Has it Really Been a Month? Really, a month? Well, almost. I haven’t posted an entry on here since March 2nd. That entry was an odd one of sorts as well. I sold that deck. Then, I needed a break. It happens.

Over the course of the past few months, I have been building my Tarot collection, finding myself in readings, and new and interesting ways to incorporate Tarot into my life. However, none of the learning and discovery has been mentioned here as  of late. I’ve struggled with the voice of this blog. Do I want it it to be a depository for daily readings and reflections? Or, do I want to use a private print journal? Do I want to post the newest decks I have discovered or my latest finds and purchases, even if they aren’t new, mass market or well known? Do I want to post random observations?  more...

Deck: (Top) The Victorian Romantic Tarot; (Bottom) The Bohemian Gothic Tarot

I read a post on Tarot Dame’s Blog featuring a New Year Spread last week. I was planning doing a 3 card reading using the past, present and future positions, and this spread is a fun take on it:

New Year Spread

(Left)What I should leave behind me when the new year arrives?
(Center)What I should take with me in the new year?
(Right)What I have to look forward to in the coming year?

My first observation was that I drew three Major Arcana cards. This implies that each of the answers involves a significant event or stage. Valuable and possibly life-changing events are in the works for 2010. Most of us feel this way when we start the year and we tend to focus on the immediate. Sometimes it’s wise to take a step back and observe where we where, where we are, and where we are going.  more...

aurarcana is honored to be The Tarot School’s first featured blog for 2010 (January 2010) in their monthly “Tarot Tips” newsletter!

I just learned this news today when I received and email from the Tarot School’s very own Ruth Ann Amberstone.

I am flattered and quite humbled to be honored by the prestigious The Tarot School. This blog was created as an outlet for me to write about my experiences with Tarot and to harness my web design skills (which I currently use at my day job). It’s been a hobby of sorts in so many ways.

There are so many great Tarot blogs an I thought that would be an opportune time to mention some of my favorites:  more...

• Bonnie Cehovet
• Cat ‘N Owl
• Corrine Kenner’s Tarot Blog
• Daily Reading & Meditation
• Dynamic Dreamer ~ Art Weaver: The Mythic, Tarot Fairy Tale musings of Lisa Hunt

Cat ‘N Owl has an interesting writing prompt “Picking your tarot card focus for 2010” that can kick start the new year and help you focus one Tarot card for the entire year. Aside from journaling and generally reflecting on it, you can take it one step further by meditating with it. If you let your imagination roam free and lose yourself in the imagery, you will learn something new.

Grab a deck and remove all of the Major cards from it. Shuffle the Majors only and focus on the question: What do I need to be focusing on this year?

I drew The Hierophant from The Victorian Romantic Tarot. Since I am also using The Bohemian Gothic Tarot to offer a shadow interpretation, I pulled the Hierophant from that deck so that I could view them together.  more...

Happy New Year! Out with the old, in with the new! It’s 2010 and while I steer away from New Year’s resolutions, I do see the benefits of setting a general tone for the year.

The Tarot Lady wrote a fun blog post with a formula to find your number for the year using numerology based on the month and day you were born in and the current year. The creative part? Well, that involves music and thinking about how certain songs evoke emotions in all of us.

Let’s get started!

By using Chris Delorey’s Creative Numerology site, you can follow the formula for “Your Yearly Forecast”:

My birthday: December 8
Month = 12
Day = 8
Year = 2010

To find your number, add all of the numbers up as single digits and then reduce that sum even further into a single digit.

Here’s mine:  more...

Tarot Card of the Day – December 31, 2009

Deck: Morgan-Greer Tarot

For my daily draw today, I pulled the 5 of Cups. When I view this card, there are many emotive qualities that lean towards the negative aspects of the scene depicted including the three cups that have been spilled over. But, I see the positive: the two cups that are still standing and are full.

The three spilled cups have wine or blood; blood is often used as a metaphor for the flesh in religions like Christianity. In numerology, 3 represents things coming together. In this instance, what has come together has been separated, emptied and is flowing until it disappears into the dry earth. However, right behind the figure in the card are two cups that stand upright and full. in numerlogy, 2 represents new beginnings; there is still hope and we can start again. In the distance of the barren landscape of the present, is a castle on top of a fertile cliff. Birds–perhaps sea gulls–fly over the sea and above the castle and symbolize movement. The waters are calm, not stormy. Perhaps the feelings of despair and gloom were just an illusion.  more...

Tarot Card of the Day – December 24, 2009

Deck: The Victorian Romantic Tarot

I decided to draw from my Victorian Romantic Gold last night. The deck has a wintery feel to it and I am quite drawn to the artwork and the imagery in the cards. I shuffled, my cat Eno by my side, and out came The Hanged Man. And, what a revelation this is.

The Hanged Man is a card that calls attention to the deep rewards of intentional sacrifice. We all feel the need to seek something new, different, essential, spiritual and to achieve a goal. In this card, we see, a person dangling upside down suspended by a gold rope. The action is intentional. The rope is tied to a stone bridge, a metaphor for strength and getting from point A to point B. He hangs from the middle of the archway. His clothing can be symbolic of the attributes of the card: red denoting action, desire, passion and urge; blue for unconscious mental activity and emotions; gold for a supreme state or victory,which is also the color of the rope. In the background, we see a barren cliff surrounded by a fertile forest. This journey is solitary, but much reward can be gained from taking it.  more...

False alarm. The Holi Palloi is not the deck. I thought it was, but that’s due to the excitement that Tarot decks bring. Synchronicity was in the works when I found that second Hoi Palloi deck. How could I not think it was the deck.

And what’s all the  buzz surrounding the deck and the desire to find it? I wasn’t going to force the issue and choose any deck to be my working deck I’ve been collecting them because the artwork is beautiful, the designs vary, the colors are different, and each one invokes different emotions when I view the cards.  more...

I have homework this week. Yes, one of my assignments from the Tarot class I am taking was to find a working deck to bond with and to use for readings with myself and others (yes, others at a later date).

Over the past five months, I have amassed a collection of 22 decks (and one Oracle).  My collection isn’t the focal point of this post. I simply love discovering new ones and knowing that I have options to read with a variety of decks depending on my mood or situation.

I have been focusing and learning using variations of the RWS and have played with daily drawings from some of the decks that I feel comfortable with at this stage. But, I’m yet to find the deck. Yes, the deck, the one I want to make mine. Sure there are no deadlines with this. And, the homework assignment is just a point in this short four-week long class. I knew that I was going to have to bring one deck with me to learn with. I didn’t even do that for the first class; I brought two decks since I wasn’t sure.  more...

I attended my first Tarot class tonight, and of course, my mind is buzzing afterwards. It’s late, or rather, it’s late for me since I wake up at 5:10 a.m. to head to work in the morning in New York City. I figured it was best to write my thoughts down now while they are fresh.

The class was held at Paranormal Books & Curiosities in Asbury Park and the instructor, Linda Fate, was welcoming from the start. It’s an intimate setting; there were only four students including myself in the class! With it being only an hour long, us students didn’t exchange any intros about interests, work or Tarot experience. That part would have been nice, but at the same time, perhaps the hidden element appeals to some. Regardless, we may get to know each other better over time…  more...