{"id":19849,"date":"2019-01-01T01:10:34","date_gmt":"2019-01-01T06:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=20101"},"modified":"2018-12-31T17:40:13","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T22:40:13","slug":"wreathing-the-wheel-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2019\/01\/01\/wreathing-the-wheel-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Wreathing the Wheel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tarot Journaling at the New Year <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Many\nwitches use their journals to aid in the study of divination by\ntracking readings from sources such as Tarot, bone throwing, scrying,\nand others. There are many different kinds of divination, and many\nways to track these practices, but today I\u2019m going to focus on one\nof the most popular: Tarot. Tracking Tarot in a bullet journal can be\na very rewarding practice, as it reveals patterns which aren\u2019t\nalways obvious, such as \u201cstalker cards\u201d which follow you through\nseveral readings over a period of time, or the appearance of a card\nconnected to a season or a timely event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One exciting way to start a devoted Tarot journaling practice at this time of year is a New Year\u2019s Reading. There are lots of different kinds of New Year\u2019s Readings, but I like to design my own. I\u2019ve been working a lot with the image of the Wheel of the Year, so for this year\u2019s reading, I chose to do a reading based on the Wheel and the Compass. The inner compass is a bit like the cross in the Celtic Cross spread, but with three cards in the middle instead of two, to invoke a few more numerological correspondences of duality and trinity for a balanced interpretation with lots of possibilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You may notice that I have\nnot included my own personal interpretations in this particular\nspread. I do not plan to direct an interpretation until the Sabbat in\nquestion comes to pass. This means that I\u2019ll have to do a short\nritual for reflection upon the reading, as a Sabbat practice. The\nyear\u2019s reading starts not at Yule, which is still covered by the\nmonthly reading I did for 2018, but at Imbolc, at the start of\nFebruary 2019. The Sabbats occur on (roughly) a seven-week cycle\nthroughout the year, so I\u2019ve marked out six interstitial sections\nvia radiating lines between each pair of Sabbats. This way I can\ntrack weekly readings, and see how it all comes together as I go.
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I like to draw small\nversions of the Major Arcana cards drawn so that they stand out (and\nbecause the codified scheme that I use for the Minor Arcana cards\ndoesn\u2019t work for the Major Arcana!). The way that I do it, it\ntakes very little time and effort because the drawings are so small,\nbut it is still a fun way to make the spread pop. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

January Spread<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For\nJanuary, I\u2019ve chosen associations based both on the time of year,\nand for my own personal healing intentions for the new year. This\nmonth, I call upon carnations, elder, and willow as green allies, as\nwell as rose quartz and onyx for protection and healing. I also like\nto add the names of holidays that have some meaning to me, whether I\nplan to celebrate them spiritually or not. For January, these days\nare: New Year\u2019s Day, Compitalia, and the Wolf Moon. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I\nlike to write the names of the plants and stones in small script near\nthe drawing so that I don\u2019t get confused or forget what they\u2019re\nsupposed to be. If you\u2019re still studying correspondences, this is a\ngood way to rehearse some of those associations, and decorate your\nbullet journal at the same time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

***<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

About the Author:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sarah McMenomy <\/strong>is\nan artist and witch. Her craft incorporates herbalism, spellwork,\ntrance, divination, auras, and more. Her work can be found at\nhttps:\/\/sarahmcmenomy.tumblr.com<\/a>\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tarot Journaling at the New Year