I have three sets of cards again this week for UK News. One set pulled blind, the second with the Rider as the keycard (for News) and the third with the Letter (for Story). So – here we go, new cards ahoy:
Story A: No Keycard
Cross – Anchor – Tower-Whip-Man
Burdens/religion (Cross); Stability (Anchor): Government/Organisation (Tower); Harshness/Abuse (Whip); Man (Man)
Keycard = TOWER = An organisation or the government
Central cards:
Anchor – Tower = Organisational or government stability or permanence
Tower- Whip = Harsh government; tough government; battered organisation; tough or abusive organisation; prison
Mirroring:
Cross-Man = A man’s burden; male troubles; man’s problem
Anchor-Whip = Longterm hardship; punishment?
Interesting. So it looks like
It’s about an organisation of some kind or the government, and is around that organisation’s or the government stability or permanence. It’s a tough organisation or government, a prison perhaps? It involves a man’s burden; male troubles and longterm hardship; punishment maybe?
5-card chain
Cross – Anchor = Long-term troubles; stable religion
Anchor-Tower = Organisational stability; government stability
Tower-Whip = Harsh government; tough/abusive organisation; prison
Whip-Man = Man’s punishment; male abuse
In More Detail:
Cross – Anchor = Long-term troubles; stable religion
Cross – Tower = Official or government burdens; official religion
Cross – Whip = Punishment; harsh burdens
Cross – Man = Male or man’s troubles
The troubles concerned are long-term, connected with officialdom or government, involve punishment or harshness of some kind and are the troubles of a man or men.
Anchor-Tower = Organisational stability; government stability
Anchor-Whip = Harsh stability; long-term punishment
Anchor -Man = Man’s stability
The stability of an organisation or officialdom is involved; it concerns long-term punishment or harshness and a man’s stability
Tower-Whip = Harsh government; tough organisation; prison
Tower- Man = Male organisation; male government; men’s prison
This is a tough and punishing organisation or government, possibly a prison; and a male organisation, government or officialdom.
Whip-Man = Man’s punishment; male abuse
Initial thoughts:
I can’t help feeling this is going to be a story about men’s prisons somehow.
Although – well, this isn’t a UK story but is heavily in the press at the moment – I did wonder if this is the story about Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, murdered by officials at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. It does fit with the harsh official punishment idea.
Update:
The UK news this week has been filled with two big stories, both of which would fit these cards.
The first, as already mentioned, is the murder of Jamal Khashoggi (Burden/Troubles (Cross) – Longstanding (Anchor) – Officialdom, organisation (Tower)-Punishment/Abuse (Whip)- Male (Man))
The second, later in the week, has been the naming of establishment figure and Topshop boss Philip Green in Parliament as the alleged serial bully and predator in another UK #MeToo case, after an injunction was brought by his lawyers to prevent the Daily Telegraph newspaper from naming him after an investigation by that paper. Again, the cards would fit. (Troubles/Problems (Cross) – Longstanding (Anchor) – Organisation/Establishment (Tower) – Abuse/Sexual Abuse (Whip) – Male (Man))
Story B: Rider as Keycard
Sun – Birds – Rider – Lily – House
Success (Sun) – Talk/Communication (Birds) – News (Rider) – Old/Past (Lily) – Home (House)
Central Cards:
Birds – Rider = Arrival of talk; upcoming conversations or discussion
Rider – Lily = Older/past news; older man arrives
Mirroring:
Sun-House = Domestic success; home success
Birds – Lily = Nostalgic talk; older man speech; past conversations
Ok, so it sounds like what’s coming up is a lot of talk about the past, if that makes sense. Probably the past for the country. Oh god, not invoking Churchill again, and past glories, I hope.
5-Card Chain
Sun-Birds = Conversational success; discussion success
Birds-Rider = Upcoming conversation; discussion happens; news of conversation
Rider-Lily = Older person arrival; old news
Lily-House = domestic past
News of a successful conversation about our domestic past, possibly old news or an older visitor
More Detail:
Sun-Birds = Conversational success; discussion success
Sun-Rider = Arrival of success; news of success
Sun-Lily = Old success; older man success
Sun-House = Domestic success
Talking about domestic success and positivity using the past or involving older man
Birds-Rider = Upcoming conversation; discussion happens
Birds-Lily – older discussion or conversation, older man discussion
Birds-House = domestic discussion
An upcoming conversation “at home”, either with an older man or discussing the past
Rider-Lily = Older person arrival; old news
Rider-House = Domestic news; visitor
An older person visits at home, or there is old news
Lily-House = domestic past
initial thoughts
Not sure. I’m not aware of any upcoming visits from elder statesmen, but I may be wrong. Obviously, Brexit talks are still going on. As this is the UK, there could easily be an invocation of old glories and speeches and nostalgia about Britain being Great to try to rally us up. We will see.
Update:
I’m really not sure about this. It’s a bit of a long-shot but it could be the Philip Green story again, but this time from the angle of the successful “outing” in the House of Lords of his name by longstanding Labour peer Peter Hain, outraged at the gagging of the press over the case . This angle was also all over the papers.
I had assumed that the House card meant “domestic”, as in the UK, but it could be the literal House (which is what we call Parliament, in this case, the House of Lords, where our elder politicians largely reside). See here:
Success (Sun) – Speech, Spoken, Talked About (Birds) – News (Rider) – Older Man, Senior (Lily) – Parliament/House of Lords (House)
Here’s the story itself, courtesy of the New Statesman.
Story C: Letter as Keycard
Tree-Mice-Letter-Coffin-Snake
Health (Tree); Worries (Mice): Story/News (Letter); Ending or death (Coffin): Problem/Betrayal/Betrayer (Snake)
Central Cards:
Mice – Letter = Reported worries; written concerns
Letter – Coffin = Death news; news of an ending; final story
Mirroring:
Tree – Snake = Ill health; serious illness; an unpleasant person’s health
Mice – Coffin = Death fears; ending concerns
It basically sounds like news of a death after health fears. But whose?
5-card chain
Tree-Mice = Anxiety; anxious health
Mice-Letter = Reported worries; news of worries
Letter-Coffin = Death news
Coffin – Snake = Problems end; death
So yes – it sounds like worries about an illness reported and then a death.
More detail:
Tree-Mice = Anxiety; anxious health
Tree-Letter = Reporting health; news of health
Tree-Coffin = A death; ending health
Tree-Snake = Serious illness; failing health
Serious health issues reported
Mice-Letter = Reported worries; news of worries
Mice-Coffin = Death worries
Mice-Snake = Serious concerns
Reports of serious concerns and likely death
Letter-Coffin = Death or dying news
Letter-Snake = Illness news; betrayal news
News of the death, but perhaps something else also?
Coffin – Snake = Problems end; death
initial thoughts
I don’t really think it’s fair to speculate on who this might be – it could be anyone, probably older given the illness aspect and clearly well-known and worthy enough for news reporting. But there are always a number of these, it’s inevitable. We’ll see.
Update:
I still don’t know on this one. There was a story up on the BBC all week about a man who had destroyed his health by taking green tea supplements which permanently damaged his liver. It certainly fits with the ‘betrayal’ side of a story about health – something you trusted that turns out to be the opposite of what is promised. Also, there was the sudden collapse – with a heart attack, it turns out – of former footballer and pundit Glenn Hoddle right after a TV show. He was seriously ill, but thankfully seems to be on the mend as far as I can tell. So I’m not sure that this reading is about him.