Medieval Cats Reading by my 5 Year Old

Yesterday I gave my 5 year old daughter her pick of several decks. She made her selection via Eeny Meeny Miny Mo and landed on another cat deck. This time it's the Medieval Cat Tarot. She knows nothing about tarot, or what the cards are "supposed" to mean. She just gave me a reading based on the pictures. I asked her to do a reading for how my week was going to go. She pulled three cards.

Five of Coins: "Well, you're gonna sleep outside one day and it's gonna rain and you're gonna be cold, cold."

Nine of Coins: "And this one means that you're gonna become a pirate someday. Someday you're gonna become a pirate. and you're gonna be strong and powerful because you're a pirate!"

Four of Swords: "You're gonna sleep good tonight and there's gonna be a sword underneath your pillow so that you can fight people, fight with your enemies if they come in!"

And here was the brief conversation that followed:

I said, "Okay, so what does this mean for my week ahead? I don't think I'm going to sleep outside or become a pirate. so what do you think these cards are saying my week will be like?"

She answered, "Good!"

"How will it be good? The way you described these cards doesn't make it sound like a very good week."
"Well, when there's people that's mean, you will fight them."

"And will I win?"
"Yes! You will win the challenge!"

"So this is good?"
"Yes it's good. Goodness is gonna happen to you!"


So here's the funny part. Last night as we were going to bed, my other daughter had lost one of her stuffed horses that she sleeps with. Unable to find it, I told her we would look for it tomorrow. A few minutes later, I felt something hard under my blanket. It was my son's toy sword. There was actually a sword in my bed... very near my pillow, just as my daughter had predicted with the reading! And as I removed the sword, my daughter saw her missing horse underneath it! I thought about how the cards predicted that I would be a pirate... the sword with the missing horse treasure hidden beneath it was pretty pirate-esque!

And as for the cold rain, well, I'll just have to wait and see if any arrives this week!

Update: Two days after this reading, it rained! It was a brief rainfall at night just before the kids' bedtime, but it rained this week nonetheless, just as predicted! So cool!

Deck: Medieval Cat Tarot by US Games