Deck of The Week: Sign-up Thread: Week 189 : February 20 - February 26

[VGimlet]

This thread is for those who would like to work through their collection of decks.  Each week we will be picking a deck (or decks) to work with for the week.

 

All are welcome. Please join us!      The only rules we have are the Tarot Tea & Me rules; be respectful to each other.    

 

You can drop in and out,  time and real life permitting.   New to tarot?  Long time reader?   Come on in.  

 

1. Please post with your chosen deck for the week.

 

2. Chat away about your deck, how you're finding it etc., or NOT - it's all up to you.  

 

Participants:

 

1.  VGimlet - Prairie Tarot + Wild Unknown Archetypes deck

2.  Anabiyeni - Afro-Brazilian deck

3.  Bodhiseed - World Spirit Tarot paired with Mystic Glyphs

4.  vulprix - Resurrected Kirchner Besançon

5. AJ-ish/Sharyn - Greenwood

6. Amberjune - Zombie Tarot and the Flowers of the Night

7. Mi-Shell -Tarot of the Origins &  Medicine Cards

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Edited February 22, 2021 by VGimlet

[VGimlet]

This week I'm in with one more week of the Prairie, and one week with the Wild Unknown Archetypes deck.  

Perhaps the wildness of the Archetypes will counter the wildness of my last few weeeks, IDK.  Heh.

 

 

[Anabiyeni]

This is my first time trying something like this. I will choose the Afro-Brazilian deck, since I've been meaning to get more familiar with it for a while.

[Bodhiseed]

Welcome to the DoW group, @Anabiyeni!

 

World Spirit Tarot paired with Mystic Glyphs for me - thanks VG.🌻

[vulprix]

Welcome indeed, @Anabiyeni! Happy new weeek to all!

 

I’m in with the Resurrected Kirchner Besançon.

[AJ-ish/Sharyn]

welcome Anabiyena, to the deck of the week, and the forum! 

VG, I don't remember you using oracles before, is this uncommon or have I missed something? 

 

I'll use the Greenwood for another week, thanks for keeping up the thread.

[Amberjune]

I will be using the Zombie Tarot and the Flowers of the Night oracle.

 

A happy week to everyone!

[Anabiyeni]

I think I'm allowed to post my readings here? If not, let me know. I'm still unclear on all the rules. I started out with a 6-card deck interview spread I found online years ago and modified. 

 

The deck's main attribute is a careful deliberation that suggests it is best approached with clear questions. However, that tree overgrowing its pot threatens to disrupt the man's careful ritual if he is not sufficiently aware of his surroundings (read: level of skill and limitations as a reader). 

 

This deck's strength is in seeing the (sometimes blatantly obvious) details that the querent may have missed, like that large ribbon marking the tree to be cut down, which the bird looking for a place to nest hasn't noticed yet. Instead the bird is caught up in whether it picked the right branch when the tree is completely wrong. (I don't read reversals, but to me this card suggested its reversed meaning).

 

This deck's weakness is in showing a clear path forward. The woman performs her ritual of protection with her face hidden behind her arm and her head facing down toward the water. Her vision is obscured and distorted, even before the fog in the background rolls in. If she looked up toward the mountains instead, she'd have a much clearer view. To me, the deck is saying, "I'll help you figure out the issue, but if you're looking for clear solutions, look elsewhere."

 

This deck can teach me to be more deliberate and intentional, like the carefully laid out necklace in its pride of place on the altar. It is paired with the magician, who is (less carefully) laying out a very similar necklace of seeds. This deck can teach if I'm willing to learn and actively practice the intentionality it is teaching. I really liked how these cards seemed to mirror each other so well.

 

My relationship with this deck is likely to be a struggle. Reading this card is a struggle because what I see is preparation for fleeing into the unknown following some traumatic event, but I have no idea what the card is referencing. My best guess is something about forcing me outside my comfort zone, since I tend to do more general readings without a clear question in mind and that seems to be a bad choice for this particular deck. I'm not convinced of that interpretation, though.

