Spread maps
Posted: 25 Jun 2018, 08:37
Inspired by my Summer Solstice Reading, I had a tiny spark of what was once a big light in my life: some modest creative energy
For a long time, I have admired and wanted the Skullgarden spread cloth, so beautiful:
It is based on the RWS Wheel of Fortune card:
In the corners, we have the winged Kerubic beasts (from Ezekiel's vision) which are the symbols of the fixed signs of the zodiac and also the symbols of the elements. Lion/Leo/Fire - Bull/Taurus/Earth - Eagle/Scorpio/Water - Winged Man (Angel)/Aquarius/Air.
The letters T A R O are written like a wheel so you can read them as the anagram sentence ROTA TORA ORAT TORA ATOR (discussed here).
The Hebrew letters of the tetragrammaton (the Shem ha Mephorash, the ineffable, implicit name) יהוה yod-he-vav-he are there, too.
And the four symbols of the basic alchemic elements: sulphur, mercury, salt and water.
A wonderful map, very beautiful, and since it's sold out for ages, I planned to make one myself. Embroidery on black cloth... oh I made such difficult plans (where to get a transfer pencil for black cloth from?) but now I did it really simple. It turned out my less impressive than Skullgarden's original but I don't care. I can make a nicer one later but at least I know now how to do it.
And I can try to use it in readings, to see whether it works for me at all.
Not perfect, far from it - but I'm glad I made it.
And I'm in the middle of work for spreadmaps for all my Four Corners of the Year Readings. Great fun!
For a long time, I have admired and wanted the Skullgarden spread cloth, so beautiful:
It is based on the RWS Wheel of Fortune card:
In the corners, we have the winged Kerubic beasts (from Ezekiel's vision) which are the symbols of the fixed signs of the zodiac and also the symbols of the elements. Lion/Leo/Fire - Bull/Taurus/Earth - Eagle/Scorpio/Water - Winged Man (Angel)/Aquarius/Air.
The letters T A R O are written like a wheel so you can read them as the anagram sentence ROTA TORA ORAT TORA ATOR (discussed here).
The Hebrew letters of the tetragrammaton (the Shem ha Mephorash, the ineffable, implicit name) יהוה yod-he-vav-he are there, too.
And the four symbols of the basic alchemic elements: sulphur, mercury, salt and water.
A wonderful map, very beautiful, and since it's sold out for ages, I planned to make one myself. Embroidery on black cloth... oh I made such difficult plans (where to get a transfer pencil for black cloth from?) but now I did it really simple. It turned out my less impressive than Skullgarden's original but I don't care. I can make a nicer one later but at least I know now how to do it.
And I can try to use it in readings, to see whether it works for me at all.
Not perfect, far from it - but I'm glad I made it.
And I'm in the middle of work for spreadmaps for all my Four Corners of the Year Readings. Great fun!