#Golden Art Nouveau Tarot

[qldqueerboy]

You are more focussed today than any other day. It seems that you have inadvertently been take on a journey to discover why your ideas have not produced the desired results you thought you would have achieved by now. It is time to go back to the drawing board and apply a healthy dose of optimism and inner determination that you can turn your disappointment around today and get your ideas back into producing results than staying dormant.

#Golden Art Nouveau Tarot #tarot #message for the collective #tarot card reader #tarot card reading #tarot addict #tarot divination #fortune telling #fortune teller #tarot cards #divination #tarot reader #tarot reading #tarot deck #gay pagan

[infjtarot]

King of Cups. Golden Art Nouveau Tarot

In the Waite-Smith depiction, the King of Cups—Air of Water—sits on a throne that floats on the ocean. What does it mean to rule over the waters? Can we find an Emperor-like stability in the middle of uncertainty and unfathomable mystery?

If anyone can do it, it is this King. He takes the responsibility of his rule deeply to heart. He sets his dais on the watery flows and makes his realm the province of the Moon and the High Priestess. This is the world of the unconscious, of the soul, of submerged and abject emotion, past traumas, unknowable shadows. The King of Cups manages to find his balance amid the waves and currents. He knows buoyancy but is a master of the dive as well, able to take on the weight he needs when it’s time to go deep. Few can surf like this King, and even fewer can—like him—withstand the almost unimaginable pressures on the ocean floor. This King also reminds us of the prismatic quality of water. Light can indeed penetrate the shadowy depths, although it will be bent and refracted as it does so. The King of Cups finds his true calling as a bender of light. He translates what cannot be said into clarity and meaning. He is a healer, a counselor, a philosopher, a poet, a saint—or simply a kind neighbor who listens with gentle eyes and firm discipline. Lisa Freinkel Tishman

#King of Cups #cups #court cards #Golden Art Nouveau Tarot

[blissmontage]

i’ll take a tarot pull … should i remain patient for the thing i’m waiting on?

Three of Cups

I’d say yes! I asked what the likely outcome is if you continue to be patient and the three of cups is a good omen for sure. It’s about connection and friendship and celebration. It’s a time when you are going to feel loved and supported by those around you. So your patience should lead to celebration and connection with others. Though this card is a lot more about friendship than romantic feelings so if this is a romantic situation you may want to change your approach.

#asks #tarot ask #golden art nouveau tarot

[allthingsflying]

Bought a new Tarot deck, first Celtic Cross… and dude, this hit me hard…. Fuck, the cards don‘t lie 😭

#tarot reading #tarot celtic cross #the cards never lie #ten of swords #that’s me baby #queen of wands #could be worse #art nouveau #golden art noveau tarot

[fireflysummers]

We’re in the final days of the Moon Prism Tarot kickstarter, which means that it’s time to pull out the big guns and show off our pieces!

You can back the kickstarter here!

I created the Death Card, which features Sailor Saturn. This deck leans towards Art Nouveau styling, so I leaned into Klimt as inspiration.

Death is the card of endings and beginnings, rebirth and growth, all of which align well with Hotaru Tomoe, or Sailor Saturn.

Across Sailor Moon, Hotaru undergoes a number of personal transformations, including her literal death and rebirth. This is portrayed by the four central figures, which are an adult Sailor Saturn and young Hotaru holding their infant form, while a teenage Hotaru sits at the forefront, holding the silence glaive.

The figures sit among brightly colored and intricately detailed cloth of various colors and patterns, and they are framed first by the golden branches of the Tree of Life, and further back, the halo of a black hole. Within the black hole, the alchemical symbols for the planet Saturn, Death, and Life, can be seen in repeat.

Beneath the figures and tree is a field of flowers, with the red flowers surrounding them and flowing from them like blood.

Primary Reference Images:

The Tree of Life

Life and Death

The Kiss

The Virgin

Family Embrace

The Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I

The Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer

#sailor moon #tarot #death tarot #tarot death #sailor moon crystal #sailor saturn #saturn #hotaru tomoe #my art #my illustration #zines

[santoschristos]

Key 10 – Wheel of Fortune Top: art: Wheel of Fortune - Golden Art Nouveau Tarot

Key 10 the Wheel of Fortune is first and foremost an expression of the Law of Rotation. The number 10 on the Tree of Life is the Kingdom, called Malkuth in Hebrew. It is the point of manifestation of the Spirit of God. It is where we live. Yes, in essence, we are pretty much blind to the rest of the Tree of Life. --Gates of Light

[ladylopeztarot]

Tarot Card(s) of the Day - 4/25/24

!!JUMPER CARDS!!

