Tarot...

[fajrdrako]

I went this evening to a meeting of the Ottawa Tarot Club. An interesting, intelligent bunch - as I thought they would be. They make it a point to be welcoming of new members, and friendly, and I think more clubs should follow their example. We discussed various aspects of the cards, and I saw the Gummy Bear Tarot Deck and the Shadowscapes deck, both of which I would love to own. Ahh, so many wonderful tarot decks out there, and more all the time. They talked about the value of making one's own deck, which is something I have wanted to do.

We met in a private room in a pub, and I spent the evening sitting with a huge poster photo of Johnny Depp facing me. That was not unpleasant.

We talked about:

• The symbols of the Arthurian Tarot
  
• Subjectivity and objectivity in readings - cards you particularly like and cards that are vexing
  
• The value and mechanism of Tarot
  
• Reversals - Mary Greer vs. Fred Gettings
  
• The significance of the two and three of wands
  
• Coins and pentacles
  
• the notion of "good" and "bad" cards
  

I walked home, afterwards. More pleasant than taking the bus, and it probably took about the same time.