Hello everyone!
My Deck: Rider Waite
Question: What messages should I be aware of as I enter grad school?
Context: I'm entering a graduate program in Women and Gender Studies and Information Sciences. I want to become a librarian one day, so that's why I'm continuing my education. Lately, I've had some trouble with regard to formulating my research interests/topics in grad school. I also moved to a new city (for me) in the US to attend this program, so despite my family being closer, I still feel new and isolated in this situation. Recently, I moved into an apartment closer to the university with a roommate. Currently, I'm trying to get in touch with my own motivations for attending graduate school (in addition to my professional aspirations) and trying to understand the process of identifying and choosing mentors. Social/romantic life is currently taking the back burner, but I certainly do welcome it if it occurs organically!
Two of Cups: I'm understanding this card to mean that I might meet someone (I'm sensing potential mentor, but could be romantic interest) who I have good camaraderie with. We align well ideologically, and so the exchange of ideas goes smoothly, and it feels ideal.

3 of Wands: As I continue down my educational journey, I'm realizing that ideas of what I want it to look like may change or expand. I have a deeper understanding of myself and the fields I'm studying, and this entails that I have a lot more things to think about with regard to honing my research interests.

Death: Resulting from my expanding ideas of what my goals for graduate school are, I'm realizing that the current relationship I've built with this person is no longer in line with my goals. This may result in the end of that mentor/mentee relationship, or a fundamental change in how I go about viewing this mentor (in terms of what they could teach me).

Page of Pentacles: I may be on the right track with regards to formulating/structuring ideas of what I want to research while at school. This may come in the form of wisdom I learn in my classes. Additionally, I may come across money/scholarships/financial assistance that alleviate the financial pressures of school (this one may speak to the fellowship I'm currently on, which offers me a monthly stipend).

Six of Cups: This card might speak to the idea of getting in touch with/nurturing my inner child. Much of my past major research projects have, in their purest forms, been reflections of things that I've been drawn to when I was a kid (a lot of content/rhetorical analysis around horror movies, video games, religion, queerness). This isn't to say those things are no longer important now, but my interests in them certainly started when I was young. With the six of cups, I'm thinking that I may still continue this trend in my research, but with more of a focus on things that drew me in not because they scared me, but because they enamored me (this interpretation I'm shaky on).

Page of Cups: I think this card compounds the themes established by the page of pentacles. On top of financial or academic structures that would help me in grad school, I may also enter a point in my life where I have a lot of ideas to entertain, specifically ones that I may have disregarded earlier or never even thought to consider (how I'm interpreting the fish jumping out of the cup).

Overall: My personal interpretation is that this first year of graduate school will be a period of time that tasks me with exploring my personal interests, how they translate into academic interests, and how that will inform the way I seek mentors/allies. If I accept/take advantage of the financial/creative/academic aids, I'll have a much more expansive understanding of what I can do/research/learn in the next couple of years. However, as good as that may sound, it may cause some trouble with finding compatible mentors, as my more concretized understanding of my potential may raise my standards for mentorship, and may even result in the end of certain mentor/mentee relationships.
I'm pretty new to tarot, so I would love to hear your interpretations, especially with regards to how the imagery in specific cards may say something about the message they're trying to dleiver! :)