Study Groups

How this works: Study Groups are moving to our "Clubs" system. What this means is that there will be a bit more control for those running the study groups, and the main forum will be cleaner overall. You will apply here for the member role that will allow you control to create a group. I will react with a Like to your post once you've been given the proper group, and from there you can create it here: https://www.thetarotforum.com/clubs/ Rules: 1. Only create groups you are able and willing to maintain. 2. The name of the group must be the exact name of the Deck or Book you are studying. Application: Deck/s or Book/s …

I would like to request a study group for Rachel Pollack’s book : A Walk Through the Forest of Souls: A Tarot Journey to Spiritual Awakening @stephanelli @Little Fang

Kabbalah doesn't seem to be too popular on the forum, and I may well be writing this for myself. If so, so. I'm not entirely sure why it's so unpopular. Perhaps it's due to its fearsome reputation or its apparent lack of immediate practicality. Yet it possesses unquestioned links to modern tarot and the two most popular systems, RW and Thoth. For Thothies at least, kabbalah is front and centre, whereas RWS hides its kabbalistic roots. How many users of Rider-Waite decks even know of Waite's book on the Doctrine and Literature of Kabbalah, much less bother to read it? [it's turgid, dogmatic, repetitive and a slog; I haven't got past the first thirty pages yet. None of t…

Let me know if you want to open a study group and I'll open up a subforum just for itl

hi, I just asked why someone blocked me and I pulled the moon, 4 of coins, 7 of wands and on the bottom 8 of coins. Maybe the reason was fear, and fear of being attacked (moon and 7 of wands). 4 of coins could mean being closed of and not trusting me. But what does 8 of coins on the bottom mean ? I thought that it could mean that he doesn't have time for me because of work, but he is currently on holiday. Maybe it means, that he doesn't want to put necessary work in this relationship ?

I have ex-crush and i met him again, but i brought my current boyfriend in front of him. I confessed to him once but he only read my messages so i dated someone else >< My last tarot spreads on him are The Devil, The Hierophant, and The Empress. I just wondering, what the meaning of The Death, Three of Swords, and Four of Pentacles as he feels about me rn? Thank you guys

Hello, I would like to start with a collective study of Leeza Robertson's Mermaid Tarot. Is anyone interested?

Today I would like to study one card from the Del Toro deck the Fool card. It’s not a human boy taking a step off a cliff, it is a creature part human and part goat standing and facing away from cliff. The guidebook has many interpretations that could possibly be influenced by other cards. So I guess that’s what they mean by the unknown. Would anyone like to share their ideas of this card? I am new to Tarot world, so I hope to learn more from this post. Thank you

Hi, I'm new to tarot and to here. I'm doing a 2 year apprenticeship, I've got 9.5 months to go, but I feel like I need to quit. I've been struggling with my decisiveness about it since I began, but have always pushed myself through. I did 2 celtic cross spreads about it and got 3 of the same cards in both. What does this suggest about my decision? Spread 1(leaving apprenticeship): Basis position: Empress reversed Environment: the world reversed Hopes & fears: 9 of swords Spread 2(finishing apprenticeship): Basis: the world reversed Cross: 9 of swords Recent past: Empress

Study of the Osho Zen Tarot Cards issued in 1994: Osho was an unconventional Guru. His ideas were based on a liberal version of Zen Philosophy. Too liberal some say. He nevertheless had a huge fan following. He was literally deported from the US and set up his Ashram in Pune, India - that is where he died and I currently live. He is no more but has many followers from throughout the world. A set of new Tarot cards based on his philosophy were issued in 1994 after he had passed on. The version is gaining in popularity and usage. I am coming on to 85 years of age and have been practicing reading of Tarot cards since the age of twenty. I started with the original Rider …

Back at AT there was a study group for this deck (well, the two different editions of it just goes as one deck for simplicity). It hadn't come very far and less than 10 cards were up, I think? This summer I got the Jolanda Tarot and started to do some more Majors in the study group. I got to the Emperor before AT shut down, but I always wanted to get back to it at some point. Now I've been seeing more people than me owning this deck in the DOTW thread so I'm wondering if anyone would like to start up a study group here? To keep it all in one place I'm thinking we should do all the cards regardless of where AT left off but I'm definetely open for suggestions about this. I …

Liminal: a crossing over space; in process; transitional period; threshold; movement from one stage to another. The liminal shakes us out of our habitual patterns and invites us to surrender to uncertainty. Transformation only happens when we allow it. "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known." ~Sharon Begley 0 - Fool Seen from below, a jester watches a kite swirl and dip, unaware of the step he's about to take off a crumbling cliff. While his dog tries to grab the kite's string and alert him, he's definitely about to take a fall. The Fool is not tied down by fear or preference; he moves in wonder a…

Welcome to the study and discussion of The Mythic Tarot by Juliet Sharman-Burke and Liz Greene and illustrated by Tricia Newell. My goal for this study is to cover each card in depth, looking at the Greek mythos behind the cards as well as the symbolism used in this beautiful deck. Feel free to drop in and discuss or add a card. Happy reading.

Here we go @Flaxen! Just to kick us off - what drew you to working with this deck? What were your first impressions? For me I loved the way the author has linked the tarot suits up with what later became playing card suits. It makes a lot of sense with the way I read cartomancy and was a nice crossover for me. At first I was puzzled about the choice of Diamonds for Batons but once I realised the visual connection it clicked for me. Also, I read Diamonds as power (not just financial), which fits well. Coins for Clubs - the mundane day to day work that needs to be done - also made good sense to me. I must admit that the background colour ch…

'Back in Time Tarot" by Janet Boyer I recently started reading, and utilizing the BIT (Back in Time) Method; Very easy to read and understand, clear cut instruction and wonderful examples. It has helped connect in a new way to some of my tarot decks that before I hadn't really felt the "Ah Yes!" with. If anyone else read this, or has any additional info on the BIT method I'd love to read it! And if you've never heard of this method, or are looking for a new way to connect with your cards, I strongly recommend it!

I have so many interesting decks I'd like to discuss... maybe there is some interest.

I swear there was a study group for the Greenwood. Or one of us was using it for journal prompts... I'd promised a high res Greenwood wheel. Don't know where to put it.

Since there was a spot here already made and just waiting for it ;), I figured there should be a thread for the Fortune's Wheelhouse podcast. Which is a relatively new tarot podcast on esoterica and tarot, comparing the symbols of the RWS and Thoth. It is free for all to listen to at any of the normal podcast places; here are links for iTunes or Google Play but it is available at others as well: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/fortunes-wheelhouse/id1244946489 https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ipvktodxsi6ouyh5elnaafl4wpi This week's episode is on the Chariot so as of now, episodes from Fool through Chariot are available, and all of the Majors will be r…