fire cat pickles Posted 18 hours ago Posted 18 hours ago (edited) 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 fire cat pickles: Tarot de Flamand 1780, Vandenborre Carta Mundi 1983 Rachelcat: Botanica: A Tarot Deck About the Language of Flowers Click here for DoW 432 (10/13 - 10/19) Edited 14 hours ago by fire cat pickles
Rachelcat Posted 14 hours ago Posted 14 hours ago Hi, @fire cat pickles! Thanks as always! This week for me will be Botanica: A Tarot Deck About the Language of Flowers. I seem to keep getting flower-themed decks and not being satisfied. But I think this might be the keeper. I was attracted to the black backgrounds. It has glyphs for the card titles. And lovely black and gilded backs. Interestingly, the pips, and the crowns for the courts, are all different and are artifacts that relate to the meanings. For example, the wands in V Wands “are based on the Silver Rod of Manannan mac Lir, a Celtic hero god of the sea.” Obviously, I’ll be using the booklet a lot. So that should be interesting to explore, along with the plants/flowers, of course. Interview time! What is your most important characteristic? VI Swords, snuff box sea beans, Masai swords Seeds of the tree float from east Africa all the way to Asia and Australia. The deck is very clever and covers a lot of plants and parts of the world. What is your strength? IX Swords, poppies, Greek swords used for sacrifices The deck covers negative cards well. And is calming. Your weakness? Star, jasmine It can be intoxicating, calling attention to its beauty, taking away from its good ideas and attributions. What can you teach me? Sun, sunflower The deck can teach me all about everything good, warm, and open. How can I learn it? V Wands, thistle, silver rod of Manannan mac Lir The wands look like silver wands with gold apples attached. I shouldn’t worry if learning the deck is a bit of a struggle. It will be worth it for the sunny outcome. What will be the outcome of our work together? Q Wands, huluppu tree, crown of Inanna Inanna is the goddess who puts the hero Gilgamesh to work clearing her trees of demons. I will feel strong enough to use this unconventional deck. Sun and Star in the first reading (and the card I used as an example)? Sounds good to me!
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