Deck of the Week Sign-up Thread, Week 424: Aug 18 - Aug 24

[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 any time—reality and life permitting. New to tarot? Long time reader? Come on in!

 

Participants

1. fire cat pickles: Connolly Tarot 
2. Rachelcat: Mindscapes Tarot
3. JoyousGirl: Neuzeit and Wheel of Change
4. Bodhiseed: Rosetta Tarot paired with the Day of the Dead Lenormand

 

 

Click here for DoW 423 (8/11 - 8/17)

Click here for DoW 425 (8/25 - 8/31)

Edited August 25, 2025 by fire cat pickles

[Rachelcat]

Hi!  I'm here finally!  Don't you hate it when work gets in the way of tarot?!

 

This week will be Mindscapes Tarot, a new offering from Hay House, continuing my landscapes deck acquisition streak.  There are a few people and animals, but it’s mostly empty landscapes, with and without human artifacts, painted in pastels.  

 

The majors have astro attributions and an artist-designed glyph.  There are two extra majors, The Catacomb and The Great Work.  The suits are Branches, Tides, Spires, and Stones.  (Spires are mountains, not human-built towers.)  The suit cards make an attempt to show the same scene over time, most obviously in the Stones suit.

 

The booklet provides “actions” for the majors, affirmations for the courts, and journal prompts for the suit cards, along with two custom spreads.

 

Let’s see what the deck can do!  Interview time.

 

 

What is your most important characteristic?  The Great Work (extra major)
It truly is a magical or alchemical deck.  It takes itself seriously.

 

What is your strength?  Six of Tides
The deck can take me places.

 

Your weakness?  The Hierophant
It’s not very traditional, which is its goal. It thinks tradition is old-fashioned and limiting.  (And smoky.)

 

What can you teach me?  Two of Spires
It can teach me to make my own decisions of which way I want to go.  Even if both options seem very similar.

 

How can I learn it?  Eight of Stones
By working at it and putting my mind to it.

 

What will be the outcome of our work together?  Nine of Stones
I will feel like the deck is a beautiful addition to my collection of art.

[JoyousGirl]

I will participate with Neuzeit and Wheel of Change again. 

[JoyousGirl]

17 minutes ago, Rachelcat said:

continuing my landscapes deck acquisition streak

 

I'd love to see a list of these one day as I'm keen on getting one or two of my own. 

[fire cat pickles]

Welcome back @Rachelcat and @JoyousGirl 😀

[Bodhiseed]

I'm in with the Rosetta Tarot paired with the Day of the Dead Lenormand - thank you Fire cat!

 

  

Rosetta Tarot, Eight of Wands; Day of the Dead Lenormand, Book

 

Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.
—Sam Levenson.

 

Meleen describes this card as a visual representation of the electrical stimulation of the brain. Fire enters the realm of intellect and knowledge, requiring swift decisions and creative solutions. The Book indicates knowledge and education. Sometimes the cards I pull are so literal, they make me laugh. Many years ago, when my daughter was young, I created a memorial to honor our ancestors for the fall equinox. The pictures were accompanied by trinkets and miniatures that described their lives. For instance, my great-grandmother had a tiny trunk because she spent months traveling overseas with her sisters (leaving behind husbands and children). I'm lucky in that my mother put together five booklets about the ancestors on her side (the family album for the Book!). I've decided to do this again, so I've been busy reading them and making notes, but I also need to do some research on my biological father. I never included him before, but as one teacher reminded me, my life wouldn't exist without him, and that's something. He was a medic helicopter pilot in Korea and Vietnam, so I'll find a little helicopter for him. I've got until September 22 to be ready!
 

 

[Rachelcat]

16 hours ago, JoyousGirl said:

 

I'd love to see a list of these one day as I'm keen on getting one or two of my own. 

A list you say?  I have a list!  It's short but balanced: two tarots, two oracles.

 

Mindscapes Tarot, Hay House
Naturescapes Tarot, Make Playing Cards

The Bloodlands Oracle, Schiffer Red Feather
Nakisha’s Oracle, Etsy, RabbitTarot

 

Including this week, I've used them all as decks of the week, so check out my journal for samples. 

(Thanks for asking.  I love sharing my category lists.)

[fire cat pickles]

Welcome back @Bodhiseed 😀

 

Just now getting back to the threads —quite the shift yesterday!

[JoyousGirl]

On 8/20/2025 at 1:06 AM, Rachelcat said:

check out my journal

Thanks. I vaguely recall the Landscapes Tarot, which I was looking at with interest last week but am not so sure about. I'll look forward to your next post then!

[Rachelcat]

22 hours ago, JoyousGirl said:

Thanks. I vaguely recall the Landscapes Tarot, which I was looking at with interest last week but am not so sure about. I'll look forward to your next post then!

 

Here is my "Places" category in case that helps!  Actual places pictured and/or referred to in the cards.

 

Places

Tarot of Architectural Objects

Fiorenza Tarot

Tarot for the Great Outdoors

Sacred Sites Tarot

 

Earth Power Oracle: An Atlas for the Soul

Florentia Antica Illustrated Playing Cards

Florentia Nova Illustrated Playing Cards

Flower Reading Cards

Sacred Sites Oracle Cards

 

(I haven't received the playing cards yet. 😺)

 

[Bodhiseed]

On 8/20/2025 at 12:09 PM, fire cat pickles said:

Just now getting back to the threads —quite the shift yesterday!

Hope you had time to rest and recuperate! 💓

[fire cat pickles]