DECK OF THE MONTH: SEPTEMBER

Hi everyone!

Theme TBA (if anyone has an idea, let me know)

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Feel free to post readings in this forum: http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=195268

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merissa_88: Celtic Wisdom Tarot (Matthews)
Mi-Shell: Roots of Asia Tarot, Songs For the Journey Home Tarot
fliiperjane: The Wild Unknown Tarot
Sasmi: Dark Fairytale Tarot

I will be working with the Celtic Wisdom Tarot and focusing on dreamwork again this month.

Hi Merissa!
I am still "alive" as well - and working with the Roots of Asia Tarot.
I was drowning in work in August, but now, with the main season over, I should have some time- not just for daily draws but also for a few posts.

I do have and LOOOOVE the Celtic Wisdom Tarot.
I have a good book, that explains all the lore and legends that provide the scenes/ images for the deck.

The Wild Unknown

I am waiting for this deck to arrive from the States - hopefully it will be with me sometime this week or early next week. I really can't wait to get started.....

Mi-Shell said:

Hi Merissa!
I am still "alive" as well - and working with the Roots of Asia Tarot.

I do have and LOOOOVE the Celtic Wisdom Tarot.
I have a good book, that explains all the lore and legends that provide the scenes/ images for the deck.

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Hi Mi-Shell! Good to see you again.

I've enjoyed reading your ATF and blog posts about this deck and its connection to shamanism and Buddhism. Looking forward to reading more about it!

Which book helped you understand the Celtic Wisdom Tarot?

Right now, I am thrilled to explore the connection between the ogham and majors in this deck. I don't know the ogham system, but connect to some of the plants as spirits. Elder connects with Judgment and oak with The Chariot. I love both plants and enjoy learning about their Celtic meanings.

flipperjane said:

I am waiting for this deck to arrive from the States - hopefully it will be with me sometime this week or early next week. I really can't wait to get started.....

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Welcome flipperjane!

I hope you get your deck soon! I love the Wild Unknown and am looking forward to spending a month with it in the future. It will be interesting to see what you think about it. Everyone seems to agree that it is a beautiful and well-made deck. I think it could really lend itself to journaling.

Dark Faerytale.

Hi. I'm planning on doing some serious work on my intuition with this deck this month. I love the deck and the imagery, but struggle to see the more tradional meanings in the scenes. Equally, I find the LWB totally OTT, and rarely relevant to the question I 've asked, so I need to find a happy medium(pardon the rather feeble pun!). Sam.

Sasmi said:

Hi. I'm planning on doing some serious work on my intuition with this deck this month. I love the deck and the imagery, but struggle to see the more tradional meanings in the scenes. Equally, I find the LWB totally OTT, and rarely relevant to the question I 've asked, so I need to find a happy medium(pardon the rather feeble pun!). Sam.

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Welcome Sasmi! Sounds interesting.

I've started doing dreamwork with tarot as a way to jumpstart the process of learning. Some decks just don't have very good LWBs or books. And everything isn't RWS-based. I think trusting the imagery is a really great approach.

merissa_88 said:

Hi Mi-Shell! Good to see you again.



Right now, I am thrilled to explore the connection between the ogham and majors in this deck. I don't know the ogham system, but connect to some of the plants as spirits. Elder connects with Judgment and oak with The Chariot. I love both plants and enjoy learning about their Celtic meanings.

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Here is some work I did for my in depth study of the Tarocci Celtici as my deck of the summer last year. This deck is based on the Ogham:

A little info about Ogham:

The Trees of the Ogham alphabet were divided into three classifications, which had nothing to do with their physical form. They merely represented their order of importance to the Druids:
Chieftains came first, followed by peasants and shrubs. Two symbols, the Grove and the Sea, are not actually Trees; their inclusion points out the Druidic acknowledgements of the power of both the sea itself and a group of Trees. The last five letters are called the Crane Bag and were given by the sea god Manannan.


