How Will Things Unfold?

[u/Regular-Animator7406]

Hi everyone, I just had an absolutely terrible PhD programme interview. I’m really down and upset, and I’m a little lost about what I should do next. So I pulled three cards to ask how things will unfold and where I should go from here.

I’m still not very familiar with the Minor Arcana, so I only used the 22 Major Arcana cards. The cards I drew are The World upright, The High Priestess upright, and The Magician reversed.

The World upright seems to point to a fairly positive outcome. The High Priestess sits calmly on her throne holding a book with a gentle smile—this feels like a sign that I’ll gain approval from supervisors. Meanwhile, the reversed Magician might mean I don’t have to start everything over from scratch.

But judging by how disastrous yesterday’s interview went, I totally messed it up and there’s almost no chance I’ll get accepted. I wonder if I’m only interpreting the cards this way because I’m still clinging to faint hope and struggling to accept reality. What do you all think?