List of tarot myths

[Raggydoll]

12 minutes ago, katrinka said:

Someone should make them up in cotton with prints featuring cards and crystal balls and open an Etsy store:
"FORTUNETELLER UNDERWEAR"

 

YES. And instead of 100% cotton it will read “100% safe for divination” 🤣 

 

But we’ll need a jury to test them out first…  

 

[Raggydoll]

54 minutes ago, katrinka said:

Yes, the gif selection is sadly lacking in natural fibers!

 

Or maybe some 1920's step-ins, which were basically womens' boxers with a bit of decoration.

 

[Decan]

I offer a catch line here: "Be a genuine reader, what your sitter doesn't see makes the difference!!" 🤣

[Raggydoll]

18 minutes ago, Decan said:

I offer a catch line here: "Be a genuine reader, what your sitter doesn't see makes the difference!!" 🤣

 

YES!

 

 

[Sar]

On 6/20/2020 at 5:29 AM, Libra 58 said:

That your first deck have to be stolen and then given to you! 😠

 

This one is still very persistent. Just refuse to go and die.

[Decan]

Another myth I heard about (and that I found a little weird, but maybe you heard about it too) it's to don't pull the cards on Monday because it is the day of the Moon and the cards are lying that day.

I just mention, don't say I agree!! 😁

[FallenAngel]

On 7/19/2021 at 8:46 AM, katrinka said:

Someone should make them up in cotton with prints featuring cards and crystal balls and open an Etsy store:
"FORTUNETELLER UNDERWEAR"

 

So, I just had to go looking...

 

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1055584229/tarot-deck-witchy-oracle-glow-in-the?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=tarot+underwear&ref=sr_gallery-1-30&organic_search_click=1&pro=1

 

Edited August 27, 2021 by FallenAngel

[katrinka]

Add a little black lace and Bob's yer uncle. 😁
Or just get crafty.
https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/506920366/vintage-sewing-patterns-the-underneath

 

[katrinka]

5 hours ago, Decan said:

Another myth I heard about (and that I found a little weird, but maybe you heard about it too) it's to don't pull the cards on Monday because it is the day of the Moon and the cards are lying that day.

I just mention, don't say I agree!! 😁

 

Hahaha, let's do more!
 

Tuesday: Tyr (Tiw) has one hand. Not good for shuffling, unless you are using the "Fallout Method."

 

Wednesday: Odin's (Woden's) day should be excellent for reading.

 

Thursday: Thor brought a thing to help you read cards. Goodbye, table.

 

Friday: Freyja gets cats to pull her chariot. Cats. Anyone who can get work out of cats knows things we don't. Read.

Saturday: That guy eats his own kids. Hard pass.

Sunday: Speaking as a dedicated heliophobe who tries not to venture far from the air conditioner, it's a no. Those in more northerly climes may benefit, though.

Edited August 27, 2021 by katrinka

[Decan]

9 hours ago, katrinka said:

Saturday: That guy eats his own kids. Hard pass.

Here it could be a little problematic indeed 😬

Spoiler

 

[Raggydoll]

In Scandinavia we call Saturday ‘Lördag’ and it is traditionally ’lögardagen’ which means bath-time day. People would scrub themselves clean once per week. So I guess that readings done on a Saturday will help you come clean with things, whether you want it or not. 
 

Fun fact for those who do runes: lögar cones from the word lagu, which is the Water rune 😊

 

[katrinka]

Hey, @Decan! 😁
 

Spoiler

 

[katrinka]

55 minutes ago, Raggydoll said:

In Scandinavia we call Saturday ‘Lördag’ and it is traditionally ’lögardagen’ which means bath-time day. People would scrub themselves clean once per week. So I guess that readings done on a Saturday will help you come clean with things, whether you want it or not. 
 

Fun fact for those who do runes: lögar cones from the word lagu, which is the Water rune 😊

That's much nicer than naming it after Saturn.
I've wondered why we have three planets and four Norse gods. If they're not going to be consistent and name all the days after Norse gods, why not have Bathday?
 

[Raggydoll]

32 minutes ago, katrinka said:

That's much nicer than naming it after Saturn.
I've wondered why we have three planets and four Norse gods. If they're not going to be consistent and name all the days after Norse gods, why not have Bathday?
 

Yes I agree that its nicer with a bath. Another fun fact, in the old icelandic rune poem there is a connection with the planet Saturn and the Troll/Giant rune:

 

ᚦ Þurs er kvenna kvöl
ok kletta búi
ok varðrúnar verr.
Saturnus þengill.

 

=

Thurs ("Giant") is torture of women
and cliff-dweller
and husband of a giantess
Saturn's thegn.

 

So the connection to the planet Saturn with unpleasant things was known here too. Luckily our Saturdays wasn't named after trolls or giants but after cleanliness (something that we perhaps weren't very famous for in the Viking days 😂 )

[Raggydoll]

But to get back on topic, there is actually a book dedicated to tarot myths. The title seem to suggest that it is Sundays that we ought not read cards.. I wonder why!

