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. Bodhiseed: Tarot of the Absurd paired with the Post-psychedelic Cyberpunk Deck

3. Mi-Shell: Alchemist's Garden Tarot

4. Rachelcat: Tarot of Ceremonial Magick, a Pictorial Synthesis of Tree Great Pillars of Magick and the Aleister Crowley Thoth Pocket Swiss Tarot Deck (trimmed)

5. BrightEye: Centenary Special Rider-Waite Tarot LoS (trimmed)

 

Click here for DOTW 471 (7/13-7/19)

Edited 5 hours ago5 hr by fire cat pickles

Thank you Fire cat! I'm in this week with the Tarot of the Absurd paired with the Post-psychedelic Cyberpunk Deck.

Tarot of the Absurd, Page of Blades; Post-psychedelic Cyberpunk Deck, Matrioshka

I understand how a first impression is often just that: a quick snapshot that, on its own merit, is meaningless. —Adriana Trigiani

This sly, saucy Page has a mind as quick as lightning and a tongue as sharp as her sword. She is full of knowledge and likes to surprise people with how much she knows. Though she understands and collects information, it amounts to one grain from all the world's beaches. She has not yet grasped that what she wields isn't wisdom; it will take time and experience to learn to use it well rather than as a weapon or as an arrogant display. Matrioshka, or Russian nesting dolls reminds us that first impressions may not accurately give us enough information to judge a situation or person. We all have had days when we were stressed and reacted badly, or in the past, when we were young and cocky. Given some time, a fuller picture can be revealed, good or bad.

@Bodhiseed !♥ These are 2 VERY interesting decks!

I have to take a closer look!

I am continuing to use the Alchemist's Garden Tarot - for a few days.

On Thursday morning we are leaving home for 3 months in Newfoundland. 🐳

I will be far away from the internet and from TTM;, might come for a quick look now and then....

So I wish you all a wonderful summer - and may the cards SPEAK!

♥

Mi-Shell

1 hour ago, Mi-Shell said:

@Bodhiseed !♥ These are 2 VERY interesting decks!

I have to take a closer look!

I am continuing to use the Alchemist's Garden Tarot - for a few days.

On Thursday morning we are leaving home for 3 months in Newfoundland. 🐳

I will be far away from the internet and from TTM;, might come for a quick look now and then....

So I wish you all a wonderful summer - and may the cards SPEAK!

♥

Mi-Shell

Have a great rest of your summer. Stay cool and enjoy!

(Sorry if this is too long. I just enjoy digging in!)

This week will be more Thothy decks, Tarot of Ceremonial Magick: A Pictorial Synthesis of Tree Great Pillars of Magick (Astrology, Enochian Magick, Goetia) by Lon Milo DuQuette (that’s the full title on the book) and my trimmed Aleister Crowley Thoth Pocket Swiss Tarot Deck. 

 

For those playing along at home, US Games Thoths: the large is called large in a green box, the medium is called small in a purple box, and the small is called pocket Swiss in a blue box.  And a trimmed pocket Swiss is even smaller, of course!

 

As the extended title implies, the Ceremonial Magick cards have lots of info on the cards: 

Majors have astro and Hebrew letter and magical seal of mercurial genii and magical seal of qliphothic genii. (These are spirits invented by Crowley.  Their names are in the book.)

Courts have astro attribution and dates, hexagram, Enochian ruling square, and tattwas (Hindu element symbols and colors).

Aces have Enochian tablet, Enochian ruling square, Enochian seal of element, and tattwa.

Minors have astro and dates, Enochian ruling square, shemhamephorash angel names, goetia demon sigils (names are in the book), and Golden Dawn title.

 

I am just learning that Enochian is a way of creating angel names and other words from a set of tables created by Queen Elizabeth’s protégées Jon Dee and Edward Kelley, along with complex prayers or evocations of the angels in this “angelic language.” 

I know nothing about genii (and care less, as they say). 

I know just a little about Hebrew letter attributions and a little more about astro attributions.

Attached is my list of which shemhamephorash angels and goetia demons are attributed to each minor card.  (No idea why angels start with Leo instead of Aries, while demons start with Aries.) 

