fire cat pickles Posted May 12, 2023 Posted May 12, 2023 (edited) 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! Please post with your choice of deck(s) 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 Yet others may even have an offline journal in paper & pencil/pen form Share as often, as much, or as little as you like. You can drop in and out at anytime—reality and life permitting. New to tarot? Long time reader? Come on in Participants: fire cat pickles: Fantastic Menagerie paired with Sun Tzu's The Art of War (dice bibliomancy) Mi-Shell: Spiritsong Tarot Bodhiseed: Roots of Asia Tarot paired with the Mah Jong Cards Rachelcat: Urban Incantations Tarot Click here for DoW 304 (5/6 - 5/12) Click here for DoW 306 (5/18 - 5/23) Edited May 20, 2023 by fire cat pickles
Mi-Shell Posted May 12, 2023 Posted May 12, 2023 Hi Fire Cat and Everyone! We are back from our 12 week birding trip in Texas in the heat - and then getting snowed in in Colorado.... Surprise surprise, a Canadian motor home can handle a foot of snow no problem.... Coming home, I found my Spiritsong Tarot still on my reading table. So now for this week I am discovering it anew!
fire cat pickles Posted May 12, 2023 Author Posted May 12, 2023 @Mi-Shell so glad to hear from you and that you're safe! Sounds like you had a great journey 🙂 Welcome back. We've been quiet the last few weeks and could definitely use the company...
Bodhiseed Posted May 13, 2023 Posted May 13, 2023 I'm in with the Roots of Asia Tarot paired with the Mah Jong Cards. Thanks Fire cat and welcome back Mi-shell! ❤️
fire cat pickles Posted May 13, 2023 Author Posted May 13, 2023 Welcome back @Bodhiseed! I'm switching to the Fantastic Menagerie and pairing it with bibliomancy using Sun Tzu's The Art of War (with dice rolls) this week. I may offer some readings with feedback 🙂
Rachelcat Posted May 13, 2023 Posted May 13, 2023 Hi fire cat and everyone! Looks like some interesting readings coming up this week! For me, this week will be Urban Incantations Tarot, Kickstarter deck by Lynyrd-Jym Narcisco. It says my deck is number 58 of 500 copies. The booklet describes it as “grungy modern meets magical.” Linen-y cardstock that’s very nicely slippy. It has a Happy Squirrel! My very quick take is that it might be too visually consistent, especially in color, but let’s see how it goes. The backs give off a The City and the City vibe for sure. (Sci-fi novel by China Mieville, made into a tv series in 2018. I don’t think I’ve read it, but I’ve just seen it around . . .) What is your most important characteristic? Ace of Pentacles It’s an artifact most of all. Which works with the numbering thing and the cardstock thing. I guess it’s the most important characteristic to me. What is your strength? Page of Wands It’s creative and ambitious. Like the young woman playing the guitar. She’s entertaining herself, but might also be showing off! Or just practicing . . . What is your weakness? Nine of Cups But it’s not for everyone. Not sure how I get this from this card, but . . . He has all those bottles behind him, but he’s chosen one for his drink. (Seems more like 7 Coins, but that’s what I’m getting now.) What can you teach me? Five of Cups It can teach me that contemporary urban life does sometimes seem like the wine of the good life has been spilled. But we can still find some full glasses if we look around in a different way. How can I learn it? Ten of Cups By looking up and looking for the rainbow. This is a true happy family even if it’s not a typical suburban one. Again, I should look for the good in everything even if I don’t think it’s there, it probably is! What will be the outcome of our work together? Queen of Pentacles We’ll be able to cook up something very yummy! And aesthetically pleasing, too! Can you tell I’m happy to be working with a representational deck again?! Really connecting with the images so far.
Bodhiseed Posted May 14, 2023 Posted May 14, 2023 Love the look of the Urban Incantations Tarot, @Rachelcat!
Bodhiseed Posted May 14, 2023 Posted May 14, 2023 This week I'll be using the Roots of Asia Tarot, created by Amnart Klanprachar with Thaworn Boonyawan and published by AGM Müller. I'll also be using the Mah Jongg Oracle, created by Derek Walters and published by Thunder Bay Press. Today's cards are the Fool and the Pearl: [Consciousness] photocopies experiences, and then the next time you encounter something similar, it shows you the copy and you think your earlier experience is happening again. But it's a copy, not the original. Reality has changed - it's always changing - and we're living in the photocopy. —Cuong Lu The Fool represents emptiness. Tsoknyi Rinpoche defines this as the "infinitely open space that allows for anything to appear, change, disappear, and reappear. The basic meaning of emptiness, in other words, is openness, or potential." This state is empty of opinions, rigid judgments based on previous experiences, preferences and prejudices. It simply sees what is as well as the multitude of possibilities that are available. There is a Chinese saying "a pearl in one's palm" that is very similar in meaning to the English phrase "the apple of one's eye." Both refer to something honored, something precious and loved. Such is the ability to see the world with this Fool's eyes.
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