tarot for the cyclist

[alpinerabbit]

look...

[Python]

I've been reading Tarot cards for years and they look like a "must have"

[chickwhorips]

those are neat. will someone read my cards?

[Kitsune06]

it's pretty easily done with the cards and a book. I tend not to like Crowley decks, but some people really think he's God's Gift to philosophy...

It's all in interpretation... for those who know their tarot, for a year and a half, every reading I got had the towers in it. Then, I left xdh and I've never had the towers come up since. I guess change HAD to happen.

[chickwhorips]

i don't have cards or a book.... so i'm just sol.

[Python]

I've used the Crowley Thoth Tarot but didn't get on that well with them. I have several decks but the one I use most and I find, for me, are the most accurate are The Tarot of the Cat People. They're also a very pretty deck. The only problem I have with them is when I bring them out and am doing a reading for someone my cats come in and sit on them

[LBTC]

Great story, Kit! Are you still reading? Anything interesting coming up these days?

Python, I love how your cats just know. Very cool.

Me, I only read the tarot when I've had a glass or two of wine. And thank you for the reminder, with my GB being so stupid, alcohol is actually rather soothing and I've been having a glass every night. Time to start doing regular readings for me! yay!

oh, yes, and I use the Robin Wood deck. A lot like the Ryder Thwaite, but the people are prettier, and there are three FABULOUS cards: Death, the Devil and the special one to this deck, the Nothing card - totally blank like a zen block.

Namaste,
~T~

[Kitsune06]

I got into reading runes (shake the bag and drop one out, look it up and see what the "message of the day" was, or do a full reading) and haven't done a real tarot reading since last week.

That one (I only read cards upright. I suppose adding the 'reverse' meaning would make it more accurate, but I want to avoid that kind of negativity... =P) I lay past, present, future, with conscious things and Subconscious influences. Past- V of Wands, Present- IV of Cups, Future- the World. Conscious influence- Queen of Swords Subconscious influence-II of Cups

Interesting, huh? I can kinda see it, but don't want to elaborate, really.

xdh had a clay runeset made for him with Thor's hammer pressed into the backs of the runes... (I joked I had Wyrd tattooed on my back. People would ask to see, and I would show them... Some took more explanation than others...)

[alpinerabbit]

By the way the pic is from the NOVA tarot by Running Press. I got it form Borders in the US, can also be found at Amazon. The little book that comes with it is not of much value but I just love the imagery.

There's also a miniature version of less than an inch height which I have, it's cute as a talisman (not really workable).

[KnottedYet]

I have Joan Bunning's book, "Learning the Tarot". I like that everything has a postitive spin in her definitions.

I have a couple decks, but stopped using my first deck because I pulled the Hermit 3 or 4 times in a row (my aunt and I were playing with tarot in the other room) the very moments my dad died. Too weird for me. Then I bought a Waite deck. I think it's sad that the dike who actually drew the Waite deck gets no credit for her work. Well, she gets credit, but the deck isn't named after her.

Like Kit, I only read "upright".

If someone drew an entire deck that was biking, I'd be all over it.

Haven't done any card-play in a long time. Maybe I should pull a card o' the day for today. (kinda like Dove chocolate fortunes)

Six of Wands. "Triumph, acclaim, pride."

[Trek420]

I prefer Dove chocolate fortunes think I'll pull one:

Make your eyes twinkle

[KnottedYet]

Mmmmm, chocolate....

[LBTC]

I pulled the reading that Kitsune mentioned
Past - Queen of Pentacles (reversed)
Present - Queen of Wands (reversed)
Future - Strength
Consious Influence - Knight of Pentacles
Subconcious Influence - Ace of Wands (reversed)

I like to think of reversed cards as an indication that "something" is blocking the energy of the card....that something may be something we have control over, or we may not. I personally think that my wands reversed is because of my current health problem that is reducing my activity and quality of life. I hope that the Strength in the future is SOON!

Any comments on the reading from anyone would be most welcome....

Namaste,
~T~

[Kitsune06]

LBTC
Wow. A lot of reversed cards. Hmm. Hopefully that Strength does come in, soon! And I'm not sure about your health situation, but that sounds like a plausible explanation. I've always liked that Knight of Pentagrams. He was xdh's card, incidentally. He managed to somehow have it come up in most (60%ish) of his readings. Funny.

Knot-
Too weird about the Hermit card being pulled... strange things like that happen. I didn't put much into the Tower the first couple of times it happened (I figured it was about work or something) but in the midst of our parting (and it was hard. We both still felt for each other, but... well no details here...) my adopted uncle drew for me, and .... towers didn't come up. In its place was the Empress. It confused the **** out of me. Then I met DGF and all has been revealed.

Reading today
Past- Knight of Wands
Present- Page of Pentacles
Future- Death
Conscious- 2 of Pentacles
Subconscious- 9 of Swords

Not happy about the 9 of swords. Knot, do you have a positive divination on that one? Both the conscious and subconscious seem very tied to the future card.
I'm wondering if it means that my rash actions in the past will make sense and ultimately lead to change, if I have to go through a little suffering beforehand?

Oh, and my job interview went really well...

[pooks]

My faves were the Universal Waite Smith. (The group I hung with when I was into tarot always added the "Smith" because Pamela Smith was the artist.)

I love the images, and the colors in the Universal deck are so much prettier.

Pamela Smith's original (Rider Waite Smith):



And the Universal Waite Smith:



I had some good books, but they were more about learning about yourself than the future. I was never any good at it, other than what I learned about myself, but nothing about predicting ever worked.