2022 energy (or I guess the kids are calling it "vibes" this season)

[feuervogel]

I don't believe in tarot or the supernatural in general. You can read any meaning into the cards in hindsight. Sometimes I just like to draw a card or two for funsies, to see what I can focus on (because you can find relevance in ANY card to something in your life).

I have the Shadowscapes Tarot, because it was a relatively inexpensive way to get a lot of art by Stephanie Pui-Mun Law, and I love her art style.

So, anyway, I picked a card for my 2022 energy and I got the chariot, which is overcoming obstacles and moving forward through hard work. I mean, yeah? My big obstacle right now is not having any income, I guess, and my plan to overcome that is basically more of what I've been doing except looking for additional potential revenue sources. So, pulling the chariot told me something I already knew.

But if I believed in it, I'd take it as confirmation that I'm on the right path.

Comments

[krait]

Stephanie Pui-Mun Law!!!!

I share your opinion on both tarot and on the temptation of owning a bunch of Law's art. :D I've been a fan of her since Elfwood, and it's my goal to one day have an original painting by her!

[feuervogel]

Oh, man, I haven't thought about Elfwood in a million years!

I got your card, btw, and it's hanging out on my bookshelf next to a pair of framed hummingbird paintings (prints).

[green_knight]

The Shadowscapes deck is wonderful. I was on the fence untill I realised that I was following the artist on Twitter at which point it became an instabuy. I am currently attempting to buy the Czech version (with larger cards) but the sellers I can find won't ship internationally. Boo.

I don't care why or how Tarot works. All I know is that if I draw a card from most of my decks, I can make a meaningful connection to my life or take a lesson away from it. That works for me. (There's a whole secular tarot subreddit full of people who use Tarot but don't 'believe' in it, which was reassuring to find.)

[feuervogel]

I backed it on kickstarter, lol. Like the very smart person I am, I packed the book that goes with it in a different location than the cards, so I have to google what everything means. One of my plans for the next few months is to bring the boxes from my storage unit over, excavate them, and repack them in a more organized manner. By the end of loading the pallet, I was at "ok, this needs more padding, here's something I can shove in, great," so it's pretty chaotic.

[ironed_orchid]

As a teenager, I was more in woo stuff, but these days I really appreciate Tarot Decks as an artform, where it's about how the artist interprets the traditional meaning and form of each card and makes it something new.