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Today we continue the tarot writing project the Major Arcana Series with the High Priestess.







Explanations vary from deck   to deck as follows:

In the first deck we have Jane Austen herself depicting the High Priestess. The reason for this association is the word "virgin". Jane Austen was never married and the High Priestess is perceived as single as well. It is important to be said that she was single by choice, as it is known that she turned down a marriage proposal from Bigg- Wither, a wealthy man who would have changed her troubled financial situation. The reason behind this refusal is partly due to the fact that she did not want to give up writing in favor of a wealthy marriage. The High Priestess is card number 2 in the Major Arcana, symbolizing balance and choice as well as wisdom. With this card the message is clear you know more than you think you do and others seek your advice.

In the second deck we have a "high priestess fairy". The author of the deck Mark McElroy, tells us on the book that accompanies the tarot pack that he could not find any "virginal creature" in the Celtic folklore so he chose an imaginary High Priestess of the fairy crowd to illustrate this card. He thinks of her as mysterious, unattainable and unapproachable as well as glittery and attractive. This is a time to mediate, watch and listen rather than to take action.

In Nicoletta Ceccoli's deck we have the High Priestess connecting with the "ancient mysteries". In her vision the High Priestess embodies wisdom and feminine intuition. It is easy to notice from the picture that she illustrates High Priestess as winter, showing the bareness, lack of feelings and affection associated with this card.

In the last deck the High Priestess is shown as a "wise woman", maybe even a witch that has knowledge of the "World of the Dreams".

What is your impression of these cards? Is anything you know not written here? Please share.

Today I will continue the Major Arcana Series with the Magician card.







In the image above I collected the Magician card from 4 different decks, as follows: #1The Tarot of Jane Austen,#2 the Tarot of the Celtic Faeries, #3The Nicoletta Ceccoli Tarot and #4 the Dark Grimoire Tarot.
The interpreations are as different as the images in the cards are, in order to give you a more diversified meaning of the Magician card.

The Magician is one of the most controversial cards in the tarot deck, I think. He is a trickster, and someone you cannot trust yet charming and with magical powers.
In the Jane Austen Tarot the Magician is represented by Mr. Henry Crawford of Mansfield Park. He is an enchanter and seduces Maria Bertram even though she is married. He convinces her to trust him, despite her married status and he leaves her when he loses interest in her, ruining Maria's life and reputation. Maria is convinced the entire time that Mr. Crawford is in love with her and she faces the truth only when she leaves her. In the end, Maria is sent away to another country. Despite the difference in time, just like Maria I fell for a Mr. Henry Crawford type and he too ruined my life destroying my marriage. Moreover, just like Maria I ended sent out to a different county. It is amazing how my story in our days is the same story that happened so long ago, in Jane Austen time.
Now going back to the Magician card he has many gifts and  all the tools in front of him: the candle- fire, the book-air, the rose-earth and the pitcher of water- water, giving him great power. Mr. Crawford/ the Magician is all about acting, acting in a play or in real life. He says:" I feel as if I could  be anything or everything; as if I could rant and storm or sigh or cut capers, in any tragedy or comedy in the English language".

The Magician in the second deck, the Tarot of the Celtic Fairies is represented by a leprechaun, a male fairy. Leprechauns have magical powers, they show themselves to humans only when they wish to be seen, and if caught they can grant 3 wishes to be let free. Any information they provide is to trick you, to turn you away from the truth, so you should take everything they say with care/ caution. The leprechaun generally has 2 bags of coins, one of gold and another of silver meaning the Magician has all the resources he needs to attain his goal. However, the real treasure is the bag of tools we see in the Magician card of this deck.

The Magician in the Nicoletta Ceccoli deck, the 3rd deck. In this deck the Magician is you, and the card advice is to concentrate on your own powers, to do your magic and to use your own will to change your life.

In the last deck the Magician represents the poet Abdul Alhazred who wrote the Necronomicon, who is said to represent the "key to the underworld". Here the Magician has secret knowledge and has experience with the world of demons.

Every deck has a story for every tarot card and it is so much joy to discover their different meanings.

Hi everyone,

I am previously announced that I am currently working on a tarot project as a freelance tarot blogger. My assignment was to write tarot card interpretations of the Major Arcana cards for a tarot automated card readings site. However, I turned down the contract because according to the site guidelines/ contract the moment I received payment I would lose the credit as an author. The pay was not in line with the amount of work I put into the project.
Any comments  on the Major Arcana series will be gladly appreciated.

All the Major Arcana interpretations are on this blog to read for free. For the rest of the cards I might be starting a private class if there is enough interest. Please contact me in private by email, Facebook or Twitter for more information.

The Fool
 
The situation you are in is involving risks. Just like the Fool you may need to take important decisions in order not to fall off the cliff. The reason for the situation you are in may be that you recently lacked focus and direction and your head was in the clouds. In other words, you may have overlooked things or there are things you may have not noticed. Pay attention to all signs and search for more clarity.


Get ready for something new and exciting, a new beginning! Let go of the past and plan your ideas and strategy for a fresh start. Remember, it is never too late to start a new journey. In order to succeed you need to identify with the Fool’s attributes: open-mind, innocence, eagerness to learn, naivety, spirit of adventure. You must remain true to yourself to find loyal friends. If you are to receive an offer, chances are is a good opportunity and you should accept it.




In the image above I picked the Fool card for 4 different tarot decks: #1Tarot of Jane Austen, #2Tarot of the Celtic Faeries,#3 Nicoletta Ceccoli Tarot and #4 the Dark Grimoire Tarot. I wanted to give a variety of different meanings for the Fool card and choosing these four decks served my purpose.

My personal favorite deck is the Tarot of Jane Austen because I read all the six Jane Austen books used in the deck and I have seen all the movies.
The other 3 decks I use less, but I will give their individual explanations below.

The Fool card in the first deck is represented by Elizabeth Bennett of Pride and Prejudice.
She is on her way to Netherfield, the manor house is shown in the background, where her sister Jane is hosted for several days by the Bingleys as a result of an "unexpected", but  carefully planned flu. Elizabeth walks to Netherfield accompanied by a dog, a faithful friend to the outrage of Bingley sisters  who think of her as "almost wild".
The Fool here suggests here independent thought and being your own person regardless of what others may think. Do not be afraid like Lizzy to walk into the unknown and follow your path.

The second deck is the Tarot of the Celtic Fairies. The Fool here is  pictured as a child that encounters the fairies for the first time in her life. It is the starting point of travel into the "enchanted world of Faeries". The fairies around the child may be real or imaginary, the author leaves that to our imagination. One interpretation of this card can be that there are new opportunities and possibilities out there that need to be tried out, even if they are just in our minds.

In the third deck of Nicoletta Ceccoli we have a toy marching at the beat of its own drum, meaning you know yourself best so  just follow your heart.

And then last we have the Dark Grimoire Tarot. This deck is created with pictures inspired from the stories of the Providence, Rhode Island horror 20th century writer, Howard Phillips Lovecraft. (sorry, I previously wrote that the picture may depict Lovecraft himself, but he was never institutionalized. I was thinking of Edgar Allen Poe).
I am not very familiar with his work and the white book does not explain who is the man in this card.  This is a dark deck and I am not surprised to see a negative interpretation of the Fool card which is sometimes connected with madness. The white booklet points to the fact that imaginary creatures are born out of chaos in mad man's mind and they stay in an "external universe"  where time and space have no meaning.