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Navigating Tarot

One of the more popular forms of divination, tarot cards, can be both incredibly useful and complicated. There are special rules used by practitioners, some of which I’d like to talk about. In other words, this is a good general guide to getting started with tarot. 

Connection

Connecting with your deck is incredibly important, and vital to your relationship with your cards. Keep in mind, your cards are their own entity. Having a weak relationship with them isn’t beneficial for either of you. Some great ways to connect with your deck are through meditation, spending time with them, asking questions, and just generally speaking not abusing them. 

Cleanse 

Not cleansing your deck can have serious consequences. Not only will it hurt your relationship with your deck, but your readings will be out of whack. Some of the most popular forms of cleansing are moonlight, smudging, and crystals. Any and all of these methods are great. 

Simplicity

As a beginner, don’t do any sort of complicated spreads. I know it’s tempting; you just want to jump right in! Start with just one week in the very least of pulling a card from your deck each day and interpreting it; it increases your familiarity with the cards and their meanings. Personally, whenever I want information about the cards, I love to go to Biddy Tarot. See them here: https://www.biddytarot.com/tarot-card-meanings/ 

Respect 

I’ve said it before, but again, your deck is its own entity. Treat it with the respect it deserves.

Journal, Journal, Journal 

Every time you do a spread, I recommend jotting it down. It helps your growth significantly. Just include the date, deck used, spread, results, interpretation and your reflection. 

Alternatives 

I understand that this can be complicated if you’re in the broom closet; perhaps you can’t get a deck, or maybe you just feel uncomfortable practicing around others. If that’s the case, you can use playing cards! Here’s what I use in such a situation to help me: https://exemplore.com/fortune-divination/How-to-Read-Tarot-with-Playing-Cards 

Hello Lady Diana thank u for your kindness and for this blog. I have an astrology question; when reading some birth charts I saw two w/ the same ascendant but in one of them there were intercepted planets and signs. I understood some changes in a general context of reading however I’m in doubt about how to interpret these interceptions because it seems that the houses are full of information that I shouldn’t ignore. Can u explain to me how to read this? (Sorry for my English I’m still learning)

Why Interception in Astrology is NOT Real

An “intercepted” Zodiac sign is one that is fully enclosed inside a House. And an “intercepted” planet is one that is inside an intercepted Zodiac sign.

How does this happen?

Each Zodiac sign has 30 degrees. The same is not true for Houses. Depending on how far your birthplace is from the Equator, the sizes of your Houses will vary, because of the Earth’s axis.

Interception happens when you have a House that is over 30 degrees and is embracing an entire Zodiac sign.

That is the thing. Embracing. There is absolutely no problem with the act of embracing. It is a synonym for hugging. To be hugged is a wonderful feeling.

But instead of embracing, people use the term intercepting. Which, unlike hugging, is a bad word. Intercepting means seizing, halting, hindering. It is antagonistic in nature.

Except Houses are never antagonistic. Because Houses are areas. Places. Spaces. They are incapable of being malicious.

So when a House encloses a Zodiac sign and a planet, there is no harm being done to either. They are simply hugging each other. There is no act of “intercepting” that is actually happening.

Many astrologers claim that if you have an intercepted planet, you are unlucky. Because that planet’s powers are seized, halted, hindered.

This is impossible.

Planets are sources of power. They are the ones with the authority here. Houses are simply areas that they decide to visit. So claiming that a planet is intercepted is like claiming that a person suddenly loses his or her power when inside a big space such as a museum or a theater. Preposterous. In fact we feel freer. In a larger environment, we breathe easier.

So in truth, to have an “intercepted” planet only means that that planet is even more able than usual to give you blessings in the House it is visiting and in the Zodiac sign it is in.

If your Sun is “intercepted” in Scorpio, the only difficult experience you will have is finding someone who is better in bed than you.

And if your Mars is “intercepted” in the First House, your biggest challenge will be finding a partner who can love you more than you already do.

You are probably wondering, “If interceptions are not real, how come so many people believe in them?”

Well, at some point in time, the entire human population believed the Earth was flat. It did not make them right, did it?

Tasseomancy: Symbols

Tasseomancy or Tasseography is the practice and process of using tea leaves or coffee grounds to forecast, understand, or improve upcoming or current events. This can be used for planning ahead, or for personal growth, healing and development. One nearly finished a loose herbal concoction, and then flips the remaining biological powders onto a small plate. They then scry based off of the shapes or symbols the leaves lie in. Here are some basic shapes and their meanings.

