Daily Tarot Card Draw, March 25 2010: 8 of Pentacles (reversed)

Daily Tarot Card Draw, March 25 2010: 8 of Pentacles (reversed)
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Yesterday morning, I drew the 8 of Pentacles in the reversed position. (Full disclosure: I had a crazy day today and skipped pulling a card at all, let alone blogging it! Sorry!)

In the 8 of Pentacles we see a man with a lot of his work surrounding him, and he is still working on another piece. Regardless of the reversal, I think the image Pamela has depicted in this card completely and utterly describes my day on the 25th. I worked fastidiously on tax receipts (it's that time of year again!) and helped my boss put together a document that was highly time-sensitive and we worked right until the very second we needed to submit it. I strongly identified with the figure depicted in the card yesterday, so I was quite appreciative of my later social outing last night (went to see Shutter Island with a friend) and enjoyed a well-deserved day-off today (even if it did start in the dentist's chair- eep!).

Hopefully I will get back "on" with my daily draws during or after the weekend, I've been not leaving for work so early (what do I have to go early for anyway?) so I find I have time to sit down with my tea and pull a card, and to photograph them. Hopefully I can start blogging them in a more timely way.

Daily Tarot Card draw, March 24 2010: Death (reversed), Tell-Me Tarot

Daily Tarot Card draw, March 24 2010: Death (reversed), Tell-Me Tarot
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Oh man, I kind of look like death today!

I've gotten the death card before, and the divinatory meaning eludes to the end of cycles so new cycles can begin. I can't think back to much that happened yesterday that fits that bill:

I was late for work because of the bus system in Halifax (how nice it must be to not *have* to do your duties as expected!). I did some tidying up, and artefact handling, and spoke to a donor and that conversation ended in us agreeing to disagree (long story). After lunch, I measured up around some planes for a barrier system, and my friend A.D. came in to start volunteering- she's helping me carve foam disc mannequins for display (she's previously worked a lot in foam building wacky mascot costumes for sports teams etc). After that, we went to dance class and she came over for supper and a tarot card reading (my birthday gift to her- happy birthday!). The readings were surprisingly heavy.

Daily Tarot Card Draw, 23 March 2010: The Emperor

Daily Tarot Card Draw, 23 March 2010: The Emperor
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Yesterday, I pulled the Emperor as my daily card. Before I consult a book or online to see what it means, let's go over my day yesterday:

I was working in my customer-facing position at work (as opposed to working in my behind-the-scenes role). It was fairly quiet and I got a lot done. Towards the end of the day, I had some difficult visitors who were hard to get to leave at closing time (a group of girls who had been in earlier and were now back to look for something they'd lost). This was very distressing for me, as I had to take the bus home and had somewhere to be at a certain time. I barely made my bus, then barely made it on time for my appointment- a concert at the CBC featuring my favorite ukulele player. The concert was amazing, husband and I had a great time. By the time we left, we were hungry (no time to eat supper before the concert) and picked up takeaway on our way home. Then I talked to my friend A.D. who is going to be volunteering at the museum today.

According to Aeclectic Tarot, the Emperor eludes to matters of control. Was I the Emperor yesterday? I had to take a firm hand with our younger visitors to eject them in a timely manner (I'm not a very big lady, so teenagers and big kids don't necessarily see me as an authority figure). Or was time and the bus system in Halifax the Emperor? It was very acutely in control of my life from 5:00 when I left work to 7:00 when the concert started. I also wonder if the artist last night, James Hill, was the Emperor because of his fantastic command of the ukulele.

Numerology Past, Present, and Future Spread

I was looking around on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum for a couple of good birthday spreads (it's a good friend of mine's birthday this week, and I want to try a few cool birthday-specific spreads for her) and this one, Numerology Past, Present, and Future, popped up because the word "birthday" is mentioned in the thread. It looked neat, and I don't know a lot about numerology, so I thought I would give it a try.


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My birthday, 24 July 83, breaks down to some big numbers- my past section has 6 cards, my present has 7, and the future has 3.

