that's beautiful aj. somebody out there likes you! that looks like the fans used at chinese new year celebrations in chinatown, they're given away for good luck in boston.
sven , i have at least 6 decks of tarot cards from around the world, even though i haven't done a tarot reading in many years. people send me odd things.. on that note, i'd say my scrying bowl is probably the weirdest thing i own right now. it's made out of a hubcap, lol!
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You have a scrying bowl? Do you throw little pinched of sodium in the water to make a puff of smoke to look into. I've seen people do that.