Deck of the Week Sign-up Thread, Week 400: Mar 3 - Mar 9

[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: Celtic Dragon (Hunt, Majors only)
2. Rachelcat: Dream Dust Shamanic Tarot
3. Christina: Mind's Eye Tarot and Blessed Be Cards
4. Bodhiseed: Wayfarer Tarot paired with the Curious Oracle
5. Natural Mystic Guide: The Greenwood

 

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Edited March 10, 2025 by fire cat pickles

[Rachelcat]

Hi @fire cat pickles and everyone!  I'm back, going from abstract concepts to abstract art.  This week will be Dream Dust Shamanic Tarot, an abstract art deck.  I’m not sure why I decided I needed another “swirly” abstract tarot (as opposed to my first love, geometrical abstract) since I already have Tarot of Colour. 

 

I got a little crazy with collection holes looking for an abstract oracle, but this deck popped up.  I still haven’t found an abstract oracle I like.  The closest are Cilla Conway’s decks, but they’re not exactly what I’m looking for.  I think they’re too representational, like the Margarete Petersen Tarot.  I put Secret World of Crystals Journey Cards on my list as an abstract oracle.  It’s close-up photos of the interior of crystals, but the effect is quite abstract.  And it works well for scrying on training wheels.

 

Back to tarot!  These are large cards with meanings on the bottom.  Suits are fire, sea, wind, and earth.  Aces are star; courts are sprite, horse, goddess, and shaman. 

 

Let’s see what I can do with them.  Wash, shuffle, interview!

 

 

I really did shuffle, so I’m sticking with these cards.

 

What is your most important characteristic?  The Lovers

The deck about bringing art and tarot together.

 

What is your strength?  The Chariot

It’s taking both art and tarot forward.

 

Your weakness?  The Sun

It can be too glib sometimes.  The sun is the sun and it’s yellow.  Yawn.

 

What can I learn from you?  Fire Star (Ace of Wands)

I can learn how to take new action.  I like the teal with the red.

 

How can I learn it?  Two of Fire

Two teal stripes.  I have to put energy into it as well as get a jolt of energy from it.

 

What will be the outcome of our work together?  Three of Earth

Together we can manifest something real and beautiful.

 

Ok, we’ll see about that!  It’s going to be a pain to ignore/avoid the text on the cards, but I’m trying!

 

[Christina]

I'm  in again with my Mind's Eye Tarot and Blessed Be cards 🙂

[Bodhiseed]

Thank you Fire cat for the new thread. I'm in with the Wayfarer Tarot paired with the Curious Oracle.

 

People first concern themselves with meeting their basic needs; only afterwards, do they pursue any higher needs. —Abdolkarim Soroush

 

The practical Queen of Earth knows that no large project will be finished, and no family or community will be stable until bodies have the basics of food, rest, shelter and clothing. Taking time for daily needs is not a luxury but a requirement. Lotus Energy represents the fuel and resources needed for the seed to embed its roots in the mud, climb its way above the water, and then flower in the sun. No matter how we want to bloom, we must first take care of the bodily conveyance that will get us there.

[Natural Mystic Guide]

I am so delighted to finally have my own Greenwood Tarot.  I love the cards.  I am making my way through the book right now.

[fire cat pickles]

Welcome back @Rachelcat, @Christina, @Bodhiseed, and @Natural Mystic Guide 🙂 

[fire cat pickles]