fire cat pickles Posted 9 hours ago Posted 9 hours ago 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 la Rea Click here for DOTW 464 (5/25-5/31)
Bodhiseed Posted 6 hours ago Posted 6 hours ago Thank you, Fire cat! I'm in with the Fey Tarot paired with the I Misteri Della Sibilla. Compassion manifests in us as the offering of kindness rather than withdrawal. —Sharon Salzberg The drops emerging upward from the Queen's cup are her version of texts, calls, and letters to see how people are doing. She is a listener, one who can empathize with kindness without self-identifying and drowning in the feelings of others. Compassion isn't trying to fix someone - which is often just a reaction to our being uncomfortable. While we may offer advice if asked for, it's more about bearing witness to someone's pain so they don't feel alone and disconnected. The Five of Clubs suggests good fortune that is created by our own actions. As St. Basil said, "They who sow courtesy reap friendship, and they who plant kindness gather love."
Rachelcat Posted 5 hours ago Posted 5 hours ago I've been thinning down my collection, and I'll never give away the Fey. It's a treasure! I’m going to continue with my Golden Dawn and RWS series, so this week will be Hanson-Roberts Tarot paired with Smith-Waite Tarot Centennial Edition Deck, part of the Pamela Colman Smith Commemorative Set from US Games 2009, which includes a copy of Waite’s The Pictorial Key to the Tarot and The Artwork & Times of Pamela Colman Smith, Artist of the Rider-Waite Tarot Deck by Stuart R. Kaplan and some art cards. It’s still in print, but it was more affordable back in 2009! (I also have the Smith-Waite Tarot Deck Centennial Edition in a Tin version, which I used as a deck of the week back in 2021 paired with Pixie’s Amazing Lenormand.) Hanson-Roberts was one of my first decks, which I picked as a “traditional” deck while I picked the Motherpeace as a nontraditional. (I was thinking in categories even back then!) I don’t think I’ve ever done a card-to-card comparison between Hanson-Roberts and RWS, so I think that’s how I’ll work it this week. I’ll shuffle and deal Hanson-Roberts and match it with the Smith-Waite. Interview! What is your most important characteristic? The Hermit It goes its own way but always in search of the truth. Or always with the goal of imparting the truth. What is your strength? Queen of Rods It’s comfortable but strong. Your weakness? The Fool It goes off on its own tangent sometimes. He’s looking up, not where he’s going, and the Hermit is looking down, and he’s not going anywhere. What can you teach me? Two of Swords The deck can teach me how to make good decisions by looking within. How can I learn it? King of Cups Contrapositive of the Queen of Rods: By not being comfortable but strong, but instead being strong and active but comfortable. What will be the outcome of our work together this week? Eight of Cups Maybe this is the before scene of the Hermit at the beginning of his quest for truth. I will feel all the feelings of connecting with my old deck, and then move on. Ok! Let’s give all that a try!
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