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Has your year matched your reading?

Posted by  on Tuesday, October 2nd 2012     

Fire TarotDo you do a month-by-month tarot reading for the year? Did you do one in 2012? Has your year matched up?

I don’t know about you, but mine has hit it pretty much on the mark. Now, I couldn’t have anticipated what was about to happen, but yeah, looking back, I can see where things came from, and knowing what the rest of the year holds, I am moving forward!

I think it’s important to do monthly tarot readings, not just at the start of a new month, but also at the start of a new year so you can see month by month how things go, and then go back and review how they went.

Some people wonder about seeing “bad” things and making it to be prophecy to be fulfilled. But we have to keep in mind that we do not know how things may be interpreted. When I first read “sudden change” for this month, back in January, I felt for sure that my mother would be dead. At that time, I couldn’t imagine what more sudden change could befall me. But her health is better than ever, though in the intervening year, I’ve been laid off, started a new business, and did a lot of personal growth — any one of those could be the sudden change. Forewarned is forearmed, I say, and know that our future is a mutable thing.

So I look forward to checking the readings at the start of each month. Who knows what it will bring, and that means that anything can happen… Are you prepared? I am.

 

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Tarot Translation Group: My Significator

Posted by  on Wednesday, September 26th 2012     

This week for the Tarot Translation Group, we asked the question, which card is your significator and why? (Link)

My significator card is the High Priestess based on numerology (my birth date reduces down to 2) and the card really suits me. I’ve always had a spiritual path, working on the hidden and the unseen. I try to balance the mundane and the magickal, and I am more than likely to be working and looking inwardly rather than outwardly. This is manifested with my fibromyalgia as being clumsy at times. I’m forever turning too quickly into rooms and whacking my wrists on door knobs or hitting the door jam because I’m focusing on where I’m going and my intended outcome rather than where I’m at in any given moment.

This card’s number is two: duality. The astrological association is in the moon, or the unseen, that which is reflected back at us.

It very much follows the path which I walk. I’m a writer, and reflexively, when a writer composes an article, a blog post, a novel, or anything in between, this creative person is reflecting the world as seen through her (or his) eyes. Oh sure, the writer may be creating a totally fictional story in a world which isn’t anything like our own, and yet, some aspect of that story is a reflection of the writer’s own world, viewpoints, and thoughts.

I’ve always been drawn to this card. The priestess sits serenely, in perfect balance between the two pillars. She holds the sacred writings in her lap and wears the crown of a priestess, a crown that looks very much like the triple moon symbol of Wicca and paganism. The fruit on the vines behind her speaks of ripeness, of fertility, though not the obvious fertility of the Empress. It’s a secret fertility, that of the mind, of thoughts, of hidden dreams and prophecies still not spoken.

She whispers in the night and influences our dreams, yet many do not notice her during the light of day. Her soft, subtle work is no less strong in spite of its not being as flashy as the work of the Magician or obvious as the Empress. She is…herself. And that’s why she’s my significator.

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Tarot Translation Group Week 2:

Posted by  on Wednesday, August 15th 2012     

This week we have a question about a relationship and some pretty powerful and profound cards pulled. The first card was the Chariot, which means quick moving speed. In this context, I got the feeling that both parties in this relationship were moving so quickly that they often were checking things off their “to do” list, and didn’t really have time for each other, let alone themselves.They should slow down, which is borne out by the next card, the five of cups reversed.

Traditionally, the five of cups card is the card about someone looking at what’s been spilled, not the two cups left standing. In the terms of a relationship, I believe the individuals might be focusing on what isn’t there, rather than what is there. But, if they look, they’ll see two full cups, so there’s lots of good things still left. They just might need to slow down to be able to see them.

And the nine of pentacles, or the apprenticeship card, implies that the couple can get where they both want to be, but that it will take some hard and steady work.

I see this as a good spread, one that is full of hope and practical advice. I think in the end, things will work out. It will just take time and attention.

Like this reading? Want to be a part of the Tarot Translation Group, then go here to find out more.

 

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Tarot For Reassurance

Posted by  on Thursday, August 9th 2012     

So I’m dealing with a frustrating situation right now, and since no answers are forthcoming from any other sources, I thought I’d consult the tarot cards to see what they had to say. I asked if I would get the resolution I wanted in both outcome and time frame. Here’s what the cards said:

King of Arrows – I’m dealing with a strong-willed man, but one who flies true. There’s no subterfuge here.

The Wheel Reversed – I don’t think the time frame I’m looking at is going to be achieved. Time moves at its own pace. I might need to “go with the flow” for a while and see what happens.

The Moon – But I do not see everything that’s happening, and I cannot assume that I know all which is happening. So I need to trust, listen to my instincts, and know that though nothing may appear to be moving, there’s a lot going on under the surface.

