The Living Tarot

Yoowhoo Happy New Year!

2009-01-06T10:39:00.000-08:00

Hi all this is from our honey moon up at Jane and Walter Camps;.. Oh my goddess talk about a great fairy experience...
So Happy New Year again.... Did we just do this last October? And then there is Feb and well it goes on for a while.. ...
I wanted to let all you know that I am swamped with rehersals in the evenings from now until the middle of Feb.
I really want to meet ...??? Can we all consider just for the hec of it doing it during the weekend just for this next month or two???
If not the thursday is a go and I will try to meet with you on weekends during the day time if possible. I am in the next production of Born Yesterday Billie Dawn... opens Jan 30 and runs through till the 14th of Feb.
I hope you all will continue to come without me on Thursdays.. I will miss you more each day... sniff sniff.
Adams Astrology class on Sundays is so great email him if you want more info...
I loved last Sundays,...
Next one is the Sunday after next....
So this is a confusing message...
I am saying come this Thursday if you want but I am engaged with rehearsal and out of town guests...If we can do something for a weekend fun time let me know or if you want to have coffee some morning give me a call. Love you all of you and miss you so much.
Love
Mana at the Muse
707 354-2475
The Muse will have its first Womyn's Fest This Spring Equinox Friday Saturday and Sunda March 21.22,23 Cost is $225 for the entire weekend...
food and sleeping bag and fun...
Partial Work trades maybe available ..

Happy Thanksgiving and New Moon !

2008-11-27T16:40:00.000-08:00

Thank you so much for being there for me !
I look forward to seeing you next Thursday.
Lets bring more stuff to collage with or however you spell it..
I am so excited and want to talk about so many new things. I have schedules for the Muse to hand out as well as dreams about the coming year.
I believe this will be a fantastic year for empowerment for all of us!
Mary Greer Yes !
I hope to get The Druids and Land of the Blind Back not to mention Self Forfilling Prophecies and Joanne Rand!
If you have a group you want to bring to the muse or anyone else to offer their bhakti let me know.
I am also happy to say the circus folks may be coming soon for acrobatic feats!
So please..... come help plan the coming year at the muse and share in the Tarot as well
Much Love
Mana At The Muse

Last But Not Least

2008-11-06T13:04:00.000-08:00

Hi Ya'LL !
So I finally got my laptop up again. Geeeeeeeezzzzzz
Sorry for the last minute notice but we do Yes DO have a meeting tonight at our usual spot at The Muse.
It is at 6:30.
I will not be there until about 7 ish due to a client I am seeing tonight.
This is an every other week meeting again.. Things getting shook up and we all rock and rolling...
So try to make the every other meeting tonight the 6th on Thursdays and then the next will be on the 20th.
Many blessings
Mana at The Muse.

Visit us at www.willitsyoungactorstheatre.org

2008-10-29T13:00:00.000-07:00

Hi we are now linked at our site on the Willitsyoungactorstheatre.org The Muse under schedule.
You can go directly to the site from here. while visiting the Willitsyoungactorstheatre.org site you can see all the other great programs we are facilitating at The Muse.
See you tonight at the Living Tarot
Mana

Do not forget the Link at the bottom of this blog to Mary Greer's Blog. It comes to me daily!

2008-10-24T09:56:00.000-07:00

Three-Card Spreads: The Essentials

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 01:06 PM CDT

The three-card spread is one of the most basic formats for quick-and-easy tarot readings. Yet, it can be surprisingly deep and insightful. It is perfect for a daily journal or when friends or people at parties want you to demonstrate what you do. Furthermore, the three-card spread is amazingly flexible as I hope to demonstrate. Most of these spreads are laid out in a row, left to right.

Probably everyone is familiar with the basic timeline spread:

* PAST
* PRESENT
* FUTURE

Most of you will have used the following inner trinity for a quick diagnostic as it shows what’s going on at three levels of experience:

* BODY
* MIND
* SPIRIT

An interesting variation on this is:

* HEAD - What does my Head want?
* HEART - What does my Heart want?
* SOUL - What does my Soul want?

Three-card readings are also great for evaluating potential actions. To compare options lay out this three-card spread for each possibility:

* The PRO or BENEFIT of a particular choice or action.
* The CON or LIABILITY in that choice or action.
* SOMETHING ELSE you need to take into account.

