I'm starting an in-depth study of the tarot. I've had my own cards for a few years, but the cards don't work if the student is not spiritually centered and I haven't exactly been spiritually centered for awhile. I've been amazed at how differently the cards are speaking to me now that I am sober and committed to staying that way. The Univerise is opening itself in so many ways and I am humbled and awed.So, Elena at Lunar Musings is doing a tarot study group and what she has done is wonderful and gorgeous! I am so looking forward to going through the cards this way. Elena has a strong intuitive grasp of the cards, is able to write about them in a clear and easy-to-understand way and has done an incredible job with setting up this project. Look at the right-hand page of her blog to see the link to Tarot Thursday. I had trouble downloading the badge, but will try again later.
In the meantime, I've been spending quite a bit of time with the cards and have begun journaling with them. Yesterday I chose one major arcana card and one minor arcana card to spend a few days with - these are my two cards:
The Chariot: Adversity, possibly already overcome. Conflicting influences. Turmoil. Vengeance. Success. Possibly a voyage or journey. Escape. Rushing to a decision. Need to pay attention to details. Urgency to gain control of one's emotions.
Queen of Wands: A sympathetic and understanding person. Friendly. Loving. Chaste. Practical. Charm and grace. Gracious hostess. Sincere interest in others.
One really interesting thing about these two cards is that the figure in each card is the exact same figure - only one is a man and one is a woman.
Adversity. Possibly already overcome. Success. Conflucting influences. Friendly, loving, practical.
Let me say now that I'm terrible about keeping up with a project where I need to post weekly. This week I have a friend visiting from out of town and will probably be away from the computer for a few days. So when I feel the cards have something to say about my recovery, I will post about it here, but up front I'm not going to try and post every Thursday. However, I did want to post about it and link to it because Elena has done such a beautiful job and I think it's going to be a fantastic learning process and a great addition to my recovery work.
3 comments:
The tarot cards can be interesting.. but honestly I've always had a slight dissonance with anything that supposedly tells "the future". It's too much like predestination. :)
It will be interesting to see where they lead you in your thoughts.
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I don't think that the Tarot really tells you the future, it's more a guide of what may be heavy on/in your soul/spirit and may be what is happening in your world, but I've been working with them for 14 years now and have found them to be tremendously insightful for my internal growth.
Great job on the post I so cannot wait to read more!!!
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I don't intend to use them for prediction either. The same with astrology, it's more of a soul language. Thanks, Chani & Gabriella.
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