Compas

I feel like if any flight has the most potential for really weird cults and alternative religious styles it’s gotta be ice because Icewarden is just. So needlessly and almost negligently… antagonistic is a bit to strong for the sentiment I wish to invoke, but antagonistic toward his ‘children’. Is he proud of any of them?

Like. I’ve always low-key wanted another ice breed to be the overachieving golden child to stand over the tundras because I love throwing rocks at my favorite breeds, but like. There’s also something really poetic an enticing about the Concept of a god who is never content with what He makes. Never happy, never satisfied, except for maybe a few fleeting instances until he realizes that, unlike the things he keeps frozen in his vaults, what he creates is destined to change without his input, they will make their own decisions, and they will be disappointing in their own way.

Icewarden’s whole shtick strikes me as someone obsessed with preserving a single moment in time that maybe never existed. He’s the historian god, the museum god, the preserving god, but that comes with a resistance to change that only leaves him surly in his own powerlessness against it.

And the ways in which a people can respond to that frustration and disappointment on a cultural level is myriad. I’ve spoken before (Long long ago…) about the potential for a cultural divide between Tundra who strive to become A Race God Can Be Proud Of by frantically attempting to achieve ideals they were poorly built for, and the Tundra who have essentially disowned any responsibility felt toward Icewarden and either sought out more compassionate gods or gone antitheistic in their practices. But there’s gotta be a wide stretch of ways those pan out as well. Puritan ice dragons living suspicious and rigid lives in fear of God and his forgotten jailers. Hedonistic ice dragons with their endless bonfires spitting in the face of the God who rejected them. Dragons who just live simple lives knowing there’s a God up on the mountain, and also knowing that he doesn’t care enough to intervene in their day to day.

idk part of me really wants to dig into the potential cultures of the Southern Icefields because that’s the same part of me that gets really into Man v God conflicts.

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Thank you for your patience! I opted for the second question, and still used a classic past-present-future...though I will admit, the cards aren't as hopeful as I'd like to be able to convey.

Past: - Nine of Cups
This seems to indicate that there has been a certain luxury in your past in regards to your friendships, a stability and comfort which may have been taken for granted.

Present: - Temperance reversed
This indicates a lack of balance, an excess of something that's throwing the rhythm off. You have a laser focus on something, but what might you be missing that's outside where your blinders lead you? Something's been lost along the way that would serve you well now.

Future: - Six of Swords
The six of swords is a sign of transition, and of moving on from what was once there. As you've noted yourself, if things continue as they are, there's going to be a break in the future, where you and them go separate paths. And perhaps, it may be time for you to forge a new path as well.

Summary:
What I see in this is that everything may have been smooth sailing--or at least gave the feeling of stability--and now something's shaken it all up. Maybe someone feels overwhelmed, maybe there's too much going on, it's hard to tell. However, when I was shuffling the seven of swords came jumping out of the deck, which makes me think that there is more to this than meets the eye. It's a card of subterfuge, a feeling that there's pressure to bend the truth in order to achieve something.

The guidance I can offer is to be honest with your friends. Say you've been feeling a little distant, and see if you can get to the bottom of why it's happening--or if it's not intentional, what they're doing to make you feel that way. Honesty is always going to be the best option.

Here's a look at the spread.

Thank you so much for the opportunity to read for you! If you have any questions or feedback, I'd love to hear!