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    1. If You Ask Me----

      A blog by Grizabella in Member Blogs

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      More Gold Foil

      I've been browsing the gold foil decks on Amazon. To my surprise I found that there are lots of them but they're all called Gold Foil so I just figured they were all the same.  I was wrong.  I've now ordered three more decks, all different patterns and trimmed with all different borders and backs.  These are spectacular decks so of course I'm collecting them now.  I can't help myself.  They're so mesmerizing that it's almost like they're alive.  

       

      The cards are very slippery so you have to develop your workable shuffling tactics but once you get the hang of it they're nice to shuffle.  If you drop cards during a shuffle, you can just scoop them up any old which way and you'll have reversals.  

       

      Speaking of reversals---I don't like just turning a section of cards upside down for reversals. Then you always have the same cards reversed.  I've decided to have the sitter draw

       cards from a fan, keeping all the cards face down. Once they've drawn their cards, then I'll have them draw X number more  from the first cards they've drawn, keeping the cards face down and those will be the reversals for that spread . Once the reading is finished, I'll put all the cards all upright again and shuffle a couple times and then put the cards away till the next reading.

    2. Barley's Take on Tarot . . . etc.

      A blog by Barleywine in Member Blogs

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      AUTHOR'S NOTE: When upright, the 7 of Wands represents "Valour" or extraordinary courage in the face of daunting odds. This is clearly reflected in the Waite-Smith version, which shows a harried warrior being set upon by six adversaries who have crowded him into a corner. At that moment in time he has yet to give an inch even though his prospects appear to be dim.

       

      But all is not lost. He is holding the "moral high ground" as well as the tactical advantage (as any reading of US Civil War history will confirm), although the Golden Dawn interpreted this card as "possible victory" that is not assured. On balance, though, I like his chances to knock a few heads, and he can always invoke the 8 of Wands and high-tail it out of there in a pinch. (See my previous essay on the Seven, Eight and Nine of Wands as a tale of expedient retreat within the larger context of "confrontation, disengagement and redeployment").

       

      However, its reversal could be read as the valiant but woefully over-matched man-at-arms taking a tumble if his foes manage to sweep his feet out from under him, and the best that can be expected is that he will take some of the enemy down with him as he falls. If he's brought low, he can always try to "kneecap" them and thereby reduce them to his level, after which the battle can resume as an eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation. In that sense, what we see in the reversed Seven is not necessarily impending demise but rather an opportunity for a strategic maneuver that levels the playing field (the military term for it is "feint" aimed at exposing the opponent's flank).

       

      The Thoth definition, which ignores the finer points of orientation, doesn't offer even this small measure of optimism. It talks about the army being "thrown into disorder" by an attack coming from "all directions without systematic purpose." The card carries the robust imprint of fiery Mars in solar Leo, but when married to Crowley's vision of the "weak, earthy, feminine" Seven (the number of Venus in the Qabalistic pecking-order), the flame is fitful and Mars by itself isn't potent enough to carry the day; it suggests grabbing "the first weapon to hand" which is "evidently unsatisfactory" in fending off the forces arrayed against the seeker. (The besieged combatant's mismatched footwear in the RWS card implies that he donned his armor in haste.)

       

      When the 7 of Wands appears reversed in a reading I like to reaffirm the ethical virtues of the seeker's cause that can serve as a "rallying cry" should hope begin to falter. Even if it amounts to escaping the jaws of defeat in an unapologetic "discretion is the better part of valor" and "live to fight another day" frenzy of self-justification, at least up to that point there is still the nobility of "fighting the good fight." We may be stripped of everything up to and including our pride, but knowing we're in the right can take some of the sting out of running away.

    3. Natural Mystic Guide

      A blog by Natural Mystic Guide in Member Blogs

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      Feedback -- Questions and comments are welcome.

       

      This reading gives us insight into energies that we can focus on during specific days of the upcoming week as well as throughout the entire week as a whole

       

      This week's reading will use Whispers of The Tao by Dr. Ric Neo.

       

      Here are focal points for our meditation:

       

      Sunday:          How Can I Express Generosity:                                             Four of Cups                                                       'Epiphany'                   Schedule Tea with Beverly.       

      Monday.          How Can I Set the Emotional Tone for my Week?                IX                                           Mekasharet          'Mystic'                       K'li Hanecha for China Creek situation.

      Tuesday:         What Do I Want to Manifest?                                                 Five of Swords                                                    'Karmic Lessons'       Consciously move through all interactions with kindness, consideration and tenderness.

      Wednesday:    What Wisdom is Coming to Me?                                           Matriarch of Swords                                           'Organizer'.                Review available decks in Singapore and make budget.

      Thursday:        What Do I Want to Develop?                                                 XX                                        Gilgul Neshamot    'Ancestral Healing'    Continue organizing disposition of belongings to children.

      Friday:             How Can I Connect with Romance, Friends and Nature?   Maiden of Pentacles                                            'Artisan/Athlete         Enjoy laying foundation for mind sport activities.

      Shabbat:         How Can I Rest?                                                                     Four of Pentacles                                                'Conception'             Take an entire day just for hanging out doing whatever we want to do. 

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      More Gold Foil

      - Grizabella posted a blog entry in If You Ask Me----
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      Favorite TDM?

      I like the CBD as well, and I find the book very useful. I have a soft spot for Lynyrd-Jym Narciso's Maria Celia Tarot, it's so quirky and charming. Many beautiful Marseilles decks are quite expensive... so I only have cheaper versions like Lo Scarabeo's editions. Their Golden Visconti is quite beautiful. These are the only three of my TdM decks that I have tried reading with.
      - Nemia replied to BradGad's topic in Tarot de Marseille
    3. Nemia
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      What are the strengths of each tarot system?

      My first deck was the Thoth, and it's been my teacher - it made the world of kabbalah and the connection between astrology and the tarot accessible for me (and maybe, one day I'll also learn more about alchemy!). It's still my to-go system whenever I read for myself. For me, Thoth really is the easiest way to explore the deeper tendencies of my life and soul. Reading for others, it sometimes reveals too much - it can be pretty brutal. Decks based on the Thoth, like M.M. Meleen's wonderful decks, are great readers for me as well. I never go anywhere without my trimmed little old Thoth or a pocket Meleen deck (Rosetta or Tabula Mundi). They're wonderful for meditation. The RWS came later for me, and I feel it's more down-to-earth. When I was reading professionally, I used an RWS-based deck, and it worked well for me, so now I feel comfortable with both systems. RWS-style decks also worked well when I did my ancestral readings (the Anna K. Tarot was great for that, as was the Mystical Moments Tarot - I combined them and got much insight about my family history). The Colman-Smith deck itself came late into my collection (the Centennial, which I love). For many years, the RWS system was represented by the Morgan-Greer, which is warmer and more accessible than the original RWS. It's an excellent reading deck. I'm a European. When and where I got started with the tarot, the RWS was not as dominant as it seems to be online and in the Anglo-tarotsphere. All the people I knew who did tarot used the Thoth, and it was also the deck I started out with. I have tried reading with Marseilles and other pip decks, using Yoav Ben-Dov's open reading style, but I rarely turn to my pip decks box when reading for myself and others. It's one of my "I should, I should" things. I find many historical decks very beautiful and appealing, but somehow, I don't reach for them often enough. Lately, a lot of decks have come out with systems of their own that take the Big Three Traditions as a jumping board and land somewhere else completely. While it can make reading with them a bit challenging, I appreciate these decks and love getting into them.
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      - Nemia replied to Chariot's topic in Tarot Decks


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