I remember a few years ago I was reading Descent to the Goddess—the part about the seven levels—and I looked up at the sky and saw a cloud shaped exactly like a seven, alone in that part of the sky. It was uncanny. This happened around the time I was ready to move on and return to London after spending some time back in my home country. It was synchronicity, rather than divination, but it made me aware that indeed, you can “read” anything.
love this. the lunar eclipse in libra prompted me to begin recording my dreams again, and i love hearing from others who gather the symbolism of their dreams into bouquets of subconscious flowers. i've learned so much about myself already just from recording dream material.
i use tarot &astrology as divination tools as well. these frameworks for seeing the world give a richness to my daily life that was missing before i discovered them. im always amazed at how insightful my daily energy tarot card pulls can be!
i was thinking about the mystery of eggs last night, in relation to the movie Possession, actually, and it's interesting that you mention a dream about eggs, &egg divining? i had no idea oomancy was a thing people can practice. very cool!
i've definitely entered a flow state when doing tarot readings for others, but i find that there are parts of my ego that resist the flow, actually. leaning into my psychic abilities &spiritual nature still feels foreign to my brain, so sometimes i'll pull myself out of my flow because i'm like, 'oh no, something is happening &i don't know what it is!' lol. seems like it's part of my spiritual growth process. i definitely came to the divination party later in life, but i'm glad i did!
I do a semi-daily three card spread, reading them left to right and/or with the center card framed. I use the same deck as you. I think it’s the most rich in symbols compared to other decks. The ritual is calming.
There are so many ways to read them. I use pretty simple basic interpretations and sometimes Elemental assignations. There are Qabbalistic correspondences of course. Idon’t ask questions of the cards. I cast them and let their patterns weave in with my life story.
But I know there is more than all that to them. There is a secret language hidden in them, according to one occultist I follow, based on reading dignified cards. I have to look into that sometime.
Dreams, tarot, and astrology have always been fun, but clouds are really great too. Von Franz and Jung draw archetypes as stratigraphic layers and fractals -- finding these in nature can help prompt that mode of thought
I remember a few years ago I was reading Descent to the Goddess—the part about the seven levels—and I looked up at the sky and saw a cloud shaped exactly like a seven, alone in that part of the sky. It was uncanny. This happened around the time I was ready to move on and return to London after spending some time back in my home country. It was synchronicity, rather than divination, but it made me aware that indeed, you can “read” anything.
love this. the lunar eclipse in libra prompted me to begin recording my dreams again, and i love hearing from others who gather the symbolism of their dreams into bouquets of subconscious flowers. i've learned so much about myself already just from recording dream material.
i use tarot &astrology as divination tools as well. these frameworks for seeing the world give a richness to my daily life that was missing before i discovered them. im always amazed at how insightful my daily energy tarot card pulls can be!
i was thinking about the mystery of eggs last night, in relation to the movie Possession, actually, and it's interesting that you mention a dream about eggs, &egg divining? i had no idea oomancy was a thing people can practice. very cool!
i've definitely entered a flow state when doing tarot readings for others, but i find that there are parts of my ego that resist the flow, actually. leaning into my psychic abilities &spiritual nature still feels foreign to my brain, so sometimes i'll pull myself out of my flow because i'm like, 'oh no, something is happening &i don't know what it is!' lol. seems like it's part of my spiritual growth process. i definitely came to the divination party later in life, but i'm glad i did!
thanks for sharing yr thoughts
I do a semi-daily three card spread, reading them left to right and/or with the center card framed. I use the same deck as you. I think it’s the most rich in symbols compared to other decks. The ritual is calming.
There are so many ways to read them. I use pretty simple basic interpretations and sometimes Elemental assignations. There are Qabbalistic correspondences of course. Idon’t ask questions of the cards. I cast them and let their patterns weave in with my life story.
But I know there is more than all that to them. There is a secret language hidden in them, according to one occultist I follow, based on reading dignified cards. I have to look into that sometime.
Thanks for the article!
Dreams, tarot, and astrology have always been fun, but clouds are really great too. Von Franz and Jung draw archetypes as stratigraphic layers and fractals -- finding these in nature can help prompt that mode of thought
The flow you speak of and change of voice are experiences i have also. Great article x