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Welcome back @Bodhiseed, @Mi-Shell, and @Rachelcat!

(Sorry if this is too long. I just enjoy digging in!) This week will be more Thothy decks, Tarot of Ceremonial Magick: A Pictorial Synthesis of Tree Great Pillars of Magick (Astrology, Enochian Magick, Goetia) by Lon Milo DuQuette (that’s the full title on the book) and my trimmed Aleister Crowley Thoth Pocket Swiss Tarot Deck. For those playing along at home, US Games Thoths: the large is called large in a green box, the medium is called small in a purple box, and the small is called pocket Swiss in a blue box. And a trimmed pocket Swiss is even smaller, of course! As the extended title implies, the Ceremonial Magick cards have lots of info on the cards: Majors have astro and Hebrew letter and magical seal of mercurial genii and magical seal of qliphothic genii. (These are spirits invented by Crowley. Their names are in the book.) Courts have astro attribution and dates, hexagram, Enochian ruling square, and tattwas (Hindu element symbols and colors). Aces have Enochian tablet, Enochian ruling square, Enochian seal of element, and tattwa. Minors have astro and dates, Enochian ruling square, shemhamephorash angel names, goetia demon sigils (names are in the book), and Golden Dawn title. I am just learning that Enochian is a way of creating angel names and other words from a set of tables created by Queen Elizabeth’s protégées Jon Dee and Edward Kelley, along with complex prayers or evocations of the angels in this “angelic language.” I know nothing about genii (and care less, as they say). I know just a little about Hebrew letter attributions and a little more about astro attributions. Attached is my list of which shemhamephorash angels and goetia demons are attributed to each minor card. (No idea why angels start with Leo instead of Aries, while demons start with Aries.) I also don’t understand why Crowley only used four of the eight trigrams to attribute hexagrams to the courts. Doesn’t it make more sense to associate ranks with four trigrams and suits with the other four? So there’s a lot I don’t understand about the reasons for the attributions, but I think I understand most of the attributions themselves. This should be interesting at least! I’m pairing it with my trimmed pocket Swiss because I figure the Ceremonial Magick deck has the titles I trimmed off of the little Thoth! It will be interesting to see how illustrations compare. I’m thinking I might do one card per day with other cards to illustrate the attributions. We’ll see. But before that, two interviews! What is your most important characteristic? Two Swords, Peace Restored, Luna in Libra I have to decide if it’s something I want to work with. It’s confident in its own way, but I don’t have to agree with it. What is your strength? High Priestess, Moon The deck actually works well with intuition, strangely enough with all the information. Your weakness? Five Disks, Material Trouble, Mercury in Taurus It’s not a great work of art, but it gets the idea across (Mercury) What can you teach me? Hermit, Virgo This extra symbol is Crowley’s unicursal hexagram. Ironically, the deck can teach me to go my own way with attributions and everything that goes with that. How can I learn it? Five Swords, Defeat, Venus in Aquarius In order to do that, I need to give up on all this Golden Dawn and Thoth stuff. Which I actually already have. And go my own way (Aquarius) with whatever I like (Venus). What will be the outcome of our work together? Three Wands, Established Strength, Sol in Aries I will be strengthened in my resolve to do my own thing (Aries). Ok then! What is your most important characteristic? 10 Swords, Sun in Gemini The deck has too much information! Or it’s extreme in one point of view. What is your strength? Priestess Same card in same position! It works well as an intuitive deck again despite all the extra systems referred to. Your weakness? Fool On the other hand, it’s not so helpful to a beginner. It has a lot to unpack (bag of astro runes), and that could be a fruitful thing (grapes and butterfly) or a dangerous thing (crocodile and tiger). What can you teach me? 8 Wands, Mercury in Sagittarius It can teach me a lot of intellectual stuff (8, Mercury, somewhat Sag) I can act on (Wands). How can I learn it? 3 Disks, Mars in Capricorn By working hard (Mars in Cap) and making something (3 and Disks) of it. What will be the outcome of our work together? Hierophant It will renew and enhance my understanding of tarot traditions, but I’ll still go my own way. Works for me! Tarot of Ceremonial Magick Shemhamephorash Angels and Goetia Demons.pdf

Have a great rest of your summer. Stay cool and enjoy!

