22 Weeks With The Spirit Keeper's Tarot - Week 1

[Rupicapra]

This is the end of my week one.

Overall I managed most days according to the plan, only Saturday I spent with family all day and did not have time for cleansing/grounding.

The Tuesday hour of silence is a bit difficult and took some explaining to the cohabitating other half. He is very patient with me indeed haha.

I do like the different prompts for the different days a lot, after week 1 I will pay more attention and thought on things like the progress of the pursuit of my aspirations and so on. 

Thursday prosperity day was difficult, I ended up using a short prosperity mantra - however as I believe that I get what I deserve and have to work for prosperity, I'm finding it hard to come up with prosperity rituals.

 

Weekly forecast was:

 

1) The Grotesque: My feeling of missing out on things I had wanted to do was quite bad this week, but I had a nice time anyway even tho because I did eventually find a couple of cups that were still full (it takes long to explain, it's a thing I struggle with).

2) Stronghold of the Vale: Lots of meetings at work, involving my progress amongst others.

3) The Contender: a coworker fell out with me for not agreeing with him and he is still trying to make me feel as if I did wrong and should apologize, of course I'm stubborn.

 

I've done the big 9card General Diagnostics Reading today, but I need to mull it over a bit more. 

 

 

[Flaxen]

Well done on getting the first week under your belt, @Rupicapra! I also found the hour silence tricky to start with and the prosperity rituals are really testing me. 

Perhaps we could have a thread to share some ideas?

[Rupicapra]

14 hours ago, Flaxen said:

Perhaps we could have a thread to share some ideas?

Yes please! That would be very helpful. Shall we keep it within SKT tab or move that to the general spirituality forum? 

[YlvaBlue]

I second the Prosperity thread idea. I'm just not getting my head around it and probably because I'm still wrestling with the concept of 'prosperity' at all. 

 

Not sure where to put it. In the SKT thread we could tie it specifically to the 22 Week process for any and all future Seekers. But we'd probably get a broader range of responses in Spirituality. 🤨

[Flaxen]

Perhaps a general thread in Spirituality and then focussed discussion here? 

[YlvaBlue]

1 hour ago, Flaxen said:

Perhaps a general thread in Spirituality and then focussed discussion here? 

Sounds good 👍

[KaiNO]

Okay, I'm done with my first week.

 

It got busy in the end as I postponed all the videos and a lot of reading the documentation for the last few days... 😅😉

 

Here is my reflection on my weekly forecast:

 

 

I think the three cards complement each other quite well.

What spirit will be most present this week?
Archangel Commander

Doing this first week of the 22-Weeks a lot what I've gone through at daily bases is new to me. And I feel that I have needed the Archangel Commander to bring me strength, conviction, courage, and manifest fearlessness. And to ensure that the Light in me prevails to continue this journey.
 

What is in my highest interest to make this week's priority?
Stronghold of the Grail

"The Page of Chalices is the Stronghold here to help you become better attuned to your emotions, helping you in your pursuit of true happiness. She appears to you when you need further guidance on your path to finding your personal Holy Grail." I believe that I am on some sort of spiritual path right now. That what I'm doing at the moment is something essential with this 22-weeks that will change me into a better version of myself for the rest of my life.

 

So I guess this was my highest interest this week to give me a message that I'm on the right path.

 

(At the time of the reading, I wasn't aware that I could/should have drawn a clarifying card.)

 

What do I need to be mindful of and prepare for?
The Haunt

I'm pretty good at not thinking about things I don't want to think about. Starting this process of the 22-weeks, I have felt a little deeper about things than I usually do. When you have lived a life, I also have my inner demons, regrets, and actions I have taken both against others and against myself. So this week I have been thinking through a lot I haven't thought about in a long time.

 

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I've written more about my first week here.

 

But then I'm well under way! Only 21 weeks left..., I just manage to finish during the year 😀

 

[zurgles]

Going to be starting the 22 weeks tomorrow. Had a false start before because I realized I needed to do the coloring, but I've done the symbol coloring, and in full the majors and seeker and fours and am still going so I think I'll be alright. The energies felt really intense before so I'm hoping somehow doing the coloring has grounded that. 

 

I brought it in, along with a book that had childhood trauma exercises, and a DBT workbook, to therapy and asked which I oughta choose to focus on. We talked it out and the 22 weeks seems fine so long as I keep it simple. For example, the grounding recitation will probably just become "I am grounded to the earth" repeated. I'm also thinking for mental strengthening Wednesday I may consider working on that DBT workbook. And I know for vitality Tuesday I'll want to do Qi Gong physical exercises. I guess the only thing other than that is the prosperity ritual thing, but maybe I'll just ritually learn budgeting on Khan academy 😆 I did learn something from Marie Kondo about treating your wallet with respect and stuff.... So it makes me want to get a new wallet. Mine is a Steven Universe one. Or I should just treat that one better. Hm.

