Deck: Victorian Regina Tarot

This has been the week of trying new daily spreads! I do my readings at night, right before bedtime. My original intent was to use a 3 card spread I discovered on Aeclectic, but when I looked it up this morning, it appears that I made up my own spread last night. That’s the beauty of Tarot; you can use what works best for you. This is what I came up with:

Reflections Spread

(Left) What can I take from the day?
(Center) What can I take into tomorrow?
(Right) What can I take from today into tomorrow?

The last card helps clarify how you can take the experience from the day into tomorrow. It’s a summary card in many ways, but also takes into account what the focus was for today (position 1) and the focus for the tomorrow (position 2).  more...

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

Has it really been three weeks since my last post? So far, this year has been off to a busy start. After a busy work week and preparing to go away, going away and then coming back and getting things back up to speed, I feel like I lost track of time! Needless to stay, I am ready to get things back on track with this blog. Posting three times a week (under normal conditions!) isn’t too much to ask of myself.

Whilst I have not been blogging, I have still been doing daily draws. Single card draws for reflections work well, and I like the simplicity of three card spreads (past – present – future or the like). However, I have become quite fond of two card spreads as well. Clear and to the point, they offer a concise way to do a assist in clarifying the issue depicted in the first card drawn. Sometimes, less is better!  more...

Tarot Card of the Day – November 3, 2009: Princess of Swords

Deck: The Fairy Tale Tarot

Element: Air
Associations: Thought processes; conflict

The Princess of Swords in the Fairy Tale Tarot is based on the story, “Thumbelina“. Based on the typical Rider-Waite-Smith meanings (RWS), the Princess of Swords is equivalent to the Page of Swords.

The princess–or in this case Thumbelina–is riding a bird through the air. The bird carries her above a large stream of water, gliding through the mist. To her right are ice-capped mountains and to her left is a meadow. The ice-capped mountains symbolize goals and aspirations that need to be achieved by understanding unconscious. The meadow denotes fruition. The stream in between represents mystery, the flow of thoughts and the possibility of discovery and inner strength that is possible in the suit of Swords.  more...

Tarot Card of the Day – July 22, 2009: The Empress

Deck: Universal Waite Tarot

I saw my mother yesterday for the first time in one-and-a-half years. After various setbacks over this course of time, the time was finally right. Sure we had not seen each other and had only spoken intermittently during this period. But, the love had never stopped. She is my mother and I, her daughter. By will of nature, nothing can change that and by will of nurture, she raised me well and I have become who I am today based on these experiences.

When I drew The Empress card last night, I had shuffled the deck for quite some time. I divided the deck into three smaller decks and selected a card from the middle one. My intent was to do a free association exercise for the drawn card for my Tarot Card of the Day post.  more...