#tarot fun

[esotericawakenings]

Yup

[terriblymundane]

Soooooooooooo... Might have bought a new major only deck because skeletons and spooks 💀

In other words, I want to work with it so I’ll be doing free readings hehe

Since this is after all a major arcana only deck, I’ll be practicing consequent Tarot de Marseille’s spreads. The way I tend to do things, aka more for entertainment purposes than spiritual, be aware and do allow the humor ;)

1. Ask your question (if it’s a subject I won’t touch I’ll tell) and allow me some time to get back to you

2. Please message (no inbox) since I like to make it interactive, an exchange... Yes, you adding your grain of salt to come to your own conclusion as well

3. Any likes/follow/feedback is more than welcome!

I’m happy to do it and as previously said, it’s for funsies 😊

[moonstonemommytarot]

[snappyskeletons]

(* not really but we will get to that a bit further down)

If you’re as weird as me, you sometimes just want to get a little bit crazy and name the stack of cards you grew attached to (talking about the healthy way of attached, too much asking the cards isn’t good - my opinion, but you do what feels comfy, friend).

When I got my Marigold Tarot Deck in December 2018, it felt weird for me to refer to them as “the cards”. That’s probably just me and no one will be needing this “spread” possibly but it felt not that comfortable. So I tried coming up with a name (which was so hard??? holy crap). I don’t know for what reason but the right one just wouldn’t come up and it got me so frustrated that I ended up sitting down and thinking my way into a headache.

If you want a headache too (and a name for your cardboard buddy) you will need this:

a pen

paper 

a little of your time; it took me about 45 minutes

The How-To

(you can change any and all of these steps so they suit your needs btw)

Shuffle and focus on what you want to do (finding a name) 

Draw a card as you usually would (mine fell out while shuffling, if you feel up for some extra time investment, shuffle until that happens)

Look at the card you pulled (I did not pay attention to reversed/upright for this) and describe to your self what you see, jot down some things that strike you immediately (symbols, colors, etc.)

if you want to, look up some keywords or jot down what first came to your thoughts as well

Now go wild and take some sheets of paper and toss names on it. No matter how stupid, how fantasy-ish, how whatever-floats-your-boat-ish these names are

-> a little addition to 5) I used the keywords and what I saw (plants, for example) as a starting point on my half hour search across the worldwidehauntedhouse that is the internet but if you already have a name in mind that doesn’t feel quite that fitting, write that down too.

Great! If you’re like me, you now have pages after pages of names to work down! You’re unlucky here, friend.

The Fun Part Where You Think You Pick The Name But You Do Not

Not kidding, I was absolutely in love with the name Howl. No idea why, the first thing I thought of when I directed my thoughts to name finding was that but it was the first my deck discarded. 

And yeah, you will be letting your deck pick, surprise!

I did that this way:

Take some paper, no, not the ones you wrote the names down on. Any paper will do - in fact, I used the backside of paper I was going to trash out because one of my daughters spilled juice over them (just for the sake of mentioning it, they spilled it days before I used the paper. Do not use wet paper because you will be putting cards on that if you follow these steps)

Now you draw three fields, large enough for a portion of the names to fit, but small enough that your cards will cover most of it.

Divide the entire amount of names so that you get all of them into these fields. For example, I had 120 names on my list; each field held 40 names. Then, write the names into the fields

Now you need the card you pulled earlier when you thought of naming your deck. And also two more but you don’t need to draw them for this process; just take any two.

What you will be doing now for the rest of the time is shuffling these 3 cards, then laying them face-down on the field - one card on one field. The names under the card you picked at the beginning are the ones that make it to the next round. 

Now you repeat. You divide these names up again (for me this was 40/3) and then shuffle again and see which names made it this time.

To get down on one name can take a while, especially if you have 120 names.

As I said, the name you might end up with is probably NOT the one you aimed for. For me, Howl already got his butt kicked in the first round. My deck “decided” on Graves - a name I jotted down because I was unable to scroll past it for some reason but didn’t like enough to actually have the urge to write it down immediately. 

In hindsight, it fits him. He’s a snappy little thing, his card was the Queen of Cups which is all about compassion and comfort (he manages that while being that snappy and snarky) and the card has a skull and plants on it. Gives me a heavy Graveyard feeling where you have skeletons, plants, the need of compassion and comfort. 

May not have been the name I wanted but if you’re like me, you’ll just go with whatever your deck comes up with! And if you really don’t like the chosen name, pick the one you originally wanted. No one’s going to haunt you for that, right?

Optionally, have a look at other spreads/somewhat-spreads that deal with naming your deck (are there any?? I have no idea) to see if the name chosen through another way might be a fit you can live with easier.

[witchysabbaths]

Witchy Tips-Tarot fun!

[goldenstars-for-goldenhearts]

Fun thing to ask your cards

What do you think about (recent decision)?

This is especially fun to ask after making a very bad decision and you have a very blunt deck.

[resonance-of-libra]

Send me 2 tarot cards & I'll tell you how I read them together!

[goldenstars-for-goldenhearts]

I took a break to do a reading for myself and was completely called out by the deck. This oracle deck is brutal. She freaking told me to stop being so shy otherwise I won’t get the manifestation. But she also implied it’s gonna happen soon so that’s great. But damn- straight up just like- you’re gonna get the opportunity and if they talk to you you need to speak the fuck up. And the deck implied the opportunity is very good for my future and is low key important I think????? Either way, the reading was intense- i got real physical sensations while reading and have never been so emotionally affected the way this one did. Wow. I’m just wow about this.