TdM Reading Circle ~ November 2014

dancing_moon

Dear TdM lovers,

The November TdM Circle exchange is opening now! :D This month, as usual, we have a suggested spread as well as a challenge (see below).

Sign-up list
celestial
inanna tarot
seedcake
Pam O
porcupines
strings of life
3ill.yazi
Wendywu
Sherryl
PrincessPaulina
mrpants
PathWalker

Partners list
celestial & inanna tarot - Complete! :royal:
seedcake & Wendywu - Complete! :royal:
Pam O & porcupines - Complete! :royal:
strings of life & PrincessPaulina - Cancelled
3ill.yazi & Sherryl - Complete! :royal:
mrpants & PathWalker - Complete! :royal:

Timeline:
- Sign-up is CLOSED
- Sign-up closes and reading partners to be assigned on: 9th November
- Reading and feedback to be completed by: 30th November
(Please PM me and your partner beforehand if there are any delays, and you can't possibly finish your exchange by the designated date)

Spreads:
The suggested spread for this month, for those who would like to use it:

Glass Owl's Know Thy Self Spreadhttp://tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=140654

--3--
1---2

1. Who am I?
2. What do I not know about myself that I should?
3. What I can I do to get more in touch with the real me?

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, Tirage en Croix, Dynamic Hexagramme spread, Comte de Mellet spread, Chronata's spread

CHALLENGE!

Note: Challenge is an additional task for those who'd like to try something new and experiment with alternative reading methods. It is in no way compulsory and can be done by only one of the partners in an exchange (or neither!), according to their wishes and agreement.

This month, the challenge is adding more cards to the existing spread. This can be done in a few ways, and you can pick only the one(s) that are relevant to your spread:
- When a Court card is not looking at any other card in the spread, you can try adding a card to see where they're 'looking'. This additional card can be designated to show the Court's aspirations, motives or any other information.
- When a card is ambiguous or gives incomplete information, e.g. it indicates a change without mentioning if this is a beginning or an ending.
- When additional questions arise concerning the question(s) touched in the spread.
Try adding at least one card to the spread you're doing. Have fun! :D

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 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! :party:
 

celestial

Count me in.
 

inanna_tarot

New house, unpacked my tarot decks.... ready to play :D
Sign me up :D
 

seedcake

I'm a way too much into exchanges ;) I'm in.
 

Pam O

3 cards. That is a good # for me. I am very much a Newbie with the infamous TdM so....

PS Any suggestions of which Aeclectic thread might be the best resource to start with for a beginner to learn the TdM?

ETA: THANK YOU for this direction!
Welcome everyone! :D
Pam O, you could start by browsing through these and these. This should give you a good start. :)
 

porcupines

Please sign me up!! :)
 

strings of life

I'm in as well!
 

3ill.yazi

I'll bite. But pretty much a noob coming from RWS here.
 

Wendywu

I'm in please :)
 

Sherryl

I'm in, thanks