VGimlet Posted July 16, 2021 Posted July 16, 2021 (edited) 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 anytime, 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 - Valentina Tarot 2. vulprix - Aquarian Tarot 3. Amberjune - Fountain Tarot and the Crystal Wisdom Healing Oracle 4. Bodhiseed - New Liminal Tarot paired with the Inward Oracle 5. AJ-ish/Sharyn - Animism Tarot 6. Mi-Shell- Hedgewitch Botanical Oracle (520) Edited July 19, 2021 by VGimlet
VGimlet Posted July 16, 2021 Author Posted July 16, 2021 I'll be using the Valentina Tarot, which is probably more of an art deck than anything else, which tend not to be great tarot decks. BUT it does fall into the "comic and graphic art" subgenre of my collection. (One of many, haha) And happy 10th anniversary to the DOTW thread. 🎂
vulprix Posted July 16, 2021 Posted July 16, 2021 Happy 10th anniversary, DOTW! Thank you for the new thread, @VGimlet! I will be working with the Aquarian Tarot this week—an old favorite. ❤️ (Definitely not enough animals in it for me though!)
Amberjune Posted July 16, 2021 Posted July 16, 2021 yippie, happy 10th! How wonderful! Fountain Tarot and the Crystal Wisdom Healing Oracle for me. Wishing all a wonderful week.
Bodhiseed Posted July 16, 2021 Posted July 16, 2021 🥳🎉Whoo-hoo, a decade! I'm so grateful to this group, which has kept me connected to tarot and oracle users. Thanks for hosting our thread, VGimlet.❤️ I'm in this coming week with the New Liminal Tarot paired with the Inward Oracle.
VGimlet Posted July 17, 2021 Author Posted July 17, 2021 9 hours ago, vulprix said: Happy 10th anniversary, DOTW! Thank you for the new thread, @VGimlet! I will be working with the Aquarian Tarot this week—an old favorite. ❤️ The Aquarian was my one and only for almost 30 years....I still like it. You are all very welcome for the new thread. 💯
AJ-ish/Sharyn Posted July 17, 2021 Posted July 17, 2021 14 years of deck of the week for me. I'd probably have wandered away from the cards after a few months if I didn't have some kind of structure for using them. Thanks for taking on and keeping up the thread for us VG! Animism Tarot for me
Mi-Shell Posted July 17, 2021 Posted July 17, 2021 10 years!!! 🎂 🙂 Congratulations to VG and all participants!🥰 I will be having week 2 with my Hedgewitch Botanical Oracle
vulprix Posted July 17, 2021 Posted July 17, 2021 @Mi-Shell I am so happy you like that oracle! I have known for some time that when a tarot deck lacks non-human creatures, it makes me feel sad and stifled. So in spending time with the Aquarian Tarot after a long while apart, I sought out the cards that have other animals in them and laid them out 🙂 (I excluded reference to animals via headresses/attire, etc... with an exception for the 7 of Pentacles. That goose head on the cane is too realistic to pass up. I will pretend it is a real goose.) I really enjoy the Strength card more than I ever did in time past. A person and their dog—ever an example of the fine balance of nature, the taming necessary in order to fine-tune for the battle of survival!
Bodhiseed Posted July 18, 2021 Posted July 18, 2021 This week I'll be using the New Liminal Tarot, created by Penelope Cline and self-published through Make Playing Cards. I'll also be using the Inward Oracle, created and self-published by Rayna Graham. Today's draws are the Ten of Discs and Trust: That is your legacy on this Earth when you leave this Earth: how many hearts you touched. —Patti Davis Cline's card shows an elderly couple alone on their estate. Perhaps they have no children or are empty-nesters. But if you were to walk inside their home, I'm sure you would see pictures of friends and loved ones on their mantel. They have learned to live mindfully - appreciating what they have - but also feeling a deep gratitude for those who've shared the journey with them. When they die, they may leave money and goods to others, but more importantly they will leave hearts that are full and brimming too. In the Trust card, a woman stands on her head, elevating her heart about her head. When I worry, my mind busily churns out thoughts about a future that I am trying to outmaneuver as if it will arrive just as I imagine it. What might be a better option is to feel my emotions without feeding them (imagining the worst) and being tender and gentle with myself. Clarity needs two wings to fly, compassion and wisdom. When we open to our feelings as they arise, we create the causes and conditions of mental and physical health. This is what acceptance-based inner awareness entails; it is not a practice to put off, any more than breathing, sleeping, or consuming nourishment. ― Josh Korda
vulprix Posted July 18, 2021 Posted July 18, 2021 I really enjoy those decks paired together, @Bodhiseed 🙂 Your duo-draws are always so complementary and introspective! Thank you for sharing the art.
Bodhiseed Posted July 19, 2021 Posted July 19, 2021 (edited) Thank you, @vulprix! Had to post my draws today to show you this sweet Page of Pentacles. 😊 Edited July 19, 2021 by Bodhiseed
vulprix Posted July 19, 2021 Posted July 19, 2021 @Bodhiseed I am so glad you did! Look at her cute dog companion, too! The oracle card, again, fits so well 🙂 what a sweet pair.
VGimlet Posted July 22, 2021 Author Posted July 22, 2021 (edited) Valentina tarot. Hm. I'm sure this was a popular comic in Europe, but I don't get it, and it wasn't my favorite deck, although it hasn't been awful to read with. Hm, ed. to add - a little too much unsuspected B & D in that 60's/70's way that makes me wrinkle my nose. Edited July 23, 2021 by VGimlet
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