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Tarot School 9 years, 3 months agoElisabeth and I discussed this a ways back, but are folks interested in sharing their journaling process? I don’t journal every time I run a spread, but I try to do it for most of them. Beth had some great journal ideas in her last article!
It is in a physical notebook, or computer, or online? What is your journaling process? How do you record…[Read more]
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Tarot School 9 years, 4 months agoI did a three card spread on my love life (man, i dislike that phrase!). I’m very single and feel very much without prospects, so I thought it would be nice to do some thinking on via the cards. I used a spread from Barbara Moore’s Tarot Spreads book.
1. Your love life: The Chariot
New beginnings, going off into the unknown, taking risk.…[Read more]-
I really liked your interpretation of this reading. What you wrote about the Kight of cups, “if we do nothing with our dreams…”was really interesting. Overall, this seems to be a very positive reading, no stuck energy.
I love that you included your journal, I love journals!!!
Yeah, I think it can take time to become fluid. I think a lot…[Read more]
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I got that line from Rachel Pollack’s 78 Degrees of Wisdom. It felt very appropriate and cemented the feeling of the Knight of Cups for me.
When I journal, I do it in three steps: 1) write down the feelings/thoughts i get from each card; 2) write down the meanings from Anna K’s book for the deck; and 3) write down notes from 78 Degrees of…[Read more]
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Yes! Lets have a journal thread! I guess that’s what some people kind of do with blogs and I think I’ll start one of those but keep it private for now.
You’re so organized and such a good student. It’s funny I didn’t realize until recently that I’m the messy artist type because I have a streak of perfectionism too that always led me to…[Read more]
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Lol, it’s funny you say that – I’ve never felt like an organized student. But I can see it, especially since I totally picked up the multiple highlighter colors things during grad school. My perfectionism definitely stops me from seeing things sometimes!
Also, messy artist types are great! As are detailed architect types! (I totally snagged that…[Read more]
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I’m going to start a fresh Tarot only journal–just ordered some new Moleskine Cahier journals. I know there is much debate over them but I thought I’d try them out for myself. I like that they come with plain paper because I like to have the freedom to sketch, write and paste in photos or whatever.
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woah, i just got The Chariot in a three-card love spread too! makes sense i s’pose since it’s about new beginnings. i also just saw that it’s a warning to make better choices. point taken, universe!
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Tarot School 9 years, 4 months agoQuestion for folks: how do you like to shuffle and draw cards?
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This is something I feel like I’m still finding my groove on and I’m always really curious to know what others do. I really don’t like to bend my cards or damage the sides so I’ve been doing this lately:
http://youtu.be/VEqFfJ_wtUgI don’t have a set number of times that I shuffle, I just do it until it feels right. Then with my left hand I…[Read more]
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I used this method today and I really liked it. awesome!
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I use this method and it does work. I think it depends on each reader. Whichever works and feels right. :)
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I shuffle like a croupier (but without any panache…)
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Tarot School 9 years, 4 months agoPotential job spread. I’m struggling with the job search hardcore, so I thought this would be something interesting to do to keep working with the deck. Maybe I should a more basic spread, lol.

1. Me: six of pentacles
Charity; giving and receiving in a hierachical way; balance. I could be either, or may I’m both the giver and receiver. I feel…[Read more]-
Congrats on your graduation! Looking for a job is rough! It gets really frustrating when you have options and don’t know which way to go. I’m kind of there with you on that one.
I’m enjoying reading others’ interpretations of their readings. Just to add a bit to what you wrote about the king of cups: The element for kings is fire, and the…[Read more]-
Elisabeth, I really like that addition. Thank you!
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I had a thought about the combo of the first three cards, although I’m sure I’m projecting some of my own experience working in the nonprofit sector… but to me those cards seem to be about needing to balance rewarding work with work that will give you some financial security. Going into a field like social work means you sometimes have to make…[Read more]
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That’s a great thought, Mary L. And I think you’re spot on about the balance of work/life, care of myself/care for others. That’s a big thing we struggle with in the non-profit and social work fields, and something that’s definitely been on my mind. I did AmeriCorps for two years, which was a biiiiig lesson in overcommitment to an agency, so yes,…[Read more]
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Tarot School 9 years, 4 months agoSo my new Anna K deck came in today. I thought about starting with the Rider-Waite deck since I’m a beginner, but I really much preferred this one in terms imagery, facial expressions, etc. I also picked up Seventy-eight Degrees of Wisdom as a starting guide, so it’ll be interesting to compare ideas across the Rider-Waite images in there to the…[Read more]
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It’s interesting that there is such a different take on the 4 pentacles with the Anna K deck and the Golden Tarot that epsilongreaterthanzero posted. The Golden Tarot seems to have much more positive take than the Anna K. What comes to mind is that in relation to the 7 cups and it’s illusion/delusion/fantasy, sometimes things that seem bad, like…[Read more]
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I’m also wondering if the 7 of Cups is saying that this deck will help strip me of my illusions about myself, or if it’s speaking to illusions in general.
I like what you said about it going either way. I agree! The Four of Pentacles seems to be in that same type of space.
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I think the 7 cups can mean that it will help you to see the truth past illusion or fantasies about situations. But I think it also may mean that it will help you when you’ve just got too many options or to organize things that are in a state of disorganization. I do feel like there is link between the meaning of the 7 cups and the 4 pentacles though.
