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My visit to Musée Français de la Carte à Jouer, The French Playing Card Museum

10/11/2021

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PictureFront & oldest part of the museum was formerly the Château d'Issy of the Princes of Conti.
While it's been a few years since I went to the Musée Français de la Carte à Jouer, it's about time I shared some photos of the tarot and Lenormand cards that I viewed during my visit. The pièce de résistance is one of the oldest known tarot cards, a 15th-century hand-painted gold-stamped work.

​I also share photos of some fascinating antique playing cards. There are many cards in their collection as you'd imagine. Please excuse some of my photos. I shot these in 2015 using a Samsung Note 2, so the photos just don't compare to current smart phones. That, plus the challenge of taking photos through display glass sometimes made it difficult to capture the cards. (They keep it dim in there, which actually made browsing the museum's collection a delight!) I did spend some time adjusting the photos in an app to try to improve them, but there's nothing I could do about light reflection. I hope you still enjoy looking through these!

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A view from the second floor gallery in the modern part of the museum, which holds the bulk of the collection.

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Divine Muses Oracle's Divine Androgyne

6/16/2021

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A peek at one of the new cards in the second edition Divine Muses Oracle. 
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Sometimes we get stuck in dualistic thinking. Either/or. Right or wrong. Us vs. them. But what would happen if we transcended this type of thinking?

There are numerous ways of being that are not expressed in the binary. We don’t have to choose just one option. This or that. We can go beyond the binary. There’s magic to be had here. Either/or thinking becomes both/and thinking. The archetype is the Divine Androgyne—the Divine And.

This archetype is a reflection of the alchemical Rebis. The Divine Masculine & Divine Feminine are two parts of the wholeness that is the Divine.


By making sharp distinctions we are blinded to the fact that all opposites in reality spring from the same source, and that the whole of creation is in truth still one. The opposites, and the material world which they constitute, are a subjective reality, and the enlightened mind can see through this to the unity which is its true nature.
- David Fontana, Secret Language of Symbols

​For the past few months, I’ve been reflecting how this energy shows up for me, what its role has been in our society, how it has been hidden, and how it’s resurfacing or needing to. >>>>>

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Dark Moon Pisces, The High Priestess, & How to Make a Card Stand using the Lua Tarot Box.

3/12/2021

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While I was creating a Reels for Instagram, The High Priestess card came up to remind us of the Dark Moon energies we are entering.

The Dark Moon is the Moon for priestess magic. The time to tap into your mystical or spiritual discipline, to quiet down and hear / understand the teachings intuitively.

Moon entered Pisces early this morning and the New Moon in Pisces is Saturday at 2:21am PST! This is an invitation to recharge your mind and body if you've been feeling emotionally drained. May you be restored during this time.
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RIP Stuart R. Kaplan

2/11/2021

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New Spread Mats in the Shop

1/9/2021

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Reading Mats Coming to the Shop

12/8/2020

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Divine Muses Oracle Reading

7/28/2020

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Strong Minds, Strong Bodies, Strong Hearts. I want to believe that there is more love than hate that exists in the world. That people are doing the work even if we can’t see it. The work behind the scenes and screens. ⠀ I want to focus on those millions of small actions…of love, peace, solidarity, and faith….and think of them as the glue of the structural change of our greater evolution. Those little stories that don’t get the media’s attention because they aren’t deemed worthy, because they aren’t dramatic. ⠀ But, glue is invisible, and rarely gets attention. (Unless you’re a collagist. Don’t get me talking about my glue collection. Each different glue has its perfect job!) ⠀ I know that this year has been especially difficult, but I believe in us. The pressure that many of us are feeling is evolutionary growth—we’re growing out of the space we’ve been living in. Sometimes it painful, downright ugly, and so, so sad. But, my heart is buoyed by all the actions I’m witnessing toward REAL change.✨□□ ⠀ Thank you for the work you are doing, and continue to do, big and small. The special little things that may never be seen, but will be a part of the foundation of the new world we build together. ✨□□✨ ⠀ ⠀ Astral Ascent + Queen of Roses + Perfect Stranger = When we give from the heart, life begins to synchronize and align in immeasurable ways. When we see the stranger as the person we have yet to meet, we invite a deeper connection with humanity. Open minds create new worlds. ⠀ ✨✨✨ ⠀ #divinemusesoracle #divinemuses #divinemusings #seenostranger #oraclereading #oraclereadersofinstagram #tarotwitch #ibelieveinmagic #ibelieveinus

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The Devil's role in this Capricorn Lunar Eclipse

7/4/2020

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This Full Moon Lunar Eclipse is exact tonight at 9:44pm PDT in Capricorn. It’s the USA’s birthday too, and it has been experiencing major difficult times. I keep talking about shadow work in my astrology posts, but, it’s a Capricorn Lunar Eclipse, and he rules the Devil card, so it comes up again!

The Devil card is about the shadow and the ego. He shows us where we have attachment and fear. It’s the card of materialism and being addicted to stuff, like money. It’s also the card of bondage and enslavement. 


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Summer Solstice Solar Eclipse embodied by the Lua Tarot cards.

6/20/2020

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Can you believe it’s Summer?! It honestly doesn’t feel like it to me. But, it has been rainy and gray today here in Portland, and that vibe is certainly reflecting in the astrology.

We have a potent Solstice Solar Eclipse that is exact tonight 11:41PM PDT. The New Moon moves into Cancer at 11:02PM and the Sun moves into Cancer at 2:44PM. Which means that this powerful Solar Eclipse portal is a Cancerian one. It is emotionally-based with a focus around home, family and femininity. We will likely be super sensitive, needy and want to snuggle in with people or things for comfort.


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Mother's Day and Tarot's Empress

5/10/2020

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Happy Mother’s Day to all the mamas! Here’s some of the Empress’s creative magic to bless your day.

The first photo is the Lua Tarot's Empress. The second photo show Empress cards from: The Pagan Otherworlds Tarot, Dark Goddess Tarot, Victorian Romantic Tarot, Modern Witch Tarot, Majestic Earth Tarot, and the Antiquarian Tarot
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Some of my favorite Empress cards
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    Maree Bento is a collage artist and practitioner of the mystical & healing arts.

    She’s a tarot reader and deck creator who enjoys studying the stars and using astrology in her readings. She was 
    born under a Sagittarius Sun with Libra Rising and Capricorn Moon conjunct Pallas Athena. 

    Maree has been a licensed massage therapist for 18 years practicing various holistic modalities for body, mind, and spiritual well-being & connection. 
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    She's a Portuguese-American who loves to travel and connect with family, friends, & animals. She lives in Pacific NW with her beloved, David, and their huggable hound, Dante, who perpetually reminds them to laugh and play and take walks in nature, whether rain or shine. 

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