Friday, October 21, 2016
Thursday, September 29, 2016
Returning to reading
I am a tarot reader. I really love collecting tarot and reading with my Arthurian deck. I have not been very active over the pass few years. I am looking to change that. I actually have a "gig" for being a fortune teller. I am really looking forward to it.
I am also a little nervous since it has been so long. May be I should do some warm ups in the next few weeks.
I am going to go over my intro to reading tarot. This is not how to read tarot but what i tell my clients. I use client cause I am offering a service but I am not usually asking to be paid. Tips are always welcome
My favorite reading was done for a friend who never had her cards read but I needed to practice so she agreed. She has always been one for new experiences. Most of her reading was about settling into her new life (they had just moved to the area a few months before). I am going through picking up on an anxiety, I get to one card and stop. I know this card can mean babies...but she had not said anything about wanting or trying for kids... I giggle and say this card is about a pregnancy but I don't think it could mean that, lets move on and come back to him. we go through the reading and forget to touch back on this card. Well, a month later she announced her pregnancy. I was floored. One, at her amazing poker face, she was pregnant during the reading after all. Two, that my cards knew. She is now a happy mother of 2 very settled in her community.
My other strongest memory for a reading was done in college. I was sitting in the dorm lobby reading for a few friends when a floormate asked to be read. I was hesitant, she was not known for being the most open minded woman. I gave her the above statement and tacked on that once she said stop it all stops. As in all the cards get put back in the deck and the reading comes to a full stop. I will not even try to finish a reading after being asked to stop. She nodded her consent and we started. I will not speak of the reading's subject but I will say it was emotional. I was taking it slow, trying not to upset her. I think we got about half way in and she suddenly said stop. I look up to see her on the verge of tears. I nod quietly gather up the cards and just sit with her for a few moments. She said "Thank you, I did not think this was real. But you just started getting close to implying things I don't want to talk about." She got up and left. She and I were never friends before or after the reading but we were always respectful to each other.
These are always the 2 readings I think of when I return to readings. They show me the scale of what I can do with my cards.
I am also a little nervous since it has been so long. May be I should do some warm ups in the next few weeks.
I am going to go over my intro to reading tarot. This is not how to read tarot but what i tell my clients. I use client cause I am offering a service but I am not usually asking to be paid. Tips are always welcome
Hi there soandso. I am going to be reading your cards today. I do want to let you know a few things. What I see and say is written in sand. Just like life it is not set in stone it all can changed. I suggest using what we learn here as a guide. Now clear your mind and think about what you need assistance with.I did not say I will read your future. Sometimes yes I see what MAY be down the line. But more often I see a general path. I cannot usually tell you if you will marry and have kids. But I may be able to tell that is what you want and identify those who will help or hinder.
My favorite reading was done for a friend who never had her cards read but I needed to practice so she agreed. She has always been one for new experiences. Most of her reading was about settling into her new life (they had just moved to the area a few months before). I am going through picking up on an anxiety, I get to one card and stop. I know this card can mean babies...but she had not said anything about wanting or trying for kids... I giggle and say this card is about a pregnancy but I don't think it could mean that, lets move on and come back to him. we go through the reading and forget to touch back on this card. Well, a month later she announced her pregnancy. I was floored. One, at her amazing poker face, she was pregnant during the reading after all. Two, that my cards knew. She is now a happy mother of 2 very settled in her community.
My other strongest memory for a reading was done in college. I was sitting in the dorm lobby reading for a few friends when a floormate asked to be read. I was hesitant, she was not known for being the most open minded woman. I gave her the above statement and tacked on that once she said stop it all stops. As in all the cards get put back in the deck and the reading comes to a full stop. I will not even try to finish a reading after being asked to stop. She nodded her consent and we started. I will not speak of the reading's subject but I will say it was emotional. I was taking it slow, trying not to upset her. I think we got about half way in and she suddenly said stop. I look up to see her on the verge of tears. I nod quietly gather up the cards and just sit with her for a few moments. She said "Thank you, I did not think this was real. But you just started getting close to implying things I don't want to talk about." She got up and left. She and I were never friends before or after the reading but we were always respectful to each other.
These are always the 2 readings I think of when I return to readings. They show me the scale of what I can do with my cards.
Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Non-LARP post
My studio's hafla is just around the corner and I am so excited. This year I am 3 dances!
I am really hoping we have a good turn out again this year. Last year we raised 1300 and hope to do even more this year!
Eventbrite Tickets
Hafla For Humanity
I am really hoping we have a good turn out again this year. Last year we raised 1300 and hope to do even more this year!
