Tarot doodles

Do you doodle? I do doodle (another "Buffy" reference here ;)). Sometimes I like to add some doodles to my reading records. It's fun. Do you recognize these cards? :)

They are capybaras...

Queens from Jaśniak Tarot.

From Crystal Tarot.

Magical Forest Tarot.

TdM and Magical Forest.

TdM.

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?

Monthly read - June

Since I don't have much time now, I decided to read for myself at least once per month. Each time I'll use a different tarot deck. This time I chose Tarot of the Magic Forest.

Atmosphere of the month, important matters: XVI The Tower.

Health: 8 of Swords, XI Strength, XX The Judgement

Family: Ace of Pentacles, 7 of Swords, 10 of Cups

Hobbies and creative life: Page of Pentacles, Knight of Wands, XVIII The Moon

June will probably be exciting! The Tower promises a sudden change.

Health: I will struggle, feel trapped (8/Swords) (I already have some problems now), but the good result will be up my inner strength (XI) and I should be able to revive to full health (XX).

Family: my problem and tiredness (7/Swords) will be soothed by family's helping hand (Ace/Pents, 10/Cups).

Hobbies and creative life: contacts with some young people (Page, Knight), maybe some hopes, but vague.

What chances do I have?

I sent my text to a publishing house X around two months ago and am trying to wait patiently... But I started thinking about a publishing house that is second on my list, if X doesn't accept the text. To keep my tarot exercises going I pulled cards for what chances would I have in publishing house Y.

I pulled three cards: Queen of Cups, 6 of Swords, 7 of Pentacles.

For me it looks quite welcoming. The main character of the novel is female and there is a lot about women (Queen of Cups). The water on the card looks to me like a path - a new path for me. 6/Swords could mean a turning point in my writing "career", 7/Pentacles would mean that I would have to wait, but it's totally normal when it comes to publishing anything.

By the way, these are my newly trimmed Tarot of the Magical Forest. I think it looks beautiful without borders!

Tactics

Since I wanted to tell that person what they needed to know, but I didn't want to hurt them, I asked tarot for tactics - what will work best.

I got 8 of Pentacles, XIII Death and VI The Lovers.

It seemed a logical tactic for me: first praise that person's hard work, then go with the hard part, and in the end stress good points I saw in their work.

I did exactly that and it seems that our meeting went good :)

What will the reaction be?

I found myself in a situation in which I have to choose whether to tell somebody something that can be difficult to them, but help them grow as an artist - or not to tell them but don't hurt them. I asked the cards what the reaction to that truth would be. I simply pulled three cards.

I got 5 of Swords, VIII Justice (Rx) and 8 of Cups.

Although that person said they're OK with critique, the cards show that they might feel hurt, unfairly judged and become depressed :( To tell or not to tell...?

German exam

I started German classes in May and now it's time for the exam - it's tomorrow. I asked how it would go.

I pulled V The Hierophant.

I believe it will go quite good, it's one of the best cards for education. We will see tomorrow!

Edit: The Hierophant enlightened me with his wisdom! The test went very well :)

Three fields

I tried to read tarot after some break and decided to ask about my three passions: Japanese dance, writing novels and painting watercolours. How will things with them proceed in near future? I chose "Tarot of the Magical Forest" for a change. I felt as unsure about tarot as I feel a bit insecure about that forest world...

I got VI The Lovers, Ace of Cups and XXI The World.

I believe it means that I will need to cooperate with someone to accomplish something with the dance thing - I suppose it means my husband's help in organizing performance. Maybe I will also find a disciple I'm looking for?
The Ace means that writing (which I almost gave up recently) is my true love and that in fact it pained me loose faith in my capability. There could be a chance of a publishing house accepting finally my text - there's a coin in the dove's beak! That would give me faith and enthusiasm for further writing.
As for painting, it's possible that since I'll be busying myself with writing, painting pace will be slowed and The World can represent an end of some cycle.

It all looks quite optimistic, unless I got it all wrong! :D