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  • Kryst posted an update in the group Group logo of Tarot SchoolTarot School 9 years, 3 months ago

    So, I had been feeling a lot of feels lately and went to my tarot deck to do an inventory of what was going on. To give y’all some background, I identify as poly and have a couple of what I’d call “long-distance intimate friendships”. For about a year now, I’ve been open to finding a primary partner closer to home, and have definitely caught the…[Read more]

    • Just random notes.

      1. 2 of cup is the minor equivalent of The Lovers, so it seems that the situation relates to relationships. It sounds like you’re ready to make more of a primary bond with someone (which you’ve said, lol).

      2. Learn Tarot says this re: the 7 of cups…
      “When the Seven of Cups appears in a reading, it is important to look…[Read more]

    • Getting a lot of the same suit in a reading happens. It just means that there is a lot of that energy present. Here, I would say there’s a lot of passion and active energy–action.

      I agree with everything Potter said about the reading. But I will add my own two cents. This is what I see:

      Rachel recently posted a Celtic Cross reading. I…[Read more]

    • Wow, Kryst! What an amazing reading. Don’t be skeptical about all the wands – just be prepared for a rollercoaster :-)

      I see The Devil – some unhealthy behaviour patterns – passing out of your life at this time and the Daughter of Cups – a whole new emotional perspective and a commitment to learning to do things differently – coming in…which is…[Read more]

    • Hey y’all! Sorry I’ve been away and not able to reply to your feedback. Work has been crazy this past week.

      @Potter, I was using learntarot as well, so a lot of my interpretations were in line with yours. For the Four of Pentacles, I focused mostly on the desire for control and structure. I saw The Devil as an indication that maintaining my LDRs…[Read more]

  • Potter posted an update in the group Group logo of Tarot SchoolTarot School 9 years, 3 months ago

    My birthday’s today, so I wanted to do a quick, general birthday spread before the clock officially ticked over to June 24. I found a nice 5 card spread that wasn’t horrifyingly intimidating, and laid out the cards. I’ll post a picture of the spread and my interpretation tomorrow, but I wanted to share what I laid down. It was the most major cards…[Read more]

    • Happy birthday!!! Nice that you got the Magician for your next year! I wonder what it means to get a lot of Majors in a reading.

    • Happy Birthday! That looks like a great reading! A lot of majors can mean that the reading deals with larger (more major) patterns and events in your life. It can signify a reading that’s “more important” than your average one – except I don’t really like to dismiss the minor cards with that phrasing. Basically, when I get a lot of majors, I take…[Read more]

      • For one spread it was suggested that if a Major turns up in a particular position that it’s a long standing issue. I wonder if many Majors in a reading can also mean the same thing.

    • Alright, here it is. Please feel free to add anything you think is applicable!

      1. Last year: Wheel of Fortune
      I felt this was pretty damn accurate. I went from the middle of grad school to graduating, to working three part time jobs, to being unemployed and still job searching (since October!). In addition, this speaks to the element of not…[Read more]

  • Alison posted an update in the group Group logo of Tarot SchoolTarot School 9 years, 3 months ago

    While I definitely need to catch up on everything that’s been going on in Tarot School recently, I’m once again excited to bring you your weekly card!

    The Three of Swords!

    I don’t have a lot to say to start us off (more excited for everyone else’s ideas!). Just a few incoherent thoughts about my own cards and their differences in meaning -…[Read more]

    • I also like the Anna K image for this card, which focuses on heartbreak and betrayal. It also looks at the idea of making a painful head vs the heart decision in favor of the head.

      • Great interpretation of this card! It really does look like they both are sad to be parting, so this is a decision made with the head not the heart.

    • This is from the Steampunk Tarot. I like the image of the clockwork heart because it reminds me of the connection between reason and emotion. The book that comes with it connects it to heartbreak because of gained knowledge. Learning something that causes heartbreak, which you then can learn from.

      • I don’t quite see that, although I like it. What do you think indicates that there has been knowledge gained? This is the next deck I’m going to buy once I have some cash.

        • I thought that was an interesting interpretation, too, but I also don’t see it myself. I think it’s reasonable to draw a connection between heartbreak and knowledge, but not necessarily a specific order (knowledge leading to heartbreak, or vice versa). With this deck in particular, that balance between knowledge/emotion and science/magic is a…[Read more]

    • Alison, great question re. real or imagined heartache!
      I think it was in a YouTube video I watched where someone said that readings are all about how we individually experience reality. If that’s the case then I think I would lean toward an explanation that it indicates how we are experiencing things which may or may not be “real”. I think it…[Read more]

    • Although the Collective Tarot suits aren’t directly interchangeable with the RWS suits, I thought it would be interesting to post the Collective Tarot Three of Feathers and the LWB description!

      “The Three of Feathers is about the intersection between communication and the heart. It is the gut-wrench when people who care deeply for each other…[Read more]

      • I see what you mean about it being so dark and hard to make out. Feather imagery is really interesting. Someone posted the Ace of Feathers from the Collective Tarot a couple weeks back. Really interesting to think about how Feathers relate to truth (Maat or Ma’at not sure which is correct).

        What I see in this card is the person using the…[Read more]


    • Dreaming Way

      I have always thought that this was one of the easiest cards to understand in the RWS–a painful situation that is temporary and will pass. As usual the Wildwood interpretation of this card is very interesting, and makes me think of the three swords more along the lines of a love triangle than the RWS imagery.

