Deck of the Week Sign-up Thread, Week 398: Feb 17 - Feb 23

[fire cat pickles]

A unique version of Reading Circle 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: Soprafino
2. Christina: The Dreaming Way Deck
3. Rachelcat: Tarot of the Alchemical Magnum Opus
4. Bodhiseed: Roots of Asia Tarot paired with the Mahjongg Oracle
5. Mi-Shell: Guardians of the Night Tarot 

 

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Edited February 24, 2025 by fire cat pickles

[Christina]

me, me, me! With the Erenberg and the Botanical Inspirations....thanks FCP!

[Rachelcat]

Hi, @fire cat pickles and @Christina and everyone!  

 

To (unintentionally) continue the alchemy theme, this week will be Tarot of the Alchemical Magnum Opus by Robert M. Place, “An iconic edition of the Alchemical Tarot Distilled to its Essence.”  I had the Alchemical Tarot back when it first came out (or maybe the second edition), but it didn’t seem to say much about alchemy, or say it coherently.  So now that both I and Robert know more about alchemy (and tarot), I’m ready to give it another try. 

 

(I also have Tarot of the Sevenfold Mystery, which I’m not ready to delve into yet.  And I had a reading from Robert at a Reader’s Studio long ago.  The only card I remember from the reading is V. of Batons, Five Fingers.)

 

This version has alchemical terms (ingredients, operations, and symbols) in place of major names.  The minors are, as noted, pared down images from the Alchemical Tarot.  The courts continue to confuse me:  Lady (woman’s face or body); Knight (helmet); Queen (woman’s face with crown); King (animal with crown).  Why are the women shown as humans but not the “men”? 

 

In the booklet, the suits are Jungian:  sensation, intuition, thinking, feeling; and the minor cards have titles:  “The Elephant,” “The Victim.”  I like the title idea because I think it subtly takes us into fortunetelling land.

 

Well, let’s give it a try!  Wash, shuffle, and interview.

 

 

First of all, I really did shuffle.  Well.  I thought.

 

What is your most important characteristic?  II. of Coins, Fixation of the Volatile

The deck is a good combination of alchemy and tarot.  It applies the system of tarot (fixation) to the more nebulous concepts of alchemy (the volatile).

 

What is your strength?  Knight of Coins, the Protector

It’s a serviceable deck that is the product of much hard work.

 

Your weakness?  Queen of Coins, Wealth

It’s not a very feminine deck (water + earth).  It’s not good for practical finance questions.

 

What can you teach me?  Ace of Cups, the Fish

It can instead teach me about emotional abundance.

 

How can I learn it?  IV. of Cups, the Elephant

Which I can learn by keeping my strong emotions under control.  Elephants are powerful but can be trained, just like strong emotions.

 

What will be the outcome of our work together?  XIX. Greater Conjunction (Sun)

I will learn more about the combinations mentioned here.  And much will become clear to me that wasn’t before.

 

[Christina]

hi @Rachelcat nice to see you again!

[fire cat pickles]

Welcome back @Christina and @Rachelcat 🙂 

[Bodhiseed]

Thank you Firecat cat! I'm in this week with the Roots of Asia Tarot paired with the Mahjongg Oracle.

 

 

Clean up your own mess. —Robert Fulghum

 

The Knight of Wands is Air within Fire, a quick mind inside a body with too much energy to sit still. I was waiting in line at Walgreens the other day and saw a woman leave her four-year-old son outside the bathroom with their buggy, commanding him to "Stay here." Two seconds after she left, he was using the buggy to ram into shelves and displays. In the same way, the impulsive actions of this knight often lead to mayhem, but because he's constantly in motion, he's usually not there to notice them. The Farmer signifies the tasks and toil of bringing in the harvest. Rather than speaking of tenacity or patience, it encourages us to do the physical effort that is required. So instead of simply saying "sorry," we need to clean up the messes we make.

[Christina]

@fire cat pickles may I change my deck to The Dreaming Way deck please? I just got this today and really wanna work with it 🙂

[fire cat pickles]

1 hour ago, Christina said:

@fire cat pickles may I change my deck to The Dreaming Way deck please? I just got this today and really wanna work with it 🙂

Absolutely!

[fire cat pickles]

Welcome back @Bodhiseed 😀

[Christina]

5 minutes ago, fire cat pickles said:

Absolutely!

thank you!

[Mi-Shell]

Well, It is already Wednesday = I am a late arrival again. 

I got stuck in 65 cm of snow to shovel ... Snowmageddon in Ontario.....

But this morning FINALLY I got out my Guardians of the Night Tarot and sat down for my reading. 

This will be my deck for the remainder of the week.

Blessings to you all! ♥

 

 

 

 

[fire cat pickles]

Welcome back @Mi-Shell 🙂 

 

I almost missed this post... We didn't get the weather they predicted but we did the cold blast. Sooo ready for warmer weather here!

[fire cat pickles]