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About Spells Made With Tarot, i would like to use these cards in rituals. |
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Soseneda |
Sep 1 2006, 03:33 PM
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Yes, there is quite a bit you can do with tarot in spell work and in ritual. I agree about getting to know the cards better first. If you use the card to ask for something, or connect to a specific entity/energy, and you do not know what the card means, then you do not know what you are asking for.
WIth that in mind, time spent in meditation of each of the cards is a good way to understand them, in addition to the book learning. You can also 'astral project' into the scene of the card, and experience it that way.
Once you are familar with the cards, you can use them in spell work by thinking of them as the alphabet/language between you and the other world or you and your subconscious. You can construct a 'reading' or layout you wish to manifest, or use one or two cards to signify an idea or entity. But, be sure you know what each and every card you are using means before magnifying the effects by adding ritual power to the equation.
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Acid09 |
Sep 8 2006, 04:18 PM
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QUOTE Greetings! A few weeks ago I have purchased a basic Rider Waite Tarot pack and I am wondering,can I use these cards in rituals?I have heard that I can,so I am wondering,how can I do that?Can I also use rituals I have created myself ? p.s.Any spell with Tarot cards will help! Tarot cards represent various correspondances. Each card has its own numerical value, but also its own zodiac and planetary correlations. Each card in the major arcana corresponds to a hebrew letter. Each card has its own day, month, tree, stone. I don't know where to find a list but if you could find your own that would help. You can also create your own correspondances. What you would use tarot cards for in rituals is to represent qualities related to your spell. So say you want to do a love spell. Well the obvious card to use would be the lovers card. Say you want to gain new knowledge, you'd use the magician or high preistess. If you incorperate entire spreads into your spells then this can get really really complicated and specific. But weather you focus on using one card or several at a time the basic idea remains the same - use the cards to represent your spell. If you do this they'll act as focusing devices and will aid in setting clear intentions and harnessing the appropriate energy.
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tyrian |
Nov 4 2006, 01:21 AM
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My first deck was the 1JJ Swiss: (IMG: style_emoticons/default/badmood.gif) . A big problem with the deck is that the minor arcana looks more like playing cards, with pips instead of illustrations. The 1JJ is significantly different from the Waite or Crowley decks and is based more closely on the early tarot (especially the Marseille). In spite of this -maybe because of it- understanding the symbols without Golden Dawn/Thelemite symbolism wasn't difficut (memorising the minor arcana was...). Now I use a Crowley deck, though I use Waite cards if I'm reading for somebody else. When you look at the cards you're also looking through them, because you have to see all the connections and knots in different configurations. Doing all this kills distraction, which makes divination possible (or any magick really). It helps draw you up to a point of focus/gnosis. I think the actual divination occurs in your understanding, with the cards as some kind of medium towards that. In that way, you could look at all your tarot spreads as ritual. Ritual space is involved when you shuffle the cards, lay them out, flip them over and try reading them. Investing the reading with the presence of a deity/entity, maybe allowing them to guide/prompt the reading, could be interesting to try: it would make it more like some kind of evocation. Give yourself some time with the cards away from books full of supplied meanings, because no matter how much of somebody else's philosophy you get you'll only learn things in a particular way. It is challenging to face the cards like this, but first-hand experience is so much better than any description. Other people's opinions fill out the bigger scope of the cards and paint in shades of meaning, but before jumping into all the literature you should find out how the cards relate to YOU. Edit: A good book to explore once you'd want to is 'The Tarot: History, Symbolism, and Divination' by Robert M. Place. This post has been edited by tyrian: Nov 4 2006, 02:46 AM
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