Greetings and welcome, Al!

Hi Kami, I've gone through many different fascinations with the tarot. The first was history - both documented and fictitious - mysteries are always delicious :D. This was followed by the art and the creation of a number of tarots and oracles; collecting (but only the ones I loved) and learning the ...

Greetings, and welcome Azgalia

Dear Joan, you've worked so hard and made CoT a forum with the best ambience ever - it's sad to think of it ending - artists have always been made to feel welcome here, unlike some other places, and the quality of the discussions are second to none, but I can understand why you made that decision. T...

Hi Stan, thanks for your interest. Yes, The Pen Tarot sold out a long time ago, but the guidebook Kimber mentioned (thanks Kimber ) is available on Amazon. Here's the link.

Greetings and welcome, GrizzlyKt.

I believe that somehow the tarot taps into something so deep and basic that it's possible to apply it to just about everything. Your comment about overlapping reminded me of dear Nemia's thread about Ikigai, Here - I printed out the diagram and used it as a spread a few times - I found that the over...

Osho Zen #6


When Meditation reaches maturity the spinning wheel will fade and Change. Stress less, dance no more to the monkey's manic beat.

Grand Tarot Ellessia


1) Temperance: A glass and a half
2) King of Teapots: Taken in stormy weather[/b]
3) Empress: Makes the head feel strange...

Greetings and welcome, Sunbow. I think we have an I Ching thread somewhere...

Ah, Here 'tis:

The Artist's Inner Vision Tarot


1) Wheel of Fortune: Revolving always
2) 8 of Cups: Moving, changing, never still
3) Death: Just leaves on a stream...

Hello clauclau, welcome to the forum. 'Fellow travellers' is a lovely description...

dodalisque wrote:
Strength: The fight to control
Knight of Swords: Our runaway emotions
Tower: Can be damaging

I like yours - it's more meaningful. I seem to have this compulsion to go with the first idea that comes into my head...

Osho Zen 9


When the burden of Guilt is Slowing Down progress, Break through the event horizon! Welcome to the present.

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 yes, the Tower keeps showing up in spite of the fact that I just fan the cards into a line, close my eyes and pick up one ...

The Artist's Inner Vision Tarot


1) 4 of Swords: Do not be born yet
2) The Tower: The old order is falling
3) The Empress: Sadness in her eyes...

Madame Soleil's Dusserre Dodal


1) Strength: Extracting a tooth
2) Knight of Swords: May provoke mixed reactions
3) The Tower: But worse things happen...

Re. Prudence, there's a number of discussions in which she is mentioned on the Tarot History Forum. I used to be obsessed with tarot history but seem to have lost touch with all the delicious details. I think Gertrude Moakley was the first to suggest that the tarot trumps were based on Italian trium...

The Artist's Inner Vision Tarot


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

dodalisque wrote: The 4 cardinal virtues of the Catholic church are of course Justice (VIII), Strength (XI), Temperance (XIIII), and Prudence. Three of these are neatly spaced out, each three cards apart - the mystical magical 3 of the Christian three-person Trinity - in the major arcana. But where...

Madame Soleil's Dusserre Dodal


1) Judgement: It's a wake-up call.
2) Death: He works without compassion
3) King of Batons: His left hand hidden...

This one so perfectly fits the image that 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...

dodalisque wrote: Though I could be projecting my own ideas onto the poem and reading it wrong.

You can't really read it wrong - I like ambiguity and the idea that nothing is concrete and the reader can bring something to the haiku.

dodalisque wrote: Chariot: I held my weapon Justice: More firmly to show resolve Tower: But pulled down lightning Love the surprise in that last line. dodalisque wrote: When I have a good idea about a particular card I can't seem to forget it and get stuck in a rut. I wouldn't call it a rut - I bel...

Osho Tarot



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