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As I Promised Here It's My: CUTE LITTLE TAROT BOX
Hey guys!!! How y'll are doing?
I took a time from my collage studies and decided to relax and study more about Tarot, in my last post i promised to show my little cute wood box where i keep my deck protected. My father helped me with this little project and i'm so so so glad and proud of myself (after a lot of fingers pinched over small nails my wooden box is finally complete!), we used Ipê wood to make it and the color is just *chef kiss* i'm really happy.
Well, i'm not showing inside completely (feels to intimate) but this is how it turns out. Probably i'm going to attempt some kind of carving on top but idk how to do it.
i'll be up all night so don't be shy and come do a little talk with me
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Oh.
Silly me forgot to cancel my RWS deck order since I ordered a different deck (White Numen) that wasn't on my wish-list at all (the card that made me gravitate towards the purchase option was my birth card, The Hierophant.)
But, in getting this deck, I figured I'd interview it anyway and see what its strengths and weakness' were since I needed to practice for the next deck coming in.
Questions I asked for the interview spread:
1. What will our relationship be like?
2. What are your strengths as a deck that'll help me move forward?
3. What are you not happy to be working with?
4. What type of messages can I expect to receive while working with you?
Well...the first card I pulled for the first question I asked, I feel like I might have misspoke and said out-loud that I needed to practice for the new deck arriving in a few days and may not be using this deck as much anyway. I could just be overthinking it, but I felt like this deck feels as thought it's going to be competing or that it might be argumentative were I to use this for anything else.
Despite the other responses being alright, I feel like it's not too happy with me!
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Coloring the RWS
I've started coloring the RWS, for fun and study purposes. I know I am prone to abandoning my projects so I thought blogging about it might keep me on track better. 😸
The PDFs I'm working with have two cards to a page, so they're about 7 and a half inches tall (19 centimeters). I might switch to four to a page instead, as there would be much less sky to fill in that way. I only printed out the Cups suit so far, so if I switch I won't have wasted much paper. But I'm going to do a few more before I decide.
I'm starting with the Minors because I'm not sure if I want to do the traditional, "official" Major colors, or strike off on my own. There was a thread on AT where Richard was coloring the BOTA tarot and following Paul Foster Case's color directions, and it was so cool kind of watching the process unfold, I'm leaning that way currently. Here's a link to the thread if anyone is interested. Honestly that thread was a big inspiration for me doing this (the other was seeing someone's self-colored RWS on YouTube).
I'm using colored pencil and slightly regretting it already, but my pencils are ancient and come to find out, they can "go bad". As in the pigments can fade, and/or the wax binder can get absorbed into the wood, if they're stored somewhere too warm. I had to do So. Many. Layers to get any coverage at all. I think I have newer pencils somewhere around here, if not I'll get some new ones. I tried using alcohol as a blending solvent but it hardly made a difference. I do want to experiment with solvents for blending though (odorless mineral spirits seem to be what most people use).
Anyway here's the first one, the Ace of Cups. Not following the original coloring, but not too far off. I'm regretting that pink cloud but oh well. And I meant to leave a white "glow" around the hand but I was on the phone while coloring and got distracted. But I decided I'm not going to re-do any until I at least finish a full suit. My printer didn't do a great job. Uneven coverage, and you can see where it smeared a bit on the borders, but honestly? I am okay with that. It means they started out flawed to begin with, so I'm less critical of my own mistakes.
Also can we talk about how PCS drew that hand? The weirdly long fingers and the bizarre thumb? I will never feel bad about not being good at hands again!
More to come!
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Tarot Horror Movie
Honestly, I love horror movies- especially the bad ones! And I also kind of love that they based it on using someone else’s deck, because that’s such an innocuous thing to do. I’m interested to see how they spin that into something scary.- Chelsea_the_Witch replied to DanielJUK's topic in Tarot in Media -
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Which tarot cards are the most miss-understood?
The Devil card can be a little bit like criticism. Nobody likes to be criticized. But if we are prepared to engage with criticism in a constructive and positive spirit it can be very useful. It can be tempting to try and sugar-coat the Devil card or wish it away. But to me it is a symbol of the way in which seemingly negative things can have a positive impact, provided we don't succumb to the knee-jerk reaction to turn away or refuse to listen. Everything has its place, including the Devil card. Even ugly and seemingly threatening things can serve a useful function. But how we respond is vitally important.- Aeon418 replied to Annabananna's topic in Individual Card Meanings -
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Longtime reader, first time member
Hi everyone! I’m not entirely sure what should go here, but I can tell you a little bit about the twisty path that has been my tarot journey! I first picked up a deck when I was a kid, maybe, oh, 25 years ago? I was very young, and I was giving readings to my mom and her friends. I didn’t understand what I was saying- I was just reading from the guidebook, after all- but apparently my readings were accurate. I lost interest in this pretty quickly, but would pick up the cards here and there, especially as a teenager. Fast forward to 2014. I got back into tarot, a little, and then about a year later, I was fully bit by the tarot bug! I was HOOKED. Unfortunately, just as I began feeling confident enough to actually post, Aeclectic Tarot shut down. And honestly, I have bounced around through various circles and nothing has quite compared! My own practice took a hit from 2019ish until the past several months. I had tried to make it as a professional reader, and to be totally honest, that was a complete non-starter and I took that really hard. Eventually I realized that I didn’t really want to read professionally- I just wanted to escape from retail hell (which I have since then) and possibly solve some money troubles that I had had, and the idea of being able to really LIVE tarot was so appealing! Anyway, my delight in tarot is back and I’m older, wiser, and very excited to be here! -Chelsea- Chelsea_the_Witch posted a topic in Introductions
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