All images copyright U.S. Games Systems, Inc, Stamford, CT and M.M. Meleen The "action" card for today is Lust. As I mentioned earlier, the Queen of Disks as "background" card is a mystery to me in human terms, and today's pull only deepens that mystery. So I decided to derive a "quintessence" card from the … Continue reading “Weekly Blueprint” Pull for Wednesday
The Ship of Fools Tarot Deck Interview
When I returned to the serious study and regular use of tarot after an extended period of intermittent dabbling, I found that a number of practices had become entrenched in the culture that didn't exist previously. One of these was what is known as the "new deck interview." This is the engagingly animistic habit of … Continue reading The Ship of Fools Tarot Deck Interview
“Weekly Blueprint” Pull for Tuesday
Here is Tuesday's pairing of background "tone" and foreground "action" cards. I realized this morning that, to be strictly correct, I need to use two decks in this exercise, so all possible combinations are available for each day. There is no logical reason why the Tower can't appear in both the background and the foreground … Continue reading “Weekly Blueprint” Pull for Tuesday
Cheap Shots #18: Justice Restored
No, this isn't about the impeachment of Donald Trump. It alludes to the fact that Aleister Crowley returned the trump cards Justice and Strength (aka Fortitude) to the positions they held in the historical decks of Italy and France: Justice as the eighth in the series and Strength as the eleventh. For his part, A. … Continue reading Cheap Shots #18: Justice Restored
“Weekly Blueprint” Pull for Monday
As promised, here is the first installment of my "test drive" for the Weekly Situational Blueprint spread. I used the Tabula Mundi Colores Arcus deck, with reversals. All images © 2015 M.M. Meleen The weekly draw produced the 4 of Cups (Moon in Cancer) reversed for Monday, the 4 of Swords (Jupiter in Libra) for … Continue reading “Weekly Blueprint” Pull for Monday
A Weekly Situational Blueprint Spread
This weekly spread is an elaboration on the single-card daily draw. The seven diurnal "blueprint" cards are laid out on the evening before the start of the week, and provide a day-by-day situational forecast for the period. Each morning during the week, a single "trigger" card is pulled for that day to draw the promise … Continue reading A Weekly Situational Blueprint Spread
Cheap Shots #17: Tone vs. Substance
One complaint of the tarot novice that comes up quite often on the forums is "Nothing happened the way the cards said it would." This is sometimes accompanied by a profound loss of faith that drives the discouraged neophyte away from the practice of divination entirely. Even the trite remark that "the cards weren't wrong, … Continue reading Cheap Shots #17: Tone vs. Substance
Lunar Month Look-Ahead for October
On the New Moon of each month, I perform a forecast for the impending lunar cycle using astrologer Dane Rudhyar's 8-phase "lunation" model. The basis for the spread structure is described in the developer's notes appended to the layout. Here is the result for October, 2017, using the Tabula Mundi Colores Arcus tarot, with reversals. … Continue reading Lunar Month Look-Ahead for October
The Psycards: A Deck Review
After dragging my feet for a couple of years, I finally located a copy of the Psycards oracle deck, which was recommended to me by several forum mates. This is a beautifully illustrated deck of 40 cards structured around a series of iconic personal and social archetypes such as Birth, Death, Health, Libido, Home, Work, … Continue reading The Psycards: A Deck Review
Nifty Tarot Music
Former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett playing "Ace of Wands" from his tarot-themed album Voyage of the Acolyte. https://youtu.be/J_8LfkkXHCs
