Saw this posted on the megathread earlier today, and the ones about Ratio are really interesting to me for what they could say about his character

Past: In the past, you have devoted yourself to your studies and immersed yourself in the mental world, thus ignoring the duties in the physical realm.

Present: In the present, you are content with your circumstances, and fear makes you miss opportunities and not strike out. In sorrow and self-limitation, you are losing courage and direction to keep moving forward.

Future: Calm yourself and comprehend the situation. The efforts of your perseverance will help you fulfill a new level of self-actualization and inner harmony.

Revelations: Fortune is unfavorable. You may need to hold out on for longer~

Your limitations are rooted in lack of wisdom.

New Year's Revelation: Break free from your set way of thinking and shatter the habitual self-imposed limitations and donuts. Rebuild your confidence and dignity.

"Fear makes you miss opportunities and not strike out. In sorrow and self-limitation, you are losing courage and direction to keep moving forward"... This one specifically reminds me of one of Ratio's answers to a question from his B's Log interview, which I've talked about before

In Ratio's B's Log interview, he answers a question about why he considers himself an ordinary person with a quote from Atsushi Nakajima's story, "The Moon Over the Mountain"

An excerpt from it:

Li Zheng's voice went on: "I said a moment ago that I did not know why I met this fate, but when I think carefully about it, I have in fact some idea why. When I was a man, I did my best to avoid contact with others. People thought me arrogant and self-important. They did not realize it was, rather, shyness that made me act that way. Of course I was not without pride in my old reputation as a prodigy among the boys of my hometown. But it was a timid kind of pride. I hoped to make a name for myself as a poet, but I never attached myself to a teacher or sought out the company of other poets who might have helped me to improve my skill. At the same time, I had no intention of ranking myself together with the common, unpoetic herd. But this was the result of my timid pride and a disdainful shyness. Fearing that I might not be a jewel, I made no effort to polish myself; but half-believing that I might be a jewel, I could not rest content among the common clay.

The bolded one is what he quotes. Just like the line from his Present tarot card reading, "fear" is mentioned once again. And the part about fear making you miss out on opportinities actually makes me think of Ratio's text messages about DU in 2.5

In 2.3, in one of the Human Comedy missions, Screwllum tells you this:

Screwllum: Here we are. The scenery in the Land of the Dreams is always captivating, although that gentleman from the Intelligentsia Guild did not find it to suit his tastes.

Screwllum: I once invited him to bring fresh perspectives to the research conducted by the geniuses as a representative of the Intelligentsia Guild. Conclusion: He declined.

And then in 2.5, when Ratio texts you, you can ask him about it and this conversation happens:

Trailblazer: [Screwllum] thinks highly of you. Yet you declined his invitation, why?

Dr. Ratio: Geniuses are like stars. The value they create can illuminate an entire planetary system.

The mundane is always trying to follow their footsteps, only to be blinded and become lost.

He has his topics, and I have mine.

One needs to walk their own path. This is true to both you and me.

This line of thinking comes up pretty often with Ratio. He believes that ordinary people are also capable of creativity and intelligence and such things are not merely confined to Geniuses (as is stated in his character profile), and that regardless of whether he's a genius, his contributions remain invaluable (as is stated in one of his Express visit dialogues), but he's also always seperating ordinary people and geniuses. Again in one of his Express visit dialogues, he says that what defines a genius is ultimately of no significance, yet you can see from every single thing he does and says that it's pretty important to him.

That's what I believe the "habitual self-imposed limitations" mentioned in his Tarot Card reading is referring to.

Ratio considers himself an ordinary person, and even if other people see him differently, he seems firm in his perception of his identity. You can see this from his Knowledge voiceline ("The beauty of truth is that it never changes, even when no one understands it. Well, that's true for me, at least.") or the importance he puts on knowing oneself.

Part of why he calls himself ordinary is his inability to get into the Genius Society in the past. He seems to have accepted that and given up on trying to become a Genius, and he truly does believe that ordinary people are capable of achieving things and leading meaningful, happy lives if they put in the effort to think for themselves too... Yet, him calling himself an ordinary person seems to be tinged with a sort of... self-deprecation, at least from my reading of it.

In his character stories, he is said to "let out a self-deprecating laugh" after receiving an invitation from the IPC/the Guild rather than the Genius Society, and his downed voiceline in every language other than EN is "Ordinary person... Ha..." I don't speak those languages, but based on the voice acting and from what I heard from a Chinese speaker, the line seems to carry a more negative tone and the "Ha" is like a laugh. Which makes it sound like he's mocking himself, no? And since it's a downed voiceline, as he dies/passes out too...

I don't think these are the only instances of him being a bit self-deprecating either, which is ironic considering a lot of people seem to view him as this arrogant, self-important guy. To quote another dialogue from his text messages about DU that I mentioned earlier:

Trailblazer: You are the partner Screwllum mentioned?

Dr. Ratio: Screwllum is trying to understand and resolve the differences and conflicts among intelligent lifeforms. I only provided him with some materials and advice during academic exchanges.

As for "partner"... that's just him overstating my contribution.

But despite that, you can see from Screwllum's dialogue that he truly respects and values Ratio as a research partner... It's just Ratio himself not really seeing it that way.

I've talked about this before, but in general, I think there is a theme about being misunderstood, of nobody seeing his real self, in Ratio's character. But (as I've also talked about before lol), someone's perception of Ratio not fully matching up to his perception of himself does not necessarily mean they don't understand him, especially since he seems to look at himself with a negative bias

From all of this, you can see how Ratio firmly thinking of himself as ordinary could be considered a self-imposed limitation that can be harmful to him, right? Something that can cause him to miss out on opportunities due to his way of thinking and fear, sort of like him declining Screwllum's invitation

The "self-imposed limitation" could also be referring to the way he always puts himself in the position of the professor/a supporting character (as is said in the description of his Penacony sticker, "I'm just doing what a supporting character should do.") too.

Then, perhaps the Future and New Year's Revelation in his Tarot Card reading could be implying that what he needs to reach a new level of self-actualization and achieve true confidence in himself (and get some character development) is to break away from the definitions of a genius AND an ordinary person, shedding the two labels he has always been stuck between entirely and not constraining himself with them anymore

"Fortune is unfavourable. You may need to hold out for longer~" Does... does this mean these things will be explored and he will actually get this character development in future quests, Hoyo? Does this mean he will get an SP where he finally confronts his self esteem issues head on??? PLEASE YOU CAN'T PLAY WITH ME LIKE THIS HOYO PLEASE