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 Masters paired with the Paracelsus Oracle

3. Rachelcat: Chromatika Tarot

 

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Edited August 10Aug 10 by fire cat pickles

Thank you, Fire cat! Hope you are staying cool in this heat and humidity! I'm in this week with the Tarot of the Master paired with the Paracelsus Oracle.

Tarot of the Master, Love (Lovers); Paracelsus Oracle, Tristitia

At the beginning of all love there is a private treaty each of the lovers makes with himself or herself, an agreement to set aside what is wrong with the other for the sake of what is right.

—Salman Rushdie

There's a breezy song by Olivia Dean that's getting a lot of radio play right now: "I could be the world to you, the missing piece, the extra sentimental kind of chemistry. Cause I make it so easy to fall in love, so, come give me a call, and we'll fall into us." Well, she's got the falling part right - it's the staying in love that's more difficult. It's probably why at the top of this card there is the Latin phrase Dolce travaglio, meaning "sweet labor." Tristitia is a Latin word meaning sorrow; early theologians used it to describe a despondency that caused someone to give up all hope. Partners may discover they are just too different in views and values to stay together, or cruelty and dishonesty might break them apart. But if, as Pink sings, "It's been written in the scars on our hearts; we're not broken, just bent and we can learn to love again," then maybe wise hope should be our compass.

Hi all! We pause our regularly scheduled Thoth review to use a preordered deck I just received, Chromatika Tarot.  I got it to add to my small abstract art deck collection.  I like the colors and the geometric style and the faint “drafting” lines, but I’m afraid it might be too RWS for me.  We’ll see this week.  Interview time!

 

 

 

What is your most important characteristic?  The Lovers

I’ll either love it or hate it.  I’ll have to make a choice about it.  It will bring things together that should be together.  This is a non-RWS card.

 

What is your strength?  The Chariot

Sorry but this reminds me of the trojan horse because the horses seem to be on wheels.  Mighty small wings for such big horses.  The deck is strong in that it moves tarot themes forward.  One horse’s eye is open and the other one’s is closed.  It looks good and sees good.

 

Your weakness?  Six of Pentacles

This is definitely too RWS.  The people seem to be too begging.  The deck’s weakness is it’s too RWS and not abstract enough.  For me anyway.

 

What can I learn from you?  The Star

I can learn all about all good things from it.  And how all those good things are manmade, not spiritual.  Because the good things are dangling from wires that must have been made by people.

 

How can I learn it?  Queen of Wands

Sunflower and black cat.  I can learn about good human-made things by making good things myself.  Act on my feelings.

 

What will be the outcome of our work together?  Six of Swords

I will end up moving on from it.  Or accept its RWSness and carry on with it.

 

We’ll see!

 

Welcome back @Bodhiseed 😀

And welcome back @Rachelcat! Your Chromatika Tarot reminds me of the Vykladaci Karty. I really like it, very "deco."

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