anyone still here

[GrizzlyKt]

hi is anyone still doing the Minchiate Tarot

i love these decks would be nice to have a chat to a few people if anyone is interested 

[DanielJUK]

@fire cat pickles is the Minchiate Man! Hopefully he will reply 🙂

[fire cat pickles]

I am still around! If you're interested we can definitely start this back up 🙂 

[Guest]

Fan of the Minchiate here, keeping my ear to the ground. 

[GrizzlyKt]

hi im definitely up for it thank you for your help 

[Woland]

I am months late to this, but I would love to learn about the minchiate and am really enjoying reading your analyses of the cards!

[fire cat pickles]

Yes we are still around! Thank you 😊 

[Woland]

Looks like I'm going to pick up a minchiate deck and dive right in then! 

[Eugenie]

I am thinking of buying the Expansion Pack to my Spacious Tarot, turning it into a Minchiate (well, sort of, as the deck is modern), since I really love the deck and use it a lot. 

On the other hand, I am not really into astrology. Do you have to be into astrology in order to use Minchiate at least more or less skillfully? 

Edited November 14, 2023 by Eugenie

[Guest]

On 11/14/2023 at 11:37 AM, Eugenie said:

Do you have to be into astrology in order to use Minchiate at least more or less skillfully? 

 

The Minchiate does have twelve zodiacal trumps, so I guess a basic understanding of astrology is at least necessary. 

[Eugenie]

On 12/15/2023 at 6:16 AM, Akhilleus said:

 

The Minchiate does have twelve zodiacal trumps, so I guess a basic understanding of astrology is at least necessary. 

Thank you, that's logical of course, I am just so unwilling to learn astrology. Eh well, we'll see! Maybe at some point I will. 

[akiva]

48 minutes ago, Eugenie said:

Thank you, that's logical of course, I am just so unwilling to learn astrology. Eh well, we'll see! Maybe at some point I will. 

You don't need a deep understanding, just a basic knowledge of what the 12 signs represent should be a good starting point.

 

https://www.skyscript.co.uk/books.html#ma

 

If you scroll down to "signs of the zodiac" it gives you a pretty good overview of the signs from a more traditional point of view. Just pick out some keywords for when those cards crop up and expand them as needed 😁

[fire cat pickles]

3 hours ago, akiva said:

You don't need a deep understanding, just a basic knowledge of what the 12 signs represent should be a good starting point.

I would add rulerships and exaltations for each of the zodiac to the basic knowledge list.

[Eugenie]

@akiva, thank you very much! Looks like an excellent source. 

 

@fire cat pickles oh my god, why is tarot doing this to me? Next thing I will be learning numerology! By the way, I know a really good numerologist here, she impressed me immensely. 

[akiva]

1 hour ago, fire cat pickles said:

I would add rulerships and exaltations for each of the zodiac to the basic knowledge list.

This is very handy for if you view a suit as having a planetary archetype, for example swords as Mars. Its come up in a few of my minchiate readings before and it's useful. Kind of a bit similar to elemental dignity (or at least how I was doing it) 😊

[akiva]

1 hour ago, Eugenie said:

@akiva, thank you very much! Looks like an excellent source. 

No problem, it also lays out the dignities of the suits/planets too, as FCP pointed out, they're worth noting down! 😊