⚔️ 6 of Swords & 🏮 The Hermit

Golden Art Nouveau Tarot deck by Giulia Francesca Massaglia

#witchblr #tarot #tarot community #tarotblr #tarot cards #tarot reading #witchy #witchcraft

[starryfree]

Thanks for answer can you give some tips and what basic deck i need to buy for practice and some tips

💫 thanks in advance

No problem ❤️

So I always suggest the classic raider waite tarot deck especially for beginners. I also like the modern witch tarot deck, ethereal visions tarot deck and tarot of the divine deck because they’re beginner friendly and have incredible artwork that makes intuitive reading easy. White numen deck, luna sol deck, golden art nouveau deck, everyday tarot deck and I think the disney deck are also great for beginners and intermediate learners. It also depends on which decks and artworks draw you in. So you might want to research shops and different decks and see which ones call out to you.

Ny other suggestions are to get oracle decks. Specifically an astrological one and another one of your own choosing. Just so you can get more information on a subject of your choosing.

So a basic kit would consist of 3 decks: a tarot deck, an astrological oracle deck and an oracle deck that draws you in/your preference.

[breelandwalker]

What deck do you use? Do you use tarot, other decks, or both? Any recommendations for what a new witch should use? I'm asking because card based witchcraft is basically where I'm making my starting point

I don't read cards very often, but I do own several decks. The ones I use most often are the Golden Tarot (as created by Liz Dean, based on the old Visconti-Sforza deck), the Golden Art Nouveau Tarot (Massaglia, because I love art nouveau), and the Everyday Witch Tarot (Blake and Alba). For most of my readings, I use the Golden Tarot, since that's the one I've had the longest and it works really well for me. Also the deck is GORGEOUS and I love the artwork.

I also have a bunch of oracle decks, like the Halloween Oracle and the Everyday Witch Oracle (the Growth card looks like me and my boy Havoc!), but I use these less often. I tend to use tarot for specific questions and oracle cards for more general or nebulous readings.

And to be perfectly honest, if I need a really clear reading? I'm pulling out my personal runes. They've always worked for me and they're....disturbingly accurate sometimes.

As for decks I'd recommend to new witches, pick one that resonates with you. Find something that has artwork you love and a system of definitions that make sense to you. Decks that come with companion booklets are helpful too, since it helps the reader form direct connections between the images on the cards and their meanings.

The only two decks I don't recommend are the Rider-Waite deck, even though it's an oft-cited starter deck, and the Thoth deck. The Rider-Waite deck was created by members of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and they were OBSESSED with Kabbalah, so the deck contains Hebrew letters and iconography that absolutely should not be used in this context. So it's a no from me for cultural appropriation. And I don't recommend the Thoth deck because that's Crowley creation and Crowley was a racist piece of shit. So I tend to recommend staying away from anything he wrote or created.

I definitely do recommend the decks I work with, at least in the sense that I've had good experiences with them even as a novice diviner and a witch who doesn't often delve into cartomancy. (Also if you want more information on the history of tarot, you might enjoy Ep. 19 of my podcast, Hex Positive, which traces the origins and development of the deck from party game to popular magical tool.)

Hope this helps! 😊

#nimona-antifa #tarot #cartomancy #divination #witchblr #witch community #baby witch #Advice for Beginner Witches #Bree answers your inquiries

[missinglinksblog]

The Hanged Man by artist Giulia F. Massaglia from the Golden Art Nouveau Tarot. 

