Luna sat on a cushion in front of a woven mat on the floor. She idly shuffled a worn out deck of cards, one she had recently found while cleaning out her closet, way in the back. The cards were special to her, and to many other ponies as well.
She stopped shuffling and closed her eyes, taking a deep breath before she started to set the cards face down on the mat, she placed five cards, starting from the left, then the right, the top, the bottom, and then finally placing on in the very center. She opened her eyes and spoke softly to herself.
"If I remember this correctly, the left card represents the past..." She flipped the card over, it revealed a card with a moon on it.
"The right card reveals the future..." She flipped it, revealing a card depicting a queen upon her throne, a bored look on her face and a sword in her hoof.
"The top card reveals the question," She said. Flipping it revealed an image of a large stone tower. She was confused at first, then shook her head and focused back on the cards. Two more remained.
"The bottom represents those involved, or events that may occur." The card was flipped, revealing the stars. Finally, one card remained. The middle card represented the actual prediction. The card was influenced by the readings of the other cards. Luna swallowed hard, then flipped the card over.
She froze. The card was an image of a skeleton, holding a black rose in one hoof and leaning on a scythe. Below it on the ground was the headless body of a pony.
Luna began sweating. She knew death didn't necessarily mean physical death in Tarot, but it meant the end of things, major changes, sudden stops, things like that. Combined with the other cards, the moon represented her, of course, stars, she assumed, meant the elements of harmony, the tower represented chaos, so she associated that with Discord.
That left The Empress. It could mean many things, most of them good, like fertility, life, and good health. But it confused her. The empress was a powerful card in the deck, it had huge meaning, yet was one of the most vague cards of all.
Luna collected the cards and shuffled them again. She didn't know what the prediction meant, but it meant something big was on the horizon for her. She could just feel it.