Symbols:

Anchor: Stability, Stagnancy, permanence, and immobility. Angel: Fortune, positivity, and potential true romance. Apple: Health, longevity, academic or professional success. Aries: Strength, intensity, lust, and scorching emotion. Axe: You have overcome your challenges, victory and triumph. Boat: Reunification, fellowship, familiarity, and support. Bowl: Containment, stagnancy, summer, light, and Litha. Bridge: A wonderful voyage to embark on lies ahead of you. Candle: Enlightenment, guidance, illumination, and warmth. Car: Impending prosperity, fortune, and achievements. Chain: Accountability, a sequence of occasions, and stagnancy. Clouds: Trials and troubles ahead. If surrounded by dots; success is coming. Clover: Upcoming luck. The higher up its located, the sooner it will come. Compass: Guidance, direction, backing, assistance, and support. Crown: Triumph, magnificence, incentives or gifts, and admiration. Cup: Achievement, celebration, emotional healing, and purification. Dagger: Love, encouragement, assistance, and support from allies. Gun: Discord, tension, slander, defamation, and disharmony. Hammer: The journey and trials you’ve faced have been overcome. Hat: Accomplishment, success, and achievement in general. House: Stability, victory in profession or corporate choice. Knots: Apprehensions, concerns, tension, worry, and pressure. Ladder: Advancement, improvement, development, and progress. Mars: Movement, action, progress, vigor, and lustful love. Mountain: Forthcoming impediments, obstacles, and challenges. Mushroom: Rebirth, shifting, transformation, everlasting growth. Owl: Deceit, deception, loss, probable illness, or deprivation. Pear: Social status, wealth, prosperity, and admiration. Ring: Harmony, love, partnership, alliance, and marriage. Scissors: Arguments, disputes, separations, or possibility of ailment. Sun: Stamina, energy, vitality, triumph, and opportunities. Trees: Prosperity, direction, growth, happiness, and luck. Umbrella: Struggles, aggravations, provocations, and endurance. Venus: Romance, femininity, compassion, and love.

Fundamentals / Numbers / Shapes

Show us what's on your tarot wishlist?

Now you've gone and done it! Where you can find the decks will be linked in the title above the image. Some of them are currently sold out.

Fyodor Pavlov Tarot

Wonderful style and color palette. It looks really well rounded to me. Also the lovers are t4t, that's why I really like it. I love supporting trans artists too.

Neon Moon Tarot

The COLORS. The details. The darkness. I've wanted this deck for probably years at this point. I just wanna hold it so bad. It looks badass to me.

Oliver Hilbert Tarot

A neon, psychedelic take on the classic Rider Waite. This is the most expensive deck on my list at 130, I could never justify buying it but it's still there.

The Marigold Tarot

I'm a fan of any art involving skeletons, and the black and gold and the line art are just brilliant.

The Modern Witch Tarot

Pretty ladies doing badass things. What more do you want? I like the diversity as well.

Antique Anatomy Tarot

Once again, big fan of skeletons and also plants. I also seem to have a thing for any deck with a central piece of art and no or very thing borders. Reminds me of the linestrider tarot but darker.

The Tarot Del Tarot

This is absolutely a purely collector, novelty sort of deck but I don't mind. The style alone is wonderful and dark but I also naturally love the references to his movies because there's a couple I really like. Hope you enjoyed. Consider yourself lucky I didn't include oracle decks.

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The Planets and Their Correspondences Masterpost

The Sun

The Moon

Mercury

Venus

Mars

Jupiter

Saturn

Uranus

Neptune

Pluto

💕 Self-Love Spray Bottle Spell 💕

A simple spell to help you love and respect yourself 💓

What You Need:

♡ A bowl

♡ cleansed water

♡ pen and paper

♡ empty spray bottle

♡ lavender

♡ rose petals

♡ optional: Rose quartz

Procedures:

♡ Gather all materials together

♡ Fill bowl with water, add a pinch of lavender and a pinch of rose petals.

♡ Optional: Set the rose quartz into the water as well.

♡ Draw out a sigil of self love, then fold the paper towards you. set the paper into the water.

♡ Close your eyes and stir the mix clockwise. Fill your mind with positive thoughts and allow it the fill you mix.

♡ Once you feel that you’ve filled the bowl enough, slowly poor the mix into your spray bottle.

Uses:

♡ spray a little on yourself when you’re feeling down about yourself.

♡ Spray it around you to invoke positivity in others

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BRING MY FAMILY A CONSISTENT FLOW OF MONEY 💚💚

Money bowl I made today for my family. In there lays orange calcite, malachite, 3 Buckeyes, star anise, chamomile, cinnamon, bay leaves, ginger root, alfalfa leaf, white oak bark and flax seed. I also added coins for obvious reasons and glitter for an extra umph.

Find a bowl of your liking. Cleanse with sage or incense or whatever you like best

Place ingredients in bowl. You can do whatever way you see fit. I laid my coins first, then my crystals, Buckeyes and herbs, then sprinkled with glitter.

Write a petition if you see fit. I did and laid it on top in the center. I sealed it with my green candle wax.

Grab a candle if you want. Green, gold or whatever you're drawn to most. Carve sigils or write a petition or other symbols.

Anoint candle with oil of you're choosing. I used my own money oil I made.

SET YOUR INTENTIONS. Be clear as to what you're exactly wanting. For me my intention was for my family to struggle trying to survive paycheck to paycheck. I want a CONSISTENT flow of money flourished to us.

Work with your bowl everyday and add money to it. You can take as you need but be sure to give it small offerings. Keep it for as long as you like, just be sure to interact with it. You have to put your energy into it in order to reep the benefits.

Blessed it be. 💚💚