Five of Ever␢erηs @everbern@pagan.plus

#tarot
Looking for what energy to cultivate this weekend. I got :

The two of Cups (water)
Adjustment aka Justice (air)
The five of Coins (earth)

Seems like running themes of equilibrium and unity (and the lack thereof). Avoid extremes of emotion and materialism this weekend. No retail therapy, for sure!

Well, this is a real kick in the basket. And I don't even believe the cards predict the future. But, dang...

The World: a new cycle.
The Hermit: isolation and contemplation.
Ten of Swords: conflict and despair.

I hope you still have your masks handy. I think we're going to need them still. 🤒

Anyone have a favorite tarot deck? Currently, mine is the Tarot of the Zirkus Mägi. It's a fun, old timey circus themed deck. I feel a little bit of a connection on account of having grandparents who were circus/carnival folk. I'm also a huge fan of its vintage collage art style.

I think many modern tarot books and websites have a problem. They seem to be afraid of dealing with negative, or even just emotionally neutral, upright cards. Readings certainly don't have to be all doom-n-gloom, but not every card is about "success", "creativity", or (ugh) "healing", either.

Negative things happen. The fact that we can often learn from those events to improve ourselves seems like a pretty good upside to me.

I really like using elemental correspondences with tarot. I don't do reversals, but instead use the elements to help determine if adjacent cards help or hinder each other.

⚠️I hereby acknowledge that the following is entirely my own opinion🙄:

Your tarot cards are not "being sassy." They are not mad at you for not listening to their advice. They are not yelling at you. They are bits of paper that were mass produced on a printing press that the week before was probably printing Yu-Gi-Oh cards or something.

If anything is happening, you're doing it. It's your intuition, your brain interpreting, and (perhaps) your connection to a spiritual energy that does the heavy lifting when you read tarot. Don't sell yourself short!