Deck of the Week Sign-up Thread, Week 284: Dec. 17 - Dec. 23

[fire cat pickles]

A thread for those who would like to work through their collection of decks, participants choose decks from their collections to work with for the week. Some use one deck, some use two. Some combine methods: Tarot, non-tarot (e.g. oracle), playing cards, or any other divinatory method is welcome. All we ask is that you use at least one tarot or oracle deck.

 

No collection is too large or too small. The only rules we have are the Tarot, Tea & Me Rules; be respectful of one other. Please join us!

   

You can drop in and out at anytime—reality and life permitting. New to tarot? Long time reader? Come on in.

 

• Please post with your chosen deck for the week. 
• Chat away about your deck, how you're finding it (or not), etc., it's all up to you.  
• Participants may either choose to share their readings here in this discussion thread or opt to have their own journal in the Journals Forum and link it here. 

 

Participants:

1. fire cat pickles: Zombie Tarot
2. MichaelH: Robin Wood Tarot
3. Bodhiseed: Tarot Lukumi paired with the Diloggún Oracle
4. Scarlet Woodland: Tarot of the Abyss and the Vintage Waterproof RWS
5. Misterei: ORIENT. Tarot by Alexander Daniloff 2022
6. Rachelcat:  the Tarot of Oneness
7. Akhilleus: Kabbalistic Tarot

 

Click here for DoW 283 (12/10 - 12/10)

Click here for DoW 285 (12/24 - 12/30)

 

Edited December 23, 2022 by fire cat pickles

[MichaelH]

I'm going to join this for the coming week. I think I'll use the Robin Wood tarot next week as I've spent a few weeks now using the Light Seer's. 

[fire cat pickles]

Welcome back @MichaelH!

[Bodhiseed]

I'm in with the Tarot Lukumi paired with the Diloggun Oracle. Thank you, Fire cat! 🦌❤️

[fire cat pickles]

You're welcome and welcome back @Bodhiseed 🙂 

[Scarlet Woodland]

Thanks @fire cat pickles I'm sticking with Tarot of the Abyss this week and adding in the Old English Tarot. It was my first ever deck but we never hit it off back then. Let's see if we can play nice, now I know what I'm doing 😄.

[fire cat pickles]

Welcome back @Scarlet Woodland!

[Misterei]

@fire cat pickles Sign me up for my brand new Daniloff deck: orient tarot.

I’ve not yet read with it. Thanks for this thread which is quite encouraging when I get lazy or lack inspiration.

Edited December 16, 2022 by Misterei

[fire cat pickles]

We are glad to be inspiring  and glad to have you back @Misterei 😀

[FindYourSovereignty]

Thank you for organizing these, @fire cat pickles. I’ll be back in January. 😊

[fire cat pickles]

I worked with the Zombie Tarot this week. It was a reading for a friend so alas cannot post. At least I got some practice in this busy holiday season!

[Rachelcat]

Hi, deck of the week crew!  

 

This week, I’m going from the difficult angels and demons (and trying to do four decks at once) to something that looks to be easy and intuitive, the Tarot of Oneness.  As (I think it was) @FindYourSovereignty said, it’s like a cross between Light Seers Tarot and Spacious Tarot.  The art is similar to the Light Seers, and the concept of the card looking like the viewer is participating in the action is like the Spacious.  I like the contemporary look, and I can’t wait to step in as the greedy squirrel in the Four of Pentacles! 

 

 

There are extra cards, Higher Self, Life Force Energy, Oneness, Present Moment, and Synchronicity.  Oh, and two Lovers cards, one male-ish and one female-ish.  The courts are Inspiration, Action, Spirit, and Embodiment.  (I find it a little odd that it uses the labels Pentacles and Swords when most of the cards show coins and feathers, but I guess for ease of use for beginning readers?)

 

Wash, shuffle, and interview!

 

 

Most important characteristic:  Eight of Cups

Cutting the cord that’s already frayed beyond repair.  The deck cuts the necessity of cups showing cups in the cards, etc.  The illustrations show the concept, not the suit items.  Unless they do.

 

Strength:  Two of Pentacles

Juggling.  The deck successfully juggles illustrating the suit items and the concept.  And contemporary illustration with including the viewer.

 

Weakness:  Inspiration of Wands

(Inspiration is equivalent to page.)  Interesting that both courts in this reading are wands.  Looks like wands are represented by crystals.  The deck might be too concept-heavy, all the animals are just conceptual, not real insects and salamanders in this card.

 

What the deck can teach me:  Seven of Swords

A jaguar in a tree is beautiful but dangerous, 7=Venus, swords=danger?  Oh, also it’s camouflaged in the shadows.  This deck can teach me about challenging information and how to bring it out into the open.

 

How I can learn it:  Ten of Pentacles

I can learn that by sharing.  Sharing the information and being generous in my understanding of it.

 

Outcome of our work together:  Embodiment of Wands

(Embodiment is equivalent to king.)  I like kings as embodiment.  It makes me think they’re fixed, so this card would be Leo, fixed fire.  The crystal crown is over the top!  And here the salamander is real, not just a smoke vision.  Working with this deck will help me let my tarot abilities shine, like the magic at the tip of the crystal wand!

 

Well, this wasn't as easy as it could be, but we'll see how I get on the rest of the week!

 

[fire cat pickles]

Welcome back @Rachelcat!

 

I think I have everyone's decks correct if you all will doublecheck my "math".

[Scarlet Woodland]

7 hours ago, fire cat pickles said:

Welcome back @Rachelcat!

