Deck of the Week Sign-up Thread, Week 332: Nov. 13 - Nov. 19

[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, others use two or more. 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:

1. fire cat pickles: Hermetic Tarot
2. Bodhiseed: Sheridan-Douglas Tarot paired with the Pages of Shustah deck
3. Rachelcat: Tarot of Metamorphosis paired with Dream Inspirational Cards

 

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Edited November 20, 2023 by fire cat pickles

[Bodhiseed]

Thank you Fire cat! I'm in with the Sheridan-Douglas Tarot paired with the Pages of Shustah deck.

 

From the Sheridan-Douglas Tarot, the Papess; from the Pages of Shustah, Little Foxes:

 

I’ve always thought that a good book should be either the entry point inward, to learn about yourself, or a door outward, to open you up to new worlds.

― Taylor Jenkins Reid

 

The High Priestess/Popess indicates hidden knowledge within us that we receive through insights. This woman is completely engaged in reading, so much so that she is sinking down into a place beyond ego's reach. Have you ever read something that jolted you in a deep way, that brought new realizations and understanding? The writings of Pema Chodron, the "You Are Accepted" sermon by Paul Tillich, and numerous poems have had that effect on me. These opened doors in my mind that I was unaware of until that moment. Little Foxes suggest a need to stay in reality rather than fanciful illusions. How do we know if something is insight or simply an emotional reaction? While insight might cause one's heart to feel touched, it doesn't include strong emotions like anger, fear, craving or sadness. And unlike an emotional reaction, it can be life changing.  

Edited November 13, 2023 by Bodhiseed

[Rachelcat]

2 hours ago, Bodhiseed said:

From the Sheridan-Douglas Tarot, the Papess; from the Pages of Shustah, Little Foxes:

 

I’ve always thought that a good book should be either the entry point inward, to learn about yourself, or a door outward, to open you up to new worlds.

― Taylor Jenkins Reid

 

Wow, that's the Sheridan-Douglas??!!  I need to revisit that one!

 

Hi guys!  Another week, more dex!  Because I want to do something a bit more simple these next two weeks, here is a pair from my “ideas for decks of the week” list, Tarot of Metamorphosis and Dream Inspirational Cards.  At one point I had them shuffled together (all Lo Scarabeo decks used to be the same size!), but let’s start with them as tarot with spread cards.  They’re Lo Scarabeo decks with the same artist, Luigi de Giammarino, in a surreal style. 

 

The oracle has been republished as a borderless deck with a different back under a new title, Dream Interpretation Oracle Cards.  The tarot is out of print.  Whilst checking my handy-dandy Llewellyn’s 2023 Tarot Catalog to verify these tidbits, I discover there is a LS Surrealist Tarot in print by the same artist (different than these decks).

 

 

 

The tarot is focused on, well, metamorphosis:  In the booklet, the majors have titles “The Metamorphoses of [whatever].”  Wands are “The Metamorphoses of Nature”; cups are “The Metamorphoses of Myth”; swords are “The Metamorphoses of Thought” (literature and art); pentacles are “The Posthumous Metamorphoses” (human-tech hybrids).

 

The oracle has 78 cards, each a thing that one might encounter in a dream (I guess).  And, as mentioned, very surreal, as befits dream subjects.

 

Wash, shuffle, interview two decks!

 

Tarot of Metamorphosis

 

 

 

4 out of 6 cards are majors, with 2 pentacles.

 

What is your most important characteristic?  XII. The Hanged Man, The Metamorphoses of Surrender

This is total surrender!  He’s letting the tree grow right through him, so he must have been there a long time. 

The deck has been patiently waiting me to pick it as my deck of the week!  It’s a deck that if I accept all its weirdness, surrealness, it will talk to me.

 

What is your strength?  4 Pentacles

An angry Thomas.  Or just mean?  He’s being served as much coal as he can take, but he’s still not happy.  The human is serving the cranky machine, which doesn’t seem to be doing any work for the humans in return.

