fire cat pickles Posted March 30 Posted March 30 (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: Conver Ancient TdM Bodhiseed: Touchstone Tarot paired with the Waterhouse Oracle Rachelcat: Tarot of the Unexplained; A Deck of Cryptids, Ghosts, UFOs & Other Urban Oddities Click here for DOTW 455 (3/23-3/29) Click here for DOTW 457 (4/6 - 4/12) Edited April 6 by fire cat pickles
Bodhiseed Posted March 30 Posted March 30 (edited) Thank you Fire cat! I'm in with the Touchstone Tarot paired with the Waterhouse Oracle. Touchstone Tarot, Happy Squirrel; Waterhouse Oracle, Windflowers You be greater than your feelings. I don't demand this of you - life does. Otherwise, you'll be washed away by feelings. You'll be washed out to sea and never seen again. ― Philip Roth I had forgotten all about the Happy Squirrel card until it turned up this morning. Originally from an episode of "The Simpsons" many years ago, it is a satirical look at fortune-telling (how rigidly and grimly some folks read the cards). Kat Black describes it this way: "Lighten up. Do not take yourself, or anything, too seriously. There are no simple answers, life is very complicated and the most important thing is to take joy in the journey." Windflowers, sometimes called Windswept, shows a woman and a field of flowers buffeted by gusty winds. It is a caution about letting our emotions sweep us away without questioning the validity or perspective behind them. We don't have to attempt to squash our feelings, but neither do we need to self-identify with them either. This is just a moment in our lifetime, not an era. Edited March 30 by Bodhiseed
Rachelcat Posted March 30 Posted March 30 Whelp! I was going to start working through my remaining historicals, starting with Eteillas, but shopping happens when I’m not busy at work; therefore, I might or might not have ordered 4 decks on Amazon (with 2 more tucked away in my save for later). So I’m back on the new deck train! This week will be Tarot of the Unexplained: A Deck of Cryptids, Ghosts, UFOs & Other Urban Oddities. I have two fun cryptid oracles, so of course I needed a tarot too! But this turns out to have few cryptids and mostly urban legends. But let’s give it a try anyway. Suits are knockers (bigfoot’s sticks), portals, ghosts, and saucers. The suits don’t have separate creatures or stories, but they do have constellations and moon phases. (The author might not be aware that constellations and signs are now not aligned. But it makes sense to use constellations that we can see.) Courts are fans, hunters, advocates, and skeptics. Wash, shuffle, and go! What is your most important characteristic? 4 of Portals First quarter moon, I don’t know what the constellation is. The portal is a cube that reflects the ocean it is above. The deck can be a portal to new ideas and understandings, but it is static. Once I get it, it’s done. What is your strength? 9 of Knockers Waning gibbous moon and Sagittarius The deck is good at defending itself against naysayers. Like bigfoot, it does what it does and doesn’t ask for validation. Your weakness? 6 of Saucers They look like boomerangs or stealth planes. The deck is more of an artistic or physical success, less of a spiritual or helpful success. What can you teach me? 3 of Ghosts Libra It can teach me about teaching and learning about loss and mourning. How can I learn it? Fan of Ghosts By being a fan of the deck and of learning things I usually don’t learn about. What will be the outcome of our work together? Hunter of Ghosts Is this also Libra? Booklet says she is an initiate using her esoteric hand signals and summoning a powerful ghost. I will graduate from learning to understanding the deck and some of its bases. No majors but all four suits represented. Well, we’ll see where all this goes!
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