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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.
Creative, Emotional Magic
For your physical circumstances, I drew Reversal, reversed. I find it interesting that this card is all about one's inner landscape, and yet it shows up in the spot designated for the opposite. The book says the womon is suspended in time, undergoing inner metamorphosis. The image is of a woman hanging from a tree branch over water, with her fingertips and long hair in the water. Reversed, it could mean that the changes you need are being resisted or that you are not taking the time you need to listen to yourself and make the changes you need. Remember, rest is required. Meditation may be helpful, or even just reminding yourself that slow changes are often more lasting changes.
The next card in your reading is the previous card in the major arcana, Maat. The image is a seated woman holding an ankh in one hand and scales in the other. She is seated in front of a mandala, which is in front of the rising sun. Eyes smile in front of the sun, and the sun's rays radiate power, warmth and light. Maat is all about justice and fairness, about cause and effect, about accountability and karma. She also embodies the virtues of kindness, love, and cooperation.
The third card is the six of cups, subtitled Compassion. The image is six women on a beach, one prone and being tended to by the others. This is a deck that pictures women as the default human, so the fact that it's women here is probably not significant, but the fact that a person in need is being offered care by her companions is. The beach is rolling in, with a cup on each wave and a cup in the distressed woman's hand. The tool that is needed is, somewhat obviously, compassion.
The fourth card, which symbolizes the unexpected, is the Mother of Cups, Nammu. The image is a voluptuous mermaid, holding a cup which is tipped to allow water to flow outward, filling the oceans. She is surrounded by dolphins playing and a whale is breaching behind her. She is a pleasure loving, laughing goddess of the sea, who brings the fullness of emotions, love and laughter. I don't see what is unexpected about this in your writing, so perhaps the card is there to help you deal with the unexpected in your personal life, especially in dealings with things having to do with your own childhood or your dealings with children. Or perhaps it is the child within yourself that will give you the key to solving unexpected difficulties in writing or in life.
And finally, the heart of the matter is the witch. Dressed in a purple robe and standing in the forest under a crescent moon, the witch stirs her cauldron, holding her wand aloft in a blaze of light. Flames leap around the cauldron, which is filled with water, or perhaps something that just looks like water but is more magical. Her cat looks on, as does an owl in its nest in a tree, and there are mushrooms and other tiny worlds scattered under the trees. I think in this reading, this is you, the person you have chosen to be, a force of concentration, focus, and creativity. You may feel off-kilter from time to time, but you have your tools all at hand, and you are the heart of all the worlds you create and share.