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

2. Mi-Shell: Botanica Oculta Tarot

3. Rachelcat: Golden Dawn Magical Tarot by Sandra Tabatha Cicero and Chic Cicero

 

Click here for DOTW 470 (7/6 -7/12)

Edited 41 minutes ago41 min by fire cat pickles

Welcome back @Mi-Shell!

Hi crew! Good to be back! This week will be Golden Dawn Magical Tarot by Sandra Tabatha Cicero and Chic Cicero, the last of my “Golden Dawn Tarot Not Thoth” subcollection.  It follows Book T instructions for making one’s own tarot deck.  I’m not sure what doc has the instructions for the images of the majors.  Could you please tell me if you know?  I’m afraid I’ve forgotten more tarot history than I ever knew . . . There are two Temperance cards, one with wings and a rainbow with an arrow for Sagittarius, and one alchemical with white eagle and red lion and a cauldron.

 

I like that it’s very colorful, based on Golden Dawn color scales.  And I like the naïve art because it shows devotion to the concepts more than appearances.  I also like the old-fashioned (2001 copyright) Llewellyn presentation of the deck in a deck box and the same size booklet in a little shelf slipcase.

 

 

 

The booklet has GD spreads including the full Opening of the Key.  I’ll probably try to use some Golden Dawn spreads or reading methods this week, but first the interview.

 

 

 

What is your most important characteristic?  3 Cups, Abundance, Mercury in Cancer

The deck is a faithful manifestation (3) of the emotions (cups) of GD tarot.  It has the necessarily abundant number of illustrations.  Tarot is communication (mercury) of feelings (cancer).

 

What is your strength?  The Princess of Pentacles, Earth

If she’s earth, why all the rams’ heads?  Booklet just says “Her emblem is a winged ram’s head.”

It’s a good physical artifact.  I should keep this exact deck in my collection.

 

Your weakness?  6 Wands, Victory, Jupiter in Leo

No matter how successful it is as a Golden Dawn deck, it can’t be my favorite because I’ve moved on from GD attributions.  It’s about knowing (Jupiter) enough to show off (Leo).

 

What can you teach me?  The Prince of Swords, Air

His chariot is drawn by fairies.

The deck can teach me all about the rationale behind the attributions.  It can teach me how to learn about things I don’t agree with.

 

How can I learn it?  8 Cups, Abandoned Success, Saturn in Pisces

I should let go of my preferences (cups) and concentrate on the information (8).  But there will be limitations (Saturn) to how much feeling I can avoid (Pisces).

 

What will be the outcome of our work together?  2 Swords, Peace Restored, Moon in Libra

We’ll agree to disagree on intellectual grounds.  It’s all made up anyway (moon), so, with enough intellectual backing, all attributions are equal (Libra).

 

Well, that was fun!  It feels like an actual conversation with the cards.

 

Welcome back @Rachelcat 😀