Medicine Woman anyone?

geministar

I have recently been gifted this deck and I love it.

I havent looked at it too much but the book with this deck looks really good to me and I dont think I can just pick up the cards and read them without going to the book.

Ive noticed there is no study group yet for the deck and before I start studying this deck myself I just thought I would check and see if there was any interest for a study group?

Im looking forward to seeing if anyone is interested.

Thanks :)
 

blackstormhawk

I love this deck, and was using it long before I got a copy of the large format book ... the LWB tends to be pretty minimalist, as I recall.

I find the cards to be very easy to interpret without the book's help, although I vaguely recall that there are meditations or inner-work exercises associated with each card.

I find that the insights offered by the deck are presented very gently, but very strong in their impact. It's one of my favorite decks because of that.

I would enjoy participating in a study group for this lovely deck!
 

geministar

Hi Blackstormhawk,

Its looks like it could be just us studying this deck, at least to start with :)

Have you been using this deck long?

I find the cards to be very easy to interpret without the book's help, although I vaguely recall that there are meditations or inner-work exercises associated with each card.
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Yes thats right, I was reading through the introduction of the book last night and for each card, this is an affirmation, a visualisation and a meditation. There is also an astrological sign associated with each card :)

I find that the insights offered by the deck are presented very gently, but very strong in their impact. It's one of my favorite decks because of that.
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This is the feeling I got after reading through the introduction. I think it could end up being a very powerful deck for me.


What I also like about the deck is that each of the cards in the majors have a different name for e.g. the fool = the seed, the magician = Resources and the traditional name of the card is written in the top corner so you dont get confused.

There is also a difference in the suits. Coins are Stones, Wands are pipes, Swords are arrows and Cups are bowls.


So originally I was thinking of just drawing a card at random but now Im thinking of going through the majors in order. What do you think?
 

blackstormhawk

I think random draw and numerically are both good ways to approach a deck, but for my first pass I prefer numerical order. I do tend to be a bit orderly in my thinking at times, though. Is the deck giving you any particular hints in that regard?

I've had my Medicine Woman deck for a good long while, possibly 10 years or more. It's one of my "old faithful" standby decks.

Folks might perk up and participate once the study gets going too ... there's a lot of activity on this board, sometimes people miss new threads.
 

shamoness

Sounds Great

Hello Folks,
I just read your posts about the Medicine Woman Study Group. I would very much like to participate. I purchased this deck a few months back but have not had a good opportunity to get to know it. I was able to purchase the book to go with the deck a few weeks ago so I am ready. I had planned on getting into this deck on my own but a study group would be awesome.

Can't wait!
BB,
Beth
 

geministar

I think random draw and numerically are both good ways to approach a deck, but for my first pass I prefer numerical order. I do tend to be a bit orderly in my thinking at times, though. Is the deck giving you any particular hints in that regard?
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Blackstormhawk, Im glad you like an orderly approach better because Im thinking that numerical order would be better for this deck ;)


Shamoness,

Im glad you found this thread and now that you have the book you can really get into it now :)


I think I might put up our first thread this weekend for 0 The Seed. Im getting really excited about studying this deck now after looking at more of the book last night :D
 

shamoness

The Seed

This will be such an interesting study. I'm glad we are going in numerical order. I agree that with this deck it makes sense. I'm going to read the section on the seed tomorrow morning. I hope you have the opportunity to put up the thread. I look forward to studying with you and sharing our insights.

Peace,

Shamoness
 

geministar

Thank you Sulis :)

Sorry I forgot to let you know that I started the thread on 0 Seed, I will try to remember for the next thread I open :)
 
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