Deck of The Week: Sign-up Thread: Week 224 : October 23 - October 29

[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 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 - Halloween Tarot

2. Bodhiseed - Dark Mansion Tarot paired with Miss Mai’s Victorian Oracle

3. vulprix - Tarot of the Vanpyres

4. Mi-Shell - Ironwing

5. Amberjune - Lady Tarot Cards and the ETA Oracle

6. toj - Tarot of the Dead

7. AJ-ish/Sharyn - Llewellyn Tarot

 

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Edited October 29, 2021 by VGimlet

[VGimlet]

Halloween Tarot for me this week, I need a bit of whimsy.   

[Bodhiseed]

I'm in with the Dark Mansion Tarot paired with Miss Mai’s Victorian Oracle.

Thanks VG! 🎃💚

[vulprix]

Tarot of the Sevenfold Mystery 🙂 

 

I hope you’re having a great weekend, everyone!

[Mi-Shell]

Hi there! 

We just got back home after 7 weeks of travelling in our motor home through Nova Scotia. 

While on the road I bought several decks, but since it is  the "Season of the thin Veil" I will use my Ghosts and Spirits Tarot.

[Bodhiseed]

This week I'll be using the Dark Mansion Tarot, an independently published deck (Taroteca Studio) by Krzysztof Wasiuk and Magdalena Kaczan (artist). I'll also be using Miss Mai's Victorian Oracle, a self-published deck created by Mai (surname unknown). Today's draws are the Two of Cups and Buckle:

Partnership is giving, taking, learning, teaching, offering the greatest possible benefit while doing the least possible harm. ― Octavia E. Butler

 

Any partnership, whether romantic or otherwise, requires two things to make it manageable: communication and respect. These are what keep things in balance and requires the effort of both parties. Of course we might need to take a page out of Aretha's book when she sings, "R-E-S-P-E-C-T, find out what it means to me." Families, cultures and traditions can be widely divergent, so it's good to understand how each of our ideas about communication and respect have been shaped and formed. From there, compromise will likely be necessary. For instance, some people don't want to talk about every little thing, but not talking at all can make the other feel ignored. The Buckle card represents securing something, and in the case of partnerships, that might boil down to self-awareness. An objective view of our beliefs, behaviors, strengths and weaknesses can allow us to see our part in the mix instead of just dumping all the responsibility on the other person.

 

 

[Amberjune]

Lady Tarot Cards and the ETA Oracle for me.

 

Wishing all a wonderful week.

[VGimlet]

Welcome back Mi-Shell, I hope your journey was excellent. 

 

It's been a while since I used the Halloween deck, I forgot how fun it was.   But it always reads very bluntly for me, for some reason.  

[toj]

I am in with something Halloween related. Haven’t decided yet. 

[AJ-ish/Sharyn]

I'm back after an extended (since July!) pull back from on-line stuff. 

Using the Llewellyn Tarot, such pretty colors reflection life in western Washington USA

[Bodhiseed]

🥳Throwing a welcome back part for @AJ-ish/Sharyn and @Mi-Shell! 💖

[Mi-Shell]

Thank you for the party, @Bodhiseed!

I can use it right now.

In the last couple of days while trying to use it, I recognize, that for this year's Samhain times I just simply can not deal with the Ghost and Spirits  deck 😞

It is, what I normally use this time of year.

- But - Since last year we lost 5 family members - the last one on October 1st and - I just can not deal with the images of this deck right now. They feel ghoulish and inappropriate - for the tumble of feelings I am struggling with.

So for now I will bring out my Ironwing and use that.

 

 

 

[Bodhiseed]

@Mi-Shell, I'm so sorry to hear about your many losses.❤️ It has been a hard row to hoe these last few years. I think that's one reason I splurged on the quirky Dark Mansion to use.

[toj]

Going with Tarot of the Dead. Tried Wormweird and New Orleans Voodoo Tarot first and they just weren’t clicking. 

[vulprix]

I am sorry to hear that @Mi-Shell. It is good that you are honoring yourself and your needs. 🙂

 

Like others here I’m actually changing my deck too—to Tarot of Vampyres! I was trying to resist the Halloween Vibes™️ but I can’t. Really, I just want a sexy vampire to come steal me away and turn me immortal and badass.

[Amberjune]

Welcome back @AJ-ish/Sharyn and @Mi-Shell 💗

[Mi-Shell]

Thanks, guys!♥