Lapis Philosophorum

The purpose of this spread is knowing the present condition of one’s heart on a physical level, as well as on emotional and spiritual levels. It is also about purifying and healing the sorrows of the heart to be wise from one’s life experience and what stands in the way of this process of healing.

Through experience and sorrow the heart becomes wise

Shuffle and lay out the cards in the shape of a heart:

6          7        
      8
4          5
  2     3
      1

1. What is my heart’s present physical (health) condition?
2. What is my heart’s present emotional condition?
3. What is my heart’s present mental condition?
4. What should my heart forgive and forget/let go of/close out?
5. What should my heart remember/let in/open up to?
6. What hurts my heart?
7. What heals my heart?
8. “Purity of Heart Is to Will One Thing” the Danish christian and existentialist philosopher Soren Kierkeggard said – so What is the purity of this heart – what is it that my heart most want?

(2+3: i.e. what thoughts and feelings have serious importance for my heart’s present state, my present “inner landscape”.)

I’ve just read a guest post on the blog Musings on the Tarot by Arwen by Kay Stopforth, author and co-creator of the beautiful Quantum Tarot.

It is interesting to read about the creative process in making and thinking this particular deck , and especially I find the merging between science and tarot quite intriguing.

Leaving a comment to the guest post on Arwen’s blog gives the opportunity to win a reading with the Quantum Tarot by Kay Stopforth.

Here is my comment:

“… the Quantum Tarot is a very exquisite and sophisticated deck, and that I can highly recommend it. When I first had it in my hands I couldn’t but feel awe of the amount of knowledge and creativity put into this work.”

I’m starting a tarot journal on this blog. Really private stuff I’ll keep in my private diary and my ringbinder tarotjournal, but more day-to-day readings will be posted here. Please comment, if you like.

A note on abbreviations: I’m abbreviating for example Six of Wands to 6oW, Two of Pentacles to 2oP and so on.
I’m also experimenting with creating my own understandings of the cards based on meanings of the sephiroth of the Kabbalah Tree of Life, hence the titles of the cards. This is a work in process and progress, but I’m sure to write more about it here in the blog.

10 of Pentacles

2 of Pentacles

6 of Wands

I shuffle and draw:

6 of Wands ~
Beauty of Fire

2 of Pentacles ~ Wisdom of Earth

10 of Pentacles ~ Kingdom of Earth

Since the center card (2oP) is about carefully balancing I take it that this is about balancing my own ambitions about communication, blogging, internet (6oW) and the greater community and family I’m part of and that I am having responsibilities towards (10oP).

For my own readings I’m using the Universal Waite Tarot Deck - and therefore I’ve requested U.S. Games Inc. for permission to use the images from that deck on this site. I’ll pretty much stick to this deck.

The Moon is my favorite card.

The permisson is for educational purposes only. Therefore I do not offer Tarot Readings through this website. I’m not doing this blog for commercial purposes. It’s meant to be inspiring and to share my love for and interest in the fabulous and mystical and divine worlds of the Tarot.

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My Tarot Place

This is a picture of my Tarot Place.

Welcome to my new blog on one single topic: Tarot and my love for it.

I’m very excited about this, and I am looking forward to sharing my passion.

This blog will function both as a tarotblog and as a ressouceguide about the topic of Tarot. I’ll try to write a least one or two posts per week.

In the About … page you’ll soon be able to read about me and my love for Tarot, and soon here will be links to and comments on Tarot cards, decks and books on this site.

I am currently writing an essay about Why I’m reading tarot. I’m writing the essay to clear some things out for myself and therefore I’m writing it in danish – my mothers tongue. But as soon as I feel ready I’ll also post it here in an english version.

Love,
Kristine Gazel.