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  • My friend and I had a Harry Potter marathon/drinking night recently and managed to rope 3 israeli guys (her housemates) into running around the house with wizard hats and Harry Potter glasses on… It was a wicked night!
    Anyone else have any recent Harry Potter tales?

  • Jules posted an update in the group Group logo of UK and Ireland StraddlersUK and Ireland Straddlers 9 years, 4 months ago

    Are there any West Midlanders around? (:

  • Elisabeth posted an update in the group Group logo of Tarot SchoolTarot School 9 years, 4 months ago

    I just stumbled onto an interesting idea, a daily three card spread to help learn the tarot.

    You separate out the Major, Minor and court cards into three piles. Suffle each pile and draw one card from each pile. The goal is to learn the deck at a faster rate than a one card draw. Think I’ll give it a go. What do y’all think? Do you have a…[Read more]

    • I don’t have a specific one for learning, but I like to do pretty basic spreads of 3-6 cards (depending on which spread I’m using) a few times a week. Then I read up on whatever cards I get that I don’t know, and also end up reading up on nearby cards just out of curiosity. Like if I get the 2 of Swords, I often end up reading the Ace and 3 and…[Read more]

    • When I was first learning, I did Celtic Cross spreads a lot, because that’s the spread I knew, and I don’t think it was the best for that, actually. You see a lot of cards each time, but the spread positions can feel sort of vague. Practicing was always a big chunk of time because there were so many cards and position meanings to deal with.

      Three…[Read more]

      • I’m glad you said that about the Celtic Cross not being the best for learning. I felt the same way when I first picked up Tarot years ago. I felt like I wasn’t really getting anywhere because, as you said, it felt really vague. Plus, I felt like pretty much every reading I was coming up with the same vague interpretation. The group here has…[Read more]

      • I agree 100% about the Celtic Cross. I did the exact same thing when I started tarot and it’s what so many people do when learning tarot – y’know, it’s the ‘classic spread’, all the books have it, it’s supposed to ‘answer any question’. Plus there’s often this idea that more cards = more insight, more knowledge, more learning. I disagree. The…[Read more]

    • I would do three card spreads. I’m also currently going through Tarot for Yourself by Mary K. Greer so that’s getting me pretty solid exercise. Also, I have Biddy Tarot’s Tarot Foundation that’s broken down in 31-Days. I do recommend doing daily spreads than the card-a-day. Mostly because studying cards in context with other cards helps us to…[Read more]

    • Elisabeth, i love this idea! i’m going to use it when i get my Wild Unknown cards, which i just ordered today! SO excited.

  • Kat Hudgens posted an update in the group Group logo of Ohhh! CanadaOhhh! Canada 9 years, 4 months ago

    I’m not actually a Canadian, but I’ll be moving to Vancouver in January (hopefully) for school. Thought I might try to meet a few people so I at least know someone when I get out there.

  • Potter posted an update in the group Group logo of Tarot SchoolTarot School 9 years, 4 months ago

    I 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]

      • 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]

        • 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]

          • 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]

        • 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.

    • 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!

  • Potter posted an update in the group Group logo of Tarot SchoolTarot School 9 years, 5 months ago

    Question for folks: how do you like to shuffle and draw cards?

  • Mary L posted an update in the group Group logo of Tarot SchoolTarot School 9 years, 5 months ago

    Yo, for folks who were interested in blog sharing: I had to switch mine to WordPress (Weebly kind of sucks for blogging, just as a PSA).

    New url: http://looseleaftarot.wordpress.com/

  • Elisabeth posted an update in the group Group logo of Tarot SchoolTarot School 9 years, 5 months ago

    2 of Wands Reading
    with the Dreaming Way Tarot

    1. Knight of Cups. I desire clarity, to know where I’m going. I don’t want my decisions to be led by emotion alone. Conversely, I think my emotions are confusing my action.
    2. 3 Wands. What is holding me back is a reluctance to get involved with people (the person in question). I keep…[Read more]

    • I like your spread a lot, I’ll have to give it a go.

