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by Barleywine
29 Mar 2018, 09:12
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Favorite New Age shop closing
Replies: 8
Views: 4241

Re: Favorite New Age shop closing

I haven't been inside a really good New Age shop in decades. They've all been forced to become watered-down generalists in order to survive, and I don't see that situation improving. It's rare that I can find a deck or book around here unless I go to a large Barnes & Noble. The big stores can af...
by Barleywine
16 Mar 2018, 07:28
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hospital Horror Show
Replies: 14
Views: 6474

Re: Hospital Horror Show

I can sympathize, I had a similar experience a few years ago. I had abdominal surgery and was recovering in a room with another old guy who refused to get up to use the bathroom, so he crapped in a bedpan a couple of times a day. He was also hard-of-hearing and kept calling up people and bellowing i...
by Barleywine
03 Mar 2018, 10:05
Forum: Indie Decks, Indie Books, and Indie Online Sellers
Topic: The Tarot Bag
Replies: 6
Views: 5512

Re: The Tarot Bag

Very nice bags! My favorite tarot bag came from a bottle of bourbon. I keep my rustic Anna K in it.


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by Barleywine
21 Feb 2018, 19:15
Forum: Thoth Books
Topic: Book of Thoth Overview for Newbies
Replies: 3
Views: 11009

Book of Thoth Overview for Newbies

As a lifelong user of the Thoth deck and the Book of Thoth (45 years and counting), I was able to condense my impressions of my new edition of the book into a few paragraphs for the curious neophyte, and posted it on my blog. Those who are well-versed in the book may quibble that I left quite a bit ...
by Barleywine
20 Feb 2018, 14:38
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: During a tarot reading do you let the client touch your cards?
Replies: 13
Views: 6022

Re: During a tarot reading do you let the client touch your cards?

No, I require my clients to touch the cards, If they're squeamish about shuffling (I haven't met such a person so far) I will just have them cut. I believe the ordering of the cards for the reading is the client's prerogative, not mine.
by Barleywine
13 Feb 2018, 14:57
Forum: Tabula Mundi
Topic: Court cards in the Tabula Mundi
Replies: 25
Views: 14294

Re: Court cards in the Tabula Mundi

Yes, I should breathe and think before I write :icon_e_wink: Kether is for the Aces, Chochma for the Knights/Kings, Bina for the Queens, Tif'eret for the Prince and Malkuth for the Princess (and that's why Ace and Princess are so close to each other, they're the connection points between the worlds...
by Barleywine
13 Feb 2018, 13:07
Forum: Tabula Mundi
Topic: Court cards in the Tabula Mundi
Replies: 25
Views: 14294

Re: Court cards in the Tabula Mundi

My understanding is that the Knights/Kings relate to Chokma as the Father (this is another reason I choose to put Uranus - the "Sky Father" - there instead of the Zodiac or Crowley's Neptune), the Queens to Bina as the Mother, The Princes to Tipharet as the Son and the Princesses to Malkut...
by Barleywine
13 Feb 2018, 10:21
Forum: Tabula Mundi
Topic: Court cards in the Tabula Mundi
Replies: 25
Views: 14294

Re: Court cards in the Tabula Mundi

I just posted a roll-up of my impressions of this issue on my blog:

https://parsifalswheeldivination.com/20 ... -a-knight/
by Barleywine
11 Feb 2018, 11:10
Forum: Tabula Mundi
Topic: Court cards in the Tabula Mundi
Replies: 25
Views: 14294

Re: Court cards in the Tabula Mundi

What came to light during my discussions with Abrac and Andy B on the other forum is that Mathers' original version of Liber T contained conflicting information. The table at the front lists Knight (Yod), Queen (He), King, aka "Prince" (Vau) and Knave, aka "Princess" (He final), ...
by Barleywine
11 Feb 2018, 08:31
Forum: Tabula Mundi
Topic: Court cards in the Tabula Mundi
Replies: 25
Views: 14294

Re: Court cards in the Tabula Mundi

I've been doing my own "thumbnail" write-ups on all the court cards (I'm up to Princess of Cups now), in which I compare the GD, Waite and Thoth interpretations and then examine the three ways I think a court card can manifest in a reading: as other people, as characteristics or attitudes ...