Daily draw: Golden Tarot

Kat Black's Golden Tarot

What an auspicious card to draw for today! The 10 of Cups is called 'Lord of Perfected Success', and denotes happiness and good fortune. Even in a reversed position, the card is seen to bode well. So it's rainbows and smooth sailing for me today! I don't see any trouble ahead. 

I quite like Kat Black's Golden Tarot, although the super-laminated and extra slippy card stock leaves a bit to be desired. The images, collages made up of paintings from the middle ages, are all really quite good. 

Right, 10 of Cups. Domestic bliss it is, then!

ETA: Well, the day is done and it was entirely uneventful, save for some really lovely compliments from the hubby and a stroll to Lidl after work--holding hands! LOL Ta dah!

Sample Reading: Celtic Tarot

What am I not focusing on in my life now
 that I really should be paying more attention to?

Celtic Tarot, Davis 1990

Two aspects of the self need to be released from their captivity, two aspects of hidden or long-suppressed desire. The figures in both the flanking cards orient themselves toward the middle card, Judgement. The Page of Cups points his arms and holds his harp toward Judgement, while the Knight of Wands charges his horse toward it. Both figures are yearning to rise up. Rebirth is what both of these aspects of self really long for. 

Lammas is coming: First Fruits of the Harvest

Druidcraft Tarot, Connections 2005

from Rigs o' Barley by Robert Burns 

IT was upon a Lammas night,

  When corn rigs are bonie,

Beneath the moon’s unclouded light,

  I held awa to Annie;

The time flew by, wi’ tentless heed,
        
  Till, ’tween the late and early,

Wi’ sma’ persuasion she agreed

  To see me thro’ the barley.


Corn rigs, an’ barley rigs,

  An’ corn rigs are bonie:
      
I’ll ne’er forget that happy night,

  Amang the rigs wi’ Annie.


The sky was blue, the wind was still,

  The moon was shining clearly;

I set her down, wi’ right good will,
        
  Amang the rigs o’ barley:

I ken’t her heart was a’ my ain;

  I lov’d her most sincerely;

I kiss’d her owre and owre again,

  Amang the rigs o’ barley.
        
    

Current challenges, Future outcome spread

Ancient Italian Tarot, 7-card spread from 'Tarot Bible' by Sarah Bartlett 

Cards are numbered 1-7 starting with the bottom row, left side.
1. Personal challenge right now
2. Relationship challenge right now
3. What holds me back?
4. What motivates me?
5. Where will I get support?
6. What decision do I need to make based on 1-5?
7. The outcome

The draw suggests that my current challenges are higher profile in my life than I might have expected. Four out of seven cards are majors, and there's an ace. This would seem, then, to be a time when I could make some important changes in my life, if I choose to.

Wort Moon Reading -- Haindl Tarot

Haindl Celtic Cross (pardon my toe)

Wort Moon Reading using Haindl Tarot: Celtic Cross (Rachel Pollack's version from Haindl Tarot: Minor Arcana, 248-250).