It can also help you deal with problems via the dialectic imperative:

* THESIS, idea or issue
* ANTITHESIS, obstacle or problem
* SYNTHESIS, integration or solution

Zoe Matoff came up with a more prescriptive version of this that is brilliant when you want to cut through all the nuances and get a (relatively) straight answer with “Zoe’s Do/Don’t Do Spread” (a favorite of both Rachel Pollack and me):

* Card 2: DON’T DO THIS
* Card 1: The ISSUE or SITUATION
* Card 3: DO DO THIS

Zoe wrote me this explanation of her spread:

“Often cards two and three will describe such disparate courses of action as to make it very clear what course of action needs to be taken or what decision is to be made. And, of course, card #1 can turn out to be a total surprise, delineating the situation as it really is, or in a light in which the questioner has not yet seen it, or a totally different situation that requires attention but has been overlooked. Last, but not least, all the cards need to be seen together to make clear the urgency or nature of the issue.”

Three-card readings form the basis of all the more complicated relationship readings:

* PERSON A (is, wants, needs, gives, receives, etc.)
* THEIR RELATIONSHIP (as if it were it’s own entity)
* PERSON B (is, wants, needs, gives, receives, etc.)

Three-card spreads are also great for simple Yes/No questions: Upright cards are yes. Reversed cards are no. The center card counts twice. Thus, there can be a tie, which indicates that the answer is not yet determined, or it’s better not to know, or ___. You can interpret the individual cards or not. (Any odd number of cards can be used.)

Inspired by John Gilbert, James Ricklef used this smart variation on the Yes/No Spread in his excellent book Tarot Tells the Tale. (By the way, this is one of the best books available for learning how to read the cards. It features practical advice and entertaining examples that demonstrate the techniques.)

* YES, IF . . .
* NO, IF . . .
* MAYBE, IF . . .

You can find many more examples of three-card spreads in James Ricklef’s book and in my own Tarot for Your Self, where the three-card spread is recommended for daily readings and developing a tarot journal.

What’s your favorite Three-Card Spread? Share it in the Comments.

2008-10-15T09:16:00.000-07:00

The Game of Tarot looks like fun. Check it out for an evening// I bet there is Tarot Solitaire too.
Any ideas how one would play that game.
This is inspireing. I feel like making a board game now. Called the Heroes Journey..Use the cards and a beautiful board with ceramic figures... Wow.. I am inspired... The collage is something that has been a good soruce of fuel for me as well.
Any of you have any good juicy project sprouting?
Let us know. I am going to be doing a once a month talent / pot luck at the center starting in November when we have a grand opening for the Muse in the old Temple of the Arts Dance studio.
This is going to be usualy a first friday of the month potluck. However we do not have a first friday in November as Jayne decided to move out in the middle of the month.
So I thought we would do the first one on Fri 28th.
This is Precious Thanksgiving Left over Potluck.
Wow! What a thought. come and have some entertainment along with your thanksgiving left overs.
The Price is $5 per person with left overs and 10 for those with out leftovers. Familys are sliding scale of $10-$20 . All Proceeds go to A.I.M Art In Motion hostes by Willits Young Actors and Willits Shakespear Club.
The time of the Pot Luck is at 7 pm Entertainment begins at 8. Sign up for open mike....
See you there and please cut and paste this invite to send to all your friends.

From Mary Greers Blog

2008-10-15T09:12:00.000-07:00

Mary K. Greer's Tarot Blog

Simplified “Game of Tarot”

Posted: 14 Oct 2008 02:52 PM CDT

This game is known as Le Tarot, Jeux de Tarot, Tarocchi, Trumps, Tarock, etc. These are the most basic rules; hundreds of variations exist. It’s easy and a lot of fun. Hands move quickly. Skill derives from play that maximizes points.

The Game: Tarot is a trick-taking game that can be played with two to six players (usually 3 or 4). The cards known as Major Arcana are a permanent Trump suit.

The Object of the Game: The object is to capture the most points. Only some cards count as points.

The Deal: Deal out all the cards to the players. Leftover cards go to the dealer who can choose to discard and replace any from her hand, except she cannot discard the Kings and Trumps 0, 1 & 21. (Traditionally, play moves counter-clockwise, but simplified play uses standard clockwise movement.)

The Play: The player to the left of the dealer leads by placing a suit card on the table. Each player (moving clockwise) must follow with one card of that suit (see “Exceptions”).

If no trump cards have been played, the highest card of the lead suit wins.
If a trump card is played, the highest trump takes the trick.
Trumps cannot be led until a trump has been played.
Aces are low. (Originally: Cups & Coins were aces high and tens low, while Swords & Wands had tens high and aces low. Simplified play keeps it simple.)

Exceptions to Play:

If you don’t have a card in the suit that was led you MUST play trump!
If you are out of both suit and trump, play any card.

Winning the Trick: High trump wins; if there’s no trump, then high card of suit led wins. The winner of the trick collects the cards and keeps them face down on the table. The winner leads for the next trick.

