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Tarotholic’s Monthly Challenge: Weekly Spread May 14th and 28th

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Here’s the spread for this week. Notice how we’re looking here for similarity and patterns, which is a good way to start to read a spread- not just card by card and trying to slam them together. This is something I struggle with sometimes- I’ve seen some really great readers who connect these amazingly well!

So, no question in particular in mind, here’s my spread.

Cards: The Moon, Two of Swords, Two of Cups

Hmm ok let’s look at the similarities and patterns we can see:

I’m always drawn to colour, so what stands out to me here is the blue and the yellow. We’ve got blue mountains and a blue body of water in the moon, with a bright yellow moon in the sky. There’s a large blue background in the 2 of Swords, with bright yellow sleeves on our blindfolded figure. And the last flash of blue of a sleeve on one of our drinkers (both of which are holding yellow cups).

There’s no direct eye contact in any of these cards with the reader or the querent. In fact vision is deliberately disconnected with a blindfold.

There’s also a hell of a lot of symmetry in these cards- the 2 of swords could be cut down the middle and both sides are almost entirely even. The moon, too, has two towers, two dogs and a lobster with outstretched claws. The two of cups has two folks linked together on their side- looking rather intensely at each other.

We’ve also got two moons- a small sliver of a moon in the 2 of swords- the kind of daytime moon you see sometimes. Love it.

There’s a kind of intensity in this spread- like an intense aversion- a refusal to see something, and a layer of deception from the first card in this spread. What should I be paying attention to? What should I be looking at?

There’s some kind of difficult choice I need to make and I can’t make it/it’s difficult to make because there’s something in the way- something that I’m refusing to look at or something that I simply haven’t been able to see yet because it’s been hidden from me. This decision could be about a partnership of some kind, or there could be someone close to me who could help me see what I can’t.

What do you think? What similarities can you see? How would you read this?

Happy Readings! 💛💛💛

-Madame Starbeam

Tarotholic’s Monthly Challenge Day 3: Philosophy Question

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Is mankind going in the right or wrong direction?

Card: King of cups reversed. LMAO, yeah it ain’t looking good folks. Mankind is pushing forward coldly and selfishly, using emotions for force and manipulation, not in a controlled and helpful way. There is not emotive mastery here. The karens are winning. It isn’t geat.

I’m using a little travelling deck I got, It’s the Morgan Greer Tarot in a tin (so it’s slightly longer than a deck of playing cards, but it fits about the same in your hands). It wasn’t very expensive, and I bought it on Amazon, but I would think you can find it in any esoteric shop. It’s mass-produced. The images are nice- they connect well with the traditional RWS images, so it’s good for a beginner as well as someone more advanced. It’s borderless and doesn’t include the name for the suit, though it does include the number, which is helpful if, like me, it takes you ages to count the pentacles you see haha. I mainly purchased it because I had seen the images and liked them, and it came in a tin. I’m going abroad for the summer, and I wanted to take a deck with me- I didn’t want to take one of the decks I really love and lose it/ruin it/get it wet/have something happen to it. A little tin will protect this deck, it wasn’t so expensive that I’ll be sad if it’s lost or forgotten (though I don’t want to lose it or have anything happen to it, of course).

I’m not sure if you guys are aware, but there’s an awesome Masterclass being held online from Hay House at the moment, and tomorrow Ari Wisner will be speaking- I love his deck the Transient Light Tarot (I’ve read with it on here before), so I’m super excited to hear him speak. I highly suggest you check it out if you’re interested- it’s free (you can pay for an advanced pass sort of thing if you want to), and you can watch the videos for a full 24 hours I believe before they disappear. 🙂 I’m watching a video from Mary Greer at the moment, and she focuses on how tarot can deepen your sense of understanding of yourself and how you can help others understand themselves through the tarot, which is quite interesting.

Anyways! Happy Readings folks 😉 💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛

-Madame Starbeam