Beth - Birch

Month: November
Color: White
Class: Peasant
Letter: B
Meaning: New Beginnings; Changes; Purification.


Luis - Rowan

Month: December
Color: Grey and Red
Class: Peasant
Letter: L
Meaning: Controlling your life; Protection against control by others.


Fearn - Alder

Month: January
Color: Crimson
Class: Cheiftain
Letter: F, V
Meaning: Help in making choices; spiritual guidance and protection.


Saille - WIllow

Month: February
Color: listed only as bright
Class: Peasant
Letter: S
Meaning: Gaining balance in your life


Nuin - Ash

Month: March
Color: Glass Green
Class: Cheiftain
Letter: N
Meaning: Locked into a chain of events; Feeling bound.


Huathe - Hawthorne

Month: April
Color: Purple
Class: Peasant
Letter: H
Meaning: Being held back for a period of time


Duir - Oak

Month: May
Color: Black and Dark Brown
Class: Chieftain
Letter: D
Meaning: Secrity; Strength


Tinne - Holly

Month: June
Color: Dark Grey
Class: Peasant
Letter: T
Meaning: Energy and guidance fro problems to come


Coll - Hazel

Month: July
Color: Brown
Class: Chieftain
Letter: C, K
Meaning: Creative energies for work or projects.


Quert - Apple

Month: None
Color: Green
Class: Shrub
Letter: Q
Meaning: A choice must be made


Muin - Vine

Month: August
Color: Variegated
Class: Chieftain
Letter: M
Meaning: Inner development occuring, but take time for relaxation


Gort - Ivy

Month: September
Color: Sky Blue
Class: Chieftain
Letter: G
Meaning: Take time to soul search or you will make a wrong decision.


Ngetal - Reed

Month: October
Color: Grass Green
Class: Shrub
Letter: NG
Meaning: Upsets or surprises


Straif - Blackthorn

Month: None
Color: Purple
Class: Chieftain
Letter: SS, Z, ST
Meaning: Resentment; Confusion; Refusing to see the truth


Ruis - ELder

Month: Makeup days of the thirteenth Moon
Color: Red
Class: Shrub
Letter: R
Meaning: End of a cycle or problem.


Ailim - Silver Fir

Month: None
Color: Light Blue
Class: Shrub
Letter: A
Meaning: Learning from past mistakes; Take care in choices.


Ohn - Furze

Month: None
Color: Yellow Gold
Class: Chieftain
Letter: O
Meaning: Information that could change your life


Ur - Heather and Mistletoe

Month: None
Color: Purple
Class: Heather is Peasant; Mistletoe is Chieftain
Letter: U
Meaning: Healing and development on the spiritual level.


Eadha - White Poplar or Aspen

Month: None
Color: Silver White
Class: Shrub
Letter: E
Meaning: Problems; Doubts; Fears.


Ioho - Yew

Month: None
Color: Dark Green
Class: Chieftain
Letter: I, J, Y
Meaning: Complete change in life-direction or attitude.


Koad - Grove

Month: None
Color: Many Shades of Green
Class: None
Letter: CH, KH, EA
Meaning: Wisdom gained by seeing past illusions.


Oir - Spindle

Month: None
Color: White
Class: Peasant
Letter: TH, OI
Meaning: Finish obligations and tasks or your life cannot move forward.


Uilleand - Honeysuckle

Month: None
Color: Yellow-white
Class: Peasant
Letter: P, PE, UI
Meaning: Proceed with caution.


Phagos - Beech

Month: None
Color: Orange-brown
Class: Chieftain
Letter: PH, IO
Meaning: New experiences and information coming


Mor - the Sea

Month: None
Color: Blue-green
Class: none
Letter: AE, X, XI
Meaning: Travel

merissa_88 said:

Which book helped you understand the Celtic Wisdom Tarot?

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My firs book was
Heroes of the Dawn - Celltic Myth
It is a Time life book and so has no author.