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As the bonfires blaze, fiery and bright what transformation awaits me on Samhain night?
Card: Nine of Pentacles: Abundance with growth, gentle and slow but being able to reap what I have sown.
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-Madame Starbeam
A witch’s broom, a raven’s call, what secrets does the night enthral?
Card: The Hierophant Rx: a break from tradition, the norm, and all things structured. Freedom, chaos.
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-Madame Starbeam
Oh Hunter’s Moon, this witching hour, how do I rise within my power?
Card: Nine of Wands Rx: I can’t give up, I have to keep going even when things seem hard. The end of the journey is coming, but I can’t give up yet. I still have more to achieve.
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-Madame Starbeam
And as the veil keeps growing thing, show me how to prepare for this Samhain.
Card: The Empress: Embrace my feminity, be creative, nurture my surroundings and myself (I did this today!)
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-Madame Starbeam
Of blood and bone, of skin and seed, what part of you should I embrace in me?
Card: The Sun Rx: Ridiculously unachievable optimism- believing everything in the whole world will be amazing at all times, unwaveringly positive about everything.
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-Madame Starbeam
Cards on the table, ancestors respond, give me a sign from somewhere beyond.
Card: The Hermit: The sign comes from quiet introspection, in a solitary place, that isn’t frequented by many but has many rewards to give to the patient.
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-Madame Starbeam
Spooky, scary, nothing to fear. What I have channelled will manifest here:
Card: 4 of Swords Rx: the sense of recovery that comes from release, the end of waiting and resting and the beginning of a new venture, moving energy and coming back out into the world.
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-Madame Starbeam
Cobwebs, spiders, creepy-crawling. A pinch of this will help my calling…
Card: Eight of Wands Rx: waiting and not rushing into anything. Ensuring that I don’t leave myself unprepared, but also embracing some sense of chaos and letting things happen as they’re going to- allowing the cookie to crumble.
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-Madame Starbeam
Black cats, ravens, hooting owls, what am I to channel into the here and now?
Card: The Tower: I’m supposed to channel the Tower? Ultimate destruction and change of things that don’t work, things that don’t serve a purpose, solid, seemingly stable constructs.
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-Madame Starbeam
The wonderful Tarotholics Discord prompt exploring the Moon card. This is a card I like and hate- I usually think of the negative side- illusions, distrust, things are not always what they seem. To me, this card is often a warning. Have a look at some of the Moon cards I have, and my interpretation of this one from The Modern Love Tarot.
The Moon from the Modern Love Tarot: I get a strong sense of anxiety, subconsciousness and fear of the unknown with this card- the figure on the ground seems to be either anxious or deeply in meditation, not focused on the moon, but taking in the moment of darkness. The wolf howling in the background reminds me of a lot of moon cards I’ve seen, but it doesn’t seem dangerous as it’s so far away. When I think of the Moon, I often think of things not always as they appear/deception and illusion, but I don’t get a strong feeling of that with this card. Instead, I’d read this card as taking time to see things how they really are, taking a moment to look and clarify what’s actually happening- bringing the moon into focus more.
Mundane Magick tarot: The poem on this card reads: Dark and quiet/or is it?/a pile of dirty clothing/casts suspicious. shadows/ a symphony of nocturnal/squeaks/ordinarily drowned/under the noise of the day/resist the urge/ to turn on the light/there’s much to be learned/in the dark/ you don’t need to see/feel.
I get the same sense of uncertainty and anxiety as in the Modern Love card, but it seems a bit more scary here- the subconscious aspect too- letting your mind run in circles of fear from the unknown. Both seem to have a feeling of embracing the darkness, though this one also makes me think of questioning what you’re really afraid of, which I don’t get from the Modern Love card. I would read this one as an embrace your fear, question what’s really true or false, and don’t feel like you need to find all the answers.
The Literary Tarot: We can see Alice walking down the steps into Wonderland here, she seems aware and frightened, uncertain of what she’s really seeing or where the light is coming from. I get more of the feeling of illusions from this card- because the moon isn’t casting the light, as it should. The picture seems to blur at the edges too, so we have that feeling of uncertainty, things not always being what they seem. I’d read this one as ‘tread carefully,’ don’t only trust what your eyes seem but follow your inner guidance here. Like the Modern Love, I get a sense of anxiety, but more of a feeling of pushing on and carrying on a possibly dangerous path.
Tarot Violet.te: Here we have the wolves, like in the Modern Love card, but more traditionally we have two of them. There’s a similar feeling to the RWS imagery here with the multiple sets of eyes, all open (except for our figure- they’re downcast or closed) and all looking in a different direction. Our main figure seems to be staring into the reflection of the moon in the water beneath her- I get a stronger feeling of illusion with this one- what are you actually looking at/what are you ignoring in place of something else? What is it reflecting back to you? I would read this card with more of a feeling like you need to think of what you’re putting time and thought into- what’s troubling you? What seems to be real and fake around you in your life?
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-Madame Starbeam
What am I to do, where am I to go, with what I have learned, in order to grow?
Card: Three of Wands: growth, moving forward, new adventures and new lands, new places and planning for the future of discovery- but not quite yet. It’s there, but not quite within my reach.
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-Madame Starbeam
As the wheel turns, so do we all, something will rise, something will fall.
Something will rise: The Hermit: time for private reflection, time to step away from the world and focus on myself
Something will fall: Ace of Pentacles Rx: bad investments, missed financial chances- bad financial and grounded starts will disappear or fall away and more stability will enter into my life (hopefully)
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-Madame Starbeam
And as the serpent bites its tail, what will recur; what must I prevail?
What will recur: Ace of Wands: Inspiration- moments for fresh new ideas.
What must I prevail: Seven of Pentacles: Patience, waiting, developing the slow and steady growth that comes with new ideas and new things.
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-Madame Starbeam
The wheel it spins, around again, what should I begin; how will it end?
What should I begin: The Chariot Rx: Take no direction, do not follow a path and take your time. there is no need to rush or forge forwards. Let the path come to you.
How will it end: Knight of Cups Rx: In a moody tantrum throw from an overflow of emotions. Complete emotional deregulation (This is not how I want to begin or how I want it to end!!!)
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-Madame Starbeam
From south, to north, from east, to west, what will this ritual manifest?
Card: Knight of Pentacles: A pathway to hard work and reward, an opportunity to gently work towards my goals.
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-Madame Starbeam
Madame Starbeam's Tarot Journey 