@Bodhiseed !♥ These are 2 VERY interesting decks! I have to take a closer look! I am continuing to use the Alchemist's Garden Tarot - for a few days. On Thursday morning we are leaving home for 3 months in Newfoundland. 🐳 I will be far away from the internet and from TTM;, might come for a quick look now and then.... So I wish you all a wonderful summer - and may the cards SPEAK! ♥ Mi-Shell

Thank you Fire cat! I'm in this week with the Tarot of the Absurd paired with the Post-psychedelic Cyberpunk Deck. Tarot of the Absurd, Page of Blades; Post-psychedelic Cyberpunk Deck, Matrioshka I understand how a first impression is often just that: a quick snapshot that, on its own merit, is meaningless. —Adriana Trigiani This sly, saucy Page has a mind as quick as lightning and a tongue as sharp as her sword. She is full of knowledge and likes to surprise people with how much she knows. Though she understands and collects information, it amounts to one grain from all the world's beaches. She has not yet grasped that what she wields isn't wisdom; it will take time and experience to learn to use it well rather than as a weapon or as an arrogant display. Matrioshka, or Russian nesting dolls reminds us that first impressions may not accurately give us enough information to judge a situation or person. We all have had days when we were stressed and reacted badly, or in the past, when we were young and cocky. Given some time, a fuller picture can be revealed, good or bad.

A unique version of Reading Circle for those who would like to work through their collection of decks, participants choose decks from their collections to work with for the week. Some use one deck, others use two or more. Some combine methods: Tarot, non-tarot (e.g. oracle), playing cards, or any other divinatory method is welcome. All we ask is that you use at least one tarot or oracle deck. No collection is too large or too small. The only rules we have are the Tarot, Tea & Me Rules; Be respectful of one other. Please join us! Please post with your choice of deck(s) for the week Chat away about your deck, how you're finding it (or not), etc., it's all up to you Participants may either choose to share their readings here in this discussion thread or opt to have their own journal in the Journals Forum and link it here Yet others may even have an offline journal in paper & pencil/pen form Share as often, as much, or as little as you like. You can drop in and out at any time—reality and life permitting. New to tarot? Long time reader? Come on in! Participants fire cat pickles: Tarot de la Rea Bodhiseed: Tarot of the Absurd paired with the Post-psychedelic Cyberpunk Deck Mi-Shell: Alchemist's Garden Tarot Rachelcat: Tarot of Ceremonial Magick, a Pictorial Synthesis of Tree Great Pillars of Magick and the Aleister Crowley Thoth Pocket Swiss Tarot Deck (trimmed) Click here for DOTW 471 (7/13-7/19)

Yeah, that's what the Deck to Check panel didn't do. And I checked several times. It loaded the pictures and the bit about where to buy the deck, etc, but didn't load the review. No biggie. I was just worried that the review itself had been wiped!

Was going to say, it's still in the index and linked, we haven't deleted any decks from the library 😃 The Deck to Check panel just randomly chooses decks from the library to show. Currently it's not randomly loading the Allcento for me but the next time it does, I will check what it's linking to and check the review. It should just load the page of the deck, same url as the index.

Never mind. I just checked and the review of Allcento is still there. It just doesn't appear when I click on the pictures of the deck in the Deck To Check section. Has that always been the case? If so, I just noticed. Anyway....the review is still up when it's accessed from the alphabetical list.

Just noticed that my review of the Allcento Tarot (in the Deck Library) which was approved and was up on the site for months, has disappeared.

Another not quite tarot...

This is tempting indeed.

Not quite tarot, but in the ballpark?

There is the slight issue of travel and accommodation costs. They make most London based events affordable. Just saying. Have one outside the capital !

My thoughts exactly! The nerve!! 😂😂

Yup. And Quabbalah is not my forte & I don't use it - although I do vagueley remember a most excellent presentation on pathworking with the Majors in this manner, given by the inestimable Suzanne Corbie. So - that's for you to tell us all about 🙃.

@KiMo How dare they get married during The Conference 🤣🤣.

