Tarot Blog Hop 2017

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Happy Beltaine Everyone!

Welcome to my Blog! If you have found yourself here by way of the Tarot Blog Hop hosted by the lovely Arwen Lynch Poe then thank you for participating in the Beltaine Tarot Hop! Please check out the master list in order to find some new and amazing blogs to follow!

This year's Tarot Blog Hop topic is about other types of divination that you might use in conjunction with Tarot. Tarot is my preferred type of divination but I do like to mix Tarot and Oracle cards on a regular basis. For the past year at least I have also been pulling a daily oracle card as well as Tarot.

I keep a daily journal on Tarot just for my own reference. I pull three Tarot cards for Mind, Body, and Spirit. I then record what I pulled that day in the journal so I can see what sort of patterns appear over time. Doing this daily can give you a better overview of what's going on in your life. You start to see that you pull the same card often and after a while you'll see that certain cards will appear when major life events happen. Keeping track will help you to realize that certain cards will have personal messages specifically for you.

The Tarot journal I've used for the last few years was an ordinary 3-ring binder. Certainly effective, but really boring! I mean really... Who was ever going to see this binder other than myself? What does it matter? Well guess what! Here I am writing a blog post and considering a YT video about it as well. So I guess with that in mind, loads of people are going to see my boring little binder! Ha! 

So I decided I needed to spruce things up a little by creating a new journal. I needed my new binder to be practical as well as cute. I decided practically speaking that a typical spiral notebook works the best. Even though ordinary spiral notebooks can be inexpensive and practical they tend to be a little boring again! So I came up with a solution to sprucing up my hum-drum little book without breaking the bank. 

I made a cute little quilted cover for my spiral notebooks! This way I can just pop a new one when I have filled up a notebook. I used up some left over scraps from a Halloween quilt I made previously for the cover and some plain purple broadcloth on the inside. Cheep and cheerful!

For this post I am showing off a newer Tarot deck of mine The Everyday Witch Tarot by Deborah Blake, I absolutely love the witchy artwork in this deck. I think it's the same artist that did the Green Witch Tarot which is another favourite of mine. And I am also pulling an oracle card from The Vintage Wisdom Oracle Deck to mix things up a bit. These have been my go to decks right now!

I've pulled my three tarot cards for the day...

Mind-Death
Body-Five of Cups (R)
Spirit- The Fool (R)

And one Oracle card... Freedom

Which I would take to mean that I have some new opportunities coming right now and I shouldn't hesitate to make a change.

As for Beltaine this year, I am planning on setting up a nice altar tomorrow and doing my own thing since I missed both events I could have gone to locally. It just wasn't in the cards this year for me. So I missed both of them. I did however get out to the market this year with friends where I found a new cauldron for my collection!

I wasn't going for Mary Poppins honestly! But I think I achieved her look anyway.

Dress and purse- Made by me
coat-vintage
shawl-vintage
hat-decorated by myself


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Mad Tea Party: Tea and Tarot

 

Mad Tea Party Blog Party hosted by A Fanciful Twist 

Welcome to my Mad Mad Tea Party! This post is part of a fantastic blog party hosted by A Fanciful Twist. It's a traditional blog hop so please make sure to visit the home page on Fanciful Twist for the links to all the participating blogs!

Welcome to my home, please pull up a chair and have a seat at my Tarot table! I have a nice hot cup of tea ready and waiting for you! 

Today we are using my newest deck, The Wild Unknown Tarot. It's a beautiful handmade deck that I found on the Internet. I love how the artwork really speaks to me. It's simple and powerful. It's full of hand drawn animals and rustic designs. I've laid out a few spreads below using the deck so you can see the artwork in action. 

3 card spread:

7 of cups

Mother of wands (queen of wands)

Ace of swords 

4 card spread: 

The Magician 

Strength

Judgement 

The Hanged Man 

And below you can see all of the major arcana laid out all at once. 

And here is what the deck looks like in a Celtic Cross spread. It has become one of my favourite decks already. I've used it for several readings with clients already. 

If you are interested in a tarot reading by me please check out my Etsy store. I've just added a 3 card ($10) and a Celtic Cross ($20) spread on Etsy. 

The Witches Tarot Review

I've been into Tarot Reading for as long as I can remember. My mom had a set of the traditional tarot deck, Rider Waite, when I was a kid. I would play with them all the time because I was fascinated with the images. I'm pretty sure I didn't know they were for divination at all at the time. I just enjoyed playing with them. My mother was quite gifted psychically. She predicted that I would have a son named Alex when I was about 12 or 13 years old. She would meditate for hours because it calmed her and she used the Tarot.

Even though I've read Tarot for myself and friends for a lot of years I've never considered that it could be a career path for me until recently. I am fortunate enough to have a lot of gifted friends around me and a few of them have mentioned I should be reading Tarot for others. I dug out my old well worn and weathered deck called the Enchanted Tarot that I received as a gift in the 90s from a good friend and began reading for friends again. 

Even though I love my older deck I decided I wanted something new and special for this new phase of my life. I chose The Witches Tarot by Ellen Dugan from my local New Age store called The Cat, Book, and Candle. I was drawn to the cover of the box featuring the moon card. I bonded immediately with these cards. And now they are my go to deck. 

I am taking an advanced Tarot Reading course at The Cat, Book, and Candle. I am loving every minute of it and learning to be more confident with my tarot and trust my intuition completely when reading for others. 

Here are a few sample spreads I did today. I asked the Tarot if I will be reading Tarot professionally for others in the near future. I think my answers were very positive! 

So I highly recommend this deck for both experienced tarot readers as well as beginners. There are a few substitutes from the traditional Rider Waite deck but it was very easy to remember them. For instance The Devil becomes the Shadow Side and Judgement becomes Karma. The faces can sometimes be a little strange but I think that is because the author used friends and family for models. However the artwork on the major arcana is stunning and easily relatable. 

What I wore today:

Butterfly Kimono with fringe: Made by me
Ruffle tank: thrifted
Tiered skirt: thrifted
Docs
Butterfly and flower hair accessories

A better look at the kimono cardi: