Deck of the Week Sign-up Thread, Week 467: Jun. 15 - Jun. 21

[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: Tarot de la Rea
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Click here for DOTW 466 (6/8 - 6/14)

[Bodhiseed]

Thank you Fire cat! 💓 I'm in this week with the Wheel of Change Tarot paired with the Oracle of Dreamtime.

 

  

 

Strength is not the absence of hurt. It is the refusal to let hurt set the terms of who we become.
—Rabbi Yonatan Hambourger

The Three of Swords indicates a painful realization and the loss of an illusion. There are some relationships that just can't be put back together as they were before when truth is revealed. But what do we do with our pain?  Psychologists Richard Tedeschi and Lawrence Calhoun have studied what they call post-traumatic growth - a conscious shift from being a victim to being a student of our experiences. This process does not delete our pain but helps us use it to extract life lessons and gain emotional resilience rather than remaining stuck. The Dreamtime story of Barramundi tells the story between two young lovers who long to be together, however the young woman was already promised to an older man in an arranged marriage. Rather than accept that fate, the lovers jumped into the sea and became fish. Traditional ideas and romantic dreams must often be sacrificed if we want an authentic, fulfilling life. 

[Rachelcat]

Hi, everybody!  Glad to be back again!  This week will be Dirt Gems Plant Oracle Deck, the second of my ill-gotten gains from our tarot society giveaway.  It’s an herb deck with suits:  Ablaze (fire, red), Afloat (water, blue), Adrift (air, black and white), and Amidst (earth, rainbow).  65 cards.  I’m going to have to use the book all the time because there are no keywords on the cards.

 

Also, because the new moon happens to be on a Monday, I’m going to use the daily moon phase card keywords of Spirit de la Lune as themes for my daily readings for four weeks.  I did this in 2023, and it’s time again because I’m still having trouble coming up with topics and spreads for daily readings.

 

But first, an interview with Dirt Gems.

 

 

What is your most important characteristic?  Magnolia, Time Traveler

It has SOME flowers.  The deck is all about change and trying to not resist it.

 

What is your strength?  Echinacea, The Bridge of Sovereignty

The in-between of change.  The deck is a bridge that can help me to stop resisting change.

 

Your weakness?  Peppermint, The Irresistible

The deck is not very calming or helpful for learning about actually using herbs.  (Peppermint and ginger are the only herbs I use.  Peppermint tea to get rid of digestive discomfort.)

 

What can I learn from you?  Damiana, Tingle Maker

This is the deck’s romance and sexuality card, I think.  I’m willing to learn about pleasure and dreaminess.  But not more than that.

 

How can I learn it?  Rosemary, The Holder of Belonging

Unconditional love, home, and protection.  I can learn about pleasure by being reassured that it’s safe and comfortable.

 

What will be the outcome of our work together?  Arnica, The Sustainer of Form

Healing after trauma, physical or emotional.  The deck will help me heal even more from very old trauma.

 

I like the art and the black backgrounds.  I wish at least the titles were on the cards, if not keywords.  I’m too old to learn a whole new system and too stubborn to look everything up in a book every time!  We’ll see how we get along this week.