dancing_moon
Dear TdM lovers,
It's time for the May Marseilles Circle!
This month, we have another suggested spread as well as a challenge (see below).
Partner list
dancing_moon & PrincessPaulina - Complete!
Wendywu & mrpants - Complete!
Est & inanna_tarot
journeyinghome & BSwett - Complete!
celestial & Sherryl - Complete!
Sancheo & Chiska - Complete!
rivergum & PathWalker - Complete!
pacificwaters & Flaxen - Complete!
Timeline:
- Sign-up is CLOSED
- Sign-up closes and reading partners to be assigned on: 8th May
- Reading and feedback to be completed by: 31st May
Spreads:
The suggested spread for this month, for those who would like to use it:
The Next Step Spread by Akron & Hajo Banzhaf
****3****
1*******2
****4****
Card 1.The card in position 1 represents the present situation; how the asker perceives it.
Card 2. The card in position 2 does not matter yet. This card should not be the present goal or the present worry. Put it out of your mind for the time being.
Card 3. This is the important card of the spread. This card represents the action that should be taken. I have found it can reveal information about the situation that you may have previously overlooked.
Card 4. The fourth card in the spread represents the outcome of the situation if the action suggested by card 3 is taken. Once you notice this result, it is time to redo the spread if you would like the tarot to guide you through the next step as well.
You are also free to choose your own spreads, with a minimum of three cards. I'm leaving the links to the spreads from the last exchanges in here for reference - if you want to do the same spread please see with your reading partner which one you both like: Fibonacci spread (Posts 8 and 9), Compass spread (n/a), Tirage en Croix, Dynamic Hexagramme spread, Comte de Mellet spread, Chronata's spread
CHALLENGE!
This month's challenge will be about going outside your comfort zone in your choice of the reading deck. Let it be a newly purchased deck, a deck you haven't used in a while (or ever), a deck you've never been comfortable reading with, or a deck you feel doesn't speak to you that well (or at all!). Feel free to choose the most difficult TdM/historical deck for you, and I'm sure you'll be in for some curious discoveries.
Feedback:
Please make your feedback as detailed as possible so your reading partner can benefit from it. It is NOT about how you would read the cards your partner drew for you within your personal system of reading the Tarot de Marseille, but about how your partner read the cards for you within his/her system. So please let your partner know how well you could relate to the reading, if there are things you didn't understand ("How did you arrive at this interpretation?" etc), what was accurate and what wasn't.. constructive criticism on things that didn't hit the mark are welcome, too! All in a friendly and respectful learning way of course!
Decks:
The TdM Exchange is a friendly and fun place to share and develop our reading skills with Tarot de Marseille decks, other historic decks with non-scenic pips and Tarot de Marseille inspired modern decks. If you aren't sure if you have a deck that is suited, just ask. If you decide to read with a deck that your sitter does not have, please post pictures of the cards you drew so everybody can follow.
Pips reading methods:
There are a lot of different reading methods of the Tarot de Marseille and especially the pips. These are all equally welcome and all ok. If you don't know where to start, check the forum index (especially the thread on "Reading Methods" - and don't be shy or scared by the non-scenic pips, just jump on right in!) In order to make this a fruitful learning experience for the reader, the sitter and everybody following the exchange, please take the time to explain what method you are using for the pips. Links to threads here on the forum explaining the method or single cards are most welcome.
Please share the process of your reading, not only the results. And please take the time and effort (as most people do anyway) to write more than a line on each card. Tell your partner what your interpretation is based on, what you saw, what brought you to the conclusions. The more detail, the more everybody will learn!
No-show/Problems:
If anybody has a problem completing their reading or feedback, please please please get in touch with your reading partner and myself. It's not nice to be left hanging in an exchange - and whoever is NOT completing an exchange he or she signed up for (and especially fails to communicate about it) will not be allowed to sign up again until it is completed - and in worst case even risks a three months ban from all reading exchanges.
If there should be any other problems, feel free to contact me and I will try to sort it out, with the help of a moderator if necessary.
(Of course the Reading Exchange Posting Guidelines apply for this exchange as well - and there are some good tips for feedback etc in that post!)
