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Elisabeth posted an update in the group
Tarot School 9 years, 4 months agoI just saw an awesome post on littleredtarot.com about getting yourself out of a rut and finding your mojo. It looks awesome! Thought I’d share.
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Alison posted an update in the group
Tarot School 9 years, 4 months agoHi everyone! I’m really excited so see how quickly this group is growing. As some of you know, I’d like to use this space to pool our collective feelings/intuitions/observations/experiences to analyze each card, one at a time.
I know that it will help me a lot, in understanding individual cards, especially numbers and court cards, and think that…[Read more]
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I like this plan. It would be really nice to see this group stay active and grow! Just read Beth’s article and loved her insights. Swords represent the element air and are often associated with the mind and with intellect. Personally, they call up imagery of weather. The swords can be so tempestuous, I think of wind and storms, and the ace would…[Read more]
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Great addition about the tempestuous nature of swords. I think some decks depict clouds on this card in the distance as dark and kind of looming as well as casting shadows on the mountains in the background. I think that speaks to what you wrote.
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I love the idea of a jolt or a wake-up call for this card!
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Thanks for getting this rolling Alison. I hope we can keep it going!
To add to my reply to Hazel, swords do represent something new, new beginnings and with swords there seems to be a danger more than any other suit of negative aspects of the suit manifesting themselves. Hence, the double edge of the swords, which is really a very clever play on…[Read more]-
From left to right: Dreaming Way Tarot, Tarot of The Magical Forest, and Tarot of The Master.

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I would guess that “gift” is similar to “opportunity” in that a start at something is being offered to the querent. Maybe?
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Oops, that should have read “aces represent something new” not swords.
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Alison, what deck is the middle card? “The Breath of Life”, that is interesting and something to think about!
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The middle deck is the Wildwood Tarot. I still have not read the explanation for this card in the book that comes with this deck… but I thought it was very interesting that the smoke in this deck, unlike in the others sees to be coming from a fire / campfire/ signal on the ground.
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Love this idea too! Elisabeth, my interpretation of aces is that they are the suit in their purest form – they represent the potential of the suit (and perhaps in that way they are a gift)- the aces are some of my favourite cards. I usually think of them in a positive light, but it’s interesting to think about the dark side of that potential. The…[Read more]
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Corinna, yes, the suit in it’s purest form…in the Dreaming Way Tarot so many of the sword cards have people dressed in white which the creator says in the booklet refers to purity of intention. In this deck there seems to be a purity of intention even when things get a bit difficult.
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This is pretty awesome:
“ready to cut through bullshit, resolve conflict and seek the truth. This is the ‘take no shit’ card, I love it.” littleredtarot.com
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I love the Collective Tarot’s depiction and interpretation as well: http://tarotparlor.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/img_20131120_084710.jpg
“the ace of swords is the gift of communication- it contains all the potential of clear thinking and truth telling. It’s reaching into yourself and finding what you want to get across, pinching it index finger…[Read more]-
Corinna, that’s really awesome and helps me understand this card a lot. You can’t communicate clearly if you don’t understand clearly.
Instructions for doing all sorts of neat stuff in comments (like posting photos) can be found in Ali’s ‘Learn HTML and Build A Better Internet Comment: Part 2’.
I upload them to imgur. From all ‘images’…[Read more]
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I can’t get it to accept what I write in for the code. Best to check Ali’s article I guess.
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Oooh, HTML! Of course. THANK YOU :)
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This is really interesting, and brings up the question of it being positive or negative again for me. While this card / clear communication might be a gift, saying what you want to clearly is not always productive, depending on what you say. I like that ambiguity.
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Alison, really nice connection!
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Elisabeth posted an update in the group
Tarot School 9 years, 4 months agoQuestioning Changing My Major
Dr. Apollo’s All Purpose Spread from Rachel Pollack
Dreaming Way Tarot
This reading has me slightly stumped. The program I’m in is what I would like to be studying but it is extremely androcentric and the professors act like fascists. I’ve been considering changing Majors. Not a problem you’d think but my…[Read more]
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It might be me, but the 10 of pentacles card really looks like it’s got a lot of academics/professors on it! I kind of see this as the danger of getting too embroiled in the struggle for security that goes on with or between your professors. Based on what you are saying and this card, it seems like the situation around your professors is something…[Read more]
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Yes, I do see what you mean with the 10 pent. That is a really interesting take and think we can extend that to the administration as well because they are the ones deciding to not offer classes the people need to complete graduation requirements.
Also, I think you’re spot on about the page of pent!
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Also, for me, the outcome of this reading really depends on the question, i.e., whether you’re asking “Should I stay in the major I have now?” OR “Should I change to the major I don’t think I like?” In this case, I’m assuming that the danger of card 3 is related to staying in your current major, but it could be a danger of changing majors instead.…[Read more]
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I guess my question was pretty vague but if anything it ran more to “should I change my major to this one I don’t really like”.
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Elisabeth, I like your interpretations and I think you’re really onto something. I’d love to add my 2 cents. As another struggling artist (and former art student – blarg) your problem strikes a chord. Just know I’m still a tarot student, so please stick to your own gut. If anything someone says here doesn’t resonate with you, don’t act on it.…[Read more]
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Wow! You gave me so much to think about! Thank you!!!
