Why are you drawn to a certain career? Is it your personality? Your astrological sign? Your parents’ connections?
Would you believe…a playing card?
Destiny Cards are a ‘science’ that match birth dates to each playing card in a simple deck of 52. Each card suit and number are assigned personality traits. Learn your Destiny Card, and you can supposedly discover the careers best suited for you.
For example, my birthday is March 28th — it’s never too late for cards and gifts, ya know — and according to the calendar, my Destiny Card is the 8 of clubs. Here’s how they break it down:
Eight is the number of power and abundance. You enjoy attention and have special talents in the area of your suit (clubs – knowledge). Avoid power struggles.
Clubs are creative and experience life through talking and learning. As the students of the deck, Clubs are curious, always thinking, and love to talk, read and teach. The positive club is brilliant and well-informed; the negative club can be a dishonest know-it all. Great careers for Clubs include teaching, writing, law and journalism.
Uh, snap! That’s pretty much me on the head. Maybe there’s more to these Destiny Cards than I first thought.
Give it a try yourself and see what you think.
Famous last words
In my college journalism class, our first assignment was to write our own obituary.
Who knew the guy had a sense of humor?
Well, he would have loved Michael “Flathead” Blanchard. His recent paid obit in the Denver Post was written with extreme entertainment value. It includes lines like…
Mike wanted it known that he died as a result of being stubborn, refusing to follow doctors’ orders and raising hell for more than six decades. He enjoyed booze, guns, cars and younger women until the day he died.
It makes me sad that I didn’t meet Mike before he died. The wake sounds like it will be fun, too:
He asks that you stop by and re-tell the stories he can no longer tell. As the celebration will contain adult material, we respectfully ask that no children under 18 attend.
Atta boy, Mike.
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