Simon Bar Sinister & the Ryan Edwards Decks

 

Simon Bar Sinister, or maybe Dollar Store Nosferatu. Rudy Giuliani is a man of many names. 

Recently an anonymous benefactor (who is welcome to identify themselves in the comments, but only if they choose to do that) sent me the Maybe Lenormand and the Playing Marseille. I've long been aware of both, I've even recommended the Maybe, but I gave them a pass since I already have tons of Lenormands (including expanded ones) and TdMs. I see now that I made a mistake. These are workhorse decks: sturdy stock, and unadorned enough for the images to pop. I can also recommend them to beginners, since the booklets are solid. Ryan reads some cards differently than I do, but his ideas are legit. There's no bogus information.

Anyway, I asked the cards "Will Rudy Giuliani flip on Trump?" 

 

The spread above is not what I expected! I figured Rudy's out for himself and he'll sing like a birdie. But the cards say otherwise. Still...

Mostly Diamonds. Money and risk.

Fish, lots of money involved, he's been paid off of course. (Speculation: maybe Trump doesn't pay his attorney fees because he pays them for other things?) Before the Key, it's "unlocked" and subject to change. Trump probably still owes him quite a bit and Giuliani intends to collect. What's after the Key (certain) is the Eye. He's being closely watched - not only by Trump but by the FBI and DOJ. Maybe the CIA as well, since some of Trump's crimes involve hostile foreign nations. The Eye touches the Book, too. There's certain information or records they want, but the Book opens to the Mountains. The information is blocked and Rudy's not talking. Book reflects Key, so these records are important. Fish reflects Mountains. Again, Giuliani has financial incentives for keeping his mouth shut. This could be promised money from Trump, but a likely scenario is that Rudy is in this up to his ears and he doesn't want to implicate himself lest his assets get seized.

Still, everything is likely come out in spite of that. For someone who lies constantly, he's not very good at it, as we know from the way he gets called out on twitter every time he posts his lies. He'll stick to his story until the bitter end, though.

For good measure, I decided to test drive the Playing Marseille for a different perspective and to see if there is any additional information. For the pip cards, it follows Dawn Jackson's Hedgewytchery system. Be advised that I read some cards, like the 7's, a bit differently. I don't necessarily view them all as "troubles that Fate has assigned." If "6 is a path that the seeker must tread" and we see that same path on the 7's with an additional suit symbol blocking the way, I think finding a Spade in the road is much worse than finding, say, a Heart. But Ryan's way will work, too, if you prefer that. Just be consistent.

Same question: "Will Giuliani flip on Trump?"

 

Again we have a "no." The line starts with two Knights: Staves and Cups. Trump with his stick ready to club people into submission, and Giuliani following along proffering his utter loyalty.

Next we have the 4 of Spades, the sickbed or grave. 5 of Clubs points to physical work. Hired people, of course. And 7 of Spades is a card of utter failure.

I think this might refer to Ivana's grave. I could be wrong, of course. But a lot of us find it suspicious that it took 10 burly pallbearers to tote a coffin containing the cremated remains of a frail, liposuctioned woman in her 70's. 

 There could be a metric f***tonne of classified documents in there. It really looks like this is something Rudy's mixed up in that he's not talking about. They're just riding away from the grave at the first hole. "It didn't happen."

Make of that what you will. Time will tell. ;)