Tarot Of The Day July 30, 2018 - Day 37: The Raven’s Prophecy Deck - 9 of Cups

Tarot Of The Day July 30, 2018 - Day 37: The Raven’s Prophecy Deck - 9 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-seventh session follows.

The 9 of Cups in the Rider-Waite deck shows a man, dressed like a merchant or simply a man of wealth, seated before a curved altar holding ten golden goblets. This card speaks (visually) of being satisfied, of having all that one could wish for. The Rider-Waite booklet says, “ The goodly personage is feasting to his heart’s content, and abundant refreshment of wine is on the arched counter behind him. Concord, contentment, physical bien-etre, also victory, success, advantage, satisfaction for the Querent or person for whom the consultation is made (upright,) truth, loyalty, liberty. But the readings vary and include mistakes, imperfections, etc. (reversed.)

Maggie Stiefvater shows the 9 of Cups as a beautiful skyscape with 9 ravens flying through it. She writes, “ Happiness. I could leave that single word as the descriptor for this card, and anything you could imagine would be all right. The Nine of Cups is a joyful, wonderful card, representing all of your emotional dreams coming to fulfillment. Whatever you’ve been working towards in your relationships - be they friendly or familial or romantic - it’s all here. You feel deeply content, and like things are about to get better. You’re probably right.”

Maggie  gives the following keywords for the 9 of Cups: bliss, fulfillment, and pleasure.”

Tomorrow - 10 of Cups

***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. ***