TarotDreamer
Steampunk Tarot for daily readings
Shadowdancer,
I have used the Steampunk Tarot every day since I got it almost a month ago. I use it for my daily advice reading, which allows me to see how the events of my day are reflected in the cards.
I didn't think the deck would become a regular reading deck, but it has. For me, it reads well, and I have started posting some of the cards and the day's experience related to them on my Facebook page. The imagery allows me a fresh perspective on meanings and interpretations for the cards. I especially like how there are readers (Barbara Moore calls them "oracles" in the companion book) using cards throughout the deck (on cards you wouldn't think other than the High Priestess), so I pay attention to those when they show up.
One card that has been interesting when it has shown up has been the 10 of Swords. On a day it showed up in my daily reading, I drove by an apartment building that was burning down to the ground. Later, news reports had said that 46 people were now homeless, and four lives were lost. One aspect of the 10 of Swords I thought about was that there are situations in which there is nothing we can do (that sense of immobility or helplessness). Another thing I gained from this card, when looking at the image (a businessman with the swords sticking out of his body and his briefcase near his body, on a rooftop--and there is a card next to him as well!), I get the sense of a situation that is no longer "working," and that it is time to make a lifestyle change. A person has made it to the top of his profession (there is nowhere else to go), and the work no longer does anything for him.
Today, one of the cards in my Celtic Cross was the Devil. As I reflected on the card, I noticed the strings attached from the "monster's" hands to the men who are trying to stop it. I immediately thought of manipulation, of being someone's puppet, or having someone "pulling the strings" (control) in a situation. In a positive sense, this could mean someone having a lot of "pull" (pulling strings again), which could come about as being able to pay a debt (the Devil can be about indebtedness). I then thought about the idea of being empowered enough to cut the ties that bind us to another person or persons that have a negative effect on us.
The 7 of Wands has appeared the last two days in my daily draw. Today, the cube the figure stands on had me thinking about the "platforms" we stand on for the work we do in the world (I associate Wands with work, business, and enterprise).
These are just some ways that this deck has given me a fresh take on some of the cards. I will post more as they occur, which will also continue to bump the thread.
James
Shadowdancer,
I have used the Steampunk Tarot every day since I got it almost a month ago. I use it for my daily advice reading, which allows me to see how the events of my day are reflected in the cards.
I didn't think the deck would become a regular reading deck, but it has. For me, it reads well, and I have started posting some of the cards and the day's experience related to them on my Facebook page. The imagery allows me a fresh perspective on meanings and interpretations for the cards. I especially like how there are readers (Barbara Moore calls them "oracles" in the companion book) using cards throughout the deck (on cards you wouldn't think other than the High Priestess), so I pay attention to those when they show up.
One card that has been interesting when it has shown up has been the 10 of Swords. On a day it showed up in my daily reading, I drove by an apartment building that was burning down to the ground. Later, news reports had said that 46 people were now homeless, and four lives were lost. One aspect of the 10 of Swords I thought about was that there are situations in which there is nothing we can do (that sense of immobility or helplessness). Another thing I gained from this card, when looking at the image (a businessman with the swords sticking out of his body and his briefcase near his body, on a rooftop--and there is a card next to him as well!), I get the sense of a situation that is no longer "working," and that it is time to make a lifestyle change. A person has made it to the top of his profession (there is nowhere else to go), and the work no longer does anything for him.
Today, one of the cards in my Celtic Cross was the Devil. As I reflected on the card, I noticed the strings attached from the "monster's" hands to the men who are trying to stop it. I immediately thought of manipulation, of being someone's puppet, or having someone "pulling the strings" (control) in a situation. In a positive sense, this could mean someone having a lot of "pull" (pulling strings again), which could come about as being able to pay a debt (the Devil can be about indebtedness). I then thought about the idea of being empowered enough to cut the ties that bind us to another person or persons that have a negative effect on us.
The 7 of Wands has appeared the last two days in my daily draw. Today, the cube the figure stands on had me thinking about the "platforms" we stand on for the work we do in the world (I associate Wands with work, business, and enterprise).
These are just some ways that this deck has given me a fresh take on some of the cards. I will post more as they occur, which will also continue to bump the thread.
James
