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winter posted an update in the group
Tarot School 9 years, 4 months agoHi… I am new here…great group…! Is there some way or organising threads so we can follow them? Foe example one for deck recs, one for blogs etc?
Excuse my naivety.
My own blog is http://www.raggedpoet.com
Lots of Tarot. I also have:
Decks I recommend:
Totally in love with:
Silicon Dawn
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Tarot School 9 years, 4 months agoYou guys! I’m so happy and psyched! I just have to share.
This morning in my daily “temp. check” reading I got a really great reading.
Internal: The Tower
External: 9 of cups
Advice: Ace of cupsIt made sense to me at the time, and I had a gut feeling that it meant something about events today but was also kind of skeptical. The events that…[Read more]
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Tarot School 9 years, 4 months agoCan anyone recommend a book that deals mostly/only with Jungian archetypes and tarot? Thanks!
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I’m really interested in this as well!
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This is one of those things I’ve never got round to studying in depth, but when I initially looked into it a few years back the impression and advice I got was to read Jung himself. The Archetypes and The Collective Unconscious is a collection of his essays on this topic.
I just took a look on the tarot forum I belong to and pinched this post…[Read more]
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Jung and Tarot by Sallie Nichols
It has mixed reviews, but it depends what you are looking for. There are some who argue that Jung and the Tarot have nothing to do with each other. I don’t subscribe to that opinion. The Tarot these days is very intertextual, if you look at the…[Read more]
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Thanks for the recommendations, everyone! I’m really excited about all of this, just trying to find some free time to take a closer look at it!
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Did you read this one yourself? Because I’d love to know your own review! The ones on Amazon look pretty promising, since I don’t know if I’m ready to just tackle Jung head-on yet or not.
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I haven’t read all of it, but it is mostly author driven, there is not a lot of actual Jung. I agree with Beth. The best way is to go straight to the source and then make your own decisions about how they go together. Another helpful book on archetypes and The Fools Journey, is Joseph Campbell’s Hero with a Thousand Faces…
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The Hero with a Thousand Faces is something I’ve been meaning to read for years… guess I should just finally pick up a copy!
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I just got Jung’s Synchronicity in the mail today, which is something Mary K Greer references a lot when she talks tarot + Jung. Will report back insights!
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Nice, I’m excited to hear about it!
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Yeah, I want to check out both Greer and Jung too!
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Elisabeth posted an update in the group
Tarot School 9 years, 4 months agoCan we talk about the six of swords?
This card came up in a reading the other day and I really couldn’t figure it out. It seems very elusive and the meaning in my Pollack book is vague. Intuitively I see the people in the boat leaving their life to find something new. The boatman has a wand, not an oar which speaks of the new beginning energy…[Read more]
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This is what always trips me up in readings — whether to follow my intuition or to find a book to interpret it for me. In this case though, I definitely agree with your feeling that they are packing up and going for a new beginning, probably leaving something that was not so great behind them. And I feel like it’s both unpleasant and hopeful.…[Read more]
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“hopeful because of the future.” So, maybe that’s the meaning of the baby.
Ideally, I feel like I’d like to be able to read mainly intuitively but with the knowledge of traditional meaning in my mind to rely on if needed or to back up my intuition. If I had that I think I’d go with intuition if there was a conflict between the two.
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For me, the key imagery in this card is the water – the waves behind the boat are rough, but the water ahead is smooth. The passengers are still carrying swords with them, the mental struggles they’ve accumulated so far. But they’re headed for a calmer shore, or at least could do so, depending on how they steer the boat.
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Yeah…I can see that. Thanks!
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I agree, the water is so significant. The journey the passenger is making is over the water – they are traversing their emotions.
For me this is about *allowing* yourself to be carried away, it’s about surrender and accepting help.
The boatperson might be a stranger or a friend – I find in readings that it so often represents a benevolent…[Read more]-
“this is about *allowing* yourself to be carried away, it’s about surrender and accepting help.” I love that! Thanks!
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Can we have a conversation like this for every card? Because this one is amazing to go back and read. Everyone added something really insightful. I’m serious.. let’s do this for every card…
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Alison, I was thinking the same thing. It would be really cool if we could regularly talk about a specific card.
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Maybe we can just choose a day of the week and go through the deck, card by card? Would that sound good?
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Sounds good to me! You want to kick it off?
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Oh, I forgot to add – this version from the Shadowscapes Tarot by Stephanie Law really moves me:
http://www.shadowscapes.com/Tarot/cards.php?suit=3&card=5
– again it has that thing of being unconsciously helped, lifted over your cares, taken away from them. Very different from the RWS image where the swords are right there in the boat!-
Wow! That is really beautiful! I’m def. going to look at that deck.
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It’s stunning. I’m not one for fairies and pastels at all and brushed this deck off when I first came across it (just via the website). But I kept ending up back there and as I looked deeper into the images I really realised how clever and soulful they are.
I particularly love The Magician, and also this one, the Two of…[Read more]
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I’m really not one for fairies and pastels either! The Tarot of the Magical Forest is about as close to that as I’ve ever gotten and I think I was drawn to that by the slightly bizarre quality it has. I really like the Shadowscapes.
The two of wands is really great. There is a lot of dynamic energy in all the cards I’ve looked at. That 6…[Read more]
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I have had whole years of Six of Swords energy… I actually call it the Airport card, because it has that kind of feel… hello and goodbye or goodbye and hello, joy and sadness, and yes it is very much an emotional card for the suit of air. I think I get this card a lot because I tend to dwell a lot on the past, my head is turned to face back…[Read more]
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Elisabeth posted an update in the group
Tarot School 9 years, 4 months agoI 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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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The Greer book sounds really interesting. I’m going to check that one out! Thanks for sharing.
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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.
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Femme Straddlers 9 years, 4 months agoSo I guess I’m a femme lol, Although, I don’t think I act like one. Maybe if I had smaller boobs I could dress more masculine (I end up just looking tubbier than I am the times I’ve tried lol), But alas, I was born to dress femme haha.
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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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Potter posted an update in the group
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, 5 months agoYo, 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/
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Welcome winter!
I feel the disorganization also but I’m not sure there is a way of making this more organized. I also wish we got email updates when someone makes a new post vs. just when someone responds to a comment.
I checked out your blog, Winter, and WOW. Your tarot journals are absolutely gorgeous!
Thanks Alison…!
Yeah I agree Elisabeth… I am trying to find a way of keeping track!