Deck Discourse #1: The Clow
Today I want to do something a little different. Instead of drawing a card and talking about that specific card, I want to talk about a specific, non-traditional deck as a whole, rather than draw cards from it to look at that specific card.
I want to talk about the deck’s significance, its history, its symbolism, and it’s use in reference to modern day divination and readings. So, these posts will be REALLY long, because they will contain a lot of details and research. I want to be thorough.
I think this is something I would like to include in my journal only every so often, because it’s a lot of typing and researching and stuff, but it would also bolster my knowledge about tarot and card divination, so I still feel it’s useful to do every so often.
I’ve decided to call these spin-off posts Deck Discourse, and that’s what they’ll be tagged as if you want to whitelist/blacklist the tag! (I understand not everyone wants super long-winded posts on their dash.)
If you want to include something, you feel I missed something, or if I made a mistake, feel free to reblog and add your own thoughts! I love hearing what the rest of the community has to say about these things, and it would certainly be helpful to me in my studies!
Today, for the first Deck Discourse, I want to talk about The Clow Cards from the anime Cardcaptor Sakura by CLAMP. This is a pop-culture deck that a lot of anime fan practitioners have learned to adapt to readings.
You can download your own, as well as a copy of the fortune book here! And if you want a physical copy of an actual deck and if you’d also like the Sakura Cards, you can find both decks here! There are also fancy boxes that look like The Clow Book, but they’re twice the cost per deck than just getting the decks together from what I’ve seen.
But before we can get to the actual divination stuff, I would like to provide some backstory and context. Spoilers for the show below the cut! Considering what we’re talking about, spoilers cannot be omitted!