Was it the reading full of happiness and joy that I wanted? Not really, and yet, I feel like I will get the resolution I want. I might just have to wait. And, I have to trust that things are moving, even when it appears they are not.

See, even when they don’t outright tell us it’ll be all right…well, it will be all right.

Thank you tarot cards. I can let this issue rest for a while now. I hope you find the reassurance and information you seek.

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Tarot Blog Hop: The Fruit of Harvest

Posted by  on Wednesday, August 1st 2012     

I find the topic for this blog hop to be quite fascinating since it’s a topic I’ve dealt with for most of this year. When I think about Pentacles, I think of material prosperity, of the abundance of having money in your checking account. And, for the most part I think people think about that. But, it’s also about an abundance of other things too.

Energy. Self-Care. What you give and what you receive. Having enough to give and being open to receive. All of these things went through the energy of the Pentacles and all of them are part of the abundance this suit.

For me this has been summed up in a card I kept pulling earlier this year: Six of Pentacles

In the Wildwood Tarot deck, which I use, this card is called exploitation. It asks us, are we exploiting our resources? Is there not a balance in giving and receiving?

As we come to the harvest season, it’s now a time to ask: what have you done to tend the harvest that’s about to come? Have you exploited the soil, or in the case of this year’s drought gripping much of the Midwest, has a lack of resources caused a very lean harvest? What fruits will you harvest and are they the ones you want?

I look at the six of pentacles, and I see an exploitation of my own resources, of doing too much with too little and pushing myself beyond the point. I see a lesson of balance and the fruits of harvest of a strong foundation and the strength to go forward.

What does the six of pentacles tell you?

This blog entry is part of the tarot blog hop. You can read the entry before mine or after by clicking here: before after

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Tarot Translation Group: Week 1

Posted by  on Tuesday, July 24th 2012     

I recently joined a new group called the Tarot Translation Group. You can find out all about it here.

So, without further ado…

This week’s question is… There’s an opportunity to start a new venture. What are the energies surrounding it?

The card…. King of Swords, King of Wands reversed, The Hierophant reversed

My interpretation:

There is a lot of power here and at first glance, with the reversed cards, I believe there will be challenges to the venture. Not necessarily that it’s a bad venture, but one where the querent might want to proceed carefully and with lots of forethought. Getting into the cards, the King of Swords is a man with a brilliant mind. He knows his thoughts and he acts upon them. Because of this he can be ruthless and domineering, but beneath that is a good man, someone who cares for his family. He just thinks he knows best for all of them.

The reversed King tells me that something is blocked. I see the Wands as business cards, as many of the lower pip cards relate to business activities, but more the take action side. So action on this venture is blocked. I suspect the block is coming from the King himself. It’s his thoughts which are keeping him from taking action, which is brought on by the next card.

Our Heirophant, when upright, can be dogmatic. When he’s reversed, he’s overly so. He’s locked into the way things are, unable to conform, unable to think outside the proverbial box. He’s ready to set down the rules and regulations and yet cannot say the reason why.

So in this reading, I think the querent isn’t allowing him or herself to see the opportunities because everything society says is that it won’t work. Time, money, resources, they all might be there, but the message the querent is hearing is that they’re not. So, to him or her, that’s the facts. If the King of Swords can trust himself, he can overcome all the naysayers out there. But the trust is going to be hard to hear over the din of voices saying “no”.

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Pagan Blog Project: J is for Judgement

Posted by  on Friday, July 20th 2012     

I grew up in a small town, went to a small school, and had a pretty insular family. We didn’t do a lot, though I did participate in little league and some extra-circular sports. I also participated in band, which I loved, and with all the school activities and the band, there was always the pressure to be perfect. I had to get A+ on my tests, and on my solos. And, as a young woman growing up, there was always the body pressure, too. I was too fat, too smart, not pretty enough, not good enough. You name it and those phrases went through my head.

To put it succinctly: I was Judgment Queen of myself. Still am, though I’m recovering.

In the tarot, especially the Rider-Waite tarot deck, judgement is reminiscent of the Christian Judgement day from the Bible. The archangel blows his trumpet and all the souls rise from the dead to be judged. And while this works well with their mythos, frankly, after a lifetime of judging myself and being judged, I am much happier with an all-loving Goddess who accepts me as I am.

Now don’t get me wrong. I’m sure I disappoint Her, as any child would his or her mother from time to time. I fall out of the formal ritual habit occasionally. High Sabbats go by unremarked except for a passing “Happy Solstice” when life gets crazy. I am by no means perfect, but I am, well, who I am.

When I’m talking to people, one of the things that I find is that they, too, are Judgement Queens or Kings, especially in this day and age with joblessness and other ailments of our society. Bad things can happen to very good people and it isn’t their fault. And if we don’t see the windows opening when a door closes, well that may be a sad occurrence, but it doesn’t mean we’re defective in any way. It just means that we need to change our perspective.

