keep a tarot journal

this has been on my list for some time now. it’s a great idea, but for some reason, i just haven’t felt like doing any readings at all. talking to a new friend about it recently, i think i figured out why.

i have felt that when i do readings for myself about specific questions the readings usually throw me into a tail spin of over-analysis. it can be helpful, but i think i end up more anxious about those questions than before. it’s somehow different when the readings come from someone else. the interpretation seems less corrupted by my emotional spin doctoring or whatever when it’s coming from someone else.

my friend suggested drawing one card every morning to guide your day. when something happens that reminds you of the card, it can serve as a touchstone to understanding the situation.

i love this idea. reflection at the end of the day will also help me to understand the cards better. i’m definitely going to do this and i’m going to try to incorporate my tarot reflections into my gratitude journal. i think i’ve been consistent enough with the gratitude journal that i might actually manage to keep it up offline. we’ll see.

I could never throw away my old Janesko calendars. The artwork was just too lovely. I just realized that some of the pictures could be trimmed down to fit in the cover of a 3 ring binder. The picture I choose was a brunette fairy with glittery wings and dress.

http://www.janesko.com/mdse/cards/index.htm

Is there another artist that is similar to Olivia de Berardinis or Janesko?

I’ve been keeping a tarot journal for two months, now. Nothing elaborate, just a record or my daily advice pulls. I have seen interesting match-ups of cards, the same cards coming up again and again (message?), and corrolations to the days events. Sometimes they just didn’t mean anything apparent. The discipline of pulling them was the main thing.

Now I want to begin to embelish on what I am doing. I want to add layers to my pulls, and do more spreads. I’m going to add one or two word definitions by each card for each day, to help me learn the fundamental meaning of the card better.

(Seeing the picture I took makes me wish for a 44th Thing: A new camera that takes decent pics)

Today seems to be the perfect day to start a tarot journal. First I need to clean off my desk; shouldn’t take long. I think I will use The Gilded Tarot by Ciro Marchetti. I will do a reading for the year ahead. Then maybe later I can buy a binder and decorate it myself. Either: glittery stars or my sigils or a blow up of a tarot card.

The situation at present- Knight of cups. This shows a guy who is strong, compassionate and full of romantic ideals. He is passionate and has great dreams of the future.

The ten of cups, advice: maintain a peaceful and happy relationship.

Ace of swords: This shows that the truth will be known and that our relationship with triumph over adversity.

The hanged man has turned his life upside down in order to find truth from a new perspective. He has sacrificed the comfort of the known in order to gain the openness to see God’s will. He is outside of time, in transition from his old life to the new, pausing here to reflect on the truths that remain when all else is stripped away. If the hanged man shows up in a reading, he is telling you that you will only win by surrendering, that you can only make the change you seek by living in the transition and allowing in the new perspective that comes with a stripping away of the old and comfortable.

In relation to how is my day going to be?

The card i pulled was this. This card suggests conformity. Things been normal and within the boundaries of societies expectations. It suggests doing things in conventional ways and receiving fullfilment from doing things via these avenues. For example i received interview requests this morning via email. This for me is a conventional path which will lead to increased money for me. This card also suggests i will recieve some good advice or councel. I feel that i received this in my dreams, as i had a moral wake-up call this morning. Very accurate.

A talk with the subconcious reveals…

Knight of Swords- This means i should charge in i should really fight it and make the effort to rise above this. I should go against the feelings i’m experiencing, not just settle for them.

Ace of Wands- Start new ventures and interests to take my mind into brighter places and bring hope and fresh ideas. Have faith that i am going in the right direction and know that i can change my course at any stage of my life. Begin now.

Eight Of Penticles- Work hard, get in a stable position. Focus only on working to build up my securities, take my mind off myself and put it into my work. Plan for getting a house and saving up some money over the next three months.

Tonight i used the rider waite deck, my original deck i bought, it has alot of meaning to me.

I need to stop being a perfectionist and practice. Learn from my mistakes. Go to aeclectic and practice readings daily and get feedback on my work. I also need to request readings more often. Be part of the community, especially since they gave me a free membership because they liked my contributions so much. The next deck i would like to get is Tarot of Dreams.