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wyld_dandelyon) wrote2022-01-06 12:49 am
wyld_dandelyon) wrote2022-01-06 12:49 am
Dandelyon's New Year One Card Draw
Well, yesterday was frustrating. It took the cable guy a lot longer than expected to change things out, and then we ended up with a new router too, so I had to figure out how to reset the password and tell all the devices in our world how to connect to the new internet source. But enough of that.
It's been too long, and I want to do readings for people!
As always, new friends and old are very welcome.About the readings,
You can simply ask for a single card (with the usual option, for people who tip, to ask for a clarifying card if something isn't clear). The guitar case below is my personal PayPal link, featuring my own artwork, which still inspires me even though it isn't Tarot-related.
I am also offering a five-card reading for $25, or if you want a larger reading we can discuss costs. A signal boost for readings or for the Patereon will allow you to ask for a clarification card on some part of this reading, if you have a question after reading the reading.
Regardless of the length of the reading, you may ask about real life or a creative project, even for a character you play in a game. I can draw a card for you to meditate on, one to represent the Guide you need right now, or to get you unstuck. I can draw a card for your protagonist or villain, can draw a card or cards for you to use as writing or art prompts, and I can modify a more-traditional five-card spread into a prompt for a story focusing on plot or characters or a little of both. Let me know if you have any particular request.
For free one card readings, you can pick from my decks, including the Brian Froud's Faeries Oracle, the Daughters of the Moon Tarot (one of the round decks), or the Shapeshifter Tarot. If you want a Guide to companion you in the new year or the holidays, the Susan Seddon Boulet or Fairies Oracle both work well. If you don't pick a deck, I might pick from any of the decks available to me. I do have a lot of other decks, so any deck I've read from before is available if you tip.
The first card is free (though tips are always appreciated, and especially right now as buying a new boiler broke my budget). However, I understand all too well that when people don't have cash or spoons that is generally when they most need inspiration. Don't be afraid to ask for a card if you can't tip.
When you tip, it's helpful to me for you to mention it here so I can connect your Paypal information with your request. Tips should be at least $2 (Paypal charges fees). If Paypal doesn't work for you, drop me a message and we'll work something out. (Hopefully the Guitar Case below will still properly link to Paypal.)
I will reply to all requests here unless a request arrives after I edit the post to declare the draw closed. I intend to leave it open for several days at least, but in the unlikely event that I get more requests than I can easily handle, I will officially close it.
Thank you, Blessed Be, and may the new year be low-stress, productive, healthy, and joyful!
Status: Open!
As always, while I work hard to offer insight and inspiration, all I can legally promise is entertainment. See my "Dandelyon's Readings" page if you have questions.
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I'd like to get a five card reading, please, using any deck except the faeries. Focus on romance and breaking out of loneliness in the new year.
Abundances in the Heart
Your first card, symbolizing your physical or practical circumstances, is Burnout tilted well on its side. The image shows a line of flames barred from reaching th forest and mountains by either a deliberate firebreak or simply the area that's been cleansed by the flame already. This is a card about being aware of your limits, and possibly having pushed past them too many times. You don't have to be superwoman! Plant some seeds and call down the rain or dig out the hose, and take care of yourself and your space. The ground after a fire is very fertile, and is definitely ready for a change, though that growth takes time.
Your second card, symbolizing where you are emotionally and mentally, is the Mother of Flames (Leo), subtitled Chantico. Chantico is an Aztec goddess of both volcano and hearth, the heat of the home that nourishes. The image is a native woman making bread in a dome-shaped earth oven, with a child eating bread in front of her table. The flames in the image are carefully contained, cooking the bread as she works. The card is tilted a little, so I'd guess your mental and/or emotional hearthfires are facing some difficulties, but it's still a good, strong card showing you have resources available.
The third card, which represents the tools or skills you will need, whether you have them already in some measure or need to learn them, is the 9 of Pentacles, subtitled Malama. It shows an ample woman sitting by her garden under a tree, holding a big gourd. She has strings of herbs around her neck and flowers in her hair. This card asks you to look at where the energy that sustains you is coming from, and make sure that cycle is as healthy and reflective of your values as possible. Your work should not only nourish you individually but be at least a potential source of inspiration for your community. This card landed straight upright, so I expect you have the skills you need, or at least the seeds of them.