Past

Emperor (reversed), 9 of Swords (reversed), 9 of Cups, 2 of Swords, 6 of Pentacles (reversed), Page of Swords

For me, the past was the most difficult of this spread. I don't want to break down every card in this blog post in great detail, but what I see here is my past desires to be successful, but not too successful. For example, I didn't want to fail any classes in school, but I didn't want to be too good at anything, either. I always self-evaluated myself harshly, and wouldn't fight it if, say, a teacher obviously made an error marking a project or test or quiz. I also see in this part of the spread being stuck between a rock and a hard place when my two closest friends in school had a monumental falling out- I tried very hard not to take either's side, for a number of reasons, including self preservation- and I also see that I wasn't able to really be a good friend to either of them because of this, but I also see success and contentment (of course, nobody's life is all doom and gloom! I accomplished some cool stuff in high school- I challenged for credit to have more art on my high school transcript, and I'm proud of the way my graduation solo was in ballet, stuff like that). The Page (of swords) solidifies for me that what I am to read from this spread is my time spent in school.

Present

In the present portion of this spread, I see a lot about work and my family. I think that the Empress is obviously my sister's pregnancy. The 2 of Wands picks up on the fact I actually am on staff at work for two different positions, and the 8 of Pentacles is an indicator that one of those positions (the one that I feel is more in line with my career path) is very laborious. I also see some of my workplace conflicts in the cards, and a hold-over of my self-depreciation.

Future

The future's a pretty short bit of this spread because of the way the numerology worked out, huh? Interestingly, all the cards in this bit are reversals and this is the second time I've seen one of these cards (the Ace of Wands from the Tell-Me deck was my daily tarot card today). Basically, I see a lot of delays in my (and my husband's) immediate future. We are yet to settle into our careers as my husband contines to work on his PhD, the 'old guys' at work will continue to fight me as I try to do modern things at work like digital media, and I will continue to neglect personal creative projects, like I usually do.

I thought this was an interesting spread, I was at first daunted by the sheer amount of cards in front of me (16 cards!!!) but it was worth the effort to do it. I wish I knew more about numerology, I can notice patterns but can't figure out what to do about them when they turn up in my spreads. All in all, a rewarding and fairly relevant spread to work with. I'd do it again, and will probably suggest it for my friend for her birthday!

Daily Tarot Card Draw, 22 March 2010: Ace of Wands (Reversed)

Daily Tarot Card Draw, 22 March 2010: Ace of Wands (Reversed)
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This *afternoon* (I had the day off and I've only just started my day after 1, eeep!), I pulled my daily card from the Tell-Me Tarot. I got the reversed Ace of Wands.

This is, without a doubt, the silliest card in the Tell-Me Tarot- I won't tell you what it looks like as you can probably all figure that out for yourselves! The description on the card reads: "Ace of Wands = Action (+)/This is an excellent time to act. Be creative. Let your enthusiasm take you to new horizons and heights."

So what happened today? I had the day off. My husband and I walked downtown, and hit the library and our favourite coffee shop where we had the most ridiculous and delicious croissant. We came home, I watched tv and read a bit, we watched a movie, I went for a run, and cooked supper. This evening, I've been half-heartedly watching Dancing with the Stars (like I said on facebook- in grade 5, I had no. idea. that my hero Buzz Aldrin would be on a reality tv show for ballroom dancing) and did a new tarot card spread.

So what do I think this card meant for me? I'm not sure. I don't think my day holds true to Eden Gray's suggestion of false starts for a reversed wand. All I know is that in this deck this card looks absolutely silly.

Weekly Tarot Card, 21 March 2010: King of Pentacles (reversed)

Weekly Tarot Card, 21 March 2010: King of Pentacles (reversed)
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Thanks for all your patience while I've been lazy, internets! Plz to be enjoying my weekly tarot card draw post :)

This is kinda funny, because it's the second time I've got the King of Pentacles this weekend- I also pulled it as my daily card (from my RWS deck) and a 9 of Pentacles on Saturday. My father-in-law is a banker, and is taking a trip soon- I think that this week is going to be all about his trip.