Tarot University ArkLetters

ArkLetter 10

The New Moon issue of Christine Payne-Towler's "Tarot ArkLetters" is online December 30, 2005, New Moon at 7:12 pm PDT

IN THIS ISSUE:

I. Theogenesis: ...What are the steps, one might ask, what is the progression necessary that a person undergoes to become an Esotericist?   [http://www.tarotarkletters.com/2005/12/theogenesis.html]

II. December 30 - World Servers' Spread; a 3-Card Reading for the World ...I write this shortly after both Winter Solstice and Christmas, in the "dark of the year" but at the beginning of the rebirth of the light...  [http://www.tarotarkletters.com/2005/12/turn_of_the_yea.html

III.  New Moon Notes ... Some charts are simple, in that they really aren't that complicated -- they display their nature readily because their geometry is obvious. Some are deceptively simple, in that they don't really look like big shucks until one were to study them at some depth...  [http://www.tarotarkletters.com/2005/12/new_year_new_mo.html]

Theogenesis

By Christine Payne-Towler
December, 2005

In last month's essay, the role of Esotericist was explored relative to what such a person can contribute to their times and their society. But the question was not asked, much less answered, regarding how a person makes the leap from interest to accomplishment in this area. What are the steps, one might ask, what is the progression necessary that a person undergoes to become an Esotericist?

http://noreah.typepad.com/tarot_arkletters/2005/12/theogenesis.html#initiation

Turn of the Year 2005-2006; The World Servers' Spread

A 3-Card Reading for the World
December 30, 2005
By Christine Payne-Towler

For an introduction to the World Servers' Spread, see Arkletter 5

I write this shortly after both Winter Solstice and Christmas, in the "dark of the year" but at the beginning of the rebirth of the light. In the ancient myth of Persephone, this is the time when she's held in the underworld, having eaten three pomegranate seeds from Hades' realm, obligating her to three months of the year in the realm of the Shades, ministering to the dead and sowing seeds for their future incarnations. Doubtless each of us has dues to pay down in the bowels of our being, but the reason for that assignment is the future we are seeding even now, as Nature is sleeping.

New Year's NewMoon Notes

December 30, 2005 NewMoon
By Christine Payne-Towler

Some charts are simple, in that they really aren't that complicated -- they display their nature readily because their geometry is obvious. Some are deceptively simple, in that they don't really look like big shucks until one were to study them at some depth.  This chart shows the appropriate subtlety to be classed as an example of the latter.

ArkLetter 9

The New Moon issue of Christine Payne-Towler's "Tarot ArkLetters" is online December 1st, 2005, New Moon at 7:01 am PDT

IN THIS ISSUE:

1. Can Esotericism Rescue Mankind?
http://www.tarotarkletters.com/2005/12/can_esotericism.html ... A dear friend asked me this question, and I am trying to answer it in this venue. The way it was first framed to me was:"How can esotericism rescue mankind from the asphyxiation of materialism"? ie: how can all this stuff  make a difference in the observable shape of things, and give humanity new hope?"...

II. December, 2005 -   World Servers' Spread; a 3-Card Reading for the Now 
http://www.tarotarkletters.com/2005/12/world_server.html...  It was a challenge to figure out which deck to use this month.  Five or six packs jumped out at me as I surveyed my collection, each one promising to offer you readers a special view of the subject. Eventually I chose to shuffle and throw my dear Euskalherria (Basque Country Tarot), another pack made under the direction of my Tarot guru Marixtu Guler... 

III.  New Moon Notes 
http://www.tarotarkletters.com/2005/12/new_moon_notes.html ...  December's NewMoon sends us on an exploration of oddball aspects and aspect patterns.  Although studded with plenty of the usual trines, squares, oppositions and conjunctions, the real drama and intrigue of this chart comes from the higher harmonics  ... 

The New Moon issue of Christine Payne-Towler's "Tarot ArkLetters" is online December 1st, 2005, New Moon at 7:01 am PDT

IN THIS ISSUE:

1. Can Esotericism Rescue Mankind?
http://www.tarotarkletters.com/2005/12/can_esotericism.html ... A dear friend asked me this question, and I am trying to answer it in this venue. The way it was first framed to me was:"How can esotericism rescue mankind from the asphyxiation of materialism"? ie: how can all this stuff  make a difference in the observable shape of things, and give humanity new hope?"...

II. December, 2005 -   World Servers' Spread; a 3-Card Reading for the Now 
http://www.tarotarkletters.com/2005/12/world_server.html...  It was a challenge to figure out which deck to use this month.  Five or six packs jumped out at me as I surveyed my collection, each one promising to offer you readers a special view of the subject. Eventually I chose to shuffle and throw my dear Euskalherria (Basque Country Tarot), another pack made under the direction of my Tarot guru Marixtu Guler... 

III.  New Moon Notes 
http://www.tarotarkletters.com/2005/12/new_moon_notes.html ...  December's NewMoon sends us on an exploration of oddball aspects and aspect patterns.  Although studded with plenty of the usual trines, squares, oppositions and conjunctions, the real drama and intrigue of this chart comes from the higher harmonics  ... 

Can Esotericism Rescue Mankind?

By Christine Payne-Towler
December, 2005

A dear friend asked me this question, and I am trying to answer it in this venue. The way it was first framed to me was:"How can esotericism rescue mankind from the asphyxiation of materialism"? ie: how can all this stuff  make a difference in the observable shape of things, and give humanity new hope?"

December 2005, World Servers' Spread; a 3-card reading for the Now

By Christine Payne-Towler
December, 2005
For an introduction to the World Servers' Spread, see Arkletter 5

It was a challenge to figure out which deck to use this month.  Five or six packs jumped out at me as I surveyed my collection, each one promising to offer you readers a special view of the subject. Eventually I chose to shuffle and throw my dear Euskalherria (Basque Country Tarot), another pack made under the direction of my Tarot guru Marixtu Guler...

New Moon Notes; December 1, 2005

December's NewMoon sends us on an exploration of oddball aspects and aspect patterns.  Although studded with plenty of the usual trines, squares, oppositions and conjunctions, the real drama and intrigue of this chart comes from the higher harmonics such as the septile (1/7), decile (1/10), semisextile (1/12) and the very subtle 1/11th aspect.  [Its official name is an "undecile" but I call it the "elf" aspect because elf is German for eleven, and also suits the unexpected qualities of the aspect....]