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Today's Tarot Card of the Day
About a week ago, I finally stopped being lazy & started drawing daily cards in the morning. While drawing them at night was a nice twist on the practice, the benefit of a morning draw for your day has proved very insightful so far.
Morning Drawing Method:
- In the morning (usually while I’m waiting for my flat iron to heat up), I’ll draw 2 cards, one from my Tarot deck (Mystic Dreamer) & one from my oracle deck (Enchanted Oracle). While shuffling, I repeat: “Tarot/Oracle card of the day, guide me & show me the way.”
- After picking my cards, I write them down in a small note book. For example, today’s entry looks like “5/8/09 Friday – 4 of Wands & Emerald Princess”
- If I’m unclear as to the meaning of my oracle card (the names can be so random) I’ll read the page about the card and go on about my day.
- In the evening, I’ll go back to my notebook and jot down events, thoughts & goals that happened that day and explore how they correlate to one or both cards, which has happened in surprising ways.
So far, I’ve found that by drawing 2 cards, I gain insight to 2 different areas of my life. Recently I’ve noticed that the Tarot card I draw usually refers to external events, interactions with other people, things at work, etc whereas my Oracle card often reflects things that I’m thinking about or working on internally.
Do you draw cards daily? From what decks? How do the cards reflect what’s going on in your life?
For the past few weeks, I’ve really revitalized my love for Techno, Trance and Drum n Bass music. I’ve loved it since high school – it felt like a genre of music that was mine- meaning that it felt like the kind of music that really suited me. Lately I’ve found myself purchasing several mix CDs of popular dance music.
Today I drew the Ace of Pentacles as my card of the day and the card “Mermaid Dreams” from the Enchanted Oracle (review forthcoming). “Mermaid Dreams” means “listen to your intuition and follow your dreams”.
Then on the way to work, the DJ on the morning show was talking about how she went out with a “real” DJ and went to his show last night. It hit me like a jolt of lightening – I should take up DJing. Turntables, albums, the like. Seems like the cards were referring to this revelation! I’ve seen real DJers in action – no computers, just turntables and their hands – and I was amazed. I’ve wanted a turntable for a while but it seemed to be the kind of thing I’d say I wish I could do. Today, I felt the calling and begun to research a little about DJing. I’ve already picked a DJ name, but I’ll save it until I really get going 
Horseshoe Reading: Tell me about becoming a DJ.
Past: 4 of Cups – Seems like opportunity has knocked at my door, but I failed to acknowledge it.
Present: The Chariot – I’m raring to go (still very much in a Chariot year – it comes up for me often)
Hidden Influences: The Fool – Naivete, optimism. Looks like I’ve got a lot to learn before and after taking the leap!
Obstacles: The Star – Seems to warn me into the trap of wishing and hoping, but not doing.
Environment: Ace of Swords – My environment is conducive to new ideas and beginnings.
Best Course of Action: 5 of Swords – This is the most surprising card. In this context, it seems that if I’m serious about this endeavor I’m going to need to get serious and allocate more time and effort into this hobby, possibly at the sacrifice of other less important things.
Probable Outcome: 3 of Wands – The project is initiated, but other elements are needed for success. I can’t rush it, things will come when they’re supposed to. Meanwhile I need to make sure I’m personally ready to meet that success. The groundwork is laid and I can see my goal.
What do I need to know about pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Art and Master’s degree in Education?
————–2—–3—–4 <<<Art degree
———–1
————–5—–6—–7 <<<Education degree
1. Where are you now? reversed Justice
I certainly get this one – there’s a since of imbalance, disharmony and indecision about my current situation. In a way, I feel wronged that I never got to pursue an Art degree the first time around, but I’m torn because I want to pursue a Master’s – the issue seems to be a battle of the heart and mind: my heart wants the Art degree but my mind says the Education Master’s is a better decision in terms of cost/benefit. Funny enough, Justice is also my Personality Card (what I’m meant to learn in this life) – maybe this decision has a great impact on the rest of my life and contains the lessons I’m meant to learn.
2 + 5: Benefits of each: Queen of Cups (art), reversed 8 of Cups (edu)
Again, the heart of the matter seems to be… my heart (forgive the pun). I’ll find pursuing art incredibly fulfilling, whereas a Master’s feels like I’m pursuing it because I feel like I have to, not because I want to. I’m leaving behind all my glittery artsy cups and moving on to the future I’m “supposed” to create but I leave with regrets and doubts (again).
