spiritseeker21 Posted January 16, 2021 Posted January 16, 2021 Hi I was wondering what your thoughts are when it comes to activating/aligning chakras when it comes to tarot or oracle card reading. Have you found your results have improved when you've worked on your chakras if so how did you do it?
TheLoracular Posted January 16, 2021 Posted January 16, 2021 (edited) Hi @spiritseeker21 I have studied the theorycraft of Aryuvedic chakra work but I don't actually do it in any formal practice. But here is something I wrote last year on the planets and the chakras which mentions the Major Arcana as they are conventionally associated with in the traditional Golden Dawn inspired decks like the Rider-Waite-Smith. Theosophy was very big in England/Europe at the time the RWS was being drawn and they were teaching a Westernized form of Aryuvda so it kind of seeped into tarot occultism as far back as the early 1900s. The New Age movement in the 1980s just did it a second time, decades later 🙂 What I know about the chakras comes via mostly from the Theosophy Wiki and reading Wheels of Life: A User’s Guide to the Chakra System by Anodea Judith. I am sure an actual traditional or Westernized Aryuvedic practioner would be a lot more useful to you and hopefully there is one active in the TT&M community who can help more than me in the actual "how" to do it. BUT I know that in theory, tarot could be incredibly useful as a tool for aligning/activating the chakra. I'm including a spread from my collection that is meant for that. Personally, I would use a deck intentionally created for the purpose like the Chakra Wisdom or Chakra Insight oracle cards would be most useful. I don't own any deck like that at this time but I'm a huge believer that what a tarot artist draws and what personal belief system they want to convey is ~huge~ in how useful a tarot deck will be when it comes to doing anything geared towards a specific type of esoteric work. Edited January 16, 2021 by TheLoracular
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