The Excuse: The Fool is a special card, known as “The Excuse.” If dealt the Fool, you can play it at any time instead of another card, but it can’t win a trick. At the end of the trick, the Fool returns to the person who played it. It counts with her tricks won (unless she wins no tricks and then it goes to the person who won that trick). You usually play the Fool to protect a high point card.

Counting Points: When play is over, sort cards won into groups of three so there is only one point card per group. Each of these groups has the value of the point card. (Example: Queen of Cups, Seven of Swords, Wheel of Fortune has the value of the Queen of Cups = 4 points.)

Points:

5 points: Kings and 21, 1, 0 of Trump (World, Magician, Fool)
4 points: Queens
3 points: Knights
2 points: Jacks (Valets)
0 points: All others (including all Trump except those named above)
10 point bonus if Magician takes the last hand.

Leftover Cards: After sorting into threes as described above, sort any remaining cards:

3 cards of no point value = 1 point
3 cards having 2 point cards = value of point cards minus 1 pt.
3 cards having 3 point cards = value of point cards minus 2 pts.

Comments on the symbolism of the game by Tom Little:

In the game of tarot, court cards are worth a lot of points when captured, but are not terribly powerful (any trump can capture them). In a typical hand of tarot, the story that plays out on the card table is one of royal personages scurrying around to avoid falling victim to Love, Death, the Pope, and various other hazards of medieval life. The kings end up acting as cowardly bullies, pouncing into the game early, when they can count on having inferior cards of their own suit to capture, before the trumps come into play. If they don’t get played early, they can end up stagnating in one’s hand — it isn’t safe to go out — until the last trick when they are finally forced onto the table again, usually (if the winning player has skill and style) to be captured by the Magician, the lowest trump, who is nothing but a charlatan and hustler. What an indignity, and what a fitting fate for a cowardly king or queen who ran out of underlings to bully.

Mary Greer

2008-10-14T09:56:00.000-07:00

Mary and I have been corresponding and she will come for a workshop for a reasonable figure. I thought that if it were on a Saturday, and we had enough people signed up ahead to cover costs.. we could possibly make this happen... But it under your thinking caps. burn the candles and shout out .,... Yes Yes Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am looking at this being a reality. I would like to make some money off of it for our childrens theatre program as well. Lets all talk.
Thanks a million
See you at Donna's tomorrow.

Donnas Notes from the last reading...

2008-10-14T09:53:00.000-07:00

Donna K said...: Hi all - I have continued to work w/our USA reading. My deck of Tarot Affirmations has excellent ones for the cards we pulled. Ex: 5 of Coins - "I (USA) am searching for lost values...I restore my contact with my higher purpose." And for Adam, who's still uneasy w/that last card: Page of Swords - "I am renewed mental energy, available to cut through confusion & release clear thought." I'll do all of them up as handouts. Do we want to read these as our 1st Living Tarot on the 31st? Important correction - Debate starts at 6:00 Wed.so my house 6:00 this time, or as close as you can. Now for Obama's chart...Donna K

Our Country's Reading. Done on October 8th

2008-10-11T17:23:00.000-07:00

Okay so here it is . A stab in the dark... I did not write it all down. So this is where you all write in on the comment with your notes so we can really put this together.
Thanks for viewing. I will see you all at Donnas at 6:30 for the Debate. Bring something yummy to go with pizza. ... Much love.
Hey let me know if you get this blog.
peace...

House One 5 of Coins State of Anxiety, Uncertainty, Fear of not having the basic needs met.
House Two The Hermit The All Seeing Sage
House Three 3 Wands
House Four 8 Coins The Mountain to Climb ( the three P's Persistence, Prudence, Patience)
House Five The World Creativity and the Cosmic Egg
House Six 10 Wands
House Seven King of Swords Mastership of Thoughts, Partnerships and Confrontations
House Eight 4 of Coins
House Nine Queen of Coins
House Ten Page of Wands Manifestation of Action Embody the Ideals of Your self
House Eleven 10 Coins Big Money Material Comfort, Learned to Share, Abundance of Fortune
House Twelve Page of Swords Cuts away Masks, Messinger

Please Join Mary Greers Tarot Blog

2008-10-11T17:08:00.000-07:00

http://marygreer.wordpress.com/ Proper address for Tarot Rummy and other great inspriations of tarot from Mary Greer .
You can sign up for her blog site there as well.
This is a fantastic resource.

ManyBlessings
The Living Tarot

3 of cups and Wikipedia Look it Up baby!

2008-10-04T08:47:00.000-07:00

Three of Cups

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Three of Cups from the Rider-Waite Tarot deck

Three of Cups is the third Minor Arcana tarot card on the suit of Cups. In some decks the suit is named Chalices instead. This card is used in game playing as well as in divination.

