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This is the first post in the new Cosmic Tribe Study Group, starting July 2004.
Everyone is welcome and encouraged to join in, at any time.
To view the entire deck, you can visit the author's site here:
http://www.stevee.com/pages/t.fs.html
I'd like to begin by discussing general impressions of the deck, and how we use the deck, before we begin studying the actual cards in the next post. I think it might be interesting later to see if and how our perspectives have changed. Also, please share what you hope to get out of the Study Group.
I'd also like everyone to suggest any methods or processes they would like to use to explore the deck.
Many groups on this forum seem to use a process similar to this:
1. Describe what you see in the card and the thoughts and feelings it evokes
2. Discuss possible interpretations of the card
3. Discuss insights, connections, and conclusions
Anyone have other approaches they'd like to suggest?
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How I read with the Cosmic Tribe deck:
When I read with this deck, I tend to write down what I see in the cards, and give an intuitive interpretation of what I am seeing. I then almost always double check the meaning against the book for further insights and possible "corrections". More so than with any other deck I've used, the wisdom in the accompanying book almost always has an additional perspective that helps me relate even deeper to the cards.
How do you read with this deck? Any differently than with other decks?
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My beginning impressions of the Cosmic Tribe deck:
My first impression of this deck was "Wow! Wild!". I thought it was amazingly colorful, erotic, and a bit "trippy". Now I've gone beyond those first impressions, and recognize the very thoughtful, integrated system behind the images. There is a deep symbolic language being used repeatedly throughout the deck. Symbols appear and morph through the cards, making connections that I've never experienced in other decks before. The overwhelming message, to me at least, is to awaken in us an optimistic, reintegrated, interconnected perspective that sees all life as sacred and humans as loving beings blessed with the stewardship of life on this planet. The deck encourages us to move beyond the limitations we have set for ourselves, and to evolve into the people we hope to become.
How do you view this deck as we begin this exploration? What do you like? How does it make you feel when you see and use it? What strikes you most?
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What I hope to learn from this Study Group:
I still consider myself a beginner to reading tarot, and consider myself acquainted with this deck, but far from really knowing it. I hope to learn this deck better, understand Tarot better, and get to know a few other people interested in this path.
What do you hope to learn in this group? How can we make this as easy, enjoyable, and educational as possible. Please share any ideas.
***
Thank you everyone for this opportunity to explore this deck, I look forward to sharing and learning with all of you.
Everyone is welcome and encouraged to join in, at any time.
To view the entire deck, you can visit the author's site here:
http://www.stevee.com/pages/t.fs.html
I'd like to begin by discussing general impressions of the deck, and how we use the deck, before we begin studying the actual cards in the next post. I think it might be interesting later to see if and how our perspectives have changed. Also, please share what you hope to get out of the Study Group.
I'd also like everyone to suggest any methods or processes they would like to use to explore the deck.
Many groups on this forum seem to use a process similar to this:
1. Describe what you see in the card and the thoughts and feelings it evokes
2. Discuss possible interpretations of the card
3. Discuss insights, connections, and conclusions
Anyone have other approaches they'd like to suggest?
***
How I read with the Cosmic Tribe deck:
When I read with this deck, I tend to write down what I see in the cards, and give an intuitive interpretation of what I am seeing. I then almost always double check the meaning against the book for further insights and possible "corrections". More so than with any other deck I've used, the wisdom in the accompanying book almost always has an additional perspective that helps me relate even deeper to the cards.
How do you read with this deck? Any differently than with other decks?
***
My beginning impressions of the Cosmic Tribe deck:
My first impression of this deck was "Wow! Wild!". I thought it was amazingly colorful, erotic, and a bit "trippy". Now I've gone beyond those first impressions, and recognize the very thoughtful, integrated system behind the images. There is a deep symbolic language being used repeatedly throughout the deck. Symbols appear and morph through the cards, making connections that I've never experienced in other decks before. The overwhelming message, to me at least, is to awaken in us an optimistic, reintegrated, interconnected perspective that sees all life as sacred and humans as loving beings blessed with the stewardship of life on this planet. The deck encourages us to move beyond the limitations we have set for ourselves, and to evolve into the people we hope to become.
How do you view this deck as we begin this exploration? What do you like? How does it make you feel when you see and use it? What strikes you most?
***
What I hope to learn from this Study Group:
I still consider myself a beginner to reading tarot, and consider myself acquainted with this deck, but far from really knowing it. I hope to learn this deck better, understand Tarot better, and get to know a few other people interested in this path.
What do you hope to learn in this group? How can we make this as easy, enjoyable, and educational as possible. Please share any ideas.
***
Thank you everyone for this opportunity to explore this deck, I look forward to sharing and learning with all of you.