Deck of The Weeek: Sign-up Thread: Week 129 : December 28 - January 3

[VGimlet]

This thread is for those who would like to work through their collection of decks.  Each week we will be picking a new deck to work with exclusively for the week.

Anyone is welcome. Please join us!

 

1. Please post with your chosen deck for the week.

 

2. Chat away about your deck, how you're finding it etc.

 

Participants:

1. VGimlet - Mary-El Tarot

2. FindYourSovereignty - Light Seer's Tarot

3. Mi-shell - Herbcrafter's Tarot

4. Queen of Nothing - Mesquite Tarot

5. Amberjune - Prisma Visions and the Illuminated Earth Oracle

6. Bodhiseed - Mary-El Tarot and the OH Cards

7. AJ-ish/Sharyn - The Shaman's Oracle

 

 

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Edited January 3, 2020 by VGimlet

[VGimlet]

I'm done with the Ananda.    (Whew)  

This week for the transition from 2019  to the much better 2020 I'm going to use one of my favorite decks, the Mary-El.   This deck spoke to me from the very beginning, but I can see it wouldn't speak to everyone.  

 

[FindYourSovereignty]

I would like to participate using the Light Seer's Tarot.

 

Thank you!

[Mi-Shell]

I have to finish the Yule reading with the Herbcrafter's

but also want to take a very first looooook at my new Light Seer's Tarot 🙂

[Queen of Nothing]

Ya'll I am alive and ready to read again. I'm in this week with the Mesquite Tarot. I love that tiny deck.

 

Queen of Nothing - Mesquite Tarot

[Amberjune]

Thank you for the new thread, @VGimlet!

 

This week I'll be using the Prisma Visions and the Illuminated Earth Oracle.

 

Happy reading everyone!

[Bodhiseed]

This week I'll be using the Mary-El Tarot, created by Marie White and published by Schiffer. I'll be pairing it with the OH Cards, created by Ely Raman and Joe Schlichter and published by Eos Enterprises. The OH draw is actually two cards - one a picture and the other a word. Today's draws are the Five of Wands and Middle/Hope:

          At what age does our will develop, when we transform from a submissive lamb to a lion willing to stand up for what we believe? Likely, it's how the phrase 'terrible twos' came into being. In the Thoth world, the number five stands for motion and change that shake up the previous structure and stability. Applied to the Wands suit, we find assertiveness and courage to speak up and defend our views regardless of the blowback. Yet the Middle/Hope combination suggests we don't burn any bridges just yet. If we're looking for group support, taking an extreme perspective will not be where we find it. Extremists don't care what anyone else thinks or feels - they only cherish their personal beliefs. Khentrul Rinpoche said, "Behind every idea is a motivation that is shaped by hopes and fears." Rather than simply driving a stake in our own viewpoint, can we listen and look for what has shaped the viewpoints of others? Can we attempt to see from another's personal landscape? Perhaps there is a middle path we can all travel on, even if some of us hug the edges.

[AJ-ish/Sharyn]

I'm in, finishing out the year with The Shaman's Oracle. Thank you VG and all the best to everyone

[FindYourSovereignty]

Anyone interested in seeing the Light Seer Tarot cards I've pulled for this week so far are welcome to visit here.

 

So far, the readings have been awesome, but I am really getting used to the thickness of the deck. Thicker cards are definitely beautiful to hold individually, but are really a challenge to shuffle for my small hands. The Hay House version of this deck can be riffle shuffled, but the deck is thick, making that challenging for me to do. I kind of side-shuffle them, but still, my fingers feel really stretched. I recognize that others with larger hands or longer fingers may find both of these options easy to do. For me, this challenge always makes me wonder if cards are really jumping out of my deck or if I just cannot hold them properly so they are falling out - which they do, in clumps. 

 

Regardless, the images are beautiful and fairly easy to read for a beginner. I have found the LWB very helpful to me in regards to not only learning the cards, but in understanding how they relate to the question/position. Also, there is a nice affirmation for each card included in the description.

[Bodhiseed]

@FindYourSovereignty, thanks for the link to the Light Seer Tarot cards and your information about them! 😊

Edited December 30, 2019 by Bodhiseed

[FindYourSovereignty]

9 minutes ago, Bodhiseed said:

@FindYourSovereignty, thanks for the link to the Light Seer Tarot cards and your information about them! 😊

@Bodhiseed You are welcome! I am happy to lay out the cards and take a photo if you’d like to see them all. It is a beautiful deck.

[Bodhiseed]

Thank you for the offer, @FindYourSovereignty, but I've already been enabled! 😄

[FindYourSovereignty]

6 minutes ago, Bodhiseed said:

Thank you for the offer, @FindYourSovereignty, but I've already been enabled! 😄

Wonderful! 

[FindYourSovereignty]

I have decided that the riffle shuffling works best for me with the Light Seer’s deck. Still a bit if a stretch, but I don’t drop the cards and they riffle really well.

[VGimlet]

Ha - what synchronicity!    The first card I drew from the Mary-el this week was the 5 of Wands also Bodhiseed!    I did a 2020 year spread yesterday, and it was all about working with others, and being inclusive.   🙂   

[FindYourSovereignty]

Thank you for a great week of working with my Light Seer's deck. I've enjoyed dedicating this time to that deck. I will be moving over to the Radiant Rider-Waite deck while I am learning so I can build up a more solid foundation. Although I found the Light Seer's tarot, IMO, easy to read intuitively, I don't believe it is assisting me in learning the traditional tarot meanings.