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Potter posted an update in the group
Tarot School 9 years, 1 month agoSo it’s past my bedtime and all that jazz, but I wanted to share this spread I put together today. I have the full write up on my tumblr HERE, and I did a practice run with it (still sitting on my desk!) that I’ll type up tomorrowish. A tumblr friend already did it (!!!) and was super enthusiastic about it, my heart is so full. Anyway, here it is.…[Read more]
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Potter posted an update in the group
Tarot School 9 years, 1 month agoSo, Allison asked me about my Wildwood deck interview. I did it and took, but haven’t typed them up. I’ll do my best to make that happen soon! In the mean time, I DID type up my interview with the miniature RWS and posted it on my tumblr. So here’s that one to tide y’all over. Some interesting stuff definitely came up!
Finally, my TABI deck…[Read more]
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Very cool. I love that such a teeny deck is ready to tackle big, significant changes and transitions. This seems like it’ll be an amazing one to carry around for short readings.
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I have another tiny deck now! Lol. I’ve got to do the deck interview, but I’ll post it here and on tumbler when I do.
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Potter posted an update in the group
Tarot School 9 years, 1 month agoI see a lot of new folks! Who wants to introduce themselves? I’d love to hear from everyone!
I’m Potter and I’ve recently became partners-in-crime with the Housewives Tarot deck; you can see my post about it below.
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Potter posted an update in the group
Tarot School 9 years, 1 month agoSo my new decks came in this morning! I did the deck interview spread with the Housewives Tarot. It’s long, lol. FYI!
Before I get started, I want to note that I like the cards and how they feel. But man, are they annoying to shuffle! Otherwise, they’re a good size for my hands and just look fanfuckintastic.
Housewives Tarot TABI Deck I…[Read more]
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Too fun! I love how you interpreted the cards here, and I love that spread! Where did you get it? Did you write it? I can’t think of anything to add, this is all just giving me new ideas.
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Thanks! Lol, no, Beth uses it on Little Red Tarot; it’s a great spread! I just did it with the Wild Wood Tarot too.
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I gotta go do that with all my decks now.
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So do I. I’ve been using this spread for any new deck I get :)
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Did you post your interview with Wildwood? I’m curious how you feel about the deck. I’ve had a copy for a while but I haven’t really connected to it the way I thought I would.
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Hey! No, I haven’t posted my interview with the Wildwood, or RWS actually. I was getting wary of looking like the only one who posted for a while, lol.
I’ll go ahead and post them though!
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Hey – here’s the deck interview spread (and me interviewing the Mary-el Tarot): http://littleredtarot.com/interviewing-the-mary-el-tarot/ xxx
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That’s the link I used!
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Groovy! Thanks for linking. That Mary-El tarot is gorgeous!
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Potter posted an update in the group
Tarot School 9 years, 2 months agoAlso, I just posted this on my tumblr, but I thought it would be a good discussion to have here.
I may have just fallen into an Etsy tarot hole. Crawling out now. Maybe.
But can we talk about this deck? Supernatural Tarot
I didn’t think I’d be into pop culture decks, but the few images shown just make sense to me. And damn, they are well dra…[Read more]
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I have an iPad app of The Housewives Tarot, and I actually really like it. It’s funny and the images line up much better with their meanings and make more sense than I thought they would. Will probably get the physical deck at some point.
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Yeah, it’s sitting in my Amazon cart right now…
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Do it.
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Oh I did, lol. Along with the Wildwood Tarot and a mini RWS.
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Yeah, I always end up buying extra books/decks/random crap for the shipping. Good for you! Post reviews when you get them! :)
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Potter posted an update in the group
Tarot School 9 years, 2 months agoSince I started the tarot tumblr, I decided to actively wok on doing daily draws. I’ve managed to pull at least one card a day for nearly a week (impressive by my standards! lol). I did have a giggle/really? moment today when I pulled The Fool for the second time in a week. A good reminder about the start of a journey?