 

Okay, that was nerve-wracking. This is the first time I've ever posted one of my readings online.

[Mi-Shell]

I am busy with giving readings via Zoom.

My clients this week are regulars much preferring the Tarot of the Origins

and several long time NA friends that will want to see the Medicine Cards.  

[Mi-Shell]

@Bodhiseed!♥

I am curious, how you are getting on with the Mystic Glyphs deck!

[Bodhiseed]

They are an easy, intuitive read for me since the symbols and keywords are very simple. They are meant to be read differently if upright, reversed, or sideways (square cards), but I generally just read them upright. 🐞

https://images.app.goo.gl/Mv9Ks8wACA9MXXfL9

[Mi-Shell]

1 hour ago, Bodhiseed said:

They are an easy, intuitive read for me since the symbols and keywords are very simple. They are meant to be read differently if upright, reversed, or sideways (square cards), but I generally just read them upright. 🐞

https://images.app.goo.gl/Mv9Ks8wACA9MXXfL9

Yes, I do have a set. 

I got them, hoping the were created after authentic real petroglyphs, pictograms and lithic mnemonics the meaning of many of wich I know - due to Peter's amd my interest in them. But, they are not... 

so mine sit in their beautiful hand made birch bark bend-box and I never use them.....

[Bodhiseed]

From the World Spirit Tarot, the Ten of Wands; from the Mystic Glyphs, Human Trail:

 

          Enthusiasm can at times make us overly optimistic, failing to see that we have neither the time nor the resources for what we take on. When we find ourselves with more burdens than we can carry, trying to hide from our obligations won't do any good; reality could care less that we're overwhelmed. But what might help is honesty - with ourselves and others. The Human Trail card shows a curvy path and a straight one. Humans generally want what is fastest and easiest, yet those curves in the trail that add time are precisely where we can also learn useful skills, add to our knowledge, and make contact with people who can be of assistance. However, we can make adjustments, correct our course, and try again. Just know that things won't get done by yesterday.

There is no shortcut to life. To the end of our days, life is a lesson imperfectly learned.

~Harrison Salisbury

[Bodhiseed]

10 hours ago, Mi-Shell said:

Yes, I do have a set. 

I got them, hoping the were created after authentic real petroglyphs, pictograms and lithic mnemonics the meaning of many of wich I know - due to Peter's amd my interest in them. But, they are not... 

so mine sit in their beautiful hand made birch bark bend-box and I never use them.....

She says in the introduction that they are based on the Anasazi petroglyphs (of which I know nothing):

https://www.paragonadventure.com/zionarea/home/outdoor-recreation/petroglyphs/anasazi-valley/#:~:text=Hundreds of petroglyphs are scattered,looking the Santa Clara River.&text=The river below the cliff,be maps of their crops.

[AJ-ish/Sharyn]

18 hours ago, Anabiyeni said:

I think I'm allowed to post my readings here? If not, let me know. I'm still unclear on all the rules. I started out with a 6-card deck interview spread I found online years ago and modified. 

 

The deck's main attribute is a careful deliberation that suggests it is best approached with clear questions. However, that tree overgrowing its pot threatens to disrupt the man's careful ritual if he is not sufficiently aware of his surroundings (read: level of skill and limitations as a reader). 

 

No rules in this group, it is just a way to rotate through all our decks. This is week 692 for me 🙂 Great reading, love the pot allegory. 

[Mi-Shell]

4 hours ago, Bodhiseed said:

She says in the introduction that they are based on the Anasazi petroglyphs (of which I know nothing):

https://www.paragonadventure.com/zionarea/home/outdoor-recreation/petroglyphs/anasazi-valley/#:~:text=Hundreds of petroglyphs are scattered,looking the Santa Clara River.&text=The river below the cliff,be maps of their crops.

Yes, it is her personal interpretations of petroglyphs.