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I agree! I’ve been feeling a need for more structure and security lately, be in internal or external, and I think the 4 of Pentacles is speaking to that.
I actually like how all the cards really seem to flow into each other – there’s a lot of focus on developing clarity and truth, along with recognizing what I need (the reason I sought out this…[Read more]
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cool idea! I currently have two physical old school paper type journals – one I started about a year ago. I have a page for each card, and I write down what I learn about that card each time I do a reading (if there’s something new to add of course). The second journal I just started a couple of days ago for readings themselves. In an ideal world…[Read more]
I had every intention of starting a new journal that was totally devoted to Tarot but then it quickly became totally enmeshed with my regular life stuff. I can be organized enough to write the date on top of the page, the name of the spread, the deck used, and the question. Sometimes I do a rough drawing of the spread. After that any rules, if…[Read more]
Alright, so I’ve got some time to respond to my own post, lol.
As I was taking pictures for this and reading your responses, Corinna & Elisabeth, I realized that I don’t really do a couple of things: write down the question itself or the relevance of the notes I do write. If I’m writing up a reading to post here, I go more into that, but…[Read more]
Also, I might add that this is an old journal I made back in college from draft copies of my senior thesis and my friend’s thesis, lol. (I made one for her too!) I’ve had this thing for 5 or 6 years, and it’s served a number of purposes, which is why I have no qualms about taping and adding things. I’ve beat it up enough during disaster response…[Read more]
I love it! I like to glue, tape, and scrap over my journals, too. They’re more fun when they feel more fluid.
Wow, this is awesome in so many ways! I really like seeing other people’s journals. I wanted to post a pic of mine but I felt a wee bit embarassed.
The retreat sounds really fantastic! I would love to go to something like that! I see that you got two of the same cards that came up in your spread about the job issue, the 4 of pentacles and…[Read more]
Just wanted to say, don’t be embarrassed about your journal, no matter what it looks like. Everyone organizes their thoughts differently, so as long as it makes sense to you, then I’m sure it’s amazing! Also, seeing your thought process may help others understand how to read the cards better! Just a thought!
I agree with Allison – don’t be embarrassed! This is why I love Maggie’s column about journaling here on AS; she’s all about encouraging a “whatever works,” creative attitude towards it.
Also, re: King of Cups and 4 of Pentacles… yes, lol. I’m pretty sure the last time I got the 4 of pentacles, I wrote “I’m starting to you,” especially since…[Read more]
Ok. :) Here’s two of my journals. You can see how anything goes. The funnest part of getting new pens for me is drawing them.
And I can be neat at times (on the right):
I love these! I especially love the drawings! Looks like you’ve done a lot of work as well!
Thanks! I pretty much have a lot of time on my hands right now.
I really like the highlighting as well – and the sticky notes, which I think are an artist/writer’s best friend! Or, for that matter, the best friend of any one working with multiple ideas at once! I have one online journal that basically everything goes onto because I am addicted to pictures and basically, my computer. I’m also really visual, so…[Read more]
Just wanted to say, I’ve been reading your entries while feeling like a total lurker since I don’t use tumblr and can’t comment there… but it’s been cool seeing your thoughts evolve so far!
Thanks, Mary. No worries on lurking at all. If I minded lurkers, I’d have made it private. I’ve been lurking on your blog as well! And really enjoying all of your explanations of court cards. I need all the help with those that I can get!
Awesome Alison! I missed a lot! And I have no idea how to use tumblr but created an account to follow your blog. Totally as an aside – I was basically born into a Handmaiden’s Tale kind of cult. Luckily my parents decided to leave when I was a toddler. Now I’m a raging feminist. Well…feminist anyway.
Tumblr is a bit weird to use. I think just to read everything you don’t need an account, but since you have one, you should be able to comment! Which I’d love! I think you have to follow for two weeks before it allows you to reply (not sure yet how to override this), but eventually it should work.
About the cult – that is a pretty unique (though…[Read more]
Yes, I do have memories of the cult. Bad ones. It was a Christian cult thing. Are you out to your parents? I can’t imagine what they would think of that if you were like a baby-eater as a feminist.
In hindsight I’m pretty sure that I came out to my parents in a sort of spiteful way because I knew deep down that I would never hear from them…[Read more]
Yes, I am out to my parents. I came out as a feminist first, which I think was more shocking in part because they had this preconceived idea of who I was that got shattered.
Also my dad was really understanding about my sexuality because he understands that it’s not a choice. (Whereas… I guess being a feminist, however illogical it may seem n…[Read more]
Lately I’ve been doing both a paper journal and an online one, and the blog has been a really useful addition for me… basically I do free-write style entries in the notebook for most readings I do, and sometimes I draw out the full spread in there. When I think to, I take a pic of my spreads as well in case I want to document them on le blog.…[Read more]
I really enjoy your blog posts! They always make me think about the cards from a very different and usually much lighter position that I had been. I think reposting is good because of the scrolling issue and lack of organization.
Right now I’m keeping two books, one paper and one online. I’ve been using the online one for readings, so I can put a picture of the spread (and any other relevant pictures, like if I worked from a template for the spread) and then type as much as I want. I’ve noticed that I write more and do more analysis if I’m typing, because my hand doesn’t…[Read more]
I want to do this too, have a page for each card, instead of the random jumble that is my journal.
Love this idea!