I also don’t understand why Crowley only used four of the eight trigrams to attribute hexagrams to the courts.  Doesn’t it make more sense to associate ranks with four trigrams and suits with the other four? 

 

So there’s a lot I don’t understand about the reasons for the attributions, but I think I understand most of the attributions themselves.  This should be interesting at least!

 

I’m pairing it with my trimmed pocket Swiss because I figure the Ceremonial Magick deck has the titles I trimmed off of the little Thoth!  It will be interesting to see how illustrations compare.

 

I’m thinking I might do one card per day with other cards to illustrate the attributions.  We’ll see. But before that, two interviews!

What is your most important characteristic?  Two Swords, Peace Restored, Luna in Libra

I have to decide if it’s something I want to work with.  It’s confident in its own way, but I don’t have to agree with it.

 

What is your strength?  High Priestess, Moon

The deck actually works well with intuition, strangely enough with all the information.

 

Your weakness?  Five Disks, Material Trouble, Mercury in Taurus

It’s not a great work of art, but it gets the idea across (Mercury)

 

What can you teach me?  Hermit, Virgo

This extra symbol is Crowley’s unicursal hexagram. 

Ironically, the deck can teach me to go my own way with attributions and everything that goes with that.

 

How can I learn it?  Five Swords, Defeat, Venus in Aquarius

In order to do that, I need to give up on all this Golden Dawn and Thoth stuff.  Which I actually already have.  And go my own way (Aquarius) with whatever I like (Venus).

 

What will be the outcome of our work together?  Three Wands, Established Strength, Sol in Aries

I will be strengthened in my resolve to do my own thing (Aries).

 

Ok then!  

What is your most important characteristic?  10 Swords, Sun in Gemini

The deck has too much information!  Or it’s extreme in one point of view.

 

What is your strength?  Priestess

Same card in same position!

It works well as an intuitive deck again despite all the extra systems referred to.

 

Your weakness?  Fool

On the other hand, it’s not so helpful to a beginner.  It has a lot to unpack (bag of astro runes), and that could be a fruitful thing (grapes and butterfly) or a dangerous thing (crocodile and tiger).

 

What can you teach me?  8 Wands, Mercury in Sagittarius

It can teach me a lot of intellectual stuff (8, Mercury, somewhat Sag) I can act on (Wands).

 

How can I learn it?  3 Disks, Mars in Capricorn

By working hard (Mars in Cap) and making something (3 and Disks) of it.

 

What will be the outcome of our work together?  Hierophant

It will renew and enhance my understanding of tarot traditions, but I’ll still go my own way.

 

Works for me!

Tarot of Ceremonial Magick Shemhamephorash Angels and Goetia Demons.pdf

Welcome back @Bodhiseed, @Mi-Shell, and @Rachelcat!

I’m in with my newly trimmed Rider-Waite, published by Lo Scarabeo with the centennial images. The reason I trimmed the deck was that this Lo Scarabeo edition had added card names at the top of the card, in addition to the English hand-written ones. I felt it disturbed the visual effect, so I hand-trimmed them off with scissors, together with the borders. The corners are also hand-trimmed. Took me a week, in between household chores and day trips out because it’s summer here and I’m ooff work. Now I need to decide whether I want to keep it in the original box, which is nice, or whether I want a bag, or both.

Anyway, I asked what the deck wanted to communicate to me. No positions, but I did consider the base card (Sun) this time. What’s lacking in my life at the moment is that Sun energy, both in terms of light-heartedness and mental clarity. Otherwise, there’s plenty of sun (it’s not rained for many weeks). I’m happiest when I can focus on projects (professional and hobbies), so that’s the 3oW. So I read this to be active as much as I can (Ace) but to be mindful of mental exhaustion and feeling emotionally low with it (3oS). Too much activity is not conducive to my sense of wellbeing at the moment, so maybe to stand back and appreciate what I’ve achieved + plan for the future (rather than being active all the time). Limit my daily activity to certain times. The 3oW also brings to mind T S Eliot’s The Waste Land, which I’ve been rereading. Poetry and its rhythm has always had a regenerative effect on me.

Edited 12 hours ago12 hr by BrightEye

Welcome back @BrightEye 😀