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Good morning! Many of you have asked me to provide a way for you to be notified when the deck is complete and ready for sale. I have now created a way to make that happen.
Please visit The Creativity Place, fill in the form and submit it. I anticipate having this deck finished early in 2013. This deck will come with a Little White Book and the novel, The Contract, based on this deck will follow, hopefully, 9-12 months later.
Thank you very much for your continued interest, support and encouragement. I will be posting more here at the beginning of September. Until then… Love, light and blessings!
I need to take a break for creation. I have many projects on the go, one of which I am hoping to get done for Christmas so I need to take a break from The Contract Tarot for about six weeks. I know, this is completely bonkers, but it is needed.
This will give you ample time to catch up, read archived posts about the cards and time to breathe!
So, I will be back on the 3rd of September. Until then… Love, light and blessings! ♥
We’ve made it through the suits of Runes and the suit of Virtues and Cosmic Principles. We now take a look at Gemstones. The suit of Arts and Sciences will follow.
This suit in traditional decks would be the suit of Pentacles, Coins or Disks. It is concerned with material things of wealth, health and possessions.
This template has three pentacle-shaped placeholders. Each of these will be filled with gemstones representing the keywords of each pentacle.
The Tree of Life path, elemental symbols and astrological symbols will appear around these pentacles.
We’ll start on Monday with the Ace of Gemstones and work through the suit to the Wisdom of Gemstones.
I hope you enjoy the journey.
Until Monday… Love, light and blessings!
We are coming to the end of our journey through Virtues and Cosmic Principles. Today is Wisdom of Virtues and Cosmic Principles. In traditional decks, this would be the King of Cups! This is the ultimate in self-control and self-awareness. Wisdom is about experience, knowledge, good judgment, and discernment. It requires perceptiveness and dignity, a state of holding one’s self apart and seeking the highest good for all concerned.
Let’s look a little more closely at this card.
The background is a rainbow sky. The rainbow is a covenant of grace, a bridge between heaven and earth, a symbol of hope and a bringer of peace. Within this context, it is an encouragement to seek the treasure within and Wisdom sees and identifies this treasure.
The next image is a Sphinx Cat. Perceptiveness runs down it’s back. The Sphinx is the guardian of mysteries and cats are independent, stealthy, intuitive and perceptive. Perceptiveness is significant here because it admonishes the reader to use discernment, insight and knowing and to look for understanding.
The next image is a peacock and the word Dignity runs down its back. The peacock is an animal of immortality, renewal, resurrection, potentiality, awareness, manifestation and healing. Dignity is defined as worthy of honor or respect. Wisdom encourages us to see these qualities in others and in ourselves.
The next image is Lavender. Lavender is commonly thought to express purity, silence, devotion, caution and healing. Here is that healing word again. Wisdom cultivates these qualities. Purity leads to clarity, silence to knowing, devotion to awareness, caution to discernment and healing to renewal.
The symbol above the ‘C’ is Scorpio. The symbols above the ‘P’ are Air in Water.
The Tree of Life path is Tiphareth (beauty) in Beriah (creation).
What do you see in this card? How would you interpret it?
Until tomorrow, when we look at the next suit of Gemstones… Love, light and blessings!
In traditional decks, the Intuition of Virtues and Cosmic Principles would be the Queen of Cups. We have moved from Aspiration to Intuition and this card calls upon us to ‘know’ everything we need before we need it. It allows us to ‘see’ others as we have matured to love relating to others with compassion and mindfulness.
Let’s take a look at this card a little more closely.
The backdrop is a waterfall in a cave that resolves into a calm pool. The word is Intuition. This is a picture of what our intuition is. We channel flowing energies into a pool of calm so we can ‘see’ what we need to ‘know’ in a calm and peaceful way. Emotions and energies are under our control and we can ‘see’ everything we need in situations and people, relationships around us. We become intuitive.
The second image is a blade of grass covered in dew/condensation. The word is Resilience. As we mature, we realize the value of resilience. Our intuition gives us the opportunity to consider our responses, to be resilient. We recognize the cycles of the earth, the cycles of life and we know that resilience is an important part of keeping these cycles and honoring the changes they bring.
The third image is a stack of stones. The word is Mindfulness. This image reminds us that as we stack the stones in our lives, balancing them in the image of harmony, we must be mindful of every thing, small and large, that contributes to or hinders our progress and our balance. We are reminded that mindfulness starts within and our stack of stones is our external projection of our lives. Mindfulness is necessary for true maturity, intuition and resilience to be in harmony. Reach a state of balance and mindfulness by taking the time to meditate, to reflect, to create, to play…
The symbol above the ‘C’ is Cancer. The symbols above the ‘P’ are Water in Water.
The Tree of Life path is Binah (understanding) in Beriah (creation).
What do you see in this card? How would you interpret it?
Until tomorrow… Love, light and blessings!
In traditional decks, the Aspiration of Virtues and Cosmic Principles would be the Knight of Cups.
This is a card that sees us going through growing pains, understanding more sensitive topics like loyalty and surfing the nuances of emotional relationships, creating definitions of our own emotional states and how we perceive the emotional world around us.
Let’s look a little more closely at this card.
The background is quite clearly the solar system and space. The keyword is Loyalty. This is the time when we explore our relationship by looking at relationships in the world around us including our planet within the solar system and the galaxy. This is where we can look at something more vast and conceptual to glean some understanding. We know that planets orbit the sun and that moons orbit planets and there is the asteroid belt and the belt that makes up the ring of Saturn. We know that these orbits are fairly loyal with little deviation. We know that we can see the Sun rise every day and the Moon rise at night. We are familiar with the cycles of day and night. They are loyal and constant and remain ever faithful. We think that loyalty is reflected well here and we expect our world and the planets in it (the movers) and the moons that orbit these planets (the hangers-on) to stay constant and remain ever faithful. This is where the basis for loyalty is established… in the constancy of what we find in the world around us.
