Tarot University ArkLetters

ArkLetter 29

This NewMoon issue of Christine Payne-Towler's
"Tarot  ArkLetters" is online August 12, 2007,  NewMoon

IN THIS ISSUE:

I. Tarot University News, August 2007 ....Here in the dog days of summer, there's always a lot to contemplate from the depths of the hammock.  Fall will be rushing upon us before we are ready, and the screws of time will tighten down again as the days dramatically shorten and cool. It's a great time to get one's priorities in order...
http://noreah.typepad.com/tarot_arkletters/2007/08/tarot-universit.html

II. World Server's Spread ... Picking up my Ancient Minchiate Etruria (made in 1725, published by Lo Scarabeo), the inspiration for our reading today is to give the Tarot a voice of its own.  This means not projecting any question upon the cards, and in this case, not even holding the cards down to their traditional canon of images. A Minchiate pack is exceptional in that it represents...
http://noreah.typepad.com/tarot_arkletters/2007/08/world-servers-s.html

III.  New Moon Notes - August 12, 2007 ...
Happy Feast of the Holy Sophia, dear ones. May the Shalom of the Mother pervade your day!  This chart is a meditation on closeness versus distance....
http://noreah.typepad.com/tarot_arkletters/2007/08/new-moon-notes.html

Tarot University News - August, 2007

Here in the dog days of summer, there's always a lot to contemplate from the depths of the hammock.  Fall will be rushing upon us before we are ready, and the screws of time will tighten down again as the days dramatically shorten and cool. It's a great time to get one's priorities in order.

World Server's Spread, August 2007

A 3-Card Reading for the Now
By Christine Payne-Towler
ArkLetter 29, August 2007
For an introduction to the World Servers' Spread see ArkLetter 5 

Picking up my Ancient Minchiate Etruria (made in 1725, published by Lo Scarabeo), the inspiration for our reading today is to give the Tarot a voice of its own.  This means not projecting any question upon the cards, and in this case, not even holding the cards down to their traditional canon of images. A Minchiate pack is exceptional in that it represents ...

New Moon Notes - August 12, 2007

By Christine Payne-Towler
ArkLetter 29, August 2007  

Happy Feast of the Holy Sophia, dear ones. May the Shalom of the Mother pervade your day!

This chart is a meditation on closeness versus distance.  On the one hand, we have the NewMoon, Mercury, Saturn and Venus, fully half the solar system, standing together within 11 degrees, lighting up the second half of the sign Leo. On the other hand, the rest of the family are each taking space and distancing themselves, both from the NewMoon bundle and from each other.