Happy Samhain! Here's something a little different—a leisurely browse through some
Hey Ho, It's Halloween! When all the Witches are to be seen! Some in black and some in green Hey Ho for Halloween!
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Exciting news! The Antiquarian Tarot Companion Guidebook is almost finished. I have an editor doing another pass through it before I send it to the book printer. Also, the last details of the book cover are coming together.
I am feeling really close to completion. It is looking like an early September release at the latest. The Antiquarian Tarot deck will be re-released with the book. Thanks for your patience and support! I recently received the Smith-Waite Tarot Deck Centennial Edition in a tin and compared it to the Pamela Coleman Smith (PCS) Commemorative Set (2009) in a video. In the video I go through the whole commemorative set. There is a size and card stock difference. Other than that, the artwork & color is identical. I love the deck that comes with the commemorative edition, but I avoid using it since I view it as a collector's edition & want to keep it in the best condition possible. So I'm really enjoying the size & portability of this deck in a tin. It is smaller, but it loses no detail. And, it feels good in my hands! (See video and picture of size comparisons below.) Here's a video I shot showing all of the cards last year, which I never posted. The soundtrack has music by Dream Lodge, David's and my band project. The tracks, High Desert Star and The Lodge, are recent releases from our vinyl record EP (six tracks), which will be released this Saturday. The two tracks are available to download now. You can have the vinyl record mailed to you after the official release date, August 1st, 2015. There is a digital download card that comes with each record. You may order it here if you'd like a copy. Thanks for your support!
Symbolism Astro glyph: Capricorn Hebrew Letter: Ayin (meaning Eye) Color: Blue-violet (Indigo) Keyword: Bondage Golden Dawn Title: The Lord of the Gates of Matter, The Child of the Forces of Time Meaning: a card about materialism, boundaries and limitations; a time to look at our fears, illusions, indulgences, attachments, addictions and obsessions; being a slave to temptation or to something and/or someone; feeling disconnected from your spiritual side; becoming self-destructive; having inner chaos and doubt; the ego and shadow stuff; needing to look at the un-evolved aspects of oneself; embracing the dark side of our nature. Symbolism Sign: Sagittarius, archer & centaur Hebrew Letter: Samekh (meaning tent peg, support or foundation) Color: Blue Keyword: Verification Golden Dawn Title: The Daughter of the Reconcilers, The Bringer Forth of Life Meaning: moderate; heal; temper; test; integrate; blend; synthesize; balancing and/or adjusting two or more aspects of your life: spiritual and material, intellectual and intuitive, home and work, or your life with someone else’s. It's about alchemy or art; living ones life like art. Symbolism Astro Glyph: Scorpio Hebrew Letter: Nun (Fish; To grow, to sprout, to propagate.) Color: Blue-Green Golden Dawn Title: The Child of the Great Transformers, The Lord of the Gate of Death Keyword: Transformation Meaning: Change; an ending, closure, purging; regeneration, metamorphosis. Some part of our life has died (career, relationship, living situation, etc.) to allow for something new to come in. The 3 Symbols, Left to Right: 1. Water (mirror, reflection) 2. Neptune (astrological planet) 3. Hebrew Letter, Mem (meaning Water: nourishing, purifying, suspending, protecting, dissolving, reflecting, baptizing) Color: Blue Golden Dawn Title: The Spirit of the Mighty Waters Keyword: Reversal Meaning: Surrender and trust. See the world from a different perspective, reverse of the "group mind" from a centered or more spiritual position. Unconventional, alternative, meditate, contemplate, self-reflect. Patience & Sacrifice. Suspension of judgement and of the Manas (Sanskrit meaning personal mental activity, the word man comes from Manas, so the traditional title "the Hanged Man" means to suspend the mind.) A significator card is used to represent the person who is getting their tarot cards read, aka the querent. It is chosen from the deck being used and is generally a court card. For example, a card reader sitting with an older gentleman may choose the King of Swords to represent him before shuffling & laying out the rest of the cards. This card selection can vary depending on the reader's designations.
Some card readers will not use a significator at all as they don't want to remove what could potentially be a crucial card to come up during the reading. Some readers will use a card from another tarot or oracle deck altogether to represent the questioner. Others will ask for a picture to use during the session. Included in the Antiquarian Tarot deck are bonus significator cards, which allows the reader to use one instead of a card from the deck. Significator cards are always optional. You don't have to use one in your reading, but I find it is useful to help focus the reading. |
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