[infjtarot]

Moon. Golden Art Nouveau Tarot

The Depths. “The path between the towers is the issue into the unknown,” writes Waite, in his description of this card. In point of fact, we’ve seen these towers before. They are the towers at the horizon of the Death card, between which a brilliant sun either rises or sets. Here we find a waxing moon (Waite is precise on this point), and although the moon shines brightly, it does so with uncertain reflected light and over the only landscape in the trumps that lacks either human or humanlike figures. Like Trump II, the High Priestess, where the twin pillars define a gateway of sorts—an entrance into the waters behind the veil—this card ushers us into mystery, and invites us to identify the mystery with murky and fluid depth. Contrast the image of water in this card with the wellspring of the Star. Both cards depict illumined nighttime scenes, but the water in the Star is all surface. Under a moonless sky, the central figure’s foot rests upon the very top of the pool as on a sheet of glass. The water has no depth. In the Moon card, in contrast, the water seems to be entirely depth, without a surface. The crustacean we see at the edge of the waters has no place above air. This landscape devoid of humans, devoid of sunlight, points us toward the mystery beyond the pillars, but the symbolism of the card also makes clear that this mystery will remain beyond our conscious, intellectual grasp. The light of reason has no place here in this card of lunar truth. “The intellectual light is a reflection,” Waite tells us, “and beyond it is the unknown mystery which it cannot show forth.” Like the High Priestess card, the Moon presents us with a gateway, and invites us over a threshold into what cannot be shown forth. Cards like the High Priestess and the Moon envision spiritual practice as a kind of initiation—an entry into mystery, a passage through a gate. But it’s not so simple when you’re dealing with what cannot be shown forth. In Japanese Zen meditation halls, you’ll sometimes see a sign with Chinese characters that reads: “The Gate of Not-Two”—the gate of nonduality. These Zen placards challenge us to envision spiritual practice as a matter of passing through the Gate of Not-Two. What might it mean, how might it even be possible, for a gateway to give us passage into nonduality?

By definition, a gateway separates here from there, inside from outside. By definition, a gateway is already dualistic. The Gate of Not-Two would need to allow us not simply to pass from here to there but to pass from the world of here/there (the world of binary either/or choices) into a world of non-division, a world of non-distinction between here and there. How would we even know that we had passed through such a gate? There could be no certain bearings. This is the landscape of the Moon card. It invites us into a place of unknowing, into mysteries that will remain mysterious, into nondual depths that by definition cannot be plumbed. The figures in this lunar landscape have been identified by many, including Waite himself, as representations of our unconscious mind. From a Jungian perspective, this is the world of soul and the collective unconscious: the world of archetype and myth. Many modern readers go on to identify the Moon as the card of intuition. That seems just right to me, but only if we recognize that intuition invariably courts error. It’s all too easy to turn intuition into another form of knowing—like calling pork “the other white meat”—as if intuition could do the work of reason from another angle, yielding reason’s same fruits of clarity and certainty. When we enter the Moon’s nocturnal world, we face the possibility of complete delusion. This is not a world of measurements and comparisons, of right and left and good and bad. There’s no Justice here, no Emperor-like order, no bourns or limits. There’s nothing that will keep us from taking projections for reality and fears for truths. These are the risks that the Tarot invites us to take, not because the Moon will lead us toward greater knowledge and mastery but because it will lead us into ourselves, and into greater intimacy with the vast emptiness out of which all that can be known arises. If the High Priestess invites us into unknowing, the spectral beams of the Moon lead the way. There will be no guarantees, but there will be great intimacy in these depths. Lisa Freinkel Tishman

#Moon #tarot #major arcana #Golden Art Nouveau Tarot

[lazywitchling]

The decks I own:

The Oceanic Tarot

Shadowscapes

Everyday Witch

Ethereal Visions Tarot

Phantomwise

Tarot of the Divine

Everyday Tarot

Golden Art Nouveau

Golden Art Nouveau Mini

Modern Witch

Fablemaker's Animated Tarot

Mollymauk Tealeaf Oracle Deck

#tarot #some are great #some are terrible #some are pretty but not useful

[hornedcraft]

for reference; my collection of cards.  (updated 07/06/2023)

i have so many. i am planning on getting more.

asterisks mean they’re favourites. little write-ups provided, to give insight into what questions they prefer to answer and what personalities the entities/energies have. in alphabetical order, separated by type of divinatory card system.

TAROT.

Antique Anatomy: studious and spiritual; takes magic from a very scientific standpoint and encourages research. is extremely excited to help anyone on spiritual path questions, but fumbles with things about the real world. helps clarify messy and muddled feelings about magic work, but makes emotional things feel even more confusing.