I still judge myself. It’s an old habit, like that blanket Linus carries around, that needs to be left behind. When I do judge myself, I now find myself saying “wait a minute, you’re okay.” and making sure I reassure myself. The Judgement Queen doesn’t need to live here anymore. And you know what? Since I’ve been getting her to move out, I’ve been feeling a lot better about things, too. How have you been able to tell your own Judgement Kings or Queens to hit the road?

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Reading About Tarot

Posted by  on Thursday, July 19th 2012     

As someone who works with the tarot, I am always on the outlook for new tarot books. Authors like Mary K. Greer and Christiana Gaudet are generally “must reads” for me because of their tarot insight. In fact, I’ve heard it said that those who are addicted to tarot decks are also addicted to tarot books. Which makes sense when you consider the plethora of tarot decks published and the fact that there are probably even more tarot books available than decks.

So why read about the tarot?

When working with the tarot, which is as much an intuitive art as a scientific one, each tarot reader has individual insights. The ways that one person look at reversals, for example, may be completely different from another person. Though I began with early books by Eileen Guiley, and the LWB’s (Little White Books) which come with the decks, I found as I grew in the practice of tarot reading, so, too, did my interpretations. Reversals could mean any number of things, and the once-easy to read cards took on layers of meaning that frankly, I wouldn’t have been exposed to if it wasn’t for the books I read.

It’s always a good idea to keep a tarot journal of the readings you’ve done so you can record your impressions of the cards. Sometimes a card may take on new meanings depending on it’s position in a spread. A journal will help you to keep track of these things. And, of course, a good book will give you ideas as to how to interpret the reading.

For someone, like myself, who finds tarot and tarot interpretation to be fascinating, books allow a unique glimpse into this window. And, they can teach you something new. What’s the best book on tarot you’ve read lately?

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A Story In The Cards

Posted by  on Monday, June 18th 2012     

Looking at many of the minor arcana cards in a tarot deck can reveal an entire story. Even something like the three of swords, which in the Rider-Waite deck is represented by three swords piercing a heart, that might seem to represent a single moment in time, could also detail a whole story, such as how someone gets to that situation, or how someone recovers. The Minor Arcana might be mis-named, because while they are the numbered cards and court cards of the tarot deck, they are not the “minor cards”. Sure, they might not deal with the big issues the way the Majors do, but they definitely can deal with big issues and themes.

It might be interesting to look at the Minor Arcana cards to see what stories are revealed. As writers, we can tell the stories in our heads, but I bet we can’t tell them without the images or themes shown in the tarot cards. Charity. Hard work. Betrayal. Pain. Regret. Wishes. Family. Just a few of the themes, and just a few of the cards, in the major Arcana.

There are several ways to use Minor Arcana cards in your story. First, you can look for how the themes appear in your story. Or maybe ways to deepen the themes in your story.

Second, you could use the cards to add drama or depth to your plot. Perhaps there needs to be something in the hero’s way, such as rejection or lack of charity which will then help the character become stronger. This will, in turn, make your story stronger.

Or, maybe your plot bunnies ran away and found free carrots elsewhere and you need an idea. Well, the Minor Arcana cards are there for that, too.

There are many ways to find stories in the tarot cards. I hope, with an exploration of the Minor Arcana cards you can find a story, too.

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Touch the Cards, Trust Yourself

Posted by  on Tuesday, June 5th 2012     

In truth, I  could probably be writing about a number of different things here, because trusting yourself is the springboard to many things including a career as a writer or other creative endeavor. However, today, I’m talking about the tarot.

When a Reader pulls cards, whether for herself or for clients, there’s a measure of trust involved. For example, when I draw cards, I trust that I am receiving a message from the universe/my higher self/my guides/whomever–basically that the cards aren’t just telling me what I want to hear. (And trust me, with the clue-by-fours I’ve received, I’m not being told just what I want to hear, LOL!). Additionally, I trust in my ability to do this. I trust that I can interpret the cards and take appropriate action. And I trust that everything happens for my higher good.

So there’s trust in the wider universe and higher powers, and there’s trust in myself.

When we hold the tarot cards in our hands, we’re making a sacred pact with ourselves. Yes, we can do this. Yes, we have the ability to convey the information revealed, whether it’s telling ourselves or someone else. And we trust that we’re doing the right thing.

It is very important to have this level of confidence and trust when handling the cards. While we may not have all the answers, a belief that we can convey those answers to whomever needs to hear them is so important. It is true that at times we don’t quite understand what we’re being told. But trusting and knowing that we can work through the information is part of the joy of tarot.

When you touch the cards, you need to trust yourself. And that’s great advice whether you’re a beginner or a pro.

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