Deck of the Week Sign-up Thread, Week 436: Nov. 10 - Nov. 16

[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: RWS
2. Mi-Shell: The Anieth Stone Nature Deck
3. Bodhiseed: New Era Elements Tarot paired with the Tao Oracle
4. Rachelcat: Tarot Arnoux & Amphoux 1801, Yves Reynaud

 

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Edited yesterday at 11:28 AM by fire cat pickles

[Mi-Shell]

Hi Fire Cat!♥

I will try my luck this week with the Anieth Stone Nature deck

 

[Mi-Shell]

Well, to get myself up to speed again with this deck, I just re-read my ooooold thread:

Now I am not so sure, I want to open that strange pandora/ ogham / Gaelic box again.....

If only the images were not so interesting......

[fire cat pickles]

Welcome back @Mi-Shell 😃

[Bodhiseed]

I'm in this week with the New Era Elements Tarot paired with the Tao Oracle. Thank you Fire cat!💓 (Waves to Mi-shell )

 

  

 

New Era Elements, Nine of Earth; Tao Oracle, Hexagram 29 (The Abysmal)

 

A stable mind is like the hub of a wheel. The world may spin around you, but the mind is steady.
—B.K.S. Iyengar

 

The rough, dirty hands in this card illustrate that good fortune doesn't usually float down out of the sky like a feather. Contentment and stability aren't just about getting something but knowing how to sustain it when disruptive challenges come. If we don't put in the work, we won't have any skills to rely on later (think of those who inherit a chunk of money only to squander it away). Hexagram 29, The Abysmal, warns of a deluge of problems headed our way. To steer through the storm, we need a firm hold on our mind and our conduct. Letting our emotions take over will only feed panic and confusion; we need to stay grounded in the present and centered on what is important. As Iyengar stated, "When stability becomes a habit, maturity and clarity follow."

[fire cat pickles]

Welcome back @Bodhiseed!

[Mi-Shell]

My reading is in the Stone Nature Deck thread....

 

[Bodhiseed]

Wow, that artwork is lovely @Mi-Shell! 😍

[Mi-Shell]

Yes, @Bodhiseed♥ The images are exactly, why I opened that box again!

 

Here are the ones for today's reading: 

However, no time right now to do a write- up..... maybe later this evening.....

 

[Rachelcat]

I’m here, I’m here!  A couple of days late and a couple of dollars short!  But I’m going to forge ahead to catch up instead of skipping a week.

 

This week for me will be Tarot Arnoux & Amphoux 1801, a repro by Yves Reynaud.  Brand new to me, published in 2018.  The original was published in Marseilles, and the info card points out that it has “AN-X” on the 2 Denier, meaning year 10 of the French revolutionary calendar.  It’s a pretty standard Marseilles deck, with the publisher’s name and “France” on many of the cards.  I’m almost over my aversion to Marseilles swords, so I should do fine with it this week.  Let’s see what the interview says about that!

 

 

What is your most important characteristic?  II Baston

I think BA is for baston?

The deck is all about action.  I should go to it with questions about what to do, not what to think or feel.

 

What is your strength?  Le Ivgement

Even though I think the deck is kind of standard, it’s really a different evolution or revolution of the form.

 

Your weakness?  Tenperance

A major pair.  With the first two cards, this means the deck isn’t well-balanced or a happy medium.  It’s more full of energy and gung ho.

 

What can I learn from you?  Valet de Denier

I can learn about learning about the physical, tactile aspects of cards.

 

How can I learn it?  Ivstice

I have to be balanced because the cards aren’t.  I can learn by being open to two sides of the issue.  Both have something to teach me.

 

What will be the outcome of our work together?  Le Batelevr

I will start to believe again in the magic of the cards.  And/or I’ll feel very comfortable and competent reading with them.

 

Sounds good to me!

[fire cat pickles]

Welcome back @Rachelcat 😀

[Mi-Shell]

I did put 2 more readings onto the thread. 

I am kind of curious, what you guys think of the reallllly weird card interpretations given by the deck creator of the Stone Tarot....

 

[Bodhiseed]

@Mi-Shell, those booklet meanings are bizarre. The creator of the deck wasn't coloring outside the lines, but in a whole other coloring book that doesn't resemble tarot at all!

[fire cat pickles]

Bizarre was the same word I was going to use. When I get a new deck with a booklet that veers from meanings I'm not familiar with I will often stick with what I'm familiar with or use imagery from the cards to guide me in my interpretations (or both). I just don't have the patience to learn a whole knew system!

[Mi-Shell]

Thank you, @Bodhiseedand @fire cat pickles!

Yes, Bizarre is a very good word for that booklet. and it really has nothing much to do with Tarot. Many of the discriptions sound like an angry vendetta - no idea against whom..... I usually do not follow these booklets, but sometimes see, iffff maybe the text points me around one of my own blind spots. 

♥ 

M.