Divination Usage

This card often carries the meaning of joyful social contact, although it may be considered to be rather superficial, unlike the two of the same suit which is considered more personal. There's agreement, general harmony, frivolity, and sometimes it is associated with birth^[1]^[2], especially if it comes up with other birth-related cards such as The Empress.

Description: The Three of Cups represents groups coming together to focus on a common emotional goal. People reach out emotionally to one another. It speaks of a sense of community, and can indicate the time to get more involved by helping. An inner passion for caring may be discovered, and energy put forth toward a goal will be positive and nurturing. It can also signal that this is the time to reach out if things have been particularly rough in the past. This cards stands for all forms of support including formal organizations such as counseling or other social services. It's important that when the need for support is recognized that action is taken. This is the best time to do that. Reversed, the Three of Cups suggests that isolation from others is occurring. It is the time to take charge of the situation and to get out into the community. Consider joining a group or organization, and if the need for support is present, seek out the necessary resources.

Rider-Waite symbolism

This card is very flat. It is unusual in the fact that it has no depth, not even a minimal background mountain or hill as in similar cards, although it is clearly portrayed in the outdoors. This may be symbolical of superficiality and the skin-deep nature of the card.
There's no getting around the party-feel it exudes. In serious matters this may testify to a lack of seriousness, professionalism or even maturity.

Geez.. I guess that it is not really fair to take what you want from the card and exclude the rest.
It start out reading nice.. but the lack of seriousness and professionalism ... maturity kinda bugs me.. However we are still babies when it comes to the results of this group right?
I mean we are still studying and developing this work for a goal of Tarot and Theater..
I could even go so far as to say that this could be something to offer at the w omens performance art weekendwe are doing on the Spring Equinox. If you know women artisits musicians and the like let us know... We have a few groups from Arcata coming.

That whole weekend is women only ... sorry guys..... but you can have a weekend too if you need one.. I sure could use a dose of women only activities ...
So I get from this card so far... to continue to pull my energies in ,, do not get too spread out and yet move forward with my work with THE MUSE.
If any of you feel inspired to donate to the program in a larger way... WE WOULD LOVE IT.
Class and studio time is opening up in November. 10-15$ pr hour is so cheap for the very large studio space we get to finally reclaim. Plus the small studio will be open and Ileya is open to Artists coming in and sharing space to do art in her large art studio that we meet in.
There are kilns three as well as a wheel and painting and other facilities available.
Call US SPREAD THE WORD the spaces will fill quickly.
Thanks
mana @ The Muse A Resource Center for Children Their Community and The Arts
The Muse Where Art Has A Home...
www.thelivingtarot.blogspot.com

Tarot Rummy with Mary Greer

2008-10-04T08:39:00.001-07:00

Mary K. Greer's Tarot Blog

Tarot Rummy

Posted: 02 Oct 2008 12:04 PM CDT

This is the simplest, yet best, tarot game I’ve tried. I learned it in 1982 from David Quigley, creator of “Alchemical Hypnotherapy”.

It’s a great dinner party game that can be played by people who know nothing about tarot in that they are asked to free-associate about the images and symbols on the cards. A knowledgeable tarotist can act as guide and add insights and possibilities, but the ideal is to encourage each player to talk about what they see in the cards and in the other players.

The Deal: Using a tarot deck that has scenes depicted on all the cards, shuffle and deal out as many tarot cards to each person as there are people playing the game (best when played by 3 to 6 people).

Sorting the Cards: Examine your cards in light of the other players. Decide on a card from your hand that fits or is needed by each person playing, including yourself (you can also decide/change this as you go along).

Begin Play—Giving a Card: The person to the left of the dealer starts by giving one card to any other player. The person giving the card must explain why they are giving it to the receiver (the more information the better as this is what the game is about).

Receiving a Card: The receiver then tells why it was appropriate to get that card. (Optional: other players then add their comments, but they should always be respectful of what the receiver sees for him or herself. Each person is the final arbiter of his or her own cards.)

Subsequent Turns: The receiver becomes the giver by giving a card to any one of the other players, explaining why, etc. Continue until all cards have been given away except for the card kept by each person for him or herself. You cannot give away a card you received from someone else—put the cards you received to the side!

The Last Round: Each person explains why they kept the card they did and how it relates to the other cards received. Others may add their insights.

Other Options: You can also play by having the first person give out all of his or her cards except the one kept for oneself—with the usual discussion of each. Then the 2nd person hands out all their cards, etc. Usually, in this case, the final card (the one reserved for the self) is not shown or discussed until the end of all the give-away rounds. Each person, in turn, then relates his or her self-card to all the other cards received in play—thus, giving a final summary of their own set of cards.

