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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. ***

Tarot Of The Day July 29, 2018 - Day 36: The Raven’s Prophecy Deck - 8 of Cups

Tarot Of The Day July 29, 2018 - Day 36: The Raven’s Prophecy Deck - 8 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-sixth session follows.

The Rider-Waite 8 of Cups shows  a figure with his back turned to the cups, walking stick in hand, leaving them behind as he travels into the distance. The moon shines above, and the landscape is a rocky shore with craggy islands.  The booklet describes this scene: “A man of dejected aspect is deserting the cups of his felicity, enterprise, undertaking or previous concern.”

It lists the following keywords for the 8 of Cups: The card  speaks for itself on the surface, but other readings are entirely antithetical - giving joy, mildness, timidity, honor, modesty (upright,) great joy, happiness, feasting (reversed.)

Personally, I find the booklet’s keywords absolutely contradictory to the imagery provided, and have always read the card as symbolic of abandonment, and all of the emotions that go along with it. The reversal, however, I do agree with the Rider-Waite booklet on.

Maggie Stiefvater’s Raven’s Prophecy deck shows the eight of cups as four white feathers resting on the surface of still water, their reflections making up the other half of the eight.  She writes, “I chose to use an image of reflected feathers on the Eight of Cups to call back to the reflected image on the Four of CUps. Both the Four and the Eight speak to stagnation and plateauing in your relationships. The difference is that the Four represents new relationships suffering because of neglect, and the Eight represents established relationships that are simply not satisfying. The situation in many ways has become untenable, and the longer you stew in it, the more nothing happens. Those floating feathers on the card aren’t going anywhere without a wind of change.”

Maggie offers the following keywords for the Eight of Cups: stagnation, moving, dissatisfaction.

Tomorrow - 9 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. ***

Tarot Of The Day July 28, 2018 - Day 35: The Raven’s Prophecy Deck - Practicum 5: ‘I am The Storm’ Spread

Tarot Of The Day July 28, 2018 - Day 35: The Raven’s Prophecy Deck - Practicum 5: ‘I am The Storm’ Spread

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-fifth session follows.

It rained a bit today where I live, and I went for a drive and it REALLY rained on me! I could hardly see through my windscreen for a while, but then I drove out from underneath the storm, and entered a fresh, green, and clean area. It was nice. Sometimes, we see storms as forces of nature and destruction, and yes, they are that - but they are also cleansing and full of power. Use this layout to set your course through the storms of life.

Here are the cards that I drew for this spread:

1. Page of Wands - Brilliance, learning, courage, beauty, self-liberation, release of fear, spontaneous expression, freedom, new directions, adventure, spring, nothing to fear.

2. Queen of Coins - Creativity, talent, fertility, health, nurturing, stability, fulfillment.

3. 9 of Swords - Despair, misery, desolation, disaster, self-criticism, mental cruelty.

4. Queen of Swords, Reversed - Narrow-mindedness, intolerance, bigotry, artifice, prudery.

5. Ace of Cups - Breakthrough, life-force, open heart, trusting heart, spiritual heart, expression.

So, according to the cards I drew, my storm, the energy waiting within me to be released, has a lot to do with self-confidence and the ability to express myself fully without fear of criticism or judgement. This will recharge me with the lightning of creativity - as an artist, so far this reading really connects with me! The energy of the rain will nourish my spirit by ...this card, the 9 of Swords, I call the ‘Night Terrors’ card. It is full of mental anguish and pain, and at first glance, getting this card here seems off, because how could mental anguish nourish my spirit?  But let’s look at this from another angle. Sometimes, when a card appears that seems incongruous to the rest of the cards in the story, we need to try looking at it differently to get the message being sent. Here, perhaps it means that the energy of the rain will cleanse and heal my spirit of the mental anguish I suffer ( I do deal with anxiety and depression, among other things.) I will keep these energies from overshadowing things with ...narrow mindedness? Again, an odd card means we need to look at either the position of the card differently , or the meaning of the card itself differently. This card is all about being closed to things - which makes sense when we see that the card position is about HOW to protect my other energies from the energy of this storm. So I need to be closed to the energy of the storm, which was the newfound self confidence - perhaps this is a warning me to not take that energy too far, which would go from confidence to arrogance and being cocky. Finally, after the storm passes me by, how will I have grown? The final card is a return to the first - meaning I will grow from this breakthrough storm in to a more open and trusting in myself person.

Tomorrow - 8 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. ***

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. ***

Tarot Of The Day July 26, 2018 - Day 33: The Raven’s Prophecy Deck - 6 of Cups

Tarot Of The Day July 26, 2018 - Day 33: The Raven’s Prophecy Deck - 6 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-third session follows.

The Rider-Waite 6 of Cups shows two children, according to the booklet in ‘an old garden’ (but what seems like a courtyard or square,) and all of the goblets shown in the scene  are filled with flowers. It evokes innocence, childhood, and nostalgia, as well as perhaps new beginnings. 

The Rider-Waite booklet offers these words for the 6 of Cups: “A card of memories and of the past. For example, reflecting on childhood, happiness, enjoyment, but coming rather from the past, things that have vanished. New relations, new environments, and new knowledge (upright,) renewal, the future, that which will come to pass presently (reversed.)”

Maggie Stiefvater’s Raven’s prophecy deck shows the 6 of Cups as a Raven watching 6 bubbles float by. She writes, “ This is the nostalgia card. Its theme of looking back might seem very similar to the Five of Cups’s obsession with what has passed, but I generally read the Six as a positive card. You’re looking at the past, just like in the Five, but unlike in the Five, there’s no pain. ...Of course, excessive nostalgia can keep you from moving forward. The past tends to look rosier than it was, so it’s not difficult to get caught in a stereotypical “when I was a kid” talk. Nostalgia can be incredibly stifling if all you do with it is compare it to the present and find the present constantly coming up short. But  if you instead use your memories to be grateful for the life you’ve lived so far, and to remind you of the things that are important to you, they can be a powerful tool for helping you move forward.”

Maggie offers the following keywords for the Six of Cups: nostalgia, childhood, and revisitation.

Tomorrow - 7 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. ***