Tarot Of The Day June 27 2018 - Day 9: The Raven’s Prophecy Deck - The Chariot
I have begun the creation of an 89 day tarot course in a group I am a member of on Facebook ('A Kaleidoscope of Magical Perceptions' is the name of the group, please feel free to request membership - it is full of fun people and really great posts about all manner of topics) and I thought I would cross post the information here to this blog as well. Once the initial 89 days of the course have passed, it will start over using a different tarot deck. The text of the ninth session follows.
In the Rider-Waite deck, the Chariot is quite literally a chariot, drawn by two sphinx, one black, one white, carrying man in armor, a warrior, bearing a scepter and crown. They appear to be moving away from a city, and behind then is the thread of water that we have been following through the deck. (If I didn’t mention the water in the Lovers card, look between Adam and Eve on the ground - many tiny black tributaries coalesce in a stream there, far in the distance.)
To me, the Chariot is about moving forward, focused on your goals, changing if needed, making progress without stopping. It’s about getting an opportunity and running with it. It is also about Physical movement, travel. Always about movement, ever forward, and sometimes without concern for those who might fall off your chariot along the way.
In the Rider-Waite booklet, the keywords for the Chariot are as follows: succor, providence, also war, triumph, presumption, vengeance, trouble (upright,) riot, quarrel, dispute, litigation, and defeat (reversed.)
Maggie Stiefvater’s Chariot is a not-quite double ouroboros od two dragons, one red and one white. She writes:
“The duality that the Lovers card mutters about becomes a proper problem by the time the Chariot shows up in a reading. There are two sides to you, seemingly opposite, and you keep being thrown from one to the other. In many decks, this card depicts two beasts of different colors pulling a chariot; when they agree on a direction, the chariot moves forward swiftly. When they disagree, the chariot grinds to a halt.”
Maggie’s keywords for the Chariot are balance, self control, duality, and Id.
Tomorrow - Strength
***TOTD will cover the entire 78 card Raven’s Prophecy Deck alongside the Rider-Waite deck for comparison. In order to not completely burn out, this course of lessons will be 89 days long, so that every Saturday I can break the lessons up by doing a practicum lesson. Practicum lessons will take the form of a layout or spread that I will walk you through the steps of interpretation for. After the first 89 day session ends, we will start over with a one day break for a poll to be done to see what deck everyone wants to see next round. ***
I have begun the creation of an 89 day tarot course in a group I am a member of on Facebook ('A Kaleidoscope of Magical Perceptions' is the name of the group, please feel free to request membership - it is full of fun people and really great posts about all manner of topics) and I thought I would cross post the information here to this blog as well. Once the initial 89 days of the course have passed, it will start over using a different tarot deck. The text of the ninth session follows.
In the Rider-Waite deck, the Chariot is quite literally a chariot, drawn by two sphinx, one black, one white, carrying man in armor, a warrior, bearing a scepter and crown. They appear to be moving away from a city, and behind then is the thread of water that we have been following through the deck. (If I didn’t mention the water in the Lovers card, look between Adam and Eve on the ground - many tiny black tributaries coalesce in a stream there, far in the distance.)
To me, the Chariot is about moving forward, focused on your goals, changing if needed, making progress without stopping. It’s about getting an opportunity and running with it. It is also about Physical movement, travel. Always about movement, ever forward, and sometimes without concern for those who might fall off your chariot along the way.
In the Rider-Waite booklet, the keywords for the Chariot are as follows: succor, providence, also war, triumph, presumption, vengeance, trouble (upright,) riot, quarrel, dispute, litigation, and defeat (reversed.)
Maggie Stiefvater’s Chariot is a not-quite double ouroboros od two dragons, one red and one white. She writes:
“The duality that the Lovers card mutters about becomes a proper problem by the time the Chariot shows up in a reading. There are two sides to you, seemingly opposite, and you keep being thrown from one to the other. In many decks, this card depicts two beasts of different colors pulling a chariot; when they agree on a direction, the chariot moves forward swiftly. When they disagree, the chariot grinds to a halt.”
Maggie’s keywords for the Chariot are balance, self control, duality, and Id.
Tomorrow - Strength
***TOTD will cover the entire 78 card Raven’s Prophecy Deck alongside the Rider-Waite deck for comparison. In order to not completely burn out, this course of lessons will be 89 days long, so that every Saturday I can break the lessons up by doing a practicum lesson. Practicum lessons will take the form of a layout or spread that I will walk you through the steps of interpretation for. After the first 89 day session ends, we will start over with a one day break for a poll to be done to see what deck everyone wants to see next round. ***
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