 

https://www.amazon.com/No-Reading-Sundays-Other-Legends/dp/1500603201

[Decan]

1 hour ago, Raggydoll said:

But to get back on topic, there is actually a book dedicated to tarot myths. The title seem to suggest that it is Sundays that we ought not read cards.. I wonder why!

 

https://www.amazon.com/No-Reading-Sundays-Other-Legends/dp/1500603201

It’s the day people go to church in Christian countries, no? 😇

 

Regarding Monday (the Moon), it’s likely because she is changing in the sky, hence associated with « caprices », and not to be trusted.

As an aside each of our days are named referring to the planets, no Nordic Gods here.

ETA: actually except Sunday ; we say « dimanche » which refers to God (the day of the Lord). But I associate this day to the Sun.

Edited August 28, 2021 by Decan

[Raggydoll]

24 minutes ago, Decan said:

It’s the day people go to church in Christian countries, no? 😇
 

yes but I’d assume that any day is a bad day for sinful divination… though I guess that doing it on a Sunday would probably send you straight to that warm place 

 

 

24 minutes ago, Decan said:

 

Regarding Monday (the Moon), it’s likely because she is changing in the sky, hence associated with « caprices », and not to be trusted.

As an aside each of our days are named referring to the planets, no Nordic Gods here.

ETA: actually except Sunday ; we say « dimanche » which refers to God (the day of the Lord). But I associate this day to the Sun.

How interesting! 

[nord_drache]

On 8/28/2021 at 6:15 AM, Raggydoll said:

yes but I’d assume that any day is a bad day for sinful divination… though I guess that doing it on a Sunday would probably send you straight to that warm place

You mean Florida or California . . .

[Raggydoll]

4 hours ago, nord_drache said:

You mean Florida or California . . .

Or possibly Las Vegas. It’s full of sinners, right? 😁

[nord_drache]

14 hours ago, Raggydoll said:

Or possibly Las Vegas. It’s full of sinners, right? 😁

Since they say what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, and I've never been there I will have to take you word for it, eh? 🤣

 

I thought I heard it said, it is actual written that divination was allowable. Though somewhere I heard all things are allowed but maybe shouldn't be done.

[katrinka]

14 hours ago, Raggydoll said:

Or possibly Las Vegas. It’s full of sinners, right? 😁

 

In Stephen King's The Stand, that's where all the bad people were headquartered. But that, of course, is a work of fiction.

In reality, Vegas is FUN. Would my patron saint and #1 spirit animal Bon Scott lie to you?
 

 

 

[Raggydoll]

3 minutes ago, katrinka said:

 

In Stephen King's The Stand, that's where all the bad people were headquartered. But that, of course, is a work of fiction.

In reality, Vegas is FUN. Would my patron saint and #1 spirit animal Bon Scott lie to you?
 

 

 

I trust all your personal saints and spirit helpers. I think they’ve taught me 98% of what I know about America. I’d be lost without them 😁

[Morwenna]

As I recall, that (very long) thread had a lot of items, many of which are listed here again. My reply was that, since I often read on Sundays, in the rain, letting others handle my cards, etc., was I doomed? Let's face it, Renaissance fairs are held on weekends and primarily outdoors; and if people aren't allowed to touch the cards, how do you get their energy into them? Conversely, if you wouldn't let people touch your cards anyway, why should you be forced to let them? A lot of those myths totally ignore practical considerations, or at least they arose at a time when those considerations hadn't been thought of yet. 

 

I can see why Sunday might have been frowned upon; akin to Jewish law, Sunday (the Christian Sabbath) is supposed to be a day of rest, and even as late as my teens (1960s) I had friends who were shocked that I took a summer job that required me to work every other Sunday. And if you read for pay, that does count as a job. 

[Morwenna]

On 7/18/2021 at 6:36 AM, fire cat pickles said:

I don't think I've heard "you must cross the fortune teller's palm with silver" one...

 

And "don't store your tarot deck in the same bag/box/room/cabinet(etc.) as another".

 

Has anyone mentioned the "your first deck has to be gifted" one yet? I wonder how may shops get ripped off because of this one?

Reading back, I found this post. It brings two things to mind: 

One, if we can't store cards together, how many rooms will each of us need to properly store our collections? (Gregory--how many HOUSES would it take you??)

Two, as for crossing the palm with silver, there are different ways of interpreting that. One is, of course, that if you pay for the information it will be worth more to you. But my (late) husband heard a different one: that the act of crossing the palm, that is making a cross on the palm, with a piece of silver will seal it to showing the truth. So he would take an old actual silver dime and a couple small pieces of silver jewelry (pendants without their chains) and ask the querent to choose one and make a cross on his palm with it. (He used to read cast stones.) 

[Guest]

There's this local belief that divinatory pursuits held on Tuesdays and Fridays are more potent.