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tillieke:

Finally some pictures of the blanket I made for @sheeponmars a while ago 🙂 I stupidly forgot to take some decent pictures before sending it off, but I made one for myself I finished recently, so there you go 🙂
It’s approximately 100x70cm to give an idea of the size 🙂

copperbadge:

copperbadge:

So, a few weeks ago, on a quest for something else, I tripped over the concept of the 78-card Tarot spread. For those who aren’t into Tarot, the standard deck has four suits of 14 cards each that comprise the Minor Arcana plus 22 extra “face” cards that comprise the Major Arcana, so a 78-card spread would use every card in the deck, which is a trifle unusual in my experience. 

There are apparently a couple of full-deck spreads floating around out in the ether, but the ones I looked at weren’t satisfying to me for various reasons – perfectly decent on their own, but none of them quite what I was looking for. I had been startled by the very idea of a full-deck spread, but once I looked around I decided it would be interesting to try and make one of my own.

I sat down and drafted out a chart (the hand-drawing in this post is the final drafting of that) and built up a structure around it. For the past week or so I’ve been shuffling and writing and preparing to give the reading a test-run. Now that I have (and it was very interesting reading), I’m ready to unleash it on the world in time for Halloween – or Samhain, or All Saints, or All Souls, or Dia De Los Muertos, or whichever Veil Is Thinnest Oh Shit Light The Candles holiday you prefer. 

You can read more about the spread, including an explication of how to read it and a few variances on the reading, at the link below. I hope you all enjoy it and have fun with it. 

The Four Royal Advisors

It’s that time of year again, so I figured I’d reblog, especially since quite a few people I know have taken up Tarot this year. 

This is TERRIFYING.

I mean, cool, seriously cool, but so, so many cards. I have never felt more of a novice than I do looking at this elder god of a spread.

#MonthofSpreads Day Four: The Intuitive Reading

When I saw the prompt, I thought this one would be really interesting to do with a deck that’s all about intuition and spirit and creativity in a very brilliant and unconventional way, so I chose to use my copy of Brian Froud’s Faeries’ Oracle. I just took out the deck, drew, and formed some vague thoughts about the cards. I did peek at the book afterwards, but what I wrote up reflected what I thought initially.

Keyword: Serenity

14 – The Maiden (Reversed)
The Maiden or infant represents innocence and unknowing, the time before learning and wisdom. Inverted directly would imply that I need to seek out the aspects of the crone, that serentity comes from growing and learning, not from remaining stagnated in a prewisdom state.

62 – The Glanconer
This card at first glance seems very dark at first to me. The figure has a raw power, but that allure seems like it is laced with hidden thorns. I take it that this means that serenity comes from trusting our instincts in situations and around people who have the potential to be dangerous, despite their surface charm.

0 – Faery Guide
This card is blank, and by its very blankness it suggests the unknown and unknowable. Serenity comes from learning and discovery but also from the wisdom to discern what is unable to be known. Otherwise we may strive fruitlessly towards the unreachable, like Ahab for his white whale.

Thoughts
Seek knowledge and learning, but do not neglect wisdom. Use this wisdom to guard against dangerous thoughts, people or situations. Find peace in the fact that some things are just unknowable, and experience is the key to accepting this and finding a measure of serenity.

#MonthofSpreads Day Three: My Personal Development

1. How can I develop more self acceptance in my life?
Daughter of Pentacles
You have to put in the work. Even if it is tedious, difficult or humiliating, it must be done, and done right. There are no shortcuts. It will be worth it.

2. How can I develop more clarity in my life?
Five of Pentacles (Reversed)
Life has been hard, but things are getting better, and the further you come, the brighter the light at the end of the tunnel will be. You’ll get there.

3. How can I develop more security in my life?
0 – The Fool (Reversed)
You need to listen to yourself more, and give value to your own feelings and needs over those of others. Your opinions and feelings have value, and you need to start to treat them as if they matter. As if you matter. Because you do.

Liking this spread a lot, even if I did have to dig deep into the internet to find the reversals that fit. 🙂

#MonthofSpreads Day Two: Tell Me Something Good

Card: Ace of Wands
Growth, change, creativity. Ride the wave of energy, but don’t lose sight of good judgement.

I laughed when I drew this card, because I think it’s the most positive card I’ve ever drawn, for the something good draw. I love my deck.

#MonthofSpreads Day One: Past Present Future

My personal card (or signifier) since I was a teenage has been The Star. However, with my new deck for my adult self, I feel more connected to the Daughter of Swords. So I decided to do two readings for this day.

Celtic Dragon Tarot
Signifier: XVII – The Star
Spirituality, hope, listening to inner and universal messgaes

Past: IX – The Hermit (Reversed)
Focus on personal reflection and spiritual self, make time for self, not just day-to-day tasks

Present: XIV – Temperance
Self-control and inner guidance help you through difficulties. Travel provides a new perspective on an old problem.

Future: Three of Swords (Reversed)
Recovery from a difficult period, acceptance of past trauma, understanding of the time needed to heal

Wild Unknown Tarot
Signifier: Daughter of Swords
Insight, knowledge, hypervigilance, anxiety, inability to accept imperfection

Past: Two of Pentacles
Inevitable change that may be frightening but positive

Present: XI – Strength
Courage needed can be found within

Future: Son of Cups
You may be reacting based on impulse or emotion rather than reality. Step back and take stock before acting.

Neither of these decks have reversals as part of their books, but I like trying to read the reversals anyway using internet resources.

All in all, I need to be less impulsive and more in touch with my inner self. I have been hurt, but I am healing. Change happens, but I have a choice how I react to it. I have the courage to weather it.