# Let Madame Zyada read the Tarot for you! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 19, 2001, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-madame-zyada-read-the-tarot-for-you/76967 "2001-08-19T01:49:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Anniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cc9497/32.png) [@Anniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anniz)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-madame-zyada-read-the-tarot-for-you/76967/21 "2001-08-19T07:30:07Z")
Femal, 38 year, blond with some redish in and green eyes. Just tell me something about me. ---
**Author:** ![Soda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@Soda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soda)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-madame-zyada-read-the-tarot-for-you/76967/22 "2001-08-19T09:20:10Z")
Female, brown, 27. Tell me anything, you won’t have a problem finding something… [sup]Anniz, rödblond heter strawberry blonde på engelska :)[/sup] ---
**Author:** ![ryoushi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@ryoushi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ryoushi)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-madame-zyada-read-the-tarot-for-you/76967/23 "2001-08-19T10:30:18Z")
Male, brown hair, 17. Tell me anything you find :). ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-madame-zyada-read-the-tarot-for-you/76967/24 "2001-08-19T11:01:59Z")
I’m in. The tarot causes no fear in me. Female, dark hair, 38. What’s in the future, Madam **Zyada**? (That is, if you get to me at the end o’ this long, long, queue! Maybe you should advertise for an assistant.) ---
**Author:** ![Spider\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Spider\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spider_Woman)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-madame-zyada-read-the-tarot-for-you/76967/25 "2001-08-19T13:48:23Z")
blond enhanced hair (kind of a dishwater brown otherwise), 47, sad. This is very nice of you, Zyada. ----:)/ x o x o x ----///\\ ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-madame-zyada-read-the-tarot-for-you/76967/26 "2001-08-19T16:09:12Z")
Brown, Male, 34. Have at it! ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-madame-zyada-read-the-tarot-for-you/76967/27 "2001-08-19T16:38:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by racinchikki \* > \*\*:crosses Madame Zyada’s palm with silver: > 18-year-old blonde female. Fortune me! 🙂 > \*\* :Takes silver: Madame Zyada reads your future as a gift to a beautiful young lady. However, this will greatly benefit our homeless fund 😉 Covering you: 4 of wands - Romance, harmony, peace Crossing you: 5 of swords - conquest of others, slander, cruelty Beneath you: 4 of cups - stationary period in your life; reevaluation of earthly pleasures Behind you: 6 of swords, reversed - Staying where you are Above you: The fool - Desire to accomplish a great goal Ahead of you: 7 of swords - arguments over plans; partial success Your fears: 8 of pentacles, reversed - Danger in failing your ambitions What others near you hope or fear: 8 of wands - Journey by air, approach to a goal, letters of love Your hopes: 10 of pentacles - Riches, attention to family matters Final Outcome: 3 of swords, reversed - Upheaval, sorrow Interpretation: Well, I happen to know that you are going off to college, and that you are dating Gunslinger. This accounts for the general atmosphere of romance, and that staying where you are is in your past. It looks like the decision to go away to college may have been a recent decision, based on a re-evaluation of what is important to you. It is also obvious that you desire to accomplish a great goal in going to college. It looks like college is going to be harder than you thought - there are going to be conflicts in your personal relationships that cause upheaval and problems (I’m not seeing this as your boyfriend, but other people you are involved with) Hang in there, there will be success, just not quite as you envision it. ---
**Author:** ![Tabithina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f04885/32.png) [@Tabithina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabithina)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-madame-zyada-read-the-tarot-for-you/76967/28 "2001-08-19T17:06:41Z")
**Zyada** , This is very nice of you. I’ve never done anything like this. I am a skeptic, but I’m curious. I make jewelry. In the last few years, I’ve concentrated on designing inexpensive pieces that I can knock out quickly. I am really sick of production work, and the whole craft show scene. I want to design something else entirely, but I’m not sure what. I guess I have “crafter’s block”. 🙂 I’m blonde (and gray), female, and exactly 38 years old today. This is fun, and I appreciate it. [sub]::crosses Zyada’s palm with silver. (_Not_ my cheap jewelry)::[/sub] Thanks! –Kris ---
**Author:** ![Bubble\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c0e974/32.png) [@Bubble\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bubble_Girl)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-madame-zyada-read-the-tarot-for-you/76967/29 "2001-08-19T17:23:08Z")
30 year old female, brown hair, hazel eyes. I’m easy so tell me anything. Thanks! (Excellent thread idea Zyada!) ---
**Author:** ![Mobius74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@Mobius74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mobius74)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-madame-zyada-read-the-tarot-for-you/76967/30 "2001-08-19T17:25:36Z")
Very kind of you to offer - I consider myself a “borderline skeptic”, but there’s enough about all this that makes one wonder… Male, mid-forties, brown hair… ---
**Author:** ![eirroc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f1d935/32.png) [@eirroc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eirroc)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-madame-zyada-read-the-tarot-for-you/76967/31 "2001-08-19T17:44:47Z")
Red hair, 32, 1 blue 1 brown eye. Major concern at this time in my life, I’m leaving a job I enjoy to start a career in Nursing, 1st Oct. Am I doing the right thing? I can’t sleep for thinking about this! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-madame-zyada-read-the-tarot-for-you/76967/32 "2001-08-19T18:19:46Z")
Madame Zyada, I’m Male, 29, brown hair. Getting divorced, and trying desperately to sell my house. Prithee to read my cards, and say the sooth? ---
**Author:** ![Ferggie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@Ferggie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferggie)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-madame-zyada-read-the-tarot-for-you/76967/33 "2001-08-19T18:30:24Z")
Brown-haired (tending towards auburn in the summer sun), 23-year-old female wants to know: What’s up with the boy from Oregon? ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-madame-zyada-read-the-tarot-for-you/76967/34 "2001-08-19T19:06:04Z")