The deck is very strong, but you get out of it what you put into it.  It does things its own way and doesn’t accommodate the novice or closed-minded reader.

 

What is your weakness?  5 Pentacles

A broken down car-human hybrid.  The other cars are passing it by, making it sad and envious.  I don’t really understand what’s going on in the lower third of the card, under the highway bridge?  The charging station is within reach, but the car doesn’t realize it?

The deck’s weakness is the same as its strength:  it’s fully committed to its theme, whether it makes sense for mere humans or not!

 

What can I learn from you?  XX. Judgement, The Metamorphoses of the Spirit

The fairy (or angel) piper calls forth the green sprites from their sleep in the abandon, nature-inundated house.  Which also has/is a face.

I can learn that there are many different faces (ha!) of spirituality, not just conventional religions, not even just new age ideas.  Or I can hear distantly a higher calling.

 

How can I learn it?  0. The Fool, The Metamorphoses of Vision

The marionette breaks his strings and dives into life from the wolf’s nose.  A female spirit emerges from his heart.  The sri yantra in the background shows that our current, mundane life is also a spiritual life at the same time.

I can learn about spirituality by taking the plunge untethered by preconceptions (but WITH the knowledge I already have).

 

What will be the outcome of our work together?  XXI. The World, The Metamorphoses of Reality

(These three cards are grouped together in the booklet (listing Fool at the end of the majors).  I swear I shuffled!  Washed and riffle shuffled.)

The natural world and the human world both emerge from the dance.

Well, that’s a big promise!  I’ll gain a lot of insight and useful info from using this deck.  And maybe be able to tie spirituality back into my real life.

 

My eye is hanging up on the artist’s signature on each card, “DiGiam 04.”  Booklet says the deck is copyright 2005.  I guess it’s time to use this 20 year old deck! 

 

Dream Cards

 

 

 

What is your most important characteristic?  Foreigners

These are some strange strangers!  Especially the tree-cat.  Oh, I get it!  They’re transplanting themselves.  That’s why they’re watering their feet.  The already “rooted” look on with concern, but not all are concerned, the fishing guy in the back is just getting on with his life.

The deck is different than just about anything else, but it can be understood.

 

What is your strength?  Art

Well, that’s a bit on the nose!  The art is the deck’s strength, so strong that it might overwhelm the viewer.  Does the water look like a horned face to you?  So it could be dangerous, but that’s also a strength.

 

What is your weakness?  Fishing

Some of the fish are joining in voluntarily, and some are being thrown back.  And the women are sharing the fish they get.

As a weakness, the deck is just too strange?  Too transactional?  How does this tie in with the fisherman in the first card?

 

What can I learn from you?  Playing (gaming)

The dice made me think it’s about gambling, but there’s no money, just dice, cards, and chess board, so the focus is on the games.  I like skating across a chess board, but I don’t know what that means, that it’s all for fun?

I can learn that it’s fun to work with a truly divergent deck of cards!

 

How can I learn it?  Tree

This looks more like a tower than a tree, a tower with a face at the base.

I can learn fun organically!  With a combination of nature and nurture.

 

What will be the outcome of our work together?  Monks

I’ll get some insight into traditional religion as well as outside spirituality (to link it with the other interview.)

 

[fire cat pickles]

Welcome back @Bodhiseed and @Rachelcat 🙂 

[Bodhiseed]

@Rachelcat, those Dream Cards remind me of the nights when I take melatonin! 😄

[Rachelcat]

5 hours ago, Bodhiseed said:

@Rachelcat, those Dream Cards remind me of the nights when I take melatonin! 😄

 

Cool!  My dreams are usually more boring than anything else . . .

[Tom]

It's there anything special that I need to do to sign up?  Do I need to use a particular spread? 

[Bodhiseed]

2 minutes ago, Tom said:

It's there anything special that I need to do to sign up?  Do I need to use a particular spread? 

Just post the names of the deck or decks you'll be using. You can post your own reading if you like, but it's not necessary. See Fire pickle's first post for more information. Welcome! ❤️

[fire cat pickles]

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