      There could be a more positive/tweaked reading for your number 8 card, the four of cups. This card can often refer to not seeing an opportunity, missing something because we’re too critically focused on certain aspects of our situation. We’re all, “what’s up with these three cups here? they…[Read more]

    • Oh my god, I love this deck! I thought I should stop buying decks for now but maybe…..I should make an exception for this one.

  • Elisabeth posted an update in the group Group logo of Tarot SchoolTarot School 9 years, 5 months ago

    Previously I mentioned that Rachel Pollack has a spread for each card in ‘The New Tarot Handbook’. She actually doesn’t include spreads for the Minor Arcana. So, I made one up based on her spreads for the Major Arcana.

    The last reading I posted, Dr. Apollo’s All Purpose Spread said that I need to learn more about choice and balance in the 2…[Read more]

    • Nice. I have too much free time today, so this is perfect! :)

    • I did it! (Hopefully)

      1. Justice/Plantain: Adjustment, correct allotment of time; related to metabolism, infections
      2. Five of Pentacles/Mugwort: MIsfortune, falling back on innate capabilities; related to digestive, antispasmodic
      3. Ten of Pentacles/Wild Yam: Moving into abundance; related to antispasmodic, diaphoretic
      4. Six of S…[Read more]

      • Beautiful deck!
        It’s interesting that #2. what’s holding you back, #3. what you need to let go of and #8. advice on moving forward are all pentacles dealing with security. Could the 8 of pentacles advice be that you should appreciate what you have and enjoy it? Or maybe to just sit tight. If that’s the case then the seven of swords suggestion…[Read more]

        • All of that was really great! Especially about the King of Pentacles and the Seven of Swords. It makes a lot more sense when you explain it!

        • You definitely seem to be learning a lot.

          Looking back on this reading a lot of your instincts were spot on. Like, really, really on the mark. I had been waiting for some test results on a thyroid lump, to see if it had been growing, and if that was the case, to probably get a biopsy. The King of Pentacles idea to wait turned out so right.

          The…[Read more]

          • Wow, Alison that’s really rough! You must have been releived to get the results!

            That is really cool to go back and see that one’s instincts about something were correct. I have difficulty being objective in readings for myself. I think it’s easier to see things in other people’s readings.

            What I see in this now is that the seven of wands…[Read more]

          • I was ok :) I’ve had my fair share of weird health issues, so I’m pretty good at ignoring them. I was also pretty confident based on not getting bad vibes from this reading.

            Yeah, I’m not sure what kind of action I might have had in mind for card 7. I don’t think I even asked a real question when I drew these. Just something like, “So… what a…[Read more]

          • Hmmm… good question. I think both pentacles and wands can relate to the body but I think wands have more to do with action (particularly the beginning of action) than pentacles do. I think wands can be more forceful, adventurous, or instigating in their action as well. It does seem appropriate that a wand card came up in a position that I…[Read more]

          • Also, wands tend to be more optimistic than pentacles. Here’s some correspondences that have come in handy for me:

            Optimistic/Positive/Easy: Wands, Cups
            More Difficult: Swords, Pentacles

            Internal-Emotion & Thought: Cups, Swords
            External- Action & Work: Wands, Pentacles

            You could draw these into a graph so you can simultaneously see that wands…[Read more]

          • Yes, I really liked that the plant on this card was easy to connect to the idea of the card. And I love your idea of a graph. I’m definitely going to try sketch it out!

      • Alison, I was drooling over decks and found this on one. I thought of you.
        The Healing Tarot

        • I tried to look at more pictures of it on their website, but it didn’t load. It looks really interesting though.

          • Yeah, there website doesn’t work but I actually also found this on another website too. They have a Facebook page. If you’re interested, here’s some reviews. On that page there’s a link to see the cards.

    • When I came up with this spread I was basically trying to learn about the elements present in the two of wands. I feel like I have a much clearer understanding of this card now. This card is about choices and trying to find balance between the security of what one has and the adventure that can come with action and venturing forth. I see the…[Read more]

      • That is really cool. And an idea I’ll definitely keep in mind the next time I use this spread! Also, I love that you did an entire spread for one card.

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