Tarot Of The Day July 27, 2018 - Day 34: The Raven’s Prophecy Deck - 7 of Cups

Tarot Of The Day July 27, 2018 - Day 34: The Raven’s Prophecy Deck - 7 of Cups

I am posting a daily 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 sessions of the course have passed, it will start over using a different tarot deck. The text of the thirty-fourth session follows.

Oh, to be blessed with an abundance! All of the wonders - and temptations - of the world are laid out before him, but like a mirage, they may disappear in the same puff of smoke they have arrived upon. The losses of the past have made him greedy, and he grabs at all of them selfishly. It feels good to feel good, and he could get hooked if he isn’t careful. The Rider-Waite deck’s 7 of Cups shows a familiar figure with a bounty laid out before him. Each golden goblet has a different thing to offer; one literally is a castle in the sky!

The Rider-Waite booklet offers the following  for the 7 of Cups: Fairy favors, images of reflection, imagination, sentiment, things seen in the glass of contemplation, some attainment, in these degrees, but nothing permanent or substantial is suggested (upright.)  desire, will, determination, project (reversed.)

Maggie Stiefvater chose to show the 7 of Cups as a crowd of seven ravens, each with a different treasure in it clutches; the lantern of the Hierophant, the crown of the Emperor (also seen in the Death card, and again later in Judgement) The Moon, an oak leaf from The Wheel of Fortune card, the feather and pearls from the Justice card, and a snake. She writes, “The Seven of cups shows a variety of choices, some of them immediately satisfying, some of them spiritually enriching. When the Seven of Cups appears in a reading, it’s a sign that you’re facing a lot of choices...and many of them might not even be real choices. Instead, after the fanciful meditation of the Six of Cups, your thoughts are full of imagined possibilities, and it wouldn’t be too hard to convince yourself that some of those daydreams might be actual choices here and now. Moreover, of the choices that do exist, many of them would do far more harm than good.”

Maggie offers the following keywords for the Seven of Cups: choices, temptation, options, and wishful-thinking.

Tomorrow - Practicum 5

***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,  on Saturday I will 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 round of sessions ends, we will start over with a short break for a poll to be done to see what deck everyone wants to see next round. ***