Card of the Day, 3/24/2015

Today we have the 'Fortune' card from the 'Tarot of the Vampyres'! This is such a wonderfully beautiful card! I was shocked when I first saw it! This card is telling us that the wheel of the Universe is in constant motion, never changing or stopping. It is the wheel of destiny and fate. When we see the Fortune card, it tells us that change and movement are inevitable. Life is full of endings that lead to beginnings and then the end of those beginnings. It is up to us to keep up with this particular movement of the Universe, and adapt to our ever changing culture, thoughts and ideas. Nothing stays the same for long. That is something we have to accept. Change is always for the better, even when we don't see it like that. This card can also talk about unexpected gifts and opportunities! One thing that sticks out to me is that there is the Wheel, but thorns are behind it. This tells me to tell you that the wheel is still spinning during those thorny times in our lives and to never lose hope that things are still working in your favor, even if you are in a garden filled with thorns. When I looked at the Symbolism section in the book about this card, so much is drawn out!! There are 3 Vampyre creatures on this wheel, the serpent to the left who represents the negative force of retrospection and dissipation or decay (winter), the panther to the right which represents the positive creative and active energy that initiates the fires of life (summer), and the Sphinx-like creature at the top of the wheel that is made up of the four elemental animals whose particular role is the preserver and connecters of the other polarities, allowing the wheel to churn out everything into existence. All in all, this is a card rich with symbolism to the point that it is just absolutely mind blowing. 

Angel Blessings!

Andrew

Connecting with your Cards

Hey Everyone!!

Today, I am going to talk about connecting with your cards. How can we do that? Is there some secret form or spread to help? Maybe, but I don't know it.

Connecting with your cards is a very personal thing, I am going to share some of the ways that have connected with my cards, and some of the ways that I am trying to connect with cards at the present moment.

• Keeping the deck on my altar is one very easy way to connect with a deck. I just walk by and shuffle and draw a card. I read the guidebook portion for that card, and leave it there all day. This helps me to be able to look at it and draw from it what I need.
• Shuffle, Shuffle, Shuffle, then just to be safe, shuffle again. It is a great way to mingle our energy with the decks energy. If you have a desk, put your cards there while you are working and shuffle them in your downtime. **I would only do this at home. You can carry your deck to work, but other people might not understand and you wouldn't want your deck to be around negative energy.
• Speaking of negative energy, Cleansing and Clearing your deck is of the utmost importance. I usually do it once I open a new deck, but I do it periodically for my others as well. There are several ways to do this such as smudging, placing a crystal on the deck, holding the deck and imagining white light going through it, and any other way that you feel comfortable with. It's all about your relationship with the deck. 
• Sleeping with your deck under your pillow. This really got people talking when I posted about it on my Facebook page and to a Tarot Group on Facebook. Why on earth would you sleep with 78 cards under your head? Here's why. I feel, and I have read this as well, that when you sleep with a deck, either under your head or on your nightstand, you form a connection with it as you sleep. Sometimes we need our subconscious to open up a bit if we are having a hard time with a deck. Benebell Wen, author of 'Holistic Tarot: An Integrative Approach to Using Tarot for Personal Growth' used this method for the Robin Wood Tarot, I believe. I have heard of this from many other authors as well. However, don't be surprised if you have crazy dreams!

I hope that this post has helped you! If you would like to contact me, or view a list of readings that I offer, click here .

Angel Blessings to each and every one of you!!

Andrew