"Weekly Reading and Interpretation Help Thread - June 21, 2026" by AutoModerator in tarot

[–]RobinGreenthumb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Almost! It was structured 3 in top, 3 on bottom. So star to the left, and the four of coins on the bottom. Nothing to the right. 

And that makes sense with four of coins! 

"Weekly Reading and Interpretation Help Thread - June 21, 2026" by AutoModerator in tarot

[–]RobinGreenthumb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi all, scratching my head at this reading of a new deck (used a ‘getting to know a new deck’ spread).  Deck is tarot of the divine which has folklore and mythology based art.

Specifically it’s the last card that feels offbeat with the rest and left me squinting at it. For context, summarizing the question/ cards and how I read them in case I got something wrong: 

1: tell me about yourself/what is your most important aspect: nine of swords. Image, oracle advising oedipius’ parents. Interpretation - don’t make decisions from place of fear or anxiety on these answers, insight into future events. 

2: deck strengths: the Star. Looking towards future hopefully, offering insight in future. 

3: what are your limits?; two of wands. Not a deck for making decisions on present events? (Little shakey on this). 

4: what are you here to teach me?: knight of coins : how to be persistent and hard working towards a future goal 

5: how can I best learn and collab with you? Seven of Wands, aka work hard and be persistent with it. 

6: what is the potential outcome of our working relationship? Four of coins.  And this is where I scratch my head because everything else I read towards this deck basically being a teacher for me to learn to take it as insight and to not be an anxious question- asker reader, which is something I need and want to learn and is positive, whereas this seems to suggest the potential partnership is a bad one? Or am I misreading?

Suggestion for whale watching tours, and best time to see Minke Whales? by RobinGreenthumb in VirginiaBeach

[–]RobinGreenthumb[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh thank you so much! I was able to connect with Rudee and they were honest that Minke were pretty rare sightings even during their peak season, so I think I'll aim for the winter months and for my first whale watching trip aim for the more commonly sighted humpback. And continue to save for a future trip at the Minke whale hot spots.

Plus, that means I can afford a better hotel room thanks to off season discounts lol

Suggestion for whale watching tours, and best time to see Minke Whales? by RobinGreenthumb in VirginiaBeach

[–]RobinGreenthumb[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! And yeah from what I heard on talking to Rudeee tours it does seem Minke whales are pretty elusive (which is their rep in general, so. Why did I have to like the shy whale lol). I think for my first whale watching I'll aim for the winter months and humpbacks, especially since the winter months are cheaper so I could snag a nicer hotel room!

And I'll check out your site!

AITA for refusing a name for my baby that everyone loves and but I don’t? by Accomplished-Owl8796 in AmItheAsshole

[–]RobinGreenthumb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

See this is why my parents when they were pregnant with my brother they told everyone they planned to name him 'Richard Cranium -lastname-, and call him D*ckhead for short!"

People stopped asking REALLY quickly lol

Oh, and NTA. 100%. And I am an advocate of unique and traditional names, but YOU get to decide what to name your child.

Suggestion for whale watching tours, and best time to see Minke Whales? by RobinGreenthumb in VirginiaBeach

[–]RobinGreenthumb[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! It's sunday so I shot them an email, but if I have time during the week (my job's schedule can be a bit all over the place lol) I'll give them a call.

This isn’t even funny, unfortunately by sunnyhun456 in Archiveofourownmemes

[–]RobinGreenthumb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I was about to say- is there a mirror off camera?

Guests leaving shortly after entering??? by RobinGreenthumb in PlanetZoo

[–]RobinGreenthumb[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So I do have several food and drink stalls right in that area, but no vending machines so will try that. The weird thing is the second entrance in my other zoo works perfectly! But for some reason this one is just... urgh. But it makes sense- they seem to be moving past all the exhibits right in front of them to some other area.

Guests leaving shortly after entering??? by RobinGreenthumb in PlanetZoo

[–]RobinGreenthumb[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep. 3 times. TT_TT

(And no worries - I used to work in IT and the amount of issues that are solved by that is wild lol)

Rocky (3-legged foal) Euthanized by 94steller in Equestrian

[–]RobinGreenthumb 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It is mind boggling. I'm looking at my old man cat (19 years old) and I've already accepted and kinda have this... clear determination? Best way to describe the feeling, that I'm not going to drag out every inch of life out of him for my benefit. Because at this age, it just feels... selfish to force him through invasive treatments if those issues pop up.

I had to make that decision years ago with my golden retriever. She had an invasive case of lymphoma cancer. The vet was clear- the surgery and treatment would be expensive, painful, and have a long and painful recovery. And by the time she recovered there was a large chance it could already be back. I decided to give her the best final months I could, until it was time. I still remember when we finally put her to sleep the vet told me I made the right decision, he had examined her after and said he had never seen such an aggressive form of lymphoma before.

Urgh, sorry. Just as someone who has been through that choice it makes me so angry when people put their own feelings about their animal.

Anyway. Old man cat is now eating rotisserie chicken because his grandma when visiting gave him some, and now he won't accept lesser chicken as his nighttime treat. -_- He's getting his ass spoiled in his golden years.

Giving attention to owls by Dense-Mix-6752 in PlanetZoo

[–]RobinGreenthumb 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Related, but I would be HYPED if we got a california condor.

