Starting To Mess About With The Tarot

[poliphilo]

Starting to play with my new Tarot. They're very stiff and resist shuffling. Maybe I should just chuck 'em up in the air and then gather them again. My granddaughter does that with Alice's cards. "Oh look it's raining, and now we're walking through the puddles."

People get very protective of their cards. You know what I mean- sandalwood boxes, silk scarves, no-one can touch them but me. Alice says that's rubbish. She keeps hers on the windowsill with a rubber band round them. I'm somewhere in the middle. I'll keep 'em in their own box, I think. I don't want them getting dog-eared.

First exercise. Shuffle and select two cards. The first to represent your intuition/ higher self, the second to represent your ego.

Here goes then.

Here's my Intuition: The Devil. Hmmmm. And here's my Ego: Death. OK, this needs thinking about...

Ailz says the Devil is just Pan and it's all about woodland frolics. I'm a bit sceptical. Maybe it's more about being a contrary bastard, provocative, mischievous, all that.  I look at the Devil as Colman Smith drew him and he's more Baphomet than Pan. I think he's blocking the way, saying "No". Well, I say "No" a lot. I say "No" to most of the bloody world. "Go away, not interested, stop being so silly. Face up to the troooof."

As for Death. I can take that. A chap my age should be all about the death of the Ego.

Comments

[dadi.livejournal.com]

I do wear mine on myself sometimes, in a little fabric bag, in my jacket pocket. That makes them more.. malleable. Particularly when I haven't used them for a while.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

That's a nice idea- but aren't they rather bulky?

[dadi.livejournal.com]

I only use jackets with big pockets. And when they warm up, they become a lot less bulky.

[chochiyo-sama.livejournal.com]

I thought the death card really just meant change or an ending of something.

The Tower comes up for me frequently. I think that is the worst card.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

None of the meanings is fixed.

Sometimes the death card can really mean death, but- as you say- mostly it means an ending.

The Tower signifies change, usually dramatic- and sometimes change is to be welcomed. It depends on the context.