Architect: very composed; a lot more emotional than i’d expected! interested in building “bridges” between people, all interpersonal relationships and “reinforcing” the spine and the inner self. good for big feelings, social issues, and self confidence; as well as for identifying obstacles that are halting momentum.

* Art Nouveau: one of my prior default decks. purchased in salem, massachusetts during my first trip. feels like a knowing mother; very connected to the divine feminine. feels very bright in terms of energy, but encourages you to touch into the darkness to understand the balance required in understanding magic fully. good for both personal and path-related questions; often very kind and sympathetic, but still offers sage advice.

Black Ritual: a gift from a friend at work. redraw of the rider-waite, feels very clean but very fight-y, justice seeker. sits at crossroads, will either give you advice or listen to you vent- either way, he’s like a good friend. very much matches your energy, but won’t bend his advice to just what you WANT to hear, only change it to be the way you might want to hear it.

Crow: takes a little bit of effort to reach into its energies, but very fun, playful, and encourages a balance between physical and spiritual. feels like a whole flock of crows, a full family dynamic too, that balances out all the different directions because of how many voices seem to be speaking at once. a little hard to pin down, but a really rewarding deck for any question you have; just be ready to pull clarifying cards.

Druidcraft: the first deck i ever received, currently unusable since two cards were ruined in a moving accident. huge stoner vibes.

Ethereal Visions: gorgeous, really serious, needs you to completely surrender your headspace over to it or else it won’t work. guardian angel energies. focused on building a strong internal self (especially a firm backbone) so that you may become a leader, or at least a trailblazer, in whatever material things you may want to pursue. mostly about building strength to withstand hardships, instead of telling you how to avoid them.

Everyday Witch: town healer vibes, older grandmother witch who’s been around the block a few times. knows about risk versus reward, interested in teaching and teaching you to teach, old in wisdom but young in joy. best used for questions where you need to be assured in your abilities, regardless of where they are; as well as general questions about the path if you want to learn something useful.

Guardian of the Night: like the crow tarot, but more focused. also feels like several entities, but unlike the crows, they speak with one voice. feels very urgent in whatever it says. interested in big catastrophes- if you’re in your tower era, this is a good deck to call on. good at mixing pep talks with advice, very encouraging to move, extremely instinct-based.

* Herbcrafter’s: fun dual-use deck. half regular tarot, half herbs and medicine oracle deck, makes for a fun spread no matter what. GOLDEN GIRL ENERGY. older woman who loves herself and wants you to love yourself, too. self love, self care, self protection, self discovery, self confidence- it is all about you, and becoming someone that other people want to ask advice from. really good for any question; makes you feel good coming out of the reading.

* Hush: incredible vibes. i use this deck as my namesake for my main blog. feels like walking into a deep, dark wood that you don’t belong in. does not do well with more trivial day-to-day questions; it wants to dig into the soil of your soul. will not give you an answer if you aren’t ready for it. mostly for the spiritual. dances along the edge of the veil, and encourages a deeper understanding of magic.

Inversion: feminine tomboy energy; kind of a take-no-shit kind of chick, will not really offer emotional support but will tell you exactly what you need to know. better for day-to-day questions, especially ones revolving around working, careers, or craftsmanship. based off the marsailles style of tarot, so a little different from the rest of my decks.

Modern Witch: fun, but a little shallow. for low-stress questions. very fluffy, probably not best for serious path-related questions, but will offer good direction if you’re a little scattered in your real life. be advised that it’s always going to direct you to the option that brings the most pleasure; not necessarily the best one in the long run.

* Murder of Crows: extremely powerful deck. i cried actual tears the first time i used it. death and rebirth. if you have gone through something difficult, or feel stuck in the dark, this deck will hold your hand through the hard shit. better used after the hard times, so it can get you out of the wreckage. deeply personal. deeply magical. i must reiterate the power that radiates from this deck.

Murder of Crows (Limited Print Red Edition): this one feels like the more positive sibling to the original murder of crows deck; once the first brother has gotten you out of the wreckage, this one kinda helps you to stay in the good times without sliding back. older brother passes your hand to younger sister. not as powerful, but works well in tandem with the other.