@Marina Give me a while with the book. I haven't read it yet. As for the cards I've taken out... it's something to do with the image itself & also the card label not matching up with the image. 'Water' is depicted in a circle (there are ALOT of circles in the artwork) - & I find that annoying. 'Fire' is also in a circle - 🧐. 'Sacrifice' & 'The Giveaway' both have ladies "offering hands up to the sky" - & somehow neither of these say that adequately to me. I didn't like 'Thunder'... until I noticed that under the circle which is supposed to contain thunder (🙄), there is a group of running wilderbeast. Oh... they're not called wilderbeest... they're what?.... Gnus! Now - I can see how the sound of racing Gnus can be THUNDER 👊🏽 🙃 See what I mean? Your mileage may differ (as they say), depending on how the images strike you.

Actually I have found you a newer version. For a very good price indeed. You have PM.

There are decks with those images but where the images look rather poor quality - allegedly put out by ASS in 2003. I believe they are now part of Cartamundi. http://sova38.ru/index.php/galereya/lenorman-tsyganskie/88-lenormand-ass-2003?u but I can't see one for sale that looks "reliable"

Thank you both for your thoughts! I actually remembered the details incorrectly: it was a different deck I was gifted. This one I bought myself at a vintage fair, and I think I was aware the cards were missing before I bought it, I don’t remember exactly. The images must have appealed but I never read with it and put it away for many years because I thought it was useless incomplete. Just a silent part of my collection. I kept it in a random box (the cards were loose when I bought them) and I sort of rediscovered it by accident. And fell in love with it. My thinking now is that maybe the deck was meant to come to me with the two cards missing. That said, I have tried to source replacements. For now, I have only found complete decks for lots of money. It must be rare, and one of the reasons I like it is that I’ve never seen the images before or since.

I would have loved to have gone but we're travelling to a wedding that weekend! ☹️

I only own and (occasionally) use one deck where one card is missing. It's the Hanged Man. As a substitute I use the cover card that was left (you know those with deck title on it). So the message of the Hanged Man could get through. Of course one can read with an incomplete deck – but why? Because it's hard to declare a thoughtful and beautiful gift as useless? I hope this doesn't sound rude but I think that's the crux. If you fell for the deck's charm (understandably, it's one of my favourite Lenormand decks) drop me a line and I may be able to get you a replacement.

I'm not an experienced Lenormand reader ...although I own several decks and occasionally try a reading. As you say, the previous owner seems to have removed two 'dark' cards ...Coffin and Scythe...for a reason. Maybe afraid of the idea or symbols of death? Fair enough—although they passed the deck along to a new owner, so maybe the altered deck didn't work for them very well. I believe any deck (Tarot, Lenormand, Kipper, Oracle) takes on whatever vibe you, the reader, put into it. So, by all means, give it a try without the two cards, as you still find the deck has lovely energy. See how you get on. If you feel the deck tells you what you need to know without those two cards, then the altered deck works for you. 🙂 If you sense the deck is missing out on vital aspects of a reading, then maybe just retire it? Or see if you can replace the cards in some way? It's your deck now, and you don't need to absorb the fears of the previous owner. As to working with incomplete decks, I have been known to occasionally remove all the court cards from a tarot deck before doing a reading. This removes the references to actual people or personal characteristics, and sometimes simplifies the reading for me. (I don't do this often at all, by the way ...but occasionally.) Cards are a tool; how you use that tool is up to you.

Feedback -- Questions and comments are welcome. This reading gives us insight into energies that we can focus on during specific days of the upcoming week as well as throughout the entire week as a whole This week's reading will use the Magical Hours Tarot by Cecilia Lattari and illustrated by Fabiana Belmonte.. Here are focal points for our meditation: Sunday: How Can I Express Generosity: IV 'Sovereignty' Spend time listening. Monday. How Can I Set the Emotional Tone for my Week? XXI Oreget 'Web of Life' Dream journal. Tuesday What Do I Want to Manifest? Person of Swords 'Defender' Facilitate communication. Wednesday What Wisdom is Coming to Me? Six of Swords 'Movement' Dream re-entry. Thursday: What Do I Want to Develop? XVII Na'arah. 'Hope' Emigration research. Friday: Connection with Romance, Friends & Nature? XVIII Chachamah. 'Wise Woman' Study AI 3-D rendering. Shabbat: How Can I Rest? Four of Cups 'Epiphany' Magic for Dream/Tarot circle.