Under the Surface

I'm mixing things up a little this time with our weekly three card reading. It's still three cards, but only one of them is a tarot card.  One of my favorite tarot decks is Rhythm and Soul Tarot , and it goes perfectly with two of my favorite oracle decks created by the same artist - Southern Gothic Oracle ,  and Haunts Oracle . All three decks, as well as  Southern Botanic Oracle , are available from La Panthére Studio . (The Hermit card from Rhythm and Soul Tarot. Beneath that card are two more cards. On the left, the Clairvoyant card from Haunts Oracle. On the right, the Abandoned Plantation card from Southern Gothic Oracle.) First, we have our focus for this week - The Hermit. Whatever it is that you have to handle or are hoping to accomplish, you can do this! Don't wait for somebody else to come along and save you. You already have what you need. Not necessarily in tangible material ways, but you have the knowledge and skill, or ability to build skills, t...

I'll keep our three card readings going as long as I can! If we hit a point where I need to stop for a while during all the packing and moving, I will pick it back up again when things are more settled.  I'm using the Dune Bene Gesserit Tarot Deck again, so I'll remind you that Swords are Crysknives, Spice is Wands, and Water is Cups.  (Three cards laid out in a row. The 10 of Crysknives, Knight of Spice, and Ace of Water.) Some things aren't really worth fighting for. Not hard and long enough that it destroys you, anyway. If you're stuck in a loop of constant battle simply because you don't want someone else to win, you're losing even if you do win. But some things are definitely worth fighting for! Look at your motivation, goals, and strategy. If you've got a fire for this that will keep going, then take your time and do it right. Make sure whatever you're pouring yourself into is about nurturing and building. Destruction may be necess...

I promised everyone I would show you how I do a Litany Against Fear tarot reading once I got my Dune Bene Gesserit Tarot Deck , and I'm here to keep that promise! This is a reading I created a couple of years ago to use the Litany Against Fear as a map for analyzing one's own fears. Each line has something assigned to it to look at.  My usual approach to showing how I do this would be to create a temporary imaginary friend who wants a reading. I did this before to give an example of what to expect from a personal three card reading. I never share readings I've done for other people.  There's nothing to stop me from sharing a reading I've done for myself, though, and life has given me a perfect situation for this! My family just found out a few days ago that we're going to have to move. It's unexpected and overwhelming, and nothing is certain yet other than we have to move. There's a lot of fear right now. I'll show you the cards, then break things ...

I got a new deck of cards! It's the Dune Bene Gesserit Tarot Deck , and time spent getting familiar with them has shown me these will be cards I want to use often. I created a reading a couple of years ago that is based on the Litany Against Fear, and I now have the perfect cards for doing that reading! I promise I will share it here, but we're just doing three cards today.  These weekly readings are quick general readings to give something to focus on or think about for the week. If you want a personal reading, I have spots open . There are tarot, tarot and oracle cards, and dice divination readings for you to choose from. Readings are emailed to you as a detailed pdf report that walks you through my whole process. I can tell you now that I'll probably use the Dune deck often for the Life Journey reading.  (Three tarot cards laid out in a row. From left to right: Five of Crysknives (Swords), The Fool, and Justice. The rest of the cards are face down in a nearb...

We're back to using cards for our weekly readings, and I'm using the Wildwood deck today.  (Three cards from the Wildwood Tarot laid out in a line on a very colorful cloth. From left to right: Eight of Vessels - Rebirth, Four of Bows - Celebration, Four of Vessels - Boredom.) In this deck, Cups are Vessels and Bows are Wands. A time of rebirth is not comfortable. It may be something you want, like getting a new job and moving to a place you've wanted to live for some time. It still comes with a lot of tearing things down so you can rebuild them, or build new things from them. That can seriously wear on you. And some rebirths just are not a happy event at all. When you've made it through, the new life on the other side can be exhilarating! Or maybe you're assuming it will be since you're still in all the joy of "YES! I made it! I won!"  You might want to make a plan, though, to make sure you keep going. You deserve the joy, but it will burn ...

We'll be back to using cards for weekly readings next week. Right here, right now, it's our last dice reading for celebrating my Roll for Divination! book having been out for a year! All of the weekly readings this month have been samples of what the book teaches you about working with the dice divination system I developed. You can find options for where to buy the book here , and all the options that are not Kindle offer both epub and pdf.  I've been using dice that match for all of these reads, but I just poured my dice bag out and grabbed d6s from three different sets today. We're doing the reading to shine light on a possibly overlooked detail about something, show the key for handling the situation, and give guidance on which path to take. We've got a 5 on the brown piece, and I promise you the strange symbols on the blue and purple pieces are both 6. Each piece in those sets has a symbol in place of the highest number. The 5 tells us to look at h...