Wishing everyone a happy exchange!
It's time for the May Marseilles Circle!
This month, we have another suggested spread as well as a challenge (see below).
Partner list
dancing_moon & PrincessPaulina - Complete!
Wendywu & mrpants - Complete!
Est & inanna_tarot
journeyinghome & BSwett - Complete!
celestial & Sherryl - Complete!
Sancheo & Chiska - Complete!
rivergum & PathWalker - Complete!
pacificwaters & Flaxen - Complete!
Timeline:
- Sign-up is CLOSED
- Sign-up closes and reading partners to be assigned on: 8th May
- Reading and feedback to be completed by: 31st May
Spreads:
The suggested spread for this month, for those who would like to use it:
The Next Step Spread by Akron & Hajo Banzhaf
****3****
1*******2
****4****
Card 1.The card in position 1 represents the present situation; how the asker perceives it.
Card 2. The card in position 2 does not matter yet. This card should not be the present goal or the present worry. Put it out of your mind for the time being.
Card 3. This is the important card of the spread. This card represents the action that should be taken. I have found it can reveal information about the situation that you may have previously overlooked.
Card 4. The fourth card in the spread represents the outcome of the situation if the action suggested by card 3 is taken. Once you notice this result, it is time to redo the spread if you would like the tarot to guide you through the next step as well.
You are also free to choose your own spreads, with a minimum of three cards. I'm leaving the links to the spreads from the last exchanges in here for reference - if you want to do the same spread please see with your reading partner which one you both like: Fibonacci spread (Posts 8 and 9), Compass spread (n/a), Tirage en Croix, Dynamic Hexagramme spread, Comte de Mellet spread, Chronata's spread
CHALLENGE!
This month's challenge will be about going outside your comfort zone in your choice of the reading deck. Let it be a newly purchased deck, a deck you haven't used in a while (or ever), a deck you've never been comfortable reading with, or a deck you feel doesn't speak to you that well (or at all!). Feel free to choose the most difficult TdM/historical deck for you, and I'm sure you'll be in for some curious discoveries.
Feedback:
Please make your feedback as detailed as possible so your reading partner can benefit from it. It is NOT about how you would read the cards your partner drew for you within your personal system of reading the Tarot de Marseille, but about how your partner read the cards for you within his/her system. So please let your partner know how well you could relate to the reading, if there are things you didn't understand ("How did you arrive at this interpretation?" etc), what was accurate and what wasn't.. constructive criticism on things that didn't hit the mark are welcome, too! All in a friendly and respectful learning way of course!
Decks:
The TdM Exchange is a friendly and fun place to share and develop our reading skills with Tarot de Marseille decks, other historic decks with non-scenic pips and Tarot de Marseille inspired modern decks. If you aren't sure if you have a deck that is suited, just ask. If you decide to read with a deck that your sitter does not have, please post pictures of the cards you drew so everybody can follow.
Pips reading methods:
There are a lot of different reading methods of the Tarot de Marseille and especially the pips. These are all equally welcome and all ok. If you don't know where to start, check the forum index (especially the thread on "Reading Methods" - and don't be shy or scared by the non-scenic pips, just jump on right in!) In order to make this a fruitful learning experience for the reader, the sitter and everybody following the exchange, please take the time to explain what method you are using for the pips. Links to threads here on the forum explaining the method or single cards are most welcome.
Please share the process of your reading, not only the results. And please take the time and effort (as most people do anyway) to write more than a line on each card. Tell your partner what your interpretation is based on, what you saw, what brought you to the conclusions. The more detail, the more everybody will learn!
No-show/Problems:
If anybody has a problem completing their reading or feedback, please please please get in touch with your reading partner and myself. It's not nice to be left hanging in an exchange - and whoever is NOT completing an exchange he or she signed up for (and especially fails to communicate about it) will not be allowed to sign up again until it is completed - and in worst case even risks a three months ban from all reading exchanges.
If there should be any other problems, feel free to contact me and I will try to sort it out, with the help of a moderator if necessary.
(Of course the Reading Exchange Posting Guidelines apply for this exchange as well - and there are some good tips for feedback etc in that post!)
Wishing everyone a happy exchange!