[zurgles]

I did it. Starting week 2. Haven't done the 9 card diagnostics but I have done the preliminary and one card reading mentioned in the week 1 reading box and the initiate reading. 

 

So I have to do the Monday reading and all the other Monday activities, the 9 card reading, and.....I think that's it for readings. Then week 2 will be started I think. Woof. I hadn't really grasped there'd be so much homework in between. It's pretty quick though I guess.....Hm

 

It's kinda put my coloring along the wayside though. Ah well. I'll be doing at least one card every Tuesday anyway.

[Rose Lalonde]

Starting SKT week 1 today (already Monday here.)  I'll update this post throughout the week. 
Cards to consider this week: Initiate, Magus, the 4 Aces. 

 

 

Monday: New to me -- Invocation of the Magi form the Book of the Dead. Wording is lovely. Hair of sky, face of the sun, etc. (paraphrasing!!). I could do without the wish for my enemies to fall before me. Seems easier to regress into 'us/them' lately, so no encouragement from Horus needed there! 😅 Less please.  Things I already do -- the short meditation and the forecast spread (this week: 10W - 8C - 2W, a burden I'm leaving behind with some energy and authority to start something else). 

 

Tuesday: Check in on goals -- Procrastinating, or at least still unsure how to proceed.  Hour of silence -- I can go hours without getting a call from the office while working from home, so I thought I had this covered, but emailing all the time, my brain is similarly busy with words and communication. Instead I'll do this hour when I finish work. "Vitality Strengthening" -- Treadmill.

 

Wednesday: Using my voice for good -- I've only talked to 3 people and a dog today, but I was nice to all of them. 😆 I was thinking about this throughout the day though and during those conversations. Gratitude practice: This one comes easy to me. Is it just me or is there something extremely relaxing and enjoyable about feeling gratitude. It must release endorphins. 

 

Thursday: Getting more social recognition and money...   I have enough. I work for a nonprofit, so by enough, I mean it pays the month's bills and the extra goes into savings. I'm just not motivated by the 2 practices given for this Thor's day. Instead I decided to go with physical work and generosity. For work - house work I've been putting off, because less clutter makes me feel more relaxed. I wasn't sure about generosity, since we already have a monthly withdrawal that goes to our favorite charity, but then I thought of generosity of time and attention, and that made it easier to try to put into practice today. 

 

Friday: Overcoming inertia this week: That would be yesterday's housework. 😂 (I like the idea of knowing next Fri. that I'll need to do this self assessment again and making sure I get going on a day before then.) Self care: Haven't done yet today, but have plans for a face mask and long bath this eve. 🙂

 

Saturday: Grounding/Shielding: SKT is a particularly good deck for this. Rather than recite, I laid out the 4 Shields/Queens and the Seeker card with the rose and said something I made up myself.  Spiritual Cleansing: My chi may be highly detoxified, because the dietary practice she mentions for that is one I do 24/7.  😅 I'll head down to the beach later today for the other thing. (I was going anyway for the dog's walk so it feels a bit like cheating.)

 

Sunday: Being present / Nature: Something that stood out this week were clouds. We have these double layers lately with striated wisps at a different altitude than the big, picture book clouds. Travelling at different speeds moving across one another. Pretty against the blue. Looking back over this week's draw: (10W - 8C - 2W) I originally said "a burden I'm leaving behind with some energy and authority to start something else," but the 10W also came up as a solution in an exchange reading done for me this week, and looking back at the events of my week, I'm instead getting that there were responsibilities I was turning my back on, but by the end of the week, I had the energy and willpower to get going on them.

 

This week's cards: a lot f beginnings with the Aces and Initiate/Fool. Latin on the Initiate is all about time, from the beginning. The Orphic Egg shaped like a zero. I like the way the Initiate's snake leads into the double headed snake on the Magus. The Magus is card one, but has the 2 heads, the 3 roses, and the 4 alchemical symbols, which is a great touch. I particularly like the Ace of Orbs which has an unusual slant and gives me something new to consider.

 

...and I'm done! On to week 2.

 

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Edited November 28, 2021 by Rose Lalonde

[WizardintheWoods]

I received my 3rd edition, Revelation Deck as this is titled, a little over 1 month ago. I have been quite and spent time with the deck before commenting. I have so loved the 2nd edition that I am having a tough time with this newest incarnation. It is high quality and the artwork is amazing, don’t get me wrong on that. I get a more commercial vibe from it, the 2nd edition felt, to me at least, far more handcrafted. I get that a large part of it is the art style, hand drawn versus digitally drawn, but the 3rd edition, best as I can explain it, doesn’t warm up to me as the 2nd did. 
 

We bond to different decks in different ways, I understand this, but has anyone else had a similar experience when working with the 3rd edition?