Come ReCreate "Y"Our Universe

2008-10-01T10:06:00.000-07:00

Relatively speaking we are all walking around as little universes. We all know that.
I just feel like the power of our focus and creative juice is so powerful!
Bring you magazines and glue. I got the poster board.
Take some time to see how your card relates to the World if you have one and or take a reading for the day. your year, your personality or karma cards and find out how they relate to this card.,
If you do not have time to do this we can figure it out tonight.
I highly suggest googling Mary Greers Blog...
It is amazing . She is going into the minor tarot again. Very enlightening...
See you tonight..At The Muse
707-354-2475

PS those of you who really like theater. Take Ian Stiglianis ACTING OUT LOUD !
120 bucks for 6 weeks of real intensive theater.. Very good and no experience is necessary.
We are using this workshop to raise funds for the childrens program and at the same time develope a strong core of adult actors to do improve as well as provocative, cutting edge theater.
Willits is starving for it.
This will help out with our Living Tarot Theater in the long run.
We also got the use of the Shakespeare club's movable stage to be set up in the dance studio when we take it over in November.
This venue will be open for music, drama, poetry and more...
Cy is organizing music and art from the city and we look to you to use this space.
The cost is 10-15 bucks an hour and is well worth the cost of the space.
we hope those who use our space will donate to the program for Willits Youth.,
for more details on Ians theater or more ideas of creative performance art as well as healing art seminars and such
Call us!@!@!@!@@
707 354-2475
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PEACE IS A STATE OF BEING...
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The Tower Revision

2008-09-27T08:28:00.000-07:00

Hi all,
My Guest for Next Week will be the Tower.
I like the other reference to it. Revision
It is interesting to play with the Tarot in such a way that it relates to other things that are happening.
I believe there is not any better time during the year than now, to be gifted with a visit from Revision or the Tower.
Towers appear strong and long lasting.. They are a result of a lot of concentrated effort.
Although they have a appearance of being permanent, Mother nature and man kind has proven this to be a farce.
Look at the Twin Towers.
My personality card is Judgment and my Karma card is the Magician. Taking the magic I now see in my bag of tricks and using discernment to push through the not so desirable things in my life I embrace the magic and medicine of Revision to build a stronger future for myself and those around me.
The Card we are reviewing is The Universe or The World.
Using the wisdom of the Tarot... I encourage you to connect these cards together, meditate and create...
Please join me this Halloween at 7 pm to foster in a new year of Council for Ourselves and Our Country.
When we look at the metaphysical, we can clearly see and be reminded that all our magic , medicine, action begins first within ones self.
Am I strong and firm in my decisions
Are they well planned and completed before I take on more ?
Am I able to think and communicate with others in a clear and fair loving manner?
Do I follow through with my inspirations or do I let them sit?
Do I speak up for myself and defend what is my own?
All of this first begins with me and radiates out

I want to remind myself that if I am fair, loving and truthful with myself.
If I am coming from a place of love
There is no need to be passive
The Idea of coming from the place of a mother bear defending her cubs is not an ugly, egotistical, irrational, unfavorable place to come from. It is the place the the spirit awards Her .. to protect what is hers.

This Hallowmas I ask you to take up that medicine, ritual, meditation, prayer and contemplation that we all use to form a new space of renewal and revision for a the Royal Spirit to reside in.
Ask all the powers that be, to come and remove all that we no longer need in our lives and replace it with the integrity and truth we are all made from.
All of our conditioning that was once used to fend of wild animals and night meres as children is not really needed anymore.
As adults and masters of our own universe we can now wear our super man super woman capes with pride and defend that which is most righteous Our Selves, Our Planet, Our Universe. It belongs to us. We were born in a country that belongs not to a king.. but to us. If we reclaim our relationship with ourselves and our planet we can walk again with two feet on the ground. If we experience a not so favorable election... heaven forbid.. We can at least say to ourselves that we made the first step towards a better world for ourselves.. Beginning at home.

You are all invited to the Rite we are performing this Hallowmas at our center..The Muse. We all are asking for all our relations to listen at this time of year when the veil is its thinnest to hear our pleas.
The election time is time for us not only to elect the new president of the United States of America, it is time for us to unite our fractured selves and become our own powerful leaders.
The Rite Begins at 7 pm and will be followed with a trance dance and pot luck after wards at 10.
Land of The Blind a Shamanic Live Band will carry us through those revisions we make during the ceremony.
Many guests are coming from out of town for this powerful ritual

Please come
7pm The Muse A Resource Center for The Arts. Halloween Night.

and keep playing with those doors... Oh I mean cards.. did I say doors??????