3 +6: Downsides of each: reversed 10 of Swords (art), Chariot (edu)
Not sure how to take the reversed 10 of Swords – perhaps my Art degree will be very mentally taxing which I’ll have to accept and move on with power. Again, learning a lesson. Learning and creating art isn’t always Cuppy There’s lots of mental effort, too.
Interesting how the Chariot is a downside for my Master’s degree. Again, it seems that completing this degree will require substantial willpower and focus to succeed and not give up.
4 + 7: Probable Outcomes: reversed High Priestess (art), reversed 10 of Cups (edu)
Again, I see this dichotomy of the spiritual (art) vs. material (education). The High Priestess is my Soul Card (my purpose for all life times). It seems that this Art degree will help me further become the High Priestess, but not without a few bumps in the road first. Seems that this degree will test me spiritually but at least I’ll be a wiser High Priestess at the end of this after starting out as the naive Queen of Cups.
On the other hand, it seems that a Master’s degree will negatively impact my home and family life – perhaps in terms of monopolizing too much of my time and missing important family events. This also signals to me that getting a Master’s degree because that’s what’s expected of me (by family!) will not solve my problems or necessarliy make me any happier in the end.
Overall Thoughts
Wow that was really insightful. Overall this spread showed me that this decision runs much deeper than choosing a career field – rather it’s about choosing what will make me happy. Also, Justice also seems to tell me not to rush my decision – this decision is worth considering seriously. Fortunately, I don’t need to decide right away – I can explore both opportunities further. On a side note, I followed the Tarot reading ritual that I talked about in my previous post, and I think it’s made difference already
Deck Used: Mystic Dreamer Tarot
In a reading done by the well-known Austin reader Cat Dancing, she and I uncovered that the seeds of a new creative work are beginning, which also ties in with a greater spiritual journey that’s starting. Today’s reading for myself is based on a new spread from the companion book for the Mystic Dreamer Tarot set that I just bought (a separate review post to come on this deck after some further study of it).
Called the “What to Do Spread,” this layout offers insight on a new direction in your life.
1, 2, 3: What you did in the past – reversed Ace of Pentacles, King of Wands, 7 of Cups
10: past outcome – Star *hope*
4, 5, 6: What you’re doing now (or just finished doing) – Knight of Swords, reversed 9 of Pentacles, 8 of Cups
11: current outcome – reversed Death *a new beginning*
7, 8, 9: What you should do next – reversed Strength, reversed Ace of Wands, 3 of Wands
12: probable outcome – reversed 2 of Pentacles
The layout:
7 – 8 – 9
12
1 – 2 -3 4 – 5 -6
10 11
Thoughts:
The first two parts (the past and present) made perfect sense. I think if this spread were a roadmap, I’d be sitting on that Death card.
The future set slightly confused me. I think the first two cards show my fear and lack of energy/ideas. I long for something more, but so far wishing has not turned into much action on my part. The reversed 2 of Pentacles sums up these cards by saying to me “you’re out of balance. get yourself straight first before jumping into projects you’re not ready for.” Looks like I have things to do before I really get into this creative process. My current belief is that I need to learn – take classes on the creative interests I have. Through classes I can hone my creativity and find my niche, from which will grow future creative endeavors
Right now, I’m looking to take more Tarot classes. Tarot has really gotten ahold of me lately and I find myself studying Tarot (and journaling about it!) with more frequency and interest than ever. Can I consider learning to read the Tarot a creative endeavor in itself??
For a while something creative has been nagging at me. I’ve always been a fairly artsy person, and I feel that this part of my life has been escaping from me. Tonight I’ll do a Wish Spread from the book “How to Use Tarot Spreads” to help me figure out the best way to channel my creativity into something fulfilling.
- What is my wish? Reversed 10 of Cups
- Do I feel I deserve my wish? Reversed Chariot
- Opposing forces? Reversed Ace of Swords
- Forces working for me? Reversed Fool
- Are there changes I must make? Reversed Page of Swords
- Is this wish in my best interest? Reversed 3 of Cups
- Outcome? Reversed Page of Cups
After flipping the cards, I’m totally lost. Maybe I’m not the right person to read this. Maybe I’m so caught up in my own confusion, I can’t see the forest for the trees? I’ve never done a spread where every card has been reversed (and I do shuffle!) Should I try a different spread?
Can anyone with an objective eye in the blogosphere help me decipher this? Or should I return to the cards later concerning this issue?
