1) Strength: Extracting a tooth 2) Knight of Swords: May provoke mixed reactions 3) The Tower: But worse things happen... I thought it funny the way the knight looks so cross, sword at the ready (possibly to keep the lion from escaping or even rescuing him), but the horse looks slightly amused. And...

1) Strength: Extracting a tooth 2) Knight of Swords: May provoke mixed reactions 3) The Tower: But worse things happen... This gets an LOL, but it does have wider moral and political implications beyond the world of dentistry, for sure. Now The Tower is even starting to look to me like a tooth - ma...

Re. '...the crocodile in card 2' I've looked and looked but can't see the beast... :shock: Thanks for the link to the Tarot History Forum. I like the idea of the 4 Virtues being associated with the 4 suit symbols - Temperance/Cups, Justice/Swords, and in the earlier decks Strength/Wands (i.e. Hercu...

Pen wrote: ↑08 Mar 2022, 10:42 1) 6 of Coins: She is an icon
2) 7 of Coins: Her face a map etched by life
3) Queen of Cups: Deep as the oceans

Her paintbrushes seem to be her compass.

Millenium TdM (Wilfied Houdouin, 2012)



To his amusement
The same 4 people all change
While staying the same

or,

Lovers: This state of affairs
Magician: Needs a miracle for all
Judgement: To emerge unscathed

Pen wrote: ↑08 Mar 2022, 10:01 1) Judgement: It's a wake-up call.
2) Death: He works without compassion
3) King of Batons: His left hand hidden...

Very mysterious. Is he Napoleon or Captain Hook? Did he lose his left hand to the crocodile on the middle card?

Re. Prudence, your idea makes sense. I wonder why though, if this is the case, she's missing from the Visconti decks - if they're indeed older than the TdM, and were created for the use of a noble family, then I'd have expected to find her there, although if I remember correctly, four cards are mis...

Joan Marie wrote: ↑06 Mar 2022, 07:28 From March 4th's card.
Tarocchi Incontro

What's this?! One of your secret side projects?

Just the other day I was reading something about how to get Putin to back off Ukraine, what it might take and the writer wrote something about "offering him a fig leaf," a way to leave and still save face somehow and I immediately thought somebody got their metaphors mixed up. I said, &qu...

Cult of Weimar Tarot (Joan Marie, 2020) IMG_1878.JPG King of Cups / Ace of Coins / 10 of Wands Think spoonerisms! All bontricutions will be Ratefully greceived or, Weight: on all 3 cards - Food, money, work all jangling Around in my head or, Pawn the cutlery, We need every penny To ease our burden

Cult of Weimar Tarot (Joan-Marie, 2020) IMG_1877.JPG Wheel of Fortune (X) / Knight of Swords / Last Judgement (XX) Stop their little game By daring to make a stand And revealing all or, "Come join the party." "Nice of you to invite me... And I brought some friends." or, Summoning...

Cult of Weimar Tarot (Joan-Marie, 2020) IMG_1883.JPG 9 of Coins / Hermit (IX) / Page of Cups Being worshiped gives Even those who "Come in Peace" A ravenous thirst or, Dictatorships put The flag in flagellation The pain in champagne (or maybe, The sham in champagne) or, Choose now! Will yo...

I found myself wondering who in the 'real' world (if the world is indeed real or ever has been) it could be about. Trying to think - I know there was someone but she's not on this list and I've forgotten who... I'm not sure either but her first name begins with a P, probably Prudence. The 4 cardina...

Millenium TdM (Wilfired Houdouin, 2012)



World: Holding her drumsticks
Chariot: Seated behind her drum-kit
Temperance: She weaves strange rhythms

Pen wrote: ↑01 Mar 2022, 09:26 I have to admit that sometimes my readings seem similar, as if I'm just saying the same thing in a different way.

I think that just means that you have found your own voice. I don't see any repetition of subject matter.

Tarot Pierre Cheminade 1742 from EDITIONS YVES REYNAUD The Sun (XIX) I think that's one of the nicest Sun cards I've seen. The Sun looks particularly pitiless and the two children especially loving. To me it's emphasising the fact that in harsh universe we need to love one another and ourselves. Thi...

Pen wrote: ↑01 Mar 2022, 09:13 Don't drop the BURDEN of your PAST LIVES at the MISER's gate - you'll need it when you leave...

That's a good one. Yeah, the Miser in you would want to hang onto that burden and that would delay your evolution.

1) King of Coins: Power in his hands 2) Valet of Cups: Distrust, envy in their eyes 3) Valet of Swords: Blinking not advised... The two powers on the right do seem to be massed against the King guarding his possession. Youth versus age seems to be an issue too - newness versus the established order...

1) Princess of Wands: A wordless challenge 2) The Sun: Unconquerable power 3) Hanged One: Dare to wave the flag Is the "wordless challenge" a sort of Gandhiesque satyagraha? Is the inherently moral force of spiritual silence the "unconquerable power"? We usually think of countri...

Hopefully this is a case of lateral/creative thinking but I'm afraid to ask... Hope all is OK. No, I'm fine, thanks for asking. But you're reading my mind: recently some of the things in the discussion in the TdM Haiku thread brought Edward de Bono and lateral thinking to mind. When we were teenage...

Pen wrote: ↑25 Feb 2022, 08:35 Remember the joy, the colour of PLAYFULNESS when all is grey inside. Postpone POSTPONEMENT, embrace COURAGE now - rescue your inner child.

When your brain surgeon exhibits excessive PLAYFULNESS, not requesting a POSTPONEMENT of your operation requires COURAGE.

IMG_1885.JPG 7 of Cups / 10 of Cups / Empress Our PROJECTIONS establish HARMONY between what we see and what we expect to see, CREATIVITY does the opposite. or maybe, To disentangle our PROJECTIONS from the truth requires HARMONY of heart and mind and tireless CREATIVITY. King of Swords / 8 of Coin...

Hi Pen, I moved a few aphorisms over to here from the Tarot Haiku thread. They are the ones I did earlier. IMG_1858.JPG 6 of Wands / Queen of Swords / 3 of Coins The secret of SUCCESS is to look beyond MORALITY for GUIDANCE Queen of Wands / Star / Knight of Cups By SHARING its joy SILENCE inspires o...

Millenium Tdm (Wilfired Houdouin, 2012)



Chariot: I held my weapon
Justice: More firmly to show resolve
Tower: But pulled down lightning

I usually fail miserably because I'm not able to bring that sense of fun or naïveté to it. My brain doesn't work well when I overcomplicate things or focus on results. I actually just then, writing that sentence, figured that out about myself. Maybe this is one of the things we have in common. I to...