See you this Wednesday.
Warmly,
Mana

Reminder Wednesday (Tomorrow Night) At The Muse. / The Living Tarot

2008-09-16T11:32:00.000-07:00

Hi all. Hope your finding the time to pick up the three cups that spilled over this morning. Well that might have just been me... Any how.. Tomorrow Night !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! More fun., Art and Theater with Donna Kerr and All the rest of the gang. Bring a friend.. Name a movie that reminds you of your Major Tarot you pulled. If you did not get a card last week .. Pick one to bring. See you all there.!
Much Love
mana

Keeping Ones Life Reverent

2008-09-12T17:39:00.000-07:00

Nice Idea of using Tarot in forms that remind us of our beauty. I found this of course in my little magic book ...(bag of tricks) whatever...
The day after such an emotional day was harder than I thought .
I continue to move into the Aeon as well as the other card that I chose.
These daily experiences walking through the hallway and finding 22 doors to choose from...
Well the thought did come to me beyond anything else today was to make each moment count.
Celebrate your life , your breath, your highs and lows, dark and light, celebrate the walk.
We are amazing people who want to learn to love our selves and our fellow beings more richly, deeply and with reverence.
When one looks at the walk of life "The Heros Journey" the at each turn take the courage to grow more present in their understanding of the "Heros Journey" We are the heros.. All of us.
Thanks for being at the last meeting Jesse, Lucy, Donna . It was so fun. Please forgive me I have not sent the reading. I will not post it on the web. I just want to say that it was an amazing experience to share time with such an intuitive as you Jesse!
Keep on studying the Tarot. It has an endless path to self discovery!
Bright Blessings and Amazing Tarot Readings!

Peace, Tarot Blake and more.

2008-09-10T23:12:00.000-07:00

Okay Okay... I went a little over board. ... Great painting though...
The last post was a little confusing. I am tired and it is late.
so the The Egyptian Book Of Doors has nothing to do with The William Blake Book on Tarot.,
Both are great resources.
If one is interested in Egyptian Study. The Book of Doors has more information than I have found in a long time
However the Tarot and Blake are very powerful. I hope to get this deck soon/
Thanks for inspiring me you all, Keeping your life open to the doorways to the soul.
Tarot is so powerful It is a gift left to us and knowing this hold that some died to keep the Tarot alive for us..
Peace is not a notion.. It is an existence.
Love
Mana
If you want me to take you off my short list let me know.
Much Much love and respect//
Mana

William Blake A Good Book is Hard to Find...

2008-09-10T23:07:00.001-07:00

This is a book that I want to purchase.. I hope you find the information helpful

I also found a great site that offers readings with the entire deck. It is electronic but I like this deck.
I really feel like I resonate with it and am considering purchasing it with the next order as well as the Book Of Doors. This is not so much a Tarot Deck however it is a fantastic way to study Egyptian Mysticism and it is an oracle.
Blessings. If you have lists of books for us to refer to please list them and I will print them on the site.
Bright Blessings and Great Readings.

The William Blake Tarot: Of the Creative Imagination

Authors: Ed Buryn, Mary K. Greer
Release: 1995-10
Publisher: Harper San Francisco
Format: Paperback 160 pages
ISBN: 0062513168 ISBN 13: 9780062513168
List Price: $32.00
Edition: 1st

9/11 The Towers

2008-09-10T22:42:00.000-07:00

I found this image over the magic wand of a pc. ... yes ... well it is intresting because it represents the towers and time and religion and balance.. a lot of different things. I wish I could tell which deck it was from. sorry...
I am hoping that tomarrow I will contemplate the tower in a very real way.
What structures am I falling away from. This is a positive note for me.
I hope you all find the fortune of what you have .. stable and true for this years 9/11

Tonight 9/11 The Tower. and more

2008-09-10T14:44:00.000-07:00

Hi all.
Do not forget tonight at 6:30 the living tarot visits 9/11.
If you have already got this post.. just delete.
If you have not received it..
Come to our Living Tarot and bring art and materials you have been working on.
We will have a great art piece from Donna and we hope to see more tonight.
See you there.

Temptation.

2008-09-08T16:44:00.000-07:00

While sorting out yet even more crap from my boxes of things that 'I just have to have!",
I found my favorite set of major arcana tarot cards I will bring them this Wednesday.
I am so happy to have this meeting. I wait all week for it. It has been a major source of my inspiration and I am so grateful to you Donna for the effort and energy you are providing.
So now I am sad because I hear that Lucy and Jesse may not be attending due to schedule challenges.. This is a huge disapointment. Everyone get those candles out !
WE WANT THEM !
Where the hec was Adam.......?????????????????
Damian ????????????????
John????????????????

