A Crash Course in Tarot for Newbies #1
The Tarot is not just a divinatory tool, but it can also be utilized in the appropriately trained hands as a tool for providing counsel and advice with which we can navigate life. It is an antique form of divination that predates popular psychology, but has been shown to have archetypal energies that work well from a Jungian perspective. Tarot becomes a book of wisdom offering you a living parable or myth that reflects your life journey in the hands of the right Diviner. It describes a journey that mirrors your path in life. Usually the story is a direct description of what is going to happen in a particular window of time although talented readers can tell you much more than that from looking at the symbols in the cards! One of the main purposes of the use of the cards is to construct a future narrative so that you can make decisions to change your fate. 0 The Fool – choices offered, folly, going in circles If you subtract the extra 22 cards that comprise the Major Arcana from a Tarot deck, the Minor Arcana is what is left over. The Minor Arcana of every Tarot deck contains 56 cards divided into four suits with each suit maintaining its own sphere of influence. The four suits are the Cups, Pentacles (also referred to Disks or Coins in some decks), Wands (sometimes referred to as Batons) and the Swords. In a deck of conventional playing cards the Cups related to the suit of Hearts, the Diamonds to Pentacles, the Wands to Clubs and the Swords to Spades. Cups Swords Ace victory, swift justice Coins Ace beginning of wealth, a great idea The face cards of the Minor Arcana used to represent the Who’s Who of Tarot. Originally these personalities were based on the antics of celebrities in 16th century France. The face cards are the ‘people” cards in the deck that often symbolize the arrival or influence of a male or female in your life. They are represented by the four face cards in each suit – Cups, Wands, Coins and Swords. These are the persons represented by the Kings, Queens, Knights (sometimes Princes) and Page (or Princesses) in the Minor Arcana of the deck. The four offices of King, Queen, Knight and Page vary in name somewhat from deck to deck – but all are correct for the deck and correspondences you are working with in that deck. For those of you who have always wondered just exactly “whom” these people are coming up in your reading, here is a short guide as to what they are supposed to look like and be like: Queen of Cups A fair-haired young woman. Often good looking, vain, thoughtless. Queen of Disks A slightly older woman. Well to do. Practical. Nobody’s fool. Queen of Wands Darker haired, artistic, entrepreneur, independent, feminist, intelligent. Queen of Swords Dark haired, widow, sad woman. Abandoned woman. Wily King of Cups Fair-haired alpha male. Warm, generous, loving, Controlling. King of Disks Paternal Fatherly type. Medium to Dark Haired. Businessman King of Wands Dangerous, womanizing man. Egotistical. Dramatic. Sexy King of Swords Cruel, powerful, bitter man. Sometimes emotionless. Swift. A Crash Course In Tarot For Newbies #2 will be about basic spreads and layouts for divination. https://store-2-old-guys.com/a-crash-course-in-tarot-for-newbies-1/ via Blogger http://store2oldguys.blogspot.com/2017/09/a-crash-course-in-tarot-for-newbies-1.html September 25, 2017 at 04:56AM
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