      The Dreaming Way…[Read more]

    • This is from The Wild Unknown deck. I haven’t had it come up in my readings, but it represents betrayal, heartbreak, and turmoil. From the guidebook’s description and how the imagery is, it’s better to try to not make any decisions in this state and wait for the heart and spirit to mend.

      • I like the advice around waiting for it to pass. Decisions made in this state have always proved *very* dodgy in my experience…!

    • I have come to really respect this card. A friend has it as a tattoo (the RWS version, which is utterly stunning) and for ages I thought ‘why the HELL would you tattoo that onto your body?!’

      Now I see it as a reminder of how strong the heart is. The big red heart in the RWS version isn’t bleeding, isn’t crumbling. It says ‘you will get through…[Read more]

  • Nicole posted an update in the group Group logo of Tarot SchoolTarot School 9 years, 3 months ago

    Hi everyone! Just joined and looking forward to getting to know everyone. I’ve been working with tarot off and on for a few years and will eagerly be sucking up your tarot wisdom! ;)

  • Erin posted an update in the group Group logo of Tarot SchoolTarot School 9 years, 3 months ago

    I was inspired by a few of you to create my own spread last night. It ended up way too big, but the reading was really interesting. I’m sorry I couldn’t get a picture of it–it was too big! It turned into 18 cards. I might pare it down for future readings.

    So, the backstory behind this spread: I started having these super vivid dreams a few…[Read more]

    • I actually love the organization of this spread for a compatibility reading – it’s thorough, tidy, and easy to remember. All good things. I wouldn’t worry about there being too many cards unless it gets truly overwhelming every time you use it. One possible way to shorten it would be to pick just once card for each of the rows, since each card has…[Read more]

      • Thanks! I think next time I would do a shorter version of it like you suggested with just one card for each row. I like the in-depth reading that I got from this, though. It’s just not a quick read, for sure. I think the fact that this isn’t even about a for-sure actual person probably colored this spread a bit, but I was pleased the deck indulged…[Read more]

        • Ok cool. That clarifies a bunch. So, just to make sure, was this reading about someone you met IRL and you’re interested in, or about the person you dreamed about all those times? (Or both – I’ve heard of people dreaming about people they subsequently meet, so you never know.)

          • Haven’t met her. Just dreamed her up. :D Fun to think about, and I’ll be super stoked if I actually meet her, but I’m not going to wait on it.

          • “Fun to think about, and I’ll be super stoked if I actually meet her, but I’m not going to wait on it.” That’s wise. It sounds like you had an intense dream experience. Don’t discount that! But don’t measure everyone you meet against dream girl, either. Dreams can be tricky. You might never see this woman IRL, but stranger still, you might mee…[Read more]

          • I love your interpretation so far. It’s super helpful to get someone else’s perspective about this, because some of these cards were really confusing. It’s like I’m just too close to the situation to be able to rely on my intuition.

            For her personality, I was surprised when I saw the Pages because in my dream she wasn’t immature or youthful in…[Read more]

          • Groovy. I should have some more time later today. Re: “since coming out I’m usually told that I’m very femme, but then I also get told I’m “doing it wrong” because I’m not feminine enough.” Ugh. I feel your pain. I get that kind of crap, too, and it’s one of my pet peeves. No one gets to tell you how femme you are or should be, or what that m…[Read more]

          • Hey, so sorry! My week filled up on me big-time last minute. Won’t be able to get back to this in a reasonable time. :( Sorry!

    • That is quite a spread! I love how you organized it!
      I don’t have time to comment right now but wanted to say I empathize! I’m married too and extricating oneself can be really hard! Good luck with mystery lady!

      • Thanks :) Hopefully the divorce will start moving forward this summer… So far I’ve been lucky with that and he’s been pretty cooperative and nice, so not complaining there. But, women don’t tend to like it when they find out I’m not divorced yet.

        • Tell me about it! I just told someone I met in my queer book club. She recoiled with a look of disgust and said “you’re married?!! To a man?!” It’s like I have to come out about it. Sometimes it’s like it’s worse than coming out as gay. I can’t imagine what it will be like when I finally start to date. But SF is a pretty good place to be…[Read more]

          • I get the same reaction from women! It’s like suddenly I’m a different species or something. It’s definitely a challenge while dating, but it’s been such a huge part of my life that I just won’t date someone who can’t handle that I am/was married to a man. That’s not one of those things that I want to be an ongoing issue in a relationship.

  • Potter posted an update in the group Group logo of Tarot SchoolTarot School 9 years, 3 months ago

    I just had to share this:
    I finally got the library’s copy of Greer’s 21 Ways to Read a Tarot Card this afternoon. Last night, when I was doing a spread I made based on Dani’s Something Greater Than you Pride Edition (Thanks for the idea, Elisabeth!), I pulled The Devil in the “where do I want to be/Future” position. While writing on it, I was…[Read more]

    • Great idea about The Devil being related to BDSM/kink! Glad you got the book. Synchronicity is pretty awesome isn’t it?!

  • Elisabeth posted an update in the group Group logo of Tarot SchoolTarot School 9 years, 3 months ago

    Here’s some summer solstice spreads:

    Bodhran’s Summer Solstice Spread
    Rowan Tarot Summer Solstice Spread
    Summer Solstice Sunrise Spread

    I did Rowan’s spread

    I was hoping for something really cheerful and optimistic. What I got was the bitter truth. Shoot!

    1. Sunrise – something beginning or coming into my life.
    4 of Cups
    I’ve been doing a…[Read more]

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