Anyway bring who you can and what you can. Don't forget to feed the creative vine growing deep inside yourself.. make up a skit or art or something to share.... Feelings.. Journal entries.. WE do not care.. Just treat yourself for a few moments to creative juice if you have not already.
I will see you all on Wednesday
Many Blessings and Happy Tarot Reading...

mana

The Star

2008-09-06T11:35:00.000-07:00

This one is for all the "Stars" out there.
I was talking to someone about stars ... Oh yes.. Lady Loreon / Temple Of Isis.
She and I were talking about the Convocation of Isis this October.. See her site Templeofisis.org
or isisoasis.org
The Convocation is during the second weekend of October. 11,12,13 I am pretty sure.
The theme this year is Nuit. the Great Egyptian Star Mother... Ancient.. woah!!!!!!!
Check her out. google is amazing..
Back to Stars...
by the way my reading today said not to get too spread out.. hummm
Stars. Yes the ancient ones of Egypt (and probably all over the place for that matter...), believed that when they left their bodies they went to a star or group of stars. I know my fathers family believed that they went to stars.
There is a passage I read where an elder wanted to leave their body outside so they could look at the sky and merge with the stars..
I love love love this.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If I could be that lucky.
So merging with stars... being a star... rock star. star pilot... what ever Mana your rambling.
BE THE STAR YOU ARE.
Okay that is quite enough for the day..
Make a wish upon a star..
In conclusion
Most of us have powers we know we cantain but fail to use..
Why the hec is that.
make your wishes...
ABRACADABRA!
Okay wish granted.
Peace
Love
Light
If you want to add to this blog write to
takeabreath4me@yahoo.com or respond to this email
www.thelivingtarot.blogspot.com
isis is

September 6th Tarot and Strength

2008-09-06T11:25:00.000-07:00

Hey Tarot Artists..
That sounds like Fellow Artists...HUMMMMMM

Today I have been using the web images concept of looking at all these different Tarot card images.
What a magic wand that turned out to be...
While viewing all these creative, spooky, strange, fantastic.. unlimited images.. I had the thought that one could take and pick a card from probably any image request and create their own deck.
weird but a thought..
the other thing I saw that was so inspiring was a book that consisted of each card that was pasted into a notebook with embossment, writing, images and odds and ends like buttons leaves.. you name it. That was really something.
I love this idea of taking a card for a week and marrying it...
So that is what I have been doing.
Strength.. what a card. What calms my savage beast..
Well this group.. the ideas of drama and the tarot..
Art in general.
I would love to hear from you.
Lucy wrote me.. that is a start.
Hope your all well and checking into
www.thelivingtarot.blogspot.com
let me know what you think
You can add books to read. music, art, happenings. What ever you want.
If you do not want to get these mailings let me know I will take you off the list.
many tarot blessings.
mana

Wednesday September 3rd 2008

2008-09-04T13:26:00.000-07:00

Thanks to all of you who attended our second meeting of the Living Tarot.
Welcome to Tre ! We are happy to have anyone who wishes to attend come to our project with The Living Tarot.
We missed Adam, Jonathan and Fran this week. :( Hopeful to see you on your return You are a huge contribution to our growth as a group....If you can not make it please attune with our postings here on the site.. Other references to other sites , books and events are greatly appreciated.

The evening began with Donna's wonderful collection of Tarot Affirmations. A great begining to dialog and scripts for our Living Tarot Project.
These next few meetings will be working with Major Tarot Personalities and will continue until we feel we are comfortable with the Major Arcana.
Jesse wrote a wonderful piece for the fool that we hope you will send into us so we can post it.
You drawing was also quite a compliment and we can scan it to post this as well if you wish.
Good work Jesse!
Lucy created a great image of her experience with Strength including a very nice drawing of her image in relationship to her life as a mature woman.
Donna created a presentation of the Wheel of Fortune that related time, the goddess Fortuna, art, the astrological wheel and finally the atlas. Not a surprise. The poetry she has written and shared with the group too is wonderful. Please let us know Donna if you have any for sale.
We will be posting anything you members send to this Living Tarot Table... Those of you who are attuning with us please also feel free to comment and to send your work to us as well.
You can do so by responding in the comment box below. Also if you wish to see our site.. it is www.thelivingtarot.blogspot.com
In conclusion... I wish to add some theater to next weeks session. If you have a monolouge of no more than 3 -5 mins we would love to see it. Or if your not ready to act... your comments and artwork are greatly appreciated.
Until then.. please so feel free to share your spreads and concepts as well as reading lists and events related to our project.
WE love hearing from you.
If you have an article you can send it to 2takeabreath@yahoo.com and we will cut and paste into a posting for the site.

The cards pulled for next week are:
Tre= Star
Lucy= Star
Jesse= The Hanged Man
Donna= The Chariot
Mana= Strength..(thanks goodness...I need it).
so Donna... If you have questions or thoughts that can stimulate these cards and thier personalities or anyone else for that matter.. Please send them to us!