Nobody actually knows what they truly meant back in time to the First Nations....

Modern First Nations in the area have protested against her interpretations........

 

[VGimlet]

Okay, I'm back - was a busy weekend - sorry I didn't forget the DOTW,  but I only remembered when I wasn't anywhere near a computer, of course.   But I'm all caught up now.  

 

Welcome to the group Anabiyeni, we don't really have any rules.   Heh.   

 

AJ, I usually pair my oracle decks with a "regular" tarot,   depending on the deck, but I like them.   I think Oracle X is still my favorite.   (I need to get back to the website and see what they are up to this year...)

 

I hope everyone is having a good week so far.  

 

[Anabiyeni]

My second reading of the week. I was approached today to put my name in for a possible opportunity with the COVID response at work. I'd love to do more with COVID response, but the opportunity will likely require me to use a computer language I can't stand (instead of the one I'm an expert in, but which is far less popular in my workplace). This was the focus of my reading.

 

The issue card shows a skilled dancer doing his own thing with little regard for the fact that the dancers in the photo behind him use a very different style of dance. He knows what he's good at and he won't be bullied into settling for something else.

 

The card for the first solution shows a variety of well-wrought tools that all have different uses. Likewise my skill set is a combination of largely less popular computer programs and languages that get the job done, but possibly in a less orthodox way than the one-size-fits-all program I can't stand (it lacks the flexibility and customizability to which I am accustomed). This card is crossed by the consequence of choosing this decision, swords lying together in a circle. This choice will limit my opportunities later, excluding some from consideration, but will allow me to continue honing my skills while I wait for a more appropriate opportunity later. Also of note, the dancer is looking toward this choice.

 

The card for the second solution shows a man praying to and perhaps blinded by the sun. The man, to me, is doing what his people do instead of striking his own path. He is also looking away from the dancer, which I find off-putting. This is the option to take the opportunity and use the popular computer language that I can't stand. The consequence of this choice is the third sword card in the reading. A distressed woman turns away from her well-cooked meal (presumably cooked by her) and is not coping well. This card is warning me not to take the opportunity, as it could damage my opportunities in the skills I want to use.

 

I don't know the significance of so many swords, but I guess they are appropriate for a question about work and computer programming. I am coming to the conclusion that the LWB for this deck is nearly useless. In most cases, the card image and the LWB meaning appear entirely unrelated. I suspect by the end of the week, I will ditch the LWB altogether.

 

[Anabiyeni]

My third reading of the week. I was working on a presentation for a conference today and asked what I am overlooking in my presentation and how it can be improved. The presentation is about a product that I developed.

 

The goal for the project is the man carefully scaling the rocks and leading his troops onward. My ultimate goal is obviously to keep attendees engaged and ensure they can follow the content, but that's true for any communication project. I don't see how this card applies to my presentation specifically. 

 

What I have done well is represented by the kids watching the fire dispassionately as it clears out old growth to make way for new. I modified a presentation from another conference and excised over half the slides, as they are not relevant to the current topic. Half of the rest I rewrote to shift the focus onto the current topic.

 

What I have not done well is represented by the man lying back, holding court, and showing off his fancy tools. This card could be saying I'm being too laid back about it (not likely, but possible) or that I am not doing a good enough job of showing off why the product is relevant. I suspect it's referring to the fact that I need to expand more on the relevance and its relationship to the conference theme. The kids are looking at this card, possibly saying, the old is removed, now replace it.

 

What I need to improve is the man stumbling as he pushes against the wind and still manages to look well-kempt. He is moving forward slowly and steadily and wearing clothes that ensure everyone can see him. Tied with the previous card, I need to show off my product more, what it's good for, why attendees should care.

 

While technically I guess the cards answered my question (assuming I interpreted them correctly - I'm not as confident about that as I was yesterday), the answer did not feel very helpful. I'll try sleeping on it like I usually do and see if I feel inspired tomorrow.