Deck of The Week: Sign-up Thread: Week 233 : December 25 -December 31

[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 - Surrealist Tarot

2. vulprix - Vanessa Tarot

3. Bodhiseed - Middle Way Arcana paired with the Vertical Oracle

4. Mi-Shell - Crow Tarot

5. Amberjune - Shimmering Veil Tarot and the Chakra Insight Oracle

6. AJ-ish/Sharyn - White Hare Wisdom Oracle

 

 

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Edited December 27, 2021 by VGimlet

[VGimlet]

Surrealist Tarot for me this week.  

[vulprix]

Hi VGimlet, hi everyone! I’m using the Vanessa Tarot this week 

[Bodhiseed]

I'm in with the Middle Way Arcana paired with the Vertical Oracle. Thanks VGimlet! ❤️

[Mi-Shell]

For my B-day I received the Crow Tarot.

I love the artwork and also the general colour pallet ♥

It will be my Deck of the Week.

[vulprix]

6 minutes ago, Mi-Shell said:

For my B-day I received the Crow Tarot.

I love the artwork and also the general colour pallet ♥

It will be my Deck of the Week.

Oh this artist’s work is just fantastic, I hope you really enjoy your week with the Crow Tarot!

 

@Bodhiseed, excited to see your arcana cards in action 🙂

[Amberjune]

Shimmering Veil Tarot and the Chakra Insight Oracle for me, please.

 

Much love to all of you. 🙂

[AJ-ish/Sharyn]

White Hare Wisdom Oracle for me, seasons best to all, thank you VG

[Bodhiseed]

Art by Hannah Willow

 

Wishing all the DoWers hearts full of warmth, wonder and peace.

[Mi-Shell]

Thank you, @Bodhiseed that is a VERY beautiful picture!♥

 

with the new Crow Tarot so far I have Explored the Mayors and the Wands.

My favourite cards so far are

- The Wheel of Fortune - for the colours

- The Hermit - because it feels sooo much like I feel right now - removed from the world on our homestead ( pic is in upper post)

- Death!  It is the very first time that the Death card is a deck favourite in all these years and all the decks I have!

[Mi-Shell]

@vulprix! ♥

I think, the Wheel of the Week will turn more than once, until I  put this deck aside - although quite a few other yet un-paced decks are waiting for discovery.....

 

[Bodhiseed]

Those Crow Tarot majors are especially awesome, @Mi-Shell!🤩

[Bodhiseed]

This week I'll be using the Middle Way Arcana, a major arcana deck based on the ideas of Buddhism. This deck was one I created for personal use with scissors and a glue stick. I'll also be drawing from the Vertical Oracle, created by Antero Alli with Sylvie Pickering and published by Vertical Pool. Today's cards are the Magician and Resistance:

 

Mind is the forerunner of all actions. 

~Dhammapada 1:1

 

The Buddha understood how our thoughts shaped our world, at least how we perceive it. Thoughts that are habitual begin to create ruts in the mind, making it easy to repeat and rely on them. We often have no idea what goes on between our ears, we just respond without question to whatever we think. Yet thoughts are at the root of our happiness and our suffering. Just because we think it doesn't make it real; we've just assumed it is so. Then we act on what we think, confirming our false expectations, regardless of whether there's any truth in it. Resistance suggests trying to stop something - if it's our thoughts, good luck with that. But what we can resist is the urge to view them as fact and the urge to take action based on that belief. We can ask ourselves if we are truly content or if we feel miserable most of the time. If it's the latter, we can begin to become aware of our thoughts and question them. Awareness drains their energy and gives us the opportunity to shape our world in new ways.

 

A belief is not merely the idea the mind possesses; it is an idea that possesses the mind. 

~Japanese proverb

Edited December 26, 2021 by Bodhiseed