Then, we see the word Sensitivity above a Mimosa Pudica, more commonly known as the touch-me-not plant. The second this plant is disturbed the brilliant blooms snap shut and hide away. It is a very shy plant. Left undisturbed, you enjoy the brilliant blooms. When we become sensitive and moody, we are like the Mimosa Pudica. The slightest disturbance sets us off and we do everything we can to hide away. Defensively, this is what a lot of animals do in nature… they shy away from any disturbance and take flight. It is what we learn as children to do when we are unsure or are disturbed by something in our environments.
This card addresses the extremes of emotional confidence. It also gives us a message that, where possible, stop and pause to consider your course of action and where your loyalties lie. As we mature, we realize that loyalty is, most often, an overrated concept and our loyalty should be to ourselves and our measure for other things should be what serves us best… our highest good.
The symbol above the ‘C’ is Pisces. The symbol above the ‘P’ is Fire and Water.
The Tree of Life path is Chokmah (wisdom) in Beriah (creation).
What do you see in this card? How would you interpret it?
Until Monday… Love, light and blessings!
In traditional decks, the Inspiration of Virtues and Cosmic Principles would represent the Page of the suit of Cups. Inspiration, like the Page, is a messenger. This card is about the messages in our emotions.
Let’s take a closer look at the card.
The background shows the dendrites and nucleus of a nerve cell. The word is Empathy. We feel empathy when we connect with the energies of others. We vicariously experience what they are feeling.
The next image is a goldfish in a lightbulb. The word is Creativity. Creativity opens us up to possibility thinking. It subdues fear and explodes potential. It is counter-intuitive at some levels and shows us a different perspective. It is unique, inspired and feels good.
The image at the bottom is the Tree of Grief. The word is Grace. While Grace in itself is not an emotion, grief is. We find Grace when we experience grief. Grace is mercy, it is protected and sanctified by God. It is the bittersweetness that follows heavy grief as we dwell on what we have lost but know, really know, that whatever is lost is now at the mercy of the Divine. It is the bridge between grief and peace.
So, this card is about the messages of our emotions. It is how we connect, not only with the Divine, but with all things. It is Love on every level.
The symbol above the ‘C’ is for Pisces. The symbols above the ‘P’ are Earth and Water.
The Tree of Life path is Malkuth (kingdom) in Beriah (creation).
What do you see in this card? How would you interpret it?
I have appointments tomorrow, so, until Friday… Love, light and blessings!
Tens are about ends and beginning again. They are the bridge between the culmination and fulfillment of the journey ending in success, showing us lasting relationships and testing our endurance and that of the beginning of a new path, a different journey which will begin as soon as our awareness reaches completion of the old.
Let’s look more closely at this card.
We see a waterfall as our background. It flows quickly and over different layers of rock. Water is a universal solvent. It operates to break down and break through anything over time. We have come through this journey and it’s many layers and are breaking down our relationships and becoming aware that the lasting relationships, through all of what has come before, are the most important and they will sustain us as we go.
Below this is the word success and, if you look closely, you will see figures helping each other reach success. This is celebrating the success we find together. Family groups or groups of friends that have a common focus or goal reach success together. Consider collaboration and cooperation; true success is forged in the fires of both.
Below this figure is the picture of a Yew tree and the word here is Endurance. Yew trees are usually found in graveyards. They are toxic to most animals and humans and yet, there is medicine to be found in them as well. They signify danger and death on one hand and long-life and rebirth on the other. Yew trees have been known to survive many centuries. They endure. This tells us that we can be toxic on one hand and yet, healing on the other. Our enduring relationships work in spite of the toxic features of our personality. Some relationships survive centuries through generations honoring family ties.
The symbols above the ‘C’ are Mars in Pisces. The symbol above the ‘P’ is Water.
The Tree of Life path is Malkuth (kingdom) in Beriah (creation).
What do you see in this card? How would you interpret it?
Until tomorrow… Love, light and blessings!
We are quickly moving along our path. We have left the eights and are now at the nines, cards of harvest and fulfillment. Nines are powerful cards because they are full of potential and possibility. They are, some would say, really the journey’s end ~ we’ll look at tens tomorrow ~ but I feel they are more the integration of what has come before, powerful as they are overflowing and our awareness cannot help but be piqued.
Let’s look at this card more closely.
In the background is the night sky and Sirius, the Dog Star. Sirius outshines almost any star that is around it. It is full to overflowing with presence and the more you look at it, the more you fill with joy; hence, the word here is Joy.
Below the star you see two butterflies alight on an orange gerbera daisy. Not only is orange a featured color here – it stands for power, vitality, endurance and innocence; but the butterfly also signals the end of the transformation process, the fool becoming more individual, more secure and more mature.
Directly below the daisy, we see the 100% satisfaction guaranteed symbol. This card is about satisfaction. As we have made our way through the ups and downs, we are now to a point of being satisfied with our progress and all we have learned and let go. This, in turn leads directly to the Gratitude rock you see below this symbol. Gratitude is our overarching emotion in this card. If we haven’t been cultivating an attitude of gratitude before we reach this point, we are reminded to begin. An attitude of gratitude is like armor and will protect us as we continue on our path until this journey’s end.
The symbols above the ‘C’ are Jupiter in Pisces. The symbol above the ‘P’ is Water.
The Tree of Life path is Yesod (foundation) in Beriah (creation).
Until tomorrow… Love, light and blessings!
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