:Crosses Madame Zyada’s palm with a little gold (my contribution to the homeless fund) and some homemade chocolates (consider them a lagniappe.): I’m 27. I have brown hair with a reddish tinge. I’d like to know: 1. What on earth should I be doing professionally (or academically) now? Should I stick it out in my present university and department? Should I transfer somewhere else? Should I ditch the grad school thing and try to find honest work? 2. Should I stick with my present SO relationship, or not? I would be extremely grateful for any assistance the world-renowned (well, world-renowned on the SDMB, at least), gifted and generous Madame Zyada could give. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-madame-zyada-read-the-tarot-for-you/76967/35 "2001-08-19T19:07:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Odieman \* > \*\*Am I on the path to true happiness now? M brownish 38… \*\* This is going to be the reading that proves I’m really not psychic… Or that I really am, and I’m going to be in trouble with someone! [sub]So, Odieman, is there something you haven’t told us? Or did I miss the thread?[/sub] Covering you: The empress - Material wealth, marriage (?!) productivity in the creative arts Crossing you: Ace of cups - beginning of a great love Beneath you: The devil, reversed - beginning of spiritual understanding Behind you: Ace of pentacles - Beginning of an enterprise or journey, adventure Above you: 9 of cups - All of the good things in life are available. You will get your wish! 😃 In front of you: Temperance, reversed - Competing interests, quareling Your fears: Page of cups - either you are drawn to the arts, or there is a child or teen in your life What others feel: 4 of rods - Romance (!), peace, harmony Your hopes: Hanged man, reversed - Absorption in physical matters 😉 Final Outcome: 3 of cups, reversed - Overindulgence in food and drink. My interpretation - The short answer is YES! There is someone new in your life, and this has brought about so many beginnings to your world. I keep seeing the same word (ahem) popping up in this reading - I didn’t list it every time it showed up! There are quarrels ahead - but any good relationship will have its share of differences of opinion. There is also a young person that you’re afraid of, maybe a relation to your new friend. The final outcome is interesting - perhaps indicating a person who is a good cook, or maybe this represents a single event? Whatever else may happen, you are going to get what you are wishing for! ---
**Author:** ![Zap\_Rowsdower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3da27b/32.png) [@Zap\_Rowsdower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zap_Rowsdower)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-madame-zyada-read-the-tarot-for-you/76967/36 "2001-08-19T19:17:19Z")
This is why the internet is great. Male, bown, 35 anthting would be fine. many thanks for the kind offer ---
**Author:** ![PatrickM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7feea3/32.png) [@PatrickM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickM)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-madame-zyada-read-the-tarot-for-you/76967/37 "2001-08-19T19:23:54Z")
Madame Zyada: Me: Age 39, rapidly thinning strawberry blonde hair, except for my beard, which is red with streaks of gray. I have a lot of concerns, (not the least of which is the rapidly thinning hair!), but tell me what I should do about my love life. (And just between us, who’s going to win the Super Bowl and by how many points?) ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-madame-zyada-read-the-tarot-for-you/76967/38 "2001-08-19T20:19:12Z")
Never had this done before, and, to be frank, not putting THAT much faith in it, but it could be fun… Male, 52, hair and eyes brown. Let her riiiip!! (And thanks much for that generous offer, Z.) P.S.: No rush. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-madame-zyada-read-the-tarot-for-you/76967/39 "2001-08-19T20:27:01Z")
Female, black hair, will be seventeen in a month. Ah, geez. Now a question. Hmmmmmmm. Will I ever be stalked, or have any involvement with a stalker of some sort? ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2001, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-madame-zyada-read-the-tarot-for-you/76967/40 "2001-08-19T21:46:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lsura \* > \*\*_Answer me this, answer me that_ > > Brown hair, female, and I’m 3 weeks from being 28. > It’s all up to you, now. 😉 \*\* Around you: 5 of pentacles - unemployment, affinities discovered through similar troubles Across you: 8 of pentacles - learning a trade or profession Beneath you: 10 of cups, reversed - loss of friendship, betrayal Behind you: Devil - Illness, depression, wrong use of force Above you: Knight of pentacles - the classic tall, dark and handsome man; or a man of responsibility. Ahead of you: Knight of cups - Poetic or sensual man, or an invitation or proposition Fears: Ace of cups, reversed - False love, instability What others feel: Kight of Wands - A blonde man, or an energetic man; or a change in residence Hopes: A mature man of responsibility, kind and considerate; or an interest in the arts Final Outcome: Emporer, reversed - Loss of control, emotional immaturity. Interpretation: This can be read two ways. It starts out about your job situation, but, girlfriend, I have never seen so many good looking guys in one reading! For starters, it looks like you are not currently working, (or maybe someone close to you), perhaps because a former friend betrayed you. That’s ok, because you are using this time to learn new skills. Know that your problems are behind you. At this point we see 3 knights and a king in the reading, which usually represent men. These may be different men, or different aspects of the same man. What you are looking for in a man is exactly what you should look for; kind, compassionate and caring. There is a man in your future which has the potential for these traits (The king of pentacles is the mature version of the knight of pentacles) Keep these traits in mind, and you will recognize him; accept that he is not perfect and embrace him for what he is and can be. Alternately, knights also indicate the coming or going of a matter; this plethora may simply indicate that the unemployment mentioned in the first card is coming to an end soon; and that this marks a significant new phase in your life. The loss of control stated in your final outcome worries me; it could be the natural and physical 😉 result of all these men surrounding you. 😃 Or it could be a warning to be very careful in your dealings, lest you end up with an emotionally immature man, or in a controlling relationship. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-madame-zyada-read-the-tarot-for-you/76967.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-madame-zyada-read-the-tarot-for-you/76967.md?page=3)