Coffee Tarot

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 26 Jun 2005, and now archived in the Forum Library.

bladeraven	26 Jun 2005
Okay...here's something a bit more challenging for the senses....I create a Chocolate Tarot..but you need something to wash Chocolate down....so how about Coffee...yes you have to keep that sugar/caffiene hyper level steadily above danger and never let it drop........ whose up with the challenge of if you were to create a Tarot based on Coffee...what would you use for the suits?? I think if the copyright could be obtained.....the nice columbian man with his donkey would work as the Fool's card......so many choices in coffee, where in the world to sample the best coffee

Moonchild1721	26 Jun 2005
I'm not sure yet what I'd use for the suits, I'll have to think about it. But what about the woman in the Starbucks logo as the Empress? Samantha

Imagemaker	26 Jun 2005
Suits: something more interesting than the obvious cups perhaps--but also, Beans (for pents) Spoons (for wands)

bladeraven	26 Jun 2005
Moonchild1721 wrote: I'm not sure yet what I'd use for the suits, I'll have to think about it. But what about the woman in the Starbucks logo as the Empress? Samantha oooooooo.....that's a good idea...makes a good balance.....Come to think of it....Is Starbucks and columbian based coffee the only two "coffee logos using people"...and using her for the Empress....lol...Starbucks coffee is pretty strong ...lol

Moonchild1721	26 Jun 2005
I don't know if you have this chain near you, but have you ever heard of 'Gloria Jean's Coffee Bean'? I'm not sure where Gloria Jean could fit in to this deck, but there's another person we could use. Samantha

Little Baron	26 Jun 2005
For cups, I think of those little 'one serving' milk cartons that you get in cafes. LB

Cerulean	26 Jun 2005
Java...Tea...Chocolate... a trinity of caffiene! I'm enjoying the imagined taste of your ideas. Here's a silly take: The perfect merge of spirit of caffiene includes the dairy of experience...in fact the fusing of lighter spirit of milk (cups) with the practical grounding of coffee (pentacles) and the energy (wands) of sugar. Pop in the mental sword stirrer to make this brew complete! This as it should be.... Cafe au lait. Cerulean

closrapexa	26 Jun 2005
Sicilian Coffee - Espresso with a dash of chocolate syrup. A mixture of bitter and sweet would make a perfect devil, in my opinion:)

Flidais	26 Jun 2005
I don't know the age-range in this group so far, but Mrs. Olson from the Folgers Coffee commercials might be a good Empress. She was always coming to people's houses and serving them coffee and saving their marriages and such. :) P.S. I love Gloria Jean's!

HudsonGray	26 Jun 2005
Would the Emperor be the coffee bean broker standing in the warehouse surrounded by burlap sacks and sacks of product? Make sure to put in chocolate coated coffee beans too, and espressos & cappichinos. AND the espresso maker machine (the World card?).

Mesara	26 Jun 2005
How about the Starbucks lady as the High Priestess (she has an aura of mystery/magic about her, IMO), and have a barista as the Empress..(the creator and provider of the drinks). The Starbucks lady, like the High Priestess, is not a tangible person.. and yet she is a presence which many have come to associate with Starbucks and coffee in general.. while baristas are more mundane.. people we encounter on an everyday basis..their very job is to create and provide.. a lot of skill and art goes into making the perfect latte or cappuccino..and in the end they hand their creation over to us..a gift for us to enjoy and help us through our day. And what about that guy.. the mexican guy with the poncho and the donkey.. seen in the commericals handing the can of coffee to the housewife through the window.. Juan 'something'.. what could he be? One thought is the 6 of Pentacles.. generosity, sharing, giving to those who are in need.. (of the perfect cup of coffee :) )

bladeraven	26 Jun 2005
Flidais wrote: I don't know the age-range in this group so far, but Mrs. Olson from the Folgers Coffee commercials might be a good Empress. She was always coming to people's houses and serving them coffee and saving their marriages and such. :) P.S. I love Gloria Jean's! This just brought something to mind and may date me...remember the Folger's couple?? there was a series of commercials based around them...they would make a great Lover's card

WalesWoman	29 Jun 2005
Juan Valdez and his burro... The Fool Taster's Choice ... Lover's Espresso Machine... Temperance Coffee Aisle... 7 Cups Generic Store Brand... 4 Cups Perculator... Magician Mr. Coffee... Emperor Decaffinated... Hanged Man Coffee Bean Plantation... Universe

Flidais	29 Jun 2005
bladeraven wrote: This just brought something to mind and may date me...remember the Folger's couple?? there was a series of commercials based around them...they would make a great Lover's card There you go! I remember them! Wasn't the man Anthony Stewart Head, who plays Rupert Giles on the TV show Buffy the Vampire Slayer? Okay, did some checking. It was Taster's Choice coffee (if I'm thinking of the one you're thinking of) and the man was played by Anthony Stewart Head.

wizzle	29 Jun 2005
Instant coffee for the Devil. That chicory coffe from DuMonde's in New Orleans as Death....because it would be easy to OD on that stuff. Is there a place for bengeits (sp?) or perhaps dunkers like biscotti?

bladeraven	29 Jun 2005
wizzle wrote: Instant coffee for the Devil. That chicory coffe from DuMonde's in New Orleans as Death....because it would be easy to OD on that stuff. Is there a place for bengeits (sp?) or perhaps dunkers like biscotti? ooooooo...Du Monde and Beignet's.......that is death.....or worse yet....the Devil......you can buy Du Monde Beignet's from most stores or even order it online...just like buying them...... Coffee Menu for 10 of wands perhaps?? so many choices...lol

WalesWoman	30 Jun 2005
Which card would be... "Good 'til the last drop" ... 10 Pents? "Wake up and smell the coffee" - Judgment? The warning on take away coffee cups... Caution: Contents are HOT!" (since the Devil's already been taken) 7 Swords? or Knight Wands? Empty coffee pot- 3 Swords Out of coffee/ Major holiday and no stores are open - 10 Swords Driving down bumpy road with cup of coffee between legs, only two passengers out of 5 have lids - 5 Cups Mocha latte'- Queen Cups Cowboy Coffee (toss the grounds in a pot and boil away)- King Pents International Coffee's "Share the moments of your life" 9 Cups Half the Caf' (Folgers)- 5 Swords Folger's Crystals- Magician Maybe I should change 4 Cups to what my coffee cup looks like right now, it needs a good washing after using the same one for the past 3 days. Uck! Time for a new one.

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