queer romance Tam Lin and forthcoming suburban fantasy, Eastside Hedgewitch.) Her meetups are attended by maybe 3 or 4 people, but it's those writers, authoring their novels in relative silence, that keep me writing, too. We cheer each other on when one of us comes up with a great plot twist, we encourage each other when we've failed to meet our word quota for the day, but for the most part we sit together, all on mute, writing away. Our faces are on the screen for all to see, but we write in our own personal vacuums, together. That's the essence of the three of cups - the friendship and community that everyone needs every day, even if they otherwise work a very quiet and solitary job. ...Or, say, they're at home alone during a pandemic.  Where the two is about romantic love or a bonding partnership, the three is about platonic love, community, and friendship.
The immense joy and the feeling of togetherness is at the same scale in both cards. Where the two is about a couple or two people, the three is about the entire team, or a group of friends who love and need each other. Questions answered by Three of Cups: Who? A group of friends; The team What? A toast; A party Where? A hangout spot When? The first week in July; 3 months. Why? There is always time for friends. Yes or No? Yes Three of Cups Before any card: A collaborative (card) After any card: Friendship or community The Three of Cups as: ...an action?
...a place in your house?
...a place in your city?
...a place in the world?
...something to eat?
...something to clean?
...where to find the missing item?
...a color? yellow, orange, red ...a movie theme? Friendship
...a new career?
Three of Cups combinations With Magician: A group of friends create magic together. With Queen of Wands: An older, wiser female-presenting individual becomes a great companion and resource. With Five of Cups: The potential loss of a friendship unless something is fixed soon. With Eight of Swords: You may feel trapped or stifled by your friends, but you have the power to break free of them and choose your own path. With Page of Pentacles: A message from a friend arrives. For more information on National Novel Writing Month, visit their website. If you need a buddy, search for my username, empapel.
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