Different faces of the Star

Hello everyone!

Somewhere deep inside I knew I would come back. It's been over a year since my last post. There were various things going on in my life and tarot was not so present during that time. But now I feel that it's time to come back to tarot world.

I have calculated my year card for 2016 (by adding the day and moth of my birthday to the numerals of 2016) and it seems it's XVII The Star. It honestly seems right, because then 2015 was XVI The Tower and 2014 XV The Devil. These were very difficult years for me, and full of radical changes. I'm still recovering. And when I looked at The Star from my favorite Tarot de Marseille deck, it looked to me like she's pouring a lot of dirty water to the sewer. I know it's against the traditional view of crystal clear water... But that's how it looked to me at the time. She's cleansing her life. I need to get rid of many painful things and take the next step.

I took the Star cards from most of my decks and spread them on the table. They all seem to be saying the same thing (except for the "1001 Nights Tarot", but this deck doesn't talk to me anyway).

2017 should be XVIII The Moon... Shoud I worry?

Who am I right now?

1. Who am I right now? IX The Hermit, Queen of Cups, 2 of Cups

2. What phase in life am I in right now? 8 of Coins, Page of Cups, 10 of Cups

There are many Cups in this spread (4 out of 6 pulled!). I'm in a very emotional stage right now. I'm learning how to manage them, I analyze my emotions - but I'm not very social.

Simultaneously, I'm in the phase of building and working on my relations with my family - with my husband (10/Coins) and my son (Page/Coins).

October - almost past

There's still a week of October left, so there might be new things happening. Even so, some of the cards got me confused.

I used Alexander Daniloff deck.

Atmosphere of the month, important event: 8 of Swords, Knight of Coins, Ace of Swords

Health: 3 of Coins

Family: Page of Cups, Knight of Wands, 8 of Wands

Writing: 3 of Swords

The "Atmosphere" part confused me, so I took two more cards (I usually take only one card for such a general thing). I didn't feel trapped or unhappy, in fact the opposite - I started to build my life anew and sort things around me. Then I remembered about the "important event" thing and it fits: there was a moment when I felt really down, it was at the beginning of the month. Then I set new rules and made some hard decisions (Knight, Ace).

I slowly rebuilt my health. I also started running, so I'm working on being fit (3/Coins).

The family part speaks probably about my son: learning new things with getting older.

I haven't heard from the publishing house for a while, so I might get bad - in fact, heart breaking - news, that they won't publish my book in the end. We'll see...

Edit: the month is over and I can say that 3/Swords meant mainly the disappointment of not getting any reply at all. November reading however reveals also not very promising cards.

Painting or knitting?

I learned how to knit when I was a kid. My grandma is a very talented person and knitting is her great love. She taught me how to knit, but after that I didn't knit much. I made some scarves, but never anything more complicated in shape. Recently my interest came back and I really got into knitting - with You Tube and many free patterns on the net it is easier than ever before.

I got so caught up, that I stopped painting. My last watercolour was painted in November... So I asked the cards, is it right? What is best for me now? Painting or knitting? If I feel like knitting now, should I try and paint something? It's not easy after a few months break...

I pulled 5 cards:

1. Painting. XX The Judgement

2. (at the bottom) Why? XVII The Star

3. Knitting. 7 of Wands

4. (at the bottom) Why? 10 of Coins

5. (in the middle) Advice. 7 of Coins

I think that the advice from the cards is not to worry and wait until I naturally go back to painting (7/Coins). That is because painting will come back to my life, like dead people from the graves (Judegement) and that is because I like it a lot and can achieve a lot on that field. I will probably get a bit tired of knitting (7/Wands), because I'll overdo it (10/Coins). But anyway I shouldn't rush things - it will all change naturally.

The best day

Well... in the end I BOUGHT THEM! The Alexander Daniloff Deck is in my possession now and I must say it's GORGEOUS. It's simply a piece of art. But because I don't like to have decks that I don't use and only stare at them from time to time, I use this deck for exercise also.

Some people will think it a blasphemy, but I'm actually thinking about rounding the corners. They look beautiful, but they're too spiky for my sensitive hands!

I'm going back home soon for two weeks and I want to meet my friends, so I have to organize a group meeting. I asked the cards, which day would be best for that purpose: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Monday or Tuesday.

I pulled XIV Temperance, Knight of Cups, 5 of Wands, 4 of Cups, 9 of Wands.

Wednesday (Temperance) and Thursday look good for a meeting (Cups being social). On Friday many people will probably have plans made already (5 of Wands). Monday looks like you can relax and be social too (4 of Cups), Tuesday is full of responsibilities (9 of Wands).