Today the characters from the Phantasmagoric Theater made it quite clear they wanted me to reflect on two cards.This morning I had the urge to shuffle my deck while checking email. I wasn’t shuffling mindfully for my daily draw, I just wanted to feel the cards for some reason. As I did so, one card flew wildly and dramatically out of the deck and landed on the floor behind my computer. It was the Ten of Coins. Normally I would take a leaper and use that as my daily card, but I wasn’t yet shuffling for my draw. So I stuck it back into the deck and set the deck aside.
A little while later while I was deliberately shuffling for my daily draw, I cut to the Magician. But for some reason, I couldn’t get the Ten of Coins out of my head. I began looking through the deck for it. It was the very last card...at the bottom of the deck. I knew this had significance, so I set it aside. I wondered if I should then discard the Magician. So I put that card back into the deck and reshuffled, and cut again. And again I drew the Magician.
So as each of these cards came up for me twice this morning, they shall be contemplated together.
The Ten of Coins shows a mayor lending financial support and resources to a village community. The Ten of Coins (Pentacles) frequently features a family, with an old man seated among them. It has been said that this old man represents the magic missing from the equation. The family seems to have it all with their financial prosperity, but they are missing the magical, spiritual side of life.
Enter the Magician...who looks a little dejected at having been an afterthought to the Ten of Coins. His face reminds me a great deal of Johnny Depp’s character, Edward Scissorhands. Edward was able to make beautiful creations, but he always had this sad, timid look on his face. The Magician in this card also has that expression. His hat features conversation bubbles, as if he is reflecting on what others say. There are those who don’t believe in magic or spirituality, and believe life has to be done “by the book”. The Magician seems deflated by the choices of those who choose to pursue ordinary life without magic.
Having the Magician appear together with the old man featured in the Ten of Coins places extra significance on the magical side of life for me today.
Rather than trying to gain financial prosperity and then seeking a magical, spiritual life afterwards, I feel the cards are urging me to approach it from the opposite angle, which is precisely the change I have made, and what I have been doing for the past few weeks. Living a magical, spiritual life and allowing the financial prosperity to come as a result. These cards are a nice conformation that I seem to be on the right path. Even the way both cards came up for me today was quite magical....as if to further drive home the point!
Note: The Ten of Coins/Pentacles has come up in my daily draws three times this month (and the Magician twice). Sounds like something good's brewing!
Deck: Phantasmagoric Theater Tarot
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Don't know this deck as yet-but its stunning!
The magican reminds me on Depp too(respectively the doll wich Johnny gives his voice)in the movie "The corpde bride".
The appearing of both-"10 Pentacles" and "Magican" together is a good sign, I think.
You be able to manage wealth in economically and spiritually sense.You got the magic key!*gg*
I'll crossing fingers for a new job-that you will found, what you looking for and fis to you!
"The corpse bride", sorry!
YES!!! The Corpse Bride character too!
Thanks for your encouragement on my getting work that I love! :)
I did visit your blog, by the way, to say hi, but unfortunately I can't read the language. :( Sorry!!
No reason to apologize-I'm glad, that you visit my blog!
On my HP you found some photographs that I taken.
If you are interested:
http://www.the-art-of-dark.de
Please klick on "Galerie" for this pictures.
Mostly b/w-photos with an nostalgic touch.
I be a little curiously-what do you prefer for a job?
Thanks sylke..I'll check out your photos!! Well, ultimately I would like to support myself entirely with my tarot readings. But I'd also like to write and do other things as well. There are so many creative things I like to do, but marketing is my weakest point, so I always have trouble with getting the word out there.
"but marketing is my weakest point"-its difficult for me too.
Maybe you fix all these interest together-publishing a Tarot book for example?
Create an own Tarot-Deck?(this is a thing, I planned for the future-only for myself).
Trust in you and in fate!
Yes, all of your ideas sound wonderful, and the making of a book would be the easy part for me. The hard part would be to get paid for it! It's hard to get picked up by a publisher, and even when you do, you don't make a ton of money. I think I'd have a better chance of making more money by self publishing, but I'd need mad marketing skills to be successful that way, which I definitely don't have!
I've been thinking of creating an oracle deck, but for myself. I have been giving thought into marketing a different type of oracle for the public, but it's still in the "thinking about it" stages. But what it all boils down to is the fact that whatever I choose to create, I'll need a marketing fairy godmother!! Happen to know of one?? ;)
So sorry, but I don't!*sad*
I have a good friend, she is a writer and ist sooo difficult for her to get publish.Even though she had published a novel some time ago.
At least theres only "Books on demand" but it isn't lucrative.
Perhaps a oracle-deck (as Kit with a book)has better chances to get published?!
Yes, I have some ideas running around in my mind lately. Will let you know if anything comes of them! :)
That will be fine! =)
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