Eventbrite Tickets
Hafla For Humanity
Friday, August 5, 2016
Dame TyeDye
This weekend my Amtgard family is traveling to remember a good friend. Dame Tyedye ( Sarah Budai) passed away a week ago. It was shocking and threw us all of for a great loop. She was a force in our park. The first few years she was a guiding light right along Avi. She became a friend and mentor to many people, myself included.
Going forward will be a bit different. I know she and I had drifted apart. Yet, at any event I knew she and I would hug, smile, and work well together. To know that I will not walk into another kitchen and see here there is very sad. Sad...That word does not seem like enough but it is accurate. Sad, sad is when you lose a necklace, sad is when you lose your shoe, not when you lose someone so special to our world.
Going forward will be a bit different. I know she and I had drifted apart. Yet, at any event I knew she and I would hug, smile, and work well together. To know that I will not walk into another kitchen and see here there is very sad. Sad...That word does not seem like enough but it is accurate. Sad, sad is when you lose a necklace, sad is when you lose your shoe, not when you lose someone so special to our world.
Monday, April 18, 2016
Favorite Card
If you have spent time reading Tarot in public. Someone will eventually ask you "What is your favorite card?" This is such a hard question for me to answer.
Honestly, it depends. It depends on the deck (or decks) I am using. It depends on how well my cards like me that day. It depends on the flow of the readings. It also depends on if you are asking what is my favorite card based on artwork or meaning. This is not a simple question! It does vary deck to deck (especially the artwork question). I hate to pin one card down.
I have 3 decks that is primarily use and one that is an alternate. I then have 3-4 decks that I just collected and don't use for readings.
I will answer for artwork for each primary deck. That card seems to change the least. I may pull a card from my collection decks to show off as well. Most often The Strength card is my favorite card. Both in symbolism and artwork.
Bonus card:
Honestly, it depends. It depends on the deck (or decks) I am using. It depends on how well my cards like me that day. It depends on the flow of the readings. It also depends on if you are asking what is my favorite card based on artwork or meaning. This is not a simple question! It does vary deck to deck (especially the artwork question). I hate to pin one card down.
I have 3 decks that is primarily use and one that is an alternate. I then have 3-4 decks that I just collected and don't use for readings.
I will answer for artwork for each primary deck. That card seems to change the least. I may pull a card from my collection decks to show off as well. Most often The Strength card is my favorite card. Both in symbolism and artwork.
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| From left to right: Celtic Dragon; Arthurian, and Rider Waite. |
Bonus card:
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Amy Brown Oracle Cards
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Monday, April 11, 2016
SKBC 2016
Deryk, Sethrial, and I had a wonderful adventure visiting SKBC this past month. There was so much for them to learn. I roamed around to take pictures the whole time.
It was fun to see all the different classes. I picked up on little tidbits from each one. I know Deryk and Sethrial are looking forward to passing on their newly learned skills. We hope that this will allow us to build up our park skill so we can allow our seasoned warriors more challenges.
Sadly, I was feeling poorly and my loving family agreed to leave the event early. They did not miss any class time, but Deryk did miss the night time ditching with the sword knights. In the end it was a wise idea to leave so i could rest properly.
It was fun to see all the different classes. I picked up on little tidbits from each one. I know Deryk and Sethrial are looking forward to passing on their newly learned skills. We hope that this will allow us to build up our park skill so we can allow our seasoned warriors more challenges.
Sadly, I was feeling poorly and my loving family agreed to leave the event early. They did not miss any class time, but Deryk did miss the night time ditching with the sword knights. In the end it was a wise idea to leave so i could rest properly.
~Mararee
Friday, April 8, 2016
We are ever growing
I am forever neglecting my correspondences. I have not written in what appears to be a coon's age. But loads has happened!
Top of the news is that Deryk is no longer a Man at Arms but instead a SQUIRE! I am very happy for him. He is still working on his new belt. Yep, this time he has to make his own belt.
Our little family has grown some more. I am going to try and list this off logically.
Man at Arms- Sethrial
Page- Kaas
Page - Lexicon
Top of the news is that Deryk is no longer a Man at Arms but instead a SQUIRE! I am very happy for him. He is still working on his new belt. Yep, this time he has to make his own belt.
Our little family has grown some more. I am going to try and list this off logically.
Squire, Viscount Deryk MacCoill
Man at Arms- SethrialPage- Kaas
Page - Lexicon
Man at Arms- Linara
Page- Awolf
Man at Arms, Lady Mararee MacCoill
Page - Lilith
Awolf and Lexicon are our newest family members. Both are decent and rising fighters. We may even have more artists soon too!
Next month will be the first time in ages that we should have all of our family at one event. I am looking forward to seeing everyone meeting the others.
~Mararee
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