January 06 - 12, 2018 ~ The Whispering Tarot

The Whispering Tarot
Elizabeth Hazel
Playing Cards R Us / 2008
EMH © www.kozmic-kitchen.com

I revisited The Whispering Tarot by Liz Hazel.  It was a great find and it is still a great deck.  The original blog post is here, if you'd like more detail. 

I have been sick all week, and I think that the deck reflected that quite well.  Rather than answer any of my requests for deep thoughts, it threw back my physical condition as well as the irrational bit of fear mongered up by the fear-mongering news regarding the flu.  I do not have the flu, but it was always a worry.  My favorite set of cards basically told me I was drowning in snot, over-reacting, and to take cold medications.  Seemed to help.

I am not sure if this deck is still available, but if you do happen to come upon one, buy it. 

January 01 - 07, 2018 ~ Cat's Eye Tarot

Cat's Eye Tarot

Debra M. Givin, DVM

U.S. Games Systems, Inc., 2011

Originally, I used this deck for the week of August 25 - 31, 2012.  I did not post that to the blog, but I did have the original notes in my spreadsheet.

Off to a bit of a rough start, but I think that as I got used to working with the cards again, things settled down.  The cards are absolutely lovely and really do mirror cat behaviour.  

I did use the deck this week and while I was off to a rough start (again!), it was due to not using tarot cards for several years!  But this is a simple deck with well chosen images.  For the most part, the symbolic imagery was apparent.  Two cards that I really enjoyed were the Three of Wands and the Fool.  In the Three of Wands, I really got that feeling of starting out with confidence and innocence (or naivete).  The journey was there and it was a big undertaking.  The ginger cats brought the "fire" to the wands as well!

The Fool really had that feeling of teetering on the brink! That kitty is looking towards an immediate "want" without regard to the bigger picture.  There is a great big world out there and it might be a real leap of faith to reach it.  Or - it might just be a lucky mistake.

The card stock is typical of mass produced decks:  sturdy and coated.  Given the number of wrinkled and stained non-coated tarot decks I own, this is not necessarily a bad thing!  Cards are too big for my hands (as usual), but I have small hands.

Deck Available at: U.S. Games Systems, Inc
Card images are © Copyright U.S. Games Systems, Inc.

Rediscovering My Inner Squirrel

It has been a long couple of years.  Many changes.  Not important now, but what is important is that I am coming into this new year (2018) with a real desire to jump back into the tarot world.  I was so burned out and had withdrawn in so many different ways.

AEON ~ Thoth Tarot

To start out this new year, I drew a single card to kind of give me something to think about.  And what a card!  Of course, being who I am I figured I would just start right back after, what? four years, with the Thoth.  Not a problem at all, right? Should be easy!  But after the first couple of days, I realized that this was not a good idea.  It was overwhelming.  That little voice said, "NO! just quit.  It is too hard, too much, you'll fail!" but the louder voice said, "Just grab a different deck and ease into it.  No problem!"  This is one of those changes that I was speaking to.  That new and louder voice that says things like, "Go ahead! Try it!" and "Nothing wrong with starting small!"  and "Failure only happens when you don't try."  So, I switched to the first deck I saw that didn't give me the heeby-jeebies.  The Cat's Eye Tarot.  That tarot hasn't even been reviewed on this blog!  So that is good.  It will help me get back into the practice and we will see what comes in the future.

On January 1st, I drew my first card of the year.  The first card of my ridiculously ambitious (and over-achiever) plan of a deep and intellectual Thoth study.  The Lovers.  I just looked at that card and had feelings of dread.  Then, I decided that since I am here, I might as well as make a go of it.  The next day, I thought, why don't I do a three-card draw?  Like I was doing 6, 7 years ago when I was really deep into the tarot world?  Sure, let's dig that failure hole even larger!  Woohoo!!  So, I drew the cards.  And made that decision to find a different deck lest I just chuck all decks into the bin and call it a day!

As I did before, I will likely post a summary / review at the end of the week.  It will take some practice and I might change up everything, but for now, that is what I plan to do!  I have to reinstate the other pages of the blog (2011, 2012, and a list of my collection) so that I can keep track of the ones I have already used.

But first, some housekeeping.  In the process of transferring this blog from a defunct account, the images migrated but not the links! I will endeavour to fix those a little at a time.  <---- See!! Progress.  Before, I would sit up all night and make it all perfect.  Now, I will deal with it in chunks and no reason to overwhelm myself in the process!

Welcome to 2018 and Welcome Back, Squirrel!