Mana'sDaily Reading

2008-09-04T09:05:00.001-07:00

The Ace of Wands card suggests that my power today lies in initiation. I am a winner by virtue of my desire, belief, vision, and intention. I bring fresh inspiration into the world and am "master of my domain." My solution is found in creative transformation and I am empowered by my spark of life.
What did you pull today?
Mana

The Living Tarot Tonight 6:30 - 9 PM

2008-09-03T10:14:00.001-07:00

SEE YOU ALL TONIGHT FOR THE LIVING TAROT
30 EAST SF AVE.
WILLITS CA
95490
707-354-2475
THIS IS AN OPEN MEETING FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO EXPLORE THE TAROT.

The Living Tarot Wednesdays 6:30 - 9 pm

2008-09-02T10:54:00.001-07:00

Everyone is welcome. The Living Tarot.
I went to Isis Oasis and told them of our group. The work we did was with the Tarot.
Taking one card for that which we have harvested from our selves to give to others and One Card which is from our harvest gifted from the Goddess... Divine.. Whatever you wish to call the Mystery.
This group was very sweet and we chose cards from the Rider Deck for the Gifts to Others.
5 Wands
Justice
9 swords
Empress
Q Swords
Page of Swords
King of Pentacles
Fool
The Moon
Q Pentacles
Page of Cups
There were 11 of us who attended the rite
We then spoke to the cards passed them around and
Took the Druid Animal Cards Deck for the Gifts that the Goddess has given us to use..

White Swan
Crane
Stag
Salmon
Bear
Fox
Goose
Hawk
Snake
Wren
Sow

If you would like details on this reading please respond to this post.
May the blessings of the Lady and the Lord be ever present in your hearts and minds
The Living Tarot

August 20 Introductions and Ambitions..

2008-09-02T10:26:00.000-07:00

This is the first of many of your meetings.
I would like to thank you all for being a group of ambitious souls looking for the truth that we carry deep inside ourselves...
This is a humble attempt to pull together the nectar from our gatherings..
I am very pleased to see Jesse and hope to have more younger readers join us.
Just to recap..
We discussed our lives and intent with Tarot.
We shared a little about ourselves.
Donna read a beautiful poem which we hope she will post on our site?
Many of us shared some of our favorite decks.
We spoke to the history of the heroes journey.
We were given the assignment to draw a card and take it home and see how it apply to us as well as become familiar with the card and bring it to our next meeting this Wednesday as an invited guest.
Regrettably, I did not get everyones card written down.
We also spoke some on the Astrological aspects and Adam brought a great resource of tarot and astrology to share with all of us. I will scan and post all materials we wish to share.
In respect to ritual and tarot... I would like to speak to this subject briefly and hold a time limit to this discussion .. the material world can be very clever in the means it comes to distract us from our purpose.
Ritual and Tarot do go hand in hand however it is not the intent of our work to become a coven or perform long rites and ceremony with the tarot at these meetings. I am open to a separate group that may stem from these meetings in reference to working with the tarot and spell casting..ect...
I do have a suggestion.
We take on each meeting the service of creating a tarot alter.
If we do decide as a group to take this on ... It MUST BE MAINTAINED it also must be treated with the highest of respect and taken down each meeting as well.
This would be done before the meeting at 6 pm.. That gives us a 1/2 hour to create sacred space.
The concept of casting a circle is not really nec for this meeting however taking time to ground may be a good idea.
If we created an alter with Tarot and each person came in and added to this alter and then at the end took something from it like fruit or what ever... This could be very simple in recognizing the sacred aspects of the astral causal and extended universes...
There are so many ways to call out and cast a circle.. I would rather just keep the concept very simple with no circle casting.. For many reasons.
I am very very very open to those of us who want more ritual in their lives and meeting on the other Wednesday as we meet every other wednesday to do such things as developing tarot and ritual together in a more structured manner.
For now lets keep this a a learning and artisit format...
I will build the alter for the meeting tomarrow and we can take 10 -13 mins to do the working..
IT means to bring something that represents the card that you are bringing to the meeting and
We can then move on..
I will also have some coloring projects for those of us who like to doodle.
Snacks are nice to bring and share if you like.
Remember your donations to our group go directly to the scholarship project for Willits Young Actors.. Please consider your tax deductible donations... Even if it is a few dollars... They add up.
However do not take this as a prerequisite for attending.
These are free donation based gatherings ..
The Muse, Willits Young Actors and Willits Center for Artful Living all want you as a community to come together...
If you know anyone intrested.. please ask them to come along!
Many Blessings
The Living Tarot
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