The next card is the Crone of Pentacles, subtitled Pasowee, Buffalo woman, which shows an older woman and a younger one setting up a teepee in the snow. If I remember correctly, this card has shown up for you before. Today it shows up as the card representing the unexpected, and it shows up slightly tilted. Perhaps some tradition or teaching will unexpectedly prove to be not quite right for your situation? Or maybe it's that passed-on wisdom that will aid you when an unexpected difficulty or opportunity appears. Or maybe it's as simple as being willing to reach out to your mentors for babysitting once in a while, to give yourself the opportunity to be out in the world where unexpected encounters can happen.
And then finally the heart of the matter. The first thing I saw when I pulled the card for this spot was Amaterasu, the Sun, but then I realized I held two cards not one. The other is the Four of Cups, Sorrow. In the one we have people dancing in the bright light of a benevolent sun, with flowers all around, and in the other there is a weeping moon over a mourning woman, three of whose cups have spilled, flooding half the card. Her fourth cup is behind her, full to overflowing, but neglected. Wow, together the imagery is so powerful, speaking of where you've been and where you want to go, of an abundance of emotional energy that you have to share.
It looks to me like you have been working on your life to bring yourself to where you are ready to find that companionship you are seeking, and you just need to get yourself out in the world, whether virtually or in meatspace, to find kindred souls. Perhaps the Nine of Pentacles was speaking of finding ways to meet people safely, being respectful of their safety and the safety of you and your family, in this currently dangerous world. And maybe the cards will give you hints I didn't see, about where to look for the kind of friends that could lead to the romance and companionship you need.
Good luck, my friend. It's hard to have your heart in such very different places at the same time. I really think the juxtaposition of those two images at the end is the main message here, and the other cards are just the supporting cast.
Re: Abundances in the Heart
Lot of fire in there. And the heart draw - yep. Not news, but confirmation.
I don't remember Buffalo Woman showing up before and couldn't find any record of it. I do have an older mentor-friend who is going through some trouble and would fit the role. (Not local though. I wish.)
But the part that's most mysterious to me is Malama. What it might mean to do work that inspires a community. (Who, and where???)
May I have a clarifying card for that part of the reading in return for the signal boost?
Re: Abundances in the Heart
And of course you can have a clarifying card. :)
So, Malama: Before I draw your card, I will note that community can be near or far, large or small. In the most intimate sense, a family is a community. Our internet friends are a bigger community. So are our physical neighbors or voting district. But let's see what insight the cards offer:
The Dreamer
The image is a woman kneeling by a stream or river, her horse calmly cropping the grass behind her foot. She has dipped her finger in the water, and is looking at the ripples. It is sunset or sunrise, a liminal time as well as one when many people take the chance to look around them and enjoy the beauty of life. Liminal times are powerful, a moment when possibilities open because you're no longer only what you were and are not yet what you will be.
There are a few trees behind her and a mountain (or perhaps a volcano, continuing the fire theme) in the distance. The Dreamer is analogous to the Fool in many other decks, a free spirit about to head off on some new adventure, taking a step into new territory, and perhaps not yet aware of the tools she has at hand for the journey. It is a card of self-love, and symbolizes trust or faith in your higher self. This card came out perfectly upright, just like the card it is clarifying.
I'm not sure this clarifies anything, except as a reassurance that as you start on this thing that feels new to you, whatever it is, you have what you need for success. (Hmm...It occurs to me to mention a thing that I heard recently here--failure is not the opposite of success: failing, learning from the experience, and trying again is a vital part of success. Nobody learns to walk without falling down a few (or a lot) of times, after all.)
Does that help?
Re: Abundances in the Heart
Gah. Yeah that is encouraging but I suspect it's a bigger question than can be contained within the scope of the reading.
The bit in the reading about looking for where the energy that sustains you is coming from and making sure it reflects your values rings true. So does the bit about falling down a lot while learning to walk.
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