Mystic Dreamer: not a fan of the art style, hard to connect to. feels conflicting in its advice, too; aware of the need for plans, but consistently warns that plans never go to- well, plan. strict in terms of logical over emotional. i don’t know what kind of question this deck would be best for.

Occult: deck of demons. literally made of demons. was not aware that it was meant to be used for summoning demons when i purchased it in a large lot. useful for seeking out important people in your life. i am genuinely too scared to work with this deck without my boyfriend (who’s worked with demons before) present to make sure i don’t fuck up somehow. it sure does feel like a bunch of demons in there! for sure!

* Rider-Waite Mini: the default deck i use- not because it’s a rider waite, but because it’s the deck i use to communicate with my deity, cernunnos. if you don’t specify your deck, there’s a high chance i’ll be using this one! i carry it with me at all times (unless i forget to swap it into a new bag if i change purses).

Spiritsong: eclectic animal commune. similar to guardians in the sense that each card is related to an animal, but a much softer energy. hippy vibes; not quite stoner like the druidcraft deck, but very peaceful and indulgent in a way. instinctual, but not intense. light and airy. probably best for making decisions; will guide you towards the answer you kind of always wanted in the first place, and encourage you to allow yourself to want things.

Tattoo: very dulled energy, hard to harness

* Urban: my favourite modern deck. very much feels like you’ve found a beating heart in the centre of a metropolis and it’s pulling on everything to answer you

Wildwood: new deck, never used

Wild Unknown: new deck, never used

Wizard: made by the same people as mystic dreamer, and has the same issues.

Zombie: my least favourite deck of all time. the second one i ever got. i keep it for laughs mostly, and also to point at when people ask which is my least favourite.

ORACLE.

* Celtic Tree: really in-depth, super interesting system.

Crystal Wisdom Healing: i’ve had it for a very long time, usually works better as a supplement to a reading from another deck

Flowers: new deck, never used

Green Witch: fun vegetables! need to dig my hands into it a little more, though.

Hedgewitch Botanical: new deck, never used

Prism: new deck, never used

Seasons of the Witch Samhain: new deck, never used

* Wild Unknown Animal Spirit: outstanding vibes, really motivational but still balancing.

LENORMAND.

Golden: more classic style, not a huge fan but definitely says what it means.

Green Glyphs: beautiful soft and smooth art, just haven’t fully clicked in for me yet.

* Red Hand: my first lenormand deck, gorgeous art, feels super blunt in a really fun way.

#card list #personal reference #marlowe's tarot studies #important posts

[shivunin]

🙤 Unusual OC Associations 🙧

I forgot I was working through my OCs with this lol. Two more after this. Consider this a tag if this is something you want to do, too :)

Salshira Lavellan

Seasoning: Cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove

Weather: Windy—not the kind that steals your hat, but the playful kind of wind that skips fallen leaves down the street.

Colour: Russet brown—a color that seems almost red in some lights and definitely brown in others; the color of leaves about to fall in the autumn.

Sky: A cloudless sunset that makes the whole world seem a little extra golden for a whole.

Magic power: Fire; the kind that reminds one of the crackle of logs in the hearth when it’s chilly outside, and the kind that catches frighteningly fast in dry grass.

House plant: One of those touch-sensitive ferns that folds its leaves in tightly when brushed with a fingertip

Weapon: A staff carved of warm mesquite wood and inlaid with brass, flashy in direct light and sturdy in the hand.

Subject: Communication; she is the kind to sign up for it because it’s supposed to be easy, only to find that it’s a concrete way of thinking about things she already does. (she uses these skills as like, a bartender who talks people through their relationship issues because a nine to five is not her style)

Social media: Probably Insta. Careful perusers might notice that despite the pretty pictures, she almost never actually says anything about herself.

Make-up product: Waterproof mascara (to frame her beautiful eyes, and it won’t give any hint that she’s been crying)

Candy: Red Hots (any cinnamon candy, tbh; it’s her favorite flavor)

Fear: That if she is actually, truly herself someone she cares for will look at her—no masks, no jokes, no hiding—and be disgusted. (Also caves, tight spaces, and spiders)

Ice cube shape: Those giant round ones. She would spin it around and around in a glass as a means to avoid paying attention to boring conversation.

