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Forays in Paganism
Dec. 30th, 2018 11:23 pmI was sixteen when I discovered the new age section in the library. I had scoured through most ofthe religious texts looking for something that explained things better or more comprehensively than catholicism seemed willing. I found tarot cards, and herbalism, and witchy spells and I was enchanted by all of it but at the time I was having such an angry reaction the news and information coming from the Vatican. Baby queer that I was at the time, I was angry about so much, and I couldn't find any source of comfort in spirituality of any kind when the one I'd been raised in seemed bent on excluding me for things beyond my control.
( Journey through tarot decks and spirituality under the cut )
I finally decided that I want to get back into doing tarot readings. And this time make a Book of Shadows. I suppose I could do a digital book but I love the idea of creating something written out with sketches of plants and spreads I know work. I've yet to start my book, that is a new years project and the notebook is on its way.
This beauty is an Archer and Olive and I've decided since the pages are supposed to take watercolour well I'm going to use it specifically for my book of shadows. I'll be using my bullet journal to collect tarots spreads to test and record some observations with the cards, but the spreads that work will go into the Olive. I also want to get back into herblore and create a witches garden in the backyard.
Actual pictures of how pretty this book is will be forthcoming as soon as it's in my grabby hands. :D
In the meantime, I started using my brand new tarot deck. Linestrider Tarot by Siolo Thompson is absolutely stunning. It's very minimal watercolour aesthetic.
The cards are nice and thick and feel solid. They're bigger than a standard deck of playing cards, but not as big as some tarot decks I've seen or have owned previously. The images are striking with simple colour choices, blending ink and watercolour to suggest as much as it offers.
I'm thinking of getting her other two tarot decks as well, the Hedgewitch Tarot, and the Otherkin Tarot both carry a similar aesthetic and might have better answers for depending on the spread and intention.
Close up!
( interpretation under the cut )
Okay this is already 1300 words and I still have another spread and a load of photos from the spreads I've written down to try. I'll add them to a part two of this and post it later.
( Journey through tarot decks and spirituality under the cut )
I finally decided that I want to get back into doing tarot readings. And this time make a Book of Shadows. I suppose I could do a digital book but I love the idea of creating something written out with sketches of plants and spreads I know work. I've yet to start my book, that is a new years project and the notebook is on its way.
This beauty is an Archer and Olive and I've decided since the pages are supposed to take watercolour well I'm going to use it specifically for my book of shadows. I'll be using my bullet journal to collect tarots spreads to test and record some observations with the cards, but the spreads that work will go into the Olive. I also want to get back into herblore and create a witches garden in the backyard.
Actual pictures of how pretty this book is will be forthcoming as soon as it's in my grabby hands. :D
In the meantime, I started using my brand new tarot deck. Linestrider Tarot by Siolo Thompson is absolutely stunning. It's very minimal watercolour aesthetic.
The cards are nice and thick and feel solid. They're bigger than a standard deck of playing cards, but not as big as some tarot decks I've seen or have owned previously. The images are striking with simple colour choices, blending ink and watercolour to suggest as much as it offers.
I'm thinking of getting her other two tarot decks as well, the Hedgewitch Tarot, and the Otherkin Tarot both carry a similar aesthetic and might have better answers for depending on the spread and intention.
Close up!
( interpretation under the cut )
Okay this is already 1300 words and I still have another spread and a load of photos from the spreads I've written down to try. I'll add them to a part two of this and post it later.
