internet tarot: the comment section

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card number: XI

upright keywords: judgment · validation · performance · virality · group dynamics · emotional vulnerability

reversed keywords: chaos · spiral · oversharing · trolling · self-sabotage · digital echo chambers

tarot card description: a symbol of spectacle, self-performance, and the gnawing hunger to be perceived even if it means being torn apart. the User crouches at his desk, bathed in moon—and blue—light. his wide eyes gleam with anticipation, dread, and the slightest hope that someone might comment back. the room is still, but charged. a floating comment bubble glows beside him like a glitching halo. behind him, a window stares out into the uncaring night. the void doesn’t care what he posts. only the algorithm does.

upright meaning: you are stepping into the spotlight voluntarily or not. this card signals a period of emotional performance and high visibility. you may be sharing your truth, but it’s wrapped in a need for reaction. be honest with yourself: is this expression, or is it bait?

• love: you’re overexplaining, overposting, or testing someone through coded messages. your subtext is becoming spectacle. you want connection but are performing pain. vulnerability doesn’t land when it’s curated for applause.

• life: you’re spiraling through digital feedback loops and relying on external input to make sense of internal confusion. you might feel seen, but not understood. this card urges you to pause before you perform your next identity crisis.

• career: office slack drama? oversharing in meetings? posting your resignation letter as a carousel? this card signals blurred boundaries between personal emotion and public platform. you might be making moves but who are you making them for?

reversed meaning: you’ve absorbed the comment section. internalized it. you are your own reply guy. the algorithm isn’t watching, but you are. reversed, this card warns of self-sabotage disguised as transparency, or quiet shame masquerading as detachment. you’ve mistaken mockery for intimacy.

• love: you assume silence means disinterest. you project rejection before it happens. you’ve been ghosted once and now every pause feels like proof that you are unloveable. yhe frog is in your heart now. and he’s reading old texts.

• life: you’ve built an identity around being misunderstood. you anticipate being torn apart, so you start tearing yourself apart first. you’re no longer posting to connect. you’re posting to self-destruct, one caption at a time.

• career: paranoia, gossip, or passive-aggressive performance reviews may be creeping in. you’re afraid of being seen as too much, so you shrink, or preemptively flame out. your digital footprint is leaving more of a mark than your actual work.

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from the innkeeper:

i’ve become an ipad kid. procreate is my favorite game. this card started as a doodle and ended in a whole spiral (typical). here’s the first in what might become a full deck of internet tarot. maybe more to come (if the frog allows it).

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