Method of long distance travel: Dracolisk. She saw one and fell in love immediately, even though she rides a hart to places she thinks people might be frightened of one. She has little nicknames for all the dracolisks in the stables and she babytalks to them.

Art style: Art nouveau. All curving, flowing lines, nature, and artful asymmetry

Mythological creature: The alchemical salamander, creature of transformations and fire.

Piece of stationery: A postcard with cramped handwriting and a picture of somewhere lovely on the other side

3 emojis: 😘 🔥 🍂

Celestial body: Mercury, bright and fast as it sprints through the sky.

Tarot Card: Knight of Wands; passionate and enthusiastic, prone to action over thought

#salshira lavellan #oc tag meme

[thewoodbine]

Hiii omg it's been a while!! (I've been here since your bathtub free readings 😅) i was wondering, would you be okay with sharing with us your deck collection? Hope you have a lovely day!!

Divination in bathtubs and bowling alleys, I suppose as the gods intended.

Sorry for the delay on answering this, I wanted to wait until I was at my laptop so I could add photos without it being a pain in the ass. Without further ado-

My Tarot Deck Collection 🃏

My First Deck: A rider waite picked up from the local occult shop (as an 11 yr old mind you) that my dad burned. Womp womp

Deck I've Had The Longest: The Illuminated Tarot Decks I've Been Gifted:

Tattoo Tarot (A gift from my closest friends when they went on a trip together. I never use it because its not really my style but the box is gorgeous so it stays on display)

Celestial Tarot (I use this one for generic public readings and I don't mind it being manhandled so it stays in my purse)

One I got and IMMEDIATELY regifted because I didn't really like the person who gave it to me.

Finally one that is an astrology-based oracle that is gorgeous but I loaned to my niece and can't remember the name of to find on google.

My Favorite Deck: Victory Fairy Tarot, I use this for everything and have the most fun with it. I don't know man, I just like the scenes in it. It's quaint and vivid and packed with imagery. Plus the little booklet has poems and fun scene-setting stories about what the fairies are doing. Super easy to learn and the season motif is very intuitive.

The Deck I Will Probably Buy Next: Ethereal Visions Tarot Deck Im big into that whole art nouveau thing. I mean who can be mad at golden women displayed in divine splendor?

The Deck I Lust For: Neo Rider Tarot Love Deck, JUST LOOK AT HER! If anyone wants to buy this for me Ill give you free readings for life.

Im not much of a collector person, I like to really get one I love and am super familiar with and stick to it. But yeah, that's everyone!

#tarot #tarot decks #divination #occult #witch #tarot readings #witchblr

[teamyellremade]

pls help me name my unnamed tarot decks btw idk where to even begin anymore 😭

here’s a little bit about them under the cut, lmk if any of the little card descriptions are inaccurate or anything!

STAR SPINNER TAROT:

most important characteristic: The Lovers (relationships, love, union. figuring out where you stand but staying true to yourself)

i think that it’s also notable to mention that this deck has four variations of the lovers featuring couples of all different genders. so it’s extra interesting that i pulled it here!

this deck gives off a very dreamy, imaginative and warm, energetic feeling. due to the deck’s name, i was considering a star or astronomy theme!

ETHEREAL VISIONS TAROT:

most important characteristic: Six of Cups (innocence, nostalgia, revisiting the past, focusing on childhood)

the major themes and values this deck presented me with involved reminiscing about the past, then letting it go in order to find peace for the future. finding a way to persevere nonetheless.

GOLDEN ART NOUVEAU TAROT:

most important characteristic: The Hanged Man Reversed (hidden motives and agendas, martyrdom, indecision, delay. upright this card means letting go, sacrifice and suspending action.)

it was kinda hard to get a read on this deck tbh. overall, i think the message it was trying to impart was one of staying humble. knowing when things are too much for you alone to take on, and relying on your loved ones when necessary.

DND TAROT:

most important characteristic: The Queen of Swords Reversed (someone cold-heated, bitter, manipulative and self-centered. upright, this card can mean someone with a quick wit and unbiased judgment who asserts clear boundaries with direct communication.)

true to the Queen of Swords, this deck definitely gives me regal, royal vibes. i think that we are going to have an interesting dynamic lol

i posted the whole interview spread a few minutes ago because trying to explain the cards themselves is hard when you don’t have the Whole context