The Tower

Tarot Talks: World Tarot Day 2019 Experience

Truth be told I forgot this day even existed despite it saw its 16th annual celebration this year. Typically I refrain from global social media challenges such as Tarosophy Association’s High Intensity Tarot Training (HITT) workout challenge.

Using only the 22 major arcana draw a card at random and follow a task list that’s based on the card drawn. Once task is complete pick another card and so on. See full challenge here.

I managed to complete 3 tasks. Each time I picked a card I felt the double-edged sword; one side told me to keep it simple, the other side felt it needed to be a grandiose achievement. I opted for the K.I.S.S (keep it simple, stupid). Sharing to my social media I actually wondered whether anyone would consider my completed tasks a cop-out. Really? Thoughts can be strange and funny things.

Looking at the cards I drew throughout the day – Strength, The Magician, The Tower – as a reading onto itself makes a heck of alot of sense for me.

“I am stronger than I think. I have all the tools I need. Clear out the old to make room for the new.”

I have been shifting on an internal and external level, which is reflected in these cards. I am looking at Strength as taming the wild beast that lives in us all. To me this currently is reflected by all my old social programming. The mind and behaviour conditioning and patterns that, when left unchecked, can cause a host of problems for me including anxiety, unmet and unrealistic expectations, insecurities, and more.

Magician is the will to do so, creation, making it happen. This is the action that is backed by the Strength card. The actual *doing* and facing of the fears. I also see this as journaling; gratitude journal, bullet journal, and personal journal. These tools have allowed me to take greater control by crystallizing the abstract thoughts into an actionable course.

Tower is the shifting moments. I have metaphorically and literally been clearing out all that no longer serves me, all that no longer “sparks joy.” The paradigm shifts and “ah-ha!” moments that come with it are all happening through doing the work of examining my own thoughts and beliefs. In a physical sense my house appears to be in shambles as we declutter (hubby and I both reformed hoarders).

All-in-all today was a good experience with the HITT challenge and am pleased with outcome. Was a great reminder that I have been facing fears, seeing the magic in the world, and making room for the new.

Brightest blessings,

~☆~Phoenix Rose ~☆~

Creative Tarot – Part One: Rider-Waite-Smith

The woman with no name is locked up, trapped, captured.  She is helpless and bound.  There are four guards that take turns watching her cell.  She wonders how and when she will get out of this.
What the guards don’t know is that she is fierce despite her vulnerable and helpless exterior.  She will no longer be held captive, she decides to take the whole cell down.  She has favour with the Sky Gods, and the tower cell is struck down in an instant with a fiery crack of lightning at the moment she called upon them.  The guards were flung, unknowing of this woman’s importance, unknowing of her power.  She narrowly escapes the destruction as chaos ensues behind her.
Wrapped in torn sheets she makes her way down to the port where she meets a young seafarer.  He is loading his boat with bundles of steel.  She has little to offer him. However, he is kind, seeing the destruction she has fled from, he takes pity and offers to take her to the next island where he will be making his delivery.  She gladly accepts, and in moments they sail off.
Stay tuned for part two on this creative tarot adventure coming next week!
Brightest Blessings
Phoenix Rose
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Creative Tarot – New Series

I’m going in a different direction with tarot.  Today I am announcing a new blog series entitled Creative Tarot.

Tarot is and has been a useful tool in divination – the art of looking beyond what we can see with our eyes, for divine guidance or predictions and fortunetelling – for many ages.  Tarot has also been used for the mundane as in playing card games.  I will not be discussing interpretations, readings, history, or anything of that nature in this new series.

What I will be using the tarot cards for is to assist in creative writing.  Someone with absolutely no knowledge of tarot or their meanings can use this method to work in conjunction with a creative writing project.  While I do have knowledge of the card meanings, I’m not relying on that for creating a wee story.

I will be using the classic Rider-Waite-Smith deck, basing the story strictly on the pictures, and what comes to mind.  I will pull 3 cards per blog post, and 3 parts per series.  There are many decks out there, each with their own artwork.  The possibilities of using tarot in this way is endless!

Not only is this a fun and creative exercise using tarot or oracle decks in this manner, it also is an exercise in connecting with your deck, and expanding your intuition.  I feel the novice and adept alike can take something away from this creative process.

Stay tuned for part one in this Creative Tarot series.

I would love to hear your experience with putting this method to use!

Brightest Blessings,
Phoenix Rose
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