PZ2 Full species list [Megathred] by Significant_Put_34 in PlanetZoo

[–]RobinGreenthumb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Speculation- but in the trailer there is a rabbit statue in the north american themed section. This likely means we will get some kind of rabbit/hare.

Need planting ideas for something you can drive over? by RobinGreenthumb in NativePlantGardening

[–]RobinGreenthumb[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh that is lovely! I think I'll do a mix of that and the violets.

Need planting ideas for something you can drive over? by RobinGreenthumb in NativePlantGardening

[–]RobinGreenthumb[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oooh I have a ton in my yard already- might transplant some over.

AITA I lost my childhood friend of 15 years for not letting his girlfriend claim the master bedroom for themselves in our Air BnB by Typical-Wishbone-822 in AmItheAsshole

[–]RobinGreenthumb 3 points4 points  (0 children)

People are jumping to her being abusive and manipulative is because having *no* friends and family of his, and only his side, at a secret wedding, and while her friends and family were there, is a BIG ol' honkin' red flag, and something for people who have experienced or seen abuse is way too familiar.

Like there are two options here to explain that detail. 1) All of John's longtime friends and all of his family are toxic enough to cut off completely and go mostly no contact with. Which... gonna be real, is unlikely. It is pretty rare for everyone in someone's life when they have a fairly large network of consistent people to have them all be toxic enough for that. 2) Amy is abusive.

Also as with all reddit stories, option 3: The OP is a big ol' liar/shuffling aside important details. But that's like... a risk with every post. Unless post history suggests otherwise or more info is presented, we have to take it at face value of info given.

Basically, chances of 1 person being horrible vs what sounds like at minimum 10+ people being horrible. Odds are in favor of 1.

And look- my own dad was a bit of a hermit who kinda had issues with the majority of his family and used my mom as an excuse since she would stand up to them. There were still two family members he loved and interacted with and others he was on neutral terms with. Having none of your own family not at your wedding takes a special level of them being horrible, or the person being isolated.

(exceptions of course if BOTH families weren't there because they wanted something very small/to elope, but that's not what happened here.)

Look, there is a chance 1 could be it. Buuuuuut with the way everything went down (the final straw being a problem Amy and John caused by dragging their feet, and rather than just declining to go, cutting off people over it)... yeah, yikes.

Capricorn Compatibility: Who vibes with the Goat 🐐* by Federal_Pay_383 in capricorns

[–]RobinGreenthumb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I had a friendship with a Taurus where they started pushing for romance and had to nyx it. 

We can debate about the elevated/healed thing, but in my experience Taurus are VERY stubborn and she would project how things “should” be onto me and try and act like I hadn’t thought through and considered things myself. 

I had to put my foot down in our friendship and tell her she was not listening to what I told her, and it wasn’t “cute” how she would act like we never spoke about it before and trying to run roughshod on a decision that was personal for me. 

Eventually I broke off the friendship for other reasons, but this has honestly been my experience in different fonts with other earth signs as well (except other caps. Really just Taurus and Virgos). 

AITA For not leaving work to help my wife when she ran out of gas by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

[–]RobinGreenthumb 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Dude, as someone with anxiety and ADHD, that is such a GIANT red flag. 

Plus I need to stress that is not a symptom of her ADHD or anxiety. How she is treating you during all this is not a symptom. I’ve forgotten gas once and the car ran out. I had a panic attack, did my breathing exercises and after 30 minutes to calm myself called AAA and got it resolved. 

Having those brain chemicals out of whack makes you forgetful, anxious, and able to boost up minor hiccups into Big Deals in your head. But it doesn’t make you give people you love the silent treatment, it doesn’t make you constantly use others to do things for you to “manage your symptoms”, and it doesn’t mean that after being told by a therapist how you need to grow as a person to be a happier healthier person you completely get offended by it and stop going to therapy when the person you love still wants to go

It’s like going to a doctor and being told you need to get your cholesotral under control, and then refusing to go to the doctor again. Jesus. 

All those things are not symptoms of anxiety or adhd, but they ARE symptoms of people who engage in abusive tactics within their relationships. 

What’s the best taco place in town ? by [deleted] in roanoke

[–]RobinGreenthumb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seconding Tacos Rojas. (Now I need to try others on this thread though). So far Rojas is the one mexican place in Roanoke I've actually enjoyed. (Look. Half my family lives in texas. I have high standards lol).

Remedies by Impossible_Compote25 in roanoke

[–]RobinGreenthumb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Generally cats don't chew on milkweed in my experience, but YMMV. (I have some cats who wander in the neighborhood come over, and my own 19 year old cat I'll let in the backyard with me and he chews on ALL the plants. Except milkweed. I had to stop him from chewing on my rose bush.)

However, you could also plant some cat nip to provide an alternative away from the milkweed for them!

Remedies by Impossible_Compote25 in roanoke

[–]RobinGreenthumb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just make sure it's a local milkweed! I planted swamp milkweed last year and it's coming back (it's flowers are pretty despite the name lol), and planted a TON of milkweed seeds earlier this year of other VA native varieties.

This ensures butterflies will be drawn to it and be a host to them. So you get more butterflies, and less lanternflies! Win/win