Anyway, how you all go…[Read more]
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I don’t do it religiously like many readers do – my daily draw habits tend to wax and wane. Right now, since I’m changing my business and gearing up for a change in lifestyle, I’m drawing a card every morning for a little inspiration – one thing I can do or learn today to move things forward, doesn’t have to be big.
A few weeks ago on holiday, Em…[Read more]
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That’s pretty fantastic, lol.
And so far I’m enjoying it, if just for the opportunity i’m taking to look at the cards I pull a little more in depth (I talked about The Moon a lot today thanks to the daily draw!).
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…the best being the Five of Swords, which I took to mean ‘choose your battles’. Em and I playfight a LOT, always trying to be the one who’s right, but on that day I gave in to her on every point. It drove her nuts :)
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Potter posted an update in the group
Tarot School 9 years, 2 months agoOk, I did it. Here’s the tarot tumblr…
Potter does tarot.-
I made one too recently, it’s kind of my new obsession now. Mine’s here
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Awesome! I started following you.
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Yay!
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Awesome Potter! Following!
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Potter posted an update in the group
Tarot School 9 years, 2 months agoA good friend’s birthday was yesterday (yes, the day after mine!). We try pretty hard to have some form of contact with each other on both days, no matter where we are. This year, I offered to do a reading for her (I used the same spread I did for myself). It was my first reading for another person; so exciting! I asked if I could share it, and…[Read more]
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Here’s what she got from it…
“Wow! Holy cannoli. That spread is spot on. Overall the strength of the pentacle a comes through in my current focus on financial security, health, and education.
I’m using my daughters of the moon tarot book but these are my thoughts:
1. Interpreted as security, which to me was definitely a theme for last year…[Read more]
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Here’s what I got…
“I agree on the prevalence of the pentacles! They’re very focused on those practical matters of money, security, home.
I also found the two major cards interesting. Someone mentioned recently that they tend to refer to larger, overarching tends and themes in a person’s life. And looking at The Lovers and The High Priest for…[Read more] -
I love four and five – like, embrace hard work now, by next year you’ll be teaching others.
Reading for others like this is so awesome. I learn so much when I share a spread with another tarot-reading friend (or someone who doesn’t know tarot at all but just reacts to the cards). One of my best friends is a die-hard Thoth tarot user, whereas I…[Read more]
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I agree! And I like what you said about “work now, teach others later.” I’ll have to pass that on to her. :-)
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Potter posted an update in the group
Tarot School 9 years, 2 months agoMy 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]
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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.
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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]
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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.
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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]
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Potter posted an update in the group
Tarot School 9 years, 2 months agoI 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?!
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Potter posted an update in the group
Tarot School 9 years, 2 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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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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I love it! I like to glue, tape, and scrap over my journals, too. They’re more fun when they feel more fluid.
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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!
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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]
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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):
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I love these! I especially love the drawings! Looks like you’ve done a lot of work as well!
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Thanks! I pretty much have a lot of time on my hands right now.
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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]
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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!
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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!
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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.
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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.
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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]
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I want to do this too, have a page for each card, instead of the random jumble that is my journal.
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Love this idea!
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I just wanted to say that I tried Potter’s Pride spread myself and LOVED IT. It’s a very well thought out spread and personally gave me a lot of constructive stuff to work with!
Here’s the reading I did with Potter’s spread:
1. Passion – The Sun
2. Strength – Nine of Cups
3. Expression – Three of Swords (Yes, I do have some issues expressing my identity, thanks deck.)
4. Growth – Ten of Wands
5. Peace – The Empress
6. Community – Knight of Cups
7. Protection – The Fool.
In short, my passion is feeling free and…[Read more]
Pretty sure I said this on tumblr, but love this. thank you. <3
I got the Empress for Community on my last run through (with queer/gay as my ID)! And the Devil was my significator, which I'm still working out.