Occam’s razor

Simply put, all other things being equal, the simplest solution is best.

For nearly a month I have been having connection issues with my place of business that has prevented me from getting much of anything done.  It was coming to a head today, when my very dilligent friends in our IT department finally threw up their hands and told me to switch my internet service provider.  Fortunately they did think about this again and decide to contact my service provider’s help desk.  Their rational was that it had to be the ISP’s issue.  Why?  Occam’s razor of course.  Everyone I work with who is off site (like myself) they explained, had the same set up that I did, the only difference was my service provider.  ”Not so”, I said.  ”I can assure you no one has the same set up I do.”  Occam’s razor couldn’t apply the way they were thinking, but it did apply the way I was thinking.  I have a variety of cables and devices strewn around my desk that control the internet, how it flys through my home, and how it interacts with my phone.  It is so ridiculously complicated that I am the only one who understands how it works in our house (and that’s because I set it up!)

In the midsts of all of this, and since this has been going on forever (so it seemed) I threw some cards hoping that the outcome would (finally) be a solution and I could get back on track.  Here’s how they fell:

Book – Mountain – Flowers – House – Anchor

I was very pleased, but hesitant to celebrate but the cards (and another person’s fresh view of the situation) did not disappoint.

There was a secret (book) that was causing the block (mountain).  The book reflects to the anchor – people at my job (anchor) were not able to figure out the problem (and the book is facing away from all the other cards).  To my surprise (flowers) the block was in fact removed, and it was caused by my set up at the house (mountain reflects to house).  The block has been removed, and I can work from my house again (anchor).

What it all boiled down to (which my friends in IT didn’t consider and which I did think was too simple a solution) was that the way the devices were attached was causing an issue.  So we moved one device’s position in the line up, and like magic the block was clear!

While to you, dear reader, this may seem quite mundane, I am thrilled to pieces that I can finally get back to being productive.  And the added bonus?  Everything else I am doing that involves the internet is faster – not just work.

Sometimes we must learn to appreciate the mundane, because it gives us a break from all the typical insanity life brings, lol.

Have a wonderful and joy filled weekend!

Secrets, Deception and Lies, Oh My!

The Book, The Scythe, The Tree, The Fox, The Coffin

A shocking secret will be revealed, the end of an intrigue.  The tree can indicate a long time (trees grow slowly) but paired with the scythe I think it will not be long now.  Or one can hope, because this theme continues to haunt me.  And then of course it’s possible that it’s all I see and I have developed tunnel vision?

There is no person card (unless we consider the fox) in this case and the book is turned away from the other cards.  So will the secret be revealed?  The coffin and the scythe make me think so… the coffin can be an ending as can the scythe.  The scythe also is representative of danger.  What is of great interest to me here is the Tree which is central – the tree generally is about health (or lack of) and it can also mean a long time… something that has been going on for a long time will come to a swift and sudden end, and it appears to have been a long term deception (fox)…

Because I am curious as to whether I am on or off here, I will try a different deck.  These are the Gypsy cards, and these were my original passion before I was introduced to the lenormand. 

Sweetheart, Sadness, Letter, Falseness, Hope

If I just read this across, I will be saddened by a message about lies and deception, yet I will be left with hope.  The Sweetheart is looking ahead and all the other cards face her direction, so all the energy comes to me.  It doesn’t appear that I will go to it.  I might even be sad before the message comes, and the message gives me hope.  The lady in the sadness card holds a single rose, while in hope the lady scatters three flowers, and then I noticed the direction of the sails of the ship.  The wind is blowing in the direction of the other four cards, and it seems as if one of the flowers from Hope has blown to the sitting lady in sadness.  Perhaps the message comes from far away?  The ship in the Hope card makes me think so as well.

I also believe it’s interesting to note that all of the windows and doors of the houses in the falsness card are open.  Was this deception truly well hidden, or did people choose to look away from it as the lady in sadness does?  The ladder suggests that there was an easy exit available from this situation, but the party (or parties) involved decided to give in to a more base urge and wrestle with the snake.

Very frustraiting indeed.  I supposed I will have to wait for the message to descend from the clouds…  Because I was extra curious I looked at the top and bottom cards on the deck – the top card was the judge, the bottom the enemy.  So perhaps I will be hopeful because an enemy’s deception will be exposed, and a judgment will be made in my favor….

Five Card Draw

This is very interesting…

The Rider - The Ring - The Scythe - The Snake - The Tower

It looks rather sordid, no?

A message (rider) about a contract (ring) that is to be severed (scythe) due to a woman/confusion (snake) leads to seperation (tower)?  One also has to bear in mind that the rider can be representative of a man who would probably be athletic.  The Tower can also represent independance (as the tower stands alone) or possibly authority.  Perhaps a woman in authority will be resposible?

So we could have an independant and athletic man (tower+rider) who has an agreement with a woman in authority (ring+snake+tower) that is about to be abruptly terminated.  Hmmm… so I will go “textbook” (this is based on the very wonderful Treppner course that I was made aware of by the very talented Ms. Chanah).
Rider+Ring = proposal of marriage/contract
Ring+Scythe = relationship in danger, threatening breakup
Scythe+Snake = Danger for a woman (self inflicted by an intrigue)/a surgery
Snake+Tower = A business woman, an independant woman.

Eww.  The rider with the tower could be a message from someone in authority with the ring/snake being a woman in partnership.  I have to say that unless I am missing something, this is quite ugly.  I also should add that while this deck is very pretty (it is the Art Deco or Liberty oracle) this is the second time it’s given me a strange read.  So (because I must beat things to death) I asked for clarification.  Here was my second draw:

The Lady - The Lily - The Key - The Clover - The Book

 So the lady+lily means a passionate woman, the lady+book could be an intelligent woman and/or a woman not know to me.  The lily and key = assistance from a third (male) person (king of spades), the lily and the clover luck brought by the man?  The key and clover is certain good fortune with the clover and book as the only two I don’t get in this context.

I discussed this with my husband and he mentioned there was some gossip at his job about the woman who is for the most part in charge,  Apparently she is having some marital issues.  Her name (which I also found funny) could be associated with the clover.  Hmmm…..