dancing_moon
Dear TdM lovers,
Sign-up for the June Marseilles Circle is now open!
This month, we have another suggested spread as well as a challenge (see below).
Partner list
dancing_moon & mrpants & Pam O
Wendywu & rivergum - Complete!
nisaba & Sherryl - Complete!
pacificwaters & journeyinghome - Complete!
Timeline:
- Sign-up is CLOSED
- Sign-up closes and reading partners to be assigned on: 8th June
- Reading and feedback to be completed by: 30th June
Spreads:
The suggested spread for this month, for those who would like to use it:
The good old Tirage en Croix
*******3*******
1******5******2
*******4*******
1. the thesis, is the statement of the question and what favours it. So for instance, if you want to know how the sale of your house is going to go, you would ask under this position: "what is favouring the sale of my house?".
2. is the antithesis - what opposes you. So in our example: "what does not favour the sale of my house".
3. is the synthesis - where things are now, how you can take advantage of the knowledge in both cases, what is demanded of you, etc. Here, we might ask something like: "where do things actually stand between these two?" or "how might I act to lean things in my favour?".
4. is the conclusion - the outcome. Where the sale of your house is going for the moment. Using that simple dialectic of thesis-antithesis-synthesis will explain to you why you got the Hanged Man rather than the World, for instance!
5. the Quintessence. It is the overarching message - and a possible way of unblocking the situation if the outcome is not as you please, or a re-affirmation of one of the 4 positions (it's not uncommon for the Quintessence to be the same card as one of the 4 others, which should give you an idea of the weight of that card in your question). It can also be the spiritual element, or something that you bring unconsciously to the question. It is made up of the sum of the four other cards, reduced to a number between 1 and 22 (with the Fool being, for that purpose, 22).
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, I'd like you to pay close attention to numbers.
- Are there any repetitions or progressions? What's their significance for your interpretation?
- What's the significance of each number? You can use any numerological attributions that you know, your personal impressions for numbers, or even simple parallels like 3 standing for 3 people or 2 standing for 2 options.
- Even if you're not going to use the suggested spread, try counting the Quintessence card for your cards. What does the resulting card add to your interpretation?
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!
Sign-up for the June Marseilles Circle is now open!
This month, we have another suggested spread as well as a challenge (see below).
Partner list
dancing_moon & mrpants & Pam O
Wendywu & rivergum - Complete!
nisaba & Sherryl - Complete!
pacificwaters & journeyinghome - Complete!
Timeline:
- Sign-up is CLOSED
- Sign-up closes and reading partners to be assigned on: 8th June
- Reading and feedback to be completed by: 30th June
Spreads:
The suggested spread for this month, for those who would like to use it:
The good old Tirage en Croix
*******3*******
1******5******2
*******4*******
1. the thesis, is the statement of the question and what favours it. So for instance, if you want to know how the sale of your house is going to go, you would ask under this position: "what is favouring the sale of my house?".
2. is the antithesis - what opposes you. So in our example: "what does not favour the sale of my house".
3. is the synthesis - where things are now, how you can take advantage of the knowledge in both cases, what is demanded of you, etc. Here, we might ask something like: "where do things actually stand between these two?" or "how might I act to lean things in my favour?".
4. is the conclusion - the outcome. Where the sale of your house is going for the moment. Using that simple dialectic of thesis-antithesis-synthesis will explain to you why you got the Hanged Man rather than the World, for instance!
5. the Quintessence. It is the overarching message - and a possible way of unblocking the situation if the outcome is not as you please, or a re-affirmation of one of the 4 positions (it's not uncommon for the Quintessence to be the same card as one of the 4 others, which should give you an idea of the weight of that card in your question). It can also be the spiritual element, or something that you bring unconsciously to the question. It is made up of the sum of the four other cards, reduced to a number between 1 and 22 (with the Fool being, for that purpose, 22).
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, I'd like you to pay close attention to numbers.
- Are there any repetitions or progressions? What's their significance for your interpretation?
- What's the significance of each number? You can use any numerological attributions that you know, your personal impressions for numbers, or even simple parallels like 3 standing for 3 people or 2 standing for 2 options.
- Even if you're not going to use the suggested spread, try counting the Quintessence card for your cards. What does the resulting card add to your interpretation?
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!
