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   Thoughts about Tarot

   A blog by Deian in Member Blogs

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   • Guided Visualization
   • the Four Worlds and Intuition
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   • Last post of the series, with some more practical applications in it.
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   Guided Visualization

   Guided visualization is interesting tool. There are seminars people do this with Tarot and it can be very interesting at times. However, there is one more interesting thing that the old Orders used to do some time ago. That is, we "guide" the visualization 40-50% of the way and we let the other 60-50% develop by themselves.

    

   So for example, we decide to walk the path of Severity to Mercy, Gevurah to Chesed that is sometimes shown as Justice(other ways to view it as well). We imagine we step through the card for example and we observe, allowing what we need to change to change. Lets say we end up in a very big courtroom corridor with lawyers and prosecutors rushing in to work on cases in the smaller rooms on the sides, with a marble black and white floors and giant statue in front of us similar to the artwork on the deck we use.

   Or maybe in an old kingsroom where the King had to decide a case between his ministers, so a very different setting and one that is solely decided by one, although again based on purely human decision of what is appropriate and what isn't.

    

   If we could allow these setting to show up by itself that is even nicer, but even if we decide to choose it or base it exactly on the cards, after we are there the important factor is to act like in the real world, there is some part of this that comes from us, what we think and see, how we feel etc. and that we can choose, but to be able to let go and not control what happens outside. Someone may come to talk with us, or some event may happen that shows us what we need to know. Some of the rooms may call to us and lead elsewhere etc.

    

   That was called "working with the paths". We can see the Tree of Life as reflecting the processes around us and based on what we have problems with we can walk the paths there to understand it fully, deeply and balance it out. And again, while guided visualization is very interesting, its important to allow big part of what we see to come in spontaneous and not controlled way, as that is a more direct and powerful way of divination.

    

   Similar to I Ching/Yi Jing where we have text for some active lines and the idea if we have more then one active we have to make the text ourselves, one can say we have some Images on the cards as a guide in what direction we may want to start, but the actual images we divine based on can come in a more free and unbiased way.

    

   There are schools relate dto Kabbalah that work a lot with that, there are rules to it. For example if one sees a dark place they don't want to go in, they should go in imagining they are protected. And other stuff like that, more info in some topic somewhere around the forums. But even if one does it without rules in a more free form can still be very beneficial for understanding stuff, in my humble view. : )

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   Natural Mystic Guide

   A blog by Natural Mystic Guide in Member Blogs

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   • Tarot Netivot Star of the Week Reading Sunday January 12 through Shabbat June18, 2024
   • Rosh Chodesh Reading for the month of Tevet 5785
   • Tarot Netivot Star of the Week Reading Sunday January 5 through Shabbat January 11, 2025
   • Tarot Netivot Star of the Week Reading Sunday December 29, 2024 through Shabbat January 4, 2025
   • Tarot Netivot Star of the Week Reading Sunday December 22 through Shabbat December 28, 2024

   

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   Tarot Netivot Star of the Week Reading Sunday January 12 through Shabbat June18, 2024

   

    

   Feedback -- questions and comments are welcome.

    

   This reading gives us insight into specific energies that we can focus on during specific days of the upcoming week as well as throughout the entire week as a whole.

    

   Today’s reading will use the  Witches' Wisdom Tarot, by Phyllis Currott and Danielle Barlow.

    

   Here are focal points for our meditation:

    

   Sunday:             How Can I Express Generosity?                                                Six of Air                                                                  'Balance'                                 Prepare study quizzes to prep for Mahjong Tournament .                

   Monday:            How Can I Set the Emotional Tone for My Week?                   Messenger of Earth                                                'Web of Life'                           Read the January Cosmic Times.
   Tuesday:           What Do I Want to Manifest?                                                     18                                                                             'Guardian'                               Lightning Dream Process graphic.

   Wednesday:     What Wisdom is Coming to Me?                                               Witch of Earth                                                         'Tradition'                                Foot care regimen.

   Thursday:         What Do I Want to Develop?                                                     Goddess of Earth                                                     'Midas Touch'                         Plan Singapore purchases.

   Friday:               How Can I Connect with Romance, Friends and Nature?      Eight of Water                                                          'Instinct'                                  Gold Set

   Shabbat:           How Can I Rest?                                                                         Craftsman of Water                                                 'Visionary'                               Complete land development reading.

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   Strand of Pearls

   A blog by Mister in Member Blogs

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   Get The Start Right

   Learning the Tarot can be a daunting task, especially in the beginning.

   More so, if you want an accurate assessment without paying a competent reader.

   A less than ideal situation arises by being in a pinch.

    

   It seems the universe took a liking to such situations, so in the future, if someone asks me what a pinch is, I will state with confidence: "The place where you start to read Tarot".

    

   We have zero experience, want clarity, and are in a pinch.

   The question must be "How to get results under these conditions?"

    

   The very first thing we need is an acquaintance with the cards, however small, to create some sort of rapport with the deck (whichever pack it may be).

   For that, we skim through the deck and look at each picture for a brief moment.

    

   That finished, put it away for a small time and concentrate on breathing until bored (may happen quickly), then we take to the cards again.

   This time, we form three piles: The Good, The Bad, The So-So.

   We do this without looking at any meanings.

   The important part is to notice how each card hits different when we look at it.

    

   All three piles complete, we equip ourselves with a pencil and grab the booklet attached in order to find something useful.

   Take one of either, the "Good" or the "Bad" pile. Leave the "So-So" for last.

   Identify each card and find it in the list. There should be a compilation of keywords attached, find and underline the one which makes the most sense for you.

   In this step, we get rid of ambiguity - in the beginning, it serves no purpose save making one stumble.

    

   For the cards in the "Good" pile, we choose a positive keyword each, the one which makes the most sense to you when looking at the card's picture.

   For the cards in the "Bad" pile, we choose a negative keyword each, also the one which makes the most sense to you when looking at the card's picture.

   For the cards in the "So-So" pile, we choose whatever keyword hits home for us when looking at the cards picture.

   Now, put the piles together again.

    

   Next, a very important step: We ditch the idea of reversals.

   In the very beginning, they often serve no purpose save adding to our confusion.

   You need to know how the card hits when its standing before trying to make sense of it upside down.

   You also need to know that there are quiet a few readers who do not use reversals at all, to great success.

    

   Tell that to your deck: "I will turn the reversed cards upright."

   Now, you do have the basis for a successful communication.

    

   Next, make the first read count by focusing on what it is you want to know.

   Boil it down to what it really is, be honest and phrase it into a single, direct question.

   Write it on a sheet of paper, large enough to be read easily from a meter away - that is where you place it so you may shuffle while focusing on your question.

   Decide on the amount of cards you want to use before actually shuffling the cards, starting from a minimum of three.

    

   If you use some sort of spread, tell it to your deck. If you just want to deal three cards in a row, say that, too.

   Vocalisation helps in establishing a clear intent, and we do need that.

    

   Now we may start reading from a somewhat more stable position, and more likely than not, we will be able to get some sense out of our read.

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