Tag: the faeries’ oracle

#MonthofSpreads Day Fourteen: Reader Self-Care

1. What can I start doing to support and self-nurture myself?
4 – He of the Fiery Sword
Clear and focussed will, determination, strength of purpose, evolution

2. How can I rejuvenate and replenish my reserves?
12 – The Singer of the Chalice
Opening myself to all the good feelings in life – patience, joy, trust, creativity, hope and miracles

3. How can I best commit myself to my self-care?
35 – The Faun (Reversed)
Immerse yourself in nature and the natural rhythms of life, connect though green spaces, recognise the cycles of life, care for the body and mind

Thoughts
I can support and self-nuture by being determined and clear of purpose, being open to the good feelings in life, anchoring in to nature, and taking care of my body and mind by exercising, eating right and taking time to just be.

#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.

iamshadow21:

I found a beautiful copy of the Faeries’ Oracle in a secondhand bookshop for $15 a couple of weeks ago. An impulse purchase, but one I felt very strongly was the right decision… and, having just done my first tentative reading with it, I am all the more sure. It’s such a WARM, friendly deck, and Froud’s art is absolutely stunning. And, just to prove my decks are in cahoots, the reading is, I need to be sensible, wise and creative. I need to open myself to creativity, and focus on the dance and flow of it, not get caught up in trying to be perfect.

tarotprose replied to your photo post: WOW. This deck is so gorgeous!!! I am so happy for you. Have a great time bonding with it. Also do you have a favorite card or cards?

It’s really beautiful, truly. I bought it in part because I was getting interested in decks I could use to help me, and also because one of the books I lost recently, that were destroyed, was my edition of Lady Cottington’s Pressed Fairy Book, which was also by Froud. I hadn’t replaced it yet, and though the pictures are different, I knew the deck would be something I could use rather than a book I’d thumb through maybe once a year at most. I don’t have a favourite card yet. Once I know them and their meanings better, then maybe, but right now, the answer’s pretty much ‘all of them!’. 😀

I found a beautiful copy of the Faeries’ Oracle in a secondhand bookshop for $15 a couple of weeks ago. An impulse purchase, but one I felt very strongly was the right decision… and, having just done my first tentative reading with it, I am all the more sure. It’s such a WARM, friendly deck, and Froud’s art is absolutely stunning. And, just to prove my decks are in cahoots, the reading is, I need to be sensible, wise and creative. I need to open myself to creativity, and focus on the dance and flow of it, not get caught up in trying to be perfect.