 

I think I have everyone's decks correct if you all will doublecheck my "math".

 

Well since you asked... I'm going to be a flake 😅. My Tarot Cards Dark Forest decks arrived unexpectedly early today and I'm weak, so make that Tarot of the Abyss and the Vintage Waterproof RWS please @fire cat pickles.

 

My apologies to the Old English Tarot, who is the bridesmaid yet again. I did get to use it quite a bit today though and it reads just fine, now I'm not a noob anymore.

[Guest]

I will be using the Kabbalistic Visions Tarot this week, mainly for the Sacred Days of Yule circle. 

[fire cat pickles]

Welcome back @Akhilleus!

[Bodhiseed]

This week I'll be using the Tarot Lukumi, a deck created by Caelum Rainieri, Ivory Andersen and Raphael Montoliu. It is published by Dal Negro and the artwork was done by Luigi Scapini. The oracle deck I'll be using this week is the Diloggun Cards, a digital set created through the use of art by Mase Lobe. Each card is associated with an Ifa ethic as well as a proverb, with information from a book by Ifa Karade called The Handbook of Yoruba Religious Concepts. Today's draws are Three of Wands and Iwori (14 mouths):

  

 

A king is seen climbing the tallest royal palm tree (associated with the Orisha Shango) to collect leaves to be used in ritual. Only those with 'dignity' were allowed to make this high climb. In the traditional meaning of the Three of Wands, a collaboration of efforts brings expansion. It makes sense that wise folks would only want to invest energy and resources in someone who embodied principles they respected. The Diloggun proverb for Iwori reads: "What you help a child to love can be more important than what you help him to learn." Ambition is easy to learn, but how does one learn to love dignity? We often model what we receive; if we give respect and live with principles, then those we influence may be encouraged to do the same.

 

Show respect to all people, but grovel to none.

~Tecumseh

[Bodhiseed]

@Misterei and @Rachelcat, those are beautiful decks you both will be using this week!

[Rachelcat]

😺

 

Here's my reading for today.  I don't feel like I'm doing very well, but there's always tomorrow!

 

[Guest]

Thank you so much @fire cat pickles

[MichaelH]

I did a spread on Saturday using the Robin Wood Tarot. I love a lot of the characters in this especially the men. She has a way of depicting men that is very attractive and appealing 🙂 It's a pleasure to work with it, and a change after having used a lot of the Light Seer's. Very earthy, very pagan in feel.

 

 

 

 

[Rachelcat]

Hi, all!  Here's my moon day reading for today!

 

[Misterei]

7 card reading with Daniloff Orient Tarot - first reading with this deck

INTERPRETATION HELP WELCOME - I am too close to this situation, thus it seems difficult to read

 

Topic:

I started a new job. I just ran into the person who previously did the job. VIBES.

Why is she vibing me? Should I ask her to tea or otherwise attempt to talk to her about it?

 

Background:

She seemed to have difficulties "letting go" and moving to her new position (actually an upgrade ... so not sure why she wanted to hold on). I beleive (but don't really know) that I've offended her by changing the job, introducing new systems, making improvements. I'm pretty sure she feels these improvements are throwing shade on her. Sun and Mercury in Sag / Moon in Virgo. Offending people by blunt comments on how to improve efficiency is a way of life for me.

 

#1 Past = Q Cups

Either one of us can be Q Cups. The job is managing the guesthouse at a spiritual retreat center. This also tells me there are emotions mixed in with the work considerations (Yuck. I hate emotions at work)

#2 Prsent = 10 Wands

There is a LOT of work just now. This card is accurate. I "inherited" a huge mess when I started this job. I have battled moments of feeling resentful about it. But then again ... it was a lot of work for my predessessor, too.

#3 Future = 8 Pentacles

Yep. The Grind. Work Work Work to get this mess cleaned up for all the holiday guests. Also ... we HAVE to work together in the future. Yikes. Really do need to clear the air so we can 8 of pents together.

#4 Advice of the Cards = 3 Swords

HELP PLEASE - I'M NOT OBJECTIVE. Clearly I've somehow really hurt her feelings. Or somehow even leaving the job hurt her feelings. I don't understand why. But her behavior was oddly attached to the job and I think no matter what I did I was going to hurt her. For example I had to go over her head to get my start date. Every time I asked her "what is my start date" she would hem and haw. Meanwhile the higher-ups thought I had already started. It was weird.

#5 Me - Moon

Yep. This is me. Confused. Some emotional undercurrents I don't understand.

#6 Other person - 7 cups

HELP PLEASE. Soooo ... she feels uncertain about her new job? Or? Uncertain how to deal with me?

#7 Outcome = Priestess

Women. Emotions. Things that can't be known. Priestess. Moon. Yuck. Can I just work with men and not have emotions, please?

I guess I will venture to say the cards suggest to just keep my mouth shut and not make any overtures at the moment.

 

Other opinions?

 

Happy Holidays all!

Edited December 20, 2022 by Misterei

[Rachelcat]

Here's my reading for today!

 

[Scarlet Woodland]

Yep, as I thought, in less than 2 weeks, Tarot of the Abyss has made itself comfy in my top ten tarot decks. It's booted out Baba's Alice and is jockeying for 7th place with the Sasuraibito already.

 

Things are going well with Tarot Cards Dark Forest's (Etsy) Waterproof Vintage RWS too. It's easy to read, without being "surface-y", compulsively wonderful to shuffle and the edging that took me foreeeeever to do, turned out nice in the end. I was hoping this could be an indestructible, workhorse deck for me and so far so good.