Episode 31 Cards and Stars: tarot and astrology
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04/23/21 • 41 min
This episode was recorded while Melissa was dealing with her health. Hilary and Jaymi reached into the listener bag and grabbed another topic from one of our seven listeners. They wanted us to know how we use tarot and astrology together. For the most part Hilary and Jaymi experiment and play with astrology while reading the cards.
There is so much out there and you can find a lot more people and books than we have time to cover.
Hilary’s Tarot Raps on Tarot and Astrology:
Part 1: https://twitter.com/i/events/948363574501617665?s=20
Part 2: https://twitter.com/i/events/953431936663506944
Part 3: https://twitter.com/i/events/955969898685059072
Sally Phillips from tarot.com listing: https://www.tarot.com/astrology/tarot-cards
Natal Chart Sites and Apps
Time Passages Pro for iOS ($30)
Books and Decks
Legacy of the Divine Tarot by Ciro Marchetti
Moonology Deck by Yasmine Boland
Tarot and Astrology by Corrine Kenner
Astrology for Real Life by Theresa Reed is a fantastic beginner’s book
Queer Cosmos by Colin Bedell for queer astrology knowledge
You Were Born for This by Chani Nicholas
36 Decans by T. Susan Chang (in-depth info on the astrological correspondence of the minors)
Tarot Coupling: Resources & Resolutions for Relationship Readings by Gina G. Thies for relationship readings
Follow These Astrologers
Tarot for Writers list by Jeanna Kadlec
The People's Oracle Dayna Lynn Nuckolls (@PeoplesOracle on Twitter)
Homework: Look at your sun, moon, and rising (or any other three astrological elements you want to compare) and pull out the corresponding cards and see what you think. Do you agree with the info, or not, and what do you think of it all?
Do you like what you're hearing? Send feedback to us at [email protected]. Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/cardslingerscc.
This episode was recorded while Melissa was dealing with her health. Hilary and Jaymi reached into the listener bag and grabbed another topic from one of our seven listeners. They wanted us to know how we use tarot and astrology together. For the most part Hilary and Jaymi experiment and play with astrology while reading the cards.
There is so much out there and you can find a lot more people and books than we have time to cover.
Hilary’s Tarot Raps on Tarot and Astrology:
Part 1: https://twitter.com/i/events/948363574501617665?s=20
Part 2: https://twitter.com/i/events/953431936663506944
Part 3: https://twitter.com/i/events/955969898685059072
Sally Phillips from tarot.com listing: https://www.tarot.com/astrology/tarot-cards
Natal Chart Sites and Apps
Time Passages Pro for iOS ($30)
Books and Decks
Legacy of the Divine Tarot by Ciro Marchetti
Moonology Deck by Yasmine Boland
Tarot and Astrology by Corrine Kenner
Astrology for Real Life by Theresa Reed is a fantastic beginner’s book
Queer Cosmos by Colin Bedell for queer astrology knowledge
You Were Born for This by Chani Nicholas
36 Decans by T. Susan Chang (in-depth info on the astrological correspondence of the minors)
Tarot Coupling: Resources & Resolutions for Relationship Readings by Gina G. Thies for relationship readings
Follow These Astrologers
Tarot for Writers list by Jeanna Kadlec
The People's Oracle Dayna Lynn Nuckolls (@PeoplesOracle on Twitter)
Homework: Look at your sun, moon, and rising (or any other three astrological elements you want to compare) and pull out the corresponding cards and see what you think. Do you agree with the info, or not, and what do you think of it all?
Do you like what you're hearing? Send feedback to us at [email protected]. Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/cardslingerscc.
Previous Episode
Episode 30: Tarot By the Numbers
This episode was recorded in December 2020 when Melissa had a birthday. Strap in everyone, we get nerdy this week. Listener Chuck K reminded us to talk about the birth card stuff that Hilary and Jaymi use in their readings. So, we did, and Melissa got to be the primary test case. She was kicking and huffing as we gladly analyzed her from this tarot by the numbers perspective.
How do you calculate birth cards? Well, it’s easier than you think. Add the numbers together. Keep adding until the number is between 1 and 22 (this is your Personality Number). You may then add the digits of that sum to find your Soul Number.
[birth month, birth day, birth year]
____ + ____ + ____ + ____ = ____ [birth number]
“Since we are looking for twenty-two possible results for a Personality Card, then a method of adding dates that maximizes these results will serve us best. That is why [Mary K. Greer] recommends[s] the addition method.”
—Who Are You in the Tarot?, p. 36
If you get a single-digit or a sum greater than 22:
Since there are only 22 cards in the Major Arcana, reduce the number to 22 or less (to result in a single-digit).
In cases like these, it results in the same Personality and Soul Card (in Melissa’s case, she is a Single 9 Hermit; in Hilary’s case, she is a Single 4 Emperor; and Jaymi reduces her 21 World card to a 3 Empress).
If you get 19, you have three cards: The Sun/The Magician/The Wheel of Fortune (MLK is a 19, for example)
If you get 22, Emperor/Fool: combine great impulsiveness and mastery/22 is a master number in Numerology
The constellations of the tarot run through the Magician to the Hermit card. For example, if you get a 16, you’re not the Tower alone! You’re in the constellation of the Chariot (Mastery through Change 16/7) because 16 reduces by addition to 7 (1+6=7).
Homework: Test out the Birth Card systems and see what they have to say for you.
Resources:
Tarot for Your Self, 35th-anniversary edition by Mary K Greer
The Tarot School’s Birth Card Calculator
Want to go deeper? Take the Amberstone’s Birth Card course
Donate to St Louis Metro Trans and make Melissa happy
Do you like what you're hearing? Send feedback to us at [email protected]. Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/cardslingerscc.
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Episode 32: Rumor Has It
Melissa thanks you all for the outpouring of support with her Go Fund Me account over the past weeks. Hilary and Jaymi also thank you for listening in. We think you’re all great!
Today we’re taking on a bunch of tarot myths and rumors which have been passed around for YEARS. Many of the rumors and so-called “rules” are gatekeeping techniques that bar the curious and new seekers. Here’s a rundown of the rumors and rules we have.
- You cannot buy your first deck
- Tarot is a closed, or Romany, practice
- Wrap it in black silk
- Sleep with it under your pillow
- If you damage your deck you’re cursed
- If you lose, or damage, a card, you can’t use the deck
- Tarot is precious and you must treat it as a divine object
- Don’t let others touch your deck (consent is sexy!)
- You have to read reversals/Can’t read for yourself
- The fate revealed in the tarot is unavoidable
Beware of these rumors and “rules” and the readers who use them to take away your personal will.
Yes, Melissa is STILL pissed about the loss of her first Shadowscapes Tarot deck. And do NOT touch her cards without asking her. She will not be polite.
Do you like what you're hearing? Send feedback to us at [email protected]. Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/cardslingerscc.
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