dancing_moon
Dear TdM lovers,
Welcome to the next round of our Circle.
As usual, we have a suggested spread and a challenge (see below).
Note: If you'd like to be notified about future TdM Circle installments, please post in the PM notifications thread.
Sign-up list
AnemoneRosie
elektrius
FLizarraga
fractalgranny
JackofWands
madhatter00o
Michellehihi
nisaba
nuttyprofessor
pacificwaters
porcupines
zhadee
Partners list
AnemoneRosie & elektrius - Complete!
FLizarraga & madhatter00o - Complete!
fractalgranny & nuttyprofessor - Complete!
JackofWands & nisaba - Complete!
Michellehihi & pacificwaters - Complete!
porcupines & zhadee - Complete!
Timeline:
- Sign-up is CLOSED
- Sign-up closes and reading partners to be assigned on: 10th October
- Reading and feedback to be completed by: 31st October
Note: Please PM me and your partner if you expect to be late with your exchange, and an extension of time will be set. Otherwise, unfortunately, you'll earn a strike!
Spreads:
The suggested spread for this pre-Samhain season
: The Fear Spread by KMilliron
*F*E*A*R*
Find it- This card's purpose is to isolate the cause of the fear. Studies have shown that certain fears are natural. One study took three month olds and showed them slides of spiders. These babies were monitored, and the parts of their brain associated with fear lit up. This proves that certain fears are natural. There are also fears associated with the unknown, past experiences, over active imaginations. These are just examples to help decipher this card if you're stuck in a rut.
Evaluate- So we know what causes this fear, now we need the why. My fear of cars, for example, could be isolated to dependency. I despise the idea of being dependent on someone or something. This card would evaluate why I hate being dependent. A lot of past experiences could come up here, so get the sitter communicating.
Analyze- How does this fear inhibit you? How does it benefit you? I hate cars, I walk a lot, so my job options are limited to walking range, or who I can mooch rides from, but on the plus side I'm in pretty decent shape, and I'm a lot more aware of what's going on in the community compared to people who drive and never get a chance to read the signs in the windows. Feel free to draw a couple more cards if you need to get a positive aspect. When discussing fear, positives can be hard to find.
Retaliate- How to best tackle the fear.
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, we're going to look at movements inside the cards. After interpreting the spread as usual, look at each card and try to picture what would happen if the people and/or objects in it could move. What would the next movement be? Would the person stand up? Move their hands/legs? Run away? Would the stack of Wands/Swords fall apart? What would the final arrangement look like? What does it add to your interpretation and understanding of the situation?
Have fun experimenting!
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 another 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!
Welcome to the next round of our Circle.
As usual, we have a suggested spread and a challenge (see below).Note: If you'd like to be notified about future TdM Circle installments, please post in the PM notifications thread.
Sign-up list
AnemoneRosie
elektrius
FLizarraga
fractalgranny
JackofWands
madhatter00o
Michellehihi
nisaba
nuttyprofessor
pacificwaters
porcupines
zhadee
Partners list
AnemoneRosie & elektrius - Complete!
FLizarraga & madhatter00o - Complete!
fractalgranny & nuttyprofessor - Complete!
JackofWands & nisaba - Complete!
Michellehihi & pacificwaters - Complete!
porcupines & zhadee - Complete!
Timeline:
- Sign-up is CLOSED
- Sign-up closes and reading partners to be assigned on: 10th October
- Reading and feedback to be completed by: 31st October
Note: Please PM me and your partner if you expect to be late with your exchange, and an extension of time will be set. Otherwise, unfortunately, you'll earn a strike!
Spreads:
The suggested spread for this pre-Samhain season
: The Fear Spread by KMilliron*F*E*A*R*
Find it- This card's purpose is to isolate the cause of the fear. Studies have shown that certain fears are natural. One study took three month olds and showed them slides of spiders. These babies were monitored, and the parts of their brain associated with fear lit up. This proves that certain fears are natural. There are also fears associated with the unknown, past experiences, over active imaginations. These are just examples to help decipher this card if you're stuck in a rut.
Evaluate- So we know what causes this fear, now we need the why. My fear of cars, for example, could be isolated to dependency. I despise the idea of being dependent on someone or something. This card would evaluate why I hate being dependent. A lot of past experiences could come up here, so get the sitter communicating.
Analyze- How does this fear inhibit you? How does it benefit you? I hate cars, I walk a lot, so my job options are limited to walking range, or who I can mooch rides from, but on the plus side I'm in pretty decent shape, and I'm a lot more aware of what's going on in the community compared to people who drive and never get a chance to read the signs in the windows. Feel free to draw a couple more cards if you need to get a positive aspect. When discussing fear, positives can be hard to find.
Retaliate- How to best tackle the fear.
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, we're going to look at movements inside the cards. After interpreting the spread as usual, look at each card and try to picture what would happen if the people and/or objects in it could move. What would the next movement be? Would the person stand up? Move their hands/legs? Run away? Would the stack of Wands/Swords fall apart? What would the final arrangement look like? What does it add to your interpretation and understanding of the situation?
Have fun experimenting!
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 another 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!
