Harvesting Spider
Value: 2
Mysteries • Rats • Mirrors • Stone
Meanings: Action, labor, stealth
Spiders are so many things: builders, weavers, and caretakers, but also hunters, killers, and blood-drinkers. The Harvesting Spider cares for her young, but at the expense of what she harvests, and that just might be you. She is stealthy and sneaky. Her many footsteps are silent. Regardless, spiders never stop working. They build and create to serve specific purposes.
Divination: As terrifying as this card appears, its meanings are more esoteric, but still significant. The always-active spider signifies action. Act—immediately. Work—hard. Success can be had, but only as the result of action and toil. The Harvesting Spider is also a subtle hunter, and thus can suggest that stealth might be required in one’s endeavors.
Game Narrative: Someone takes action. People labor to achieve a goal. A newly erected structure becomes important. Various forces debate over a single important action. Thieves or spies are active in the shadows.
Joy: The PC’s hard work pays off. The PC’s use of stealth is not just successful—it’s crucial. The PC is so energized, they act faster than normal.
Despair: Something or someone sneaks past the PC without them noticing. An NPC foe acts faster than normal.
That “dream” you had of a spider sipping the fluid from your eye? Just a mother’s desire to feed her babies. Don’t think anything of it.