tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70414453870958580642024-03-05T01:45:44.809-07:00Livid Ibis~ you are here ~pangolinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12710248825039404443noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041445387095858064.post-29055326010844991432009-02-26T14:26:00.006-07:002009-02-26T14:56:31.108-07:00PDR: BurnoutI haven't posted here for two weeks, although I've been working with the Tarot Nova daily, and with the Anna K almost as frequently. At some point I succumbed to burnout. The readings have been for the most part interesting and thought-provoking, but my desire to write about them has dwindled away. In other words, fun has become drudgery.Is this a familiar pattern in my life? Why, yes it is... I pangolinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12710248825039404443noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041445387095858064.post-56112135572351948392009-02-12T21:33:00.011-07:002009-02-12T22:06:06.108-07:00Deck Interview with the NovaI interviewed my Tarot Nova two weeks ago, when I first got it. A deck that gets right to the point, it's pithy, frank and quirky.1. What is your most important characteristic? Page of CupsTaps right into my intuitive mind, expresses itself in playful and poetic ways, enables deep communication, isn't afraid to look silly.2. What are your strengths as a deck? 13 DeathCuts right to the point. Willpangolinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12710248825039404443noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041445387095858064.post-62409692099121145612009-02-10T12:26:00.009-07:002009-02-10T12:53:50.967-07:00Goodbye Elemental, hello Tarot NovaI feel fickle, but I'm going to put the Elemental aside for now, and take up a different deck for the PDR. I still love the Elemental, and would like to return to it later in the year. However, in the last few weeks I've acquired two new decks that I can read with like I've never been able to read tarot before. One is the Anna K, the other is the Tarot Nova. A fellow PDR participant, firefrost, pangolinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12710248825039404443noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041445387095858064.post-84411414649106280962009-02-02T15:46:00.021-07:002009-02-02T17:50:41.979-07:00PDR: A reading for WallyThanks to fellow PDR participant souljourney, I can no longer say I’ve never read tarot for strangers. Now I have read tarot for a stranger’s... cats. After seeing my “Meow!” post below, souljourney offered me the opportunity to read for some of her seven cats. Having had seven cats myself at one time, I know how complicated all those feline lives and interactions can become. So, I took her up onpangolinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12710248825039404443noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041445387095858064.post-3409754037413478512009-02-02T13:21:00.009-07:002009-02-02T15:36:31.603-07:00Seriously cute: the Tarot NovaIn the last two weeks I’ve acquired three more tarot decks and one more oracle deck. One of the new tarot decks is the Tarot Nova. I’m in goofy love with this deck -- it's small and cleverly illustrated and eminently readable. It is seriously cute: adorable to look at, but no-nonsense to read with.Today I found myself wondering, at noon, where the morning had gone, whether I was going to get pangolinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12710248825039404443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041445387095858064.post-51693479968149842352009-01-27T18:05:00.008-07:002009-01-27T18:25:53.896-07:00PDR: Meow!I’ve never done a tarot reading for a stranger, only for myself and for a few family members. Oh, and for my mother’s cats.I know -- I need to get out more, right? But the readings I’ve done for those cats, at my mother’s request, have been fun and funny for both my mom and me. And she swears I’ve been credible and helpful. I did another reading today, about her aging Oriental Shorthair who is, pangolinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12710248825039404443noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041445387095858064.post-298201306850542582009-01-25T14:00:00.017-07:002009-01-25T16:40:17.061-07:00PDR: Ace of CupsI spent some enjoyable time flipping through the Elemental deck trying to identify my favorite card. Just one favorite? Not do-able. I did manage to whittle it down to three. My third-most favorite is the 1 of Water: Fountain, or in more conventional terms, the Ace of Cups.I think the colors are a huge part of the appeal for me. Lavender and various shades of aqua... it’s a very soothing color pangolinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12710248825039404443noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041445387095858064.post-13676545470695982162009-01-21T21:37:00.007-07:002009-01-21T21:50:37.676-07:00PDR: Water the plants!Sometimes the message is short and sweet. Thank goodness -- I’d begun to worry that the Elemental was only going to give me deep, thoughtful, resonant answers that then took hours to write up into blog posts.This morning I shuffled the deck, thinking of the day ahead, wondering where I should focus my efforts. There were so many different possibilities for the day... I intended to draw two cards,pangolinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12710248825039404443noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041445387095858064.post-77825854328809551602009-01-19T17:43:00.015-07:002009-01-19T22:04:18.806-07:00PDR: Whatever happened to Temperance?This morning I did a reading for the upcoming day, a day I was feeling sour about because it was stuffed full of planned chores I did not want to do.The first two cards -- Pentacles -- addressed the work-related aspects of the day. The third card, in the “Advice” position, is Temperance... or is it?Take a closer look:In the upper right-hand corner is the number 14. Above the image is the word “pangolinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12710248825039404443noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041445387095858064.post-74734171382224020262009-01-19T14:25:00.003-07:002009-01-19T14:36:07.900-07:00The Elemental has spokenI've decided to use the Elemental tarot for my Primary Deck Reflections project. (I was won over by the Deck Interview in the previous post.) If you're not familiar with the deck and are curious, here are a few places where you can learn more:Description at Aeclectic TarotImages from Tarot GardenThe creators' website, elementaltarot.comThe last site looks good; I'm going to have to go check it pangolinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12710248825039404443noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041445387095858064.post-49724974059082641372009-01-17T18:53:00.014-07:002009-01-19T14:37:39.837-07:00Deck Interview with the ElementalI’ve been dithering as to which deck to choose for the PDR project: Norse or Elemental. I love them both, and choosing one feels like rejecting the other. To help hasten the decision-making process, I decided to do a pair of Deck Interviews, beginning with the Elemental. I had read this post by souljourney, a fellow PDR participant, and was eager to try the spread. (I don’t know if this is a “pangolinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12710248825039404443noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041445387095858064.post-10556389847836790742009-01-15T22:06:00.017-07:002009-01-21T15:49:05.790-07:00Which deck to use for the AT Forum primary deck study?Which deck should I choose for this purpose? My top candidates are Norse and Elemental, although I'm expecting a couple of other interesting decks in the mail soon. I decided to see if a reading could help me with the decision.Q (for each deck): What if I choose this deck to study, and post my readings of it publicly on a blog?DECK 1: Norse DECK 2: ElementalSPREAD: 3 cards, in tell-me-a-story pangolinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12710248825039404443noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041445387095858064.post-90820759181286127422006-12-22T13:43:00.000-07:002006-12-22T13:49:15.167-07:00Look, a blog.Well, fancy that.pangolinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12710248825039404443noreply@blogger.com