Some initial thoughts:
With the 8 of swords, “maybe just doesn’t know how to go about it.” This is really how I feel. I’m confused and my analytical mind keeps endlessly going over the issue and I feel like I’m getting nowhere with it. Very swordy.
Your decription of the Queen of cups w…[Read more]-
I’m so glad that was relevant! So sorry to hear you’re that stuck, though. One image it calls up to mind, and something I’ve thought of a lot in my own situations, (warning: this is dorky) is that part in the first Harry Potter book when they all get caught up in Devil’s Snare – this big, chokey plant monster that crushes you faster the more you…[Read more]
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Both of those metaphors are really good! I have gone through periods where I’m like “ok, I just need to float for a while and things will work out”. But I’ve been kind of doing that for a few semesters now and when faced with registration I get really anxious and just don’t know which way to go. My daily reading today was totally related to…[Read more]
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By the way, I think this reading is saying what you said. The Ten of Swords is like ‘whoa! you are way overthinking’ and The Star and The Wheel of Fortune are saying just let things happen and the solution will come to you.
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Hazel Blue posted an update in the group
Tarot School 9 years, 4 months agoSo I have a question for you all. I’m a super slow tarot learner – I’ve been using tarot cards for over ten years, and still only read for myself. I’ll occasionally do a reading for a friend, but I always feel a bit silly about, so the readings get a bit punchy, too. Does anyone here do professional readings and/or read a lot for others? I’m not…[Read more]
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I do not do professional readings, or even read a lot for others, but it sounds to be like you need to trust your intuition more. Maybe easier said than done, I know. I’d make sure that the friend you practice on isn’t too skeptical as well, to help you feel more confident.
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That’s good advice, Alison! I have a history of letting my skepticism block my intuition, and many of my friends are skeptical folk. I need to practice more, too.
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You did an amazing job helping me with my reading!!! I think you have every reason to feel confident in your abilities! I agree with Alison. It seems that a skeptic attitude from another person could really interfere with the process!
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I second this. You owned that reading!
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This may not appeal to you, but there are a few online tarot associations that offer free readings over the internet. It’s an opportunity for readers as well, a way to learn how to read for other people without the pressure of putting yourself out there as a “pro,” or constantly pestering skeptical friends. The sites have various criteria for how…[Read more]
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Thank you guys! Elisabeth, thank you for the opportunity to practice. And Mary L, I’ll definitely check that out.
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Tarot School 9 years, 4 months agoHi All! I’ve been doing Tarot for about a year now, mostly for myself. I think I’ve picked up a good understanding of the cards (although I still need to refer to the book for many cards), and am at ease doing readings for myself. I find readings for others to be much trickier- I haven’t explored much beyond the celtic cross, or three card…[Read more]
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I haven’t given readings to anyone else yet but I really like Dr. Apollo’s all purpose spread (see my previous post from a ways back. Wish I could link to it here but I don’t know how to do that since they don’t seem to have their own URL. If anyone knows btw please tell me). I’ve read that many readers will choose one that feels right based on…[Read more]
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Celtic not centric.
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I agree with the all-purpose spread. I’ve also found a lot of interesting and tailored spreads on tumblr, for lots of different situations.
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I haven’t tried any of these out yet, but they all looked really good to me:
Personal stuff-
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Ooh, looking forward to taking a peek at these! thank you!
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Teja posted an update in the group
Tarot School 9 years, 4 months agohi all! i’m so excited that this group exists! i am just now seriously embarking upon study of the tarot, and have a question for you all. it’s a little embarrassing to admit, but this space makes me feel safe to. i am having a hard time trusting that the cards i draw are the “right” cards – that my intuition is strong enough to know which card to…[Read more]
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I can’t tell you how I think this whole thing works (Jung probably had some brilliant ideas – re. synchronicity), I just know from experience that it works! It doesn’t seem to matter if you believe in it or not. If you do one thing or another. It just always seems to work. I think that probably the best way to get through what you’re…[Read more]
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So I’m extremely new to tarot, but I’ve been working off of the basic assumption that I am, in fact, finding what I want/need in the cards more so than drawing the “correct” cards. That’s the explanation I feel like I can trust pretty easily. I’m also really okay with that as an explanation, personally – being prompted to use a card to think…[Read more]
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thanks, Elisabeth and Jane, for your input! very helpful. i also wanted to mention that i texted a friend about this today, about “how it works,” and her response was “it’s magic, dood.” and i was like, oh, ok, that i can get down with! and then the spread i just did (one of the more in-depth ones i’ve done) was one of my best yet. there is…[Read more]
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Hi Teja, when I first started reading with tarot cards I wasn’t so sure as well if what I’m doing is right. What helped me get over this hump was realising that in tarot, there is no right or wrong, only what is. I’m quite analytical too (but have a strong intuition—well it’s not necessarily one or the other so I digress) and I just read, based o…[Read more]
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I totally know what you mean! There’s definitely a certain magic to the tarot, but I have also satisfied my analytical side, especially when it comes to readings for myself. My theory is that I could pick any given card for any given day, and find some kind of meaning in it relative to my day or my question. Tarot is a tool which can help us…[Read more]
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Hi Teja! I struggled with this too when I started, and still do from time to time. One way that’s helped me frame it is to approach the tarot from a very down-to-earth, almost pop-psychology perspective. Look at it as a way to facilitate having a conversation with yourself – a sort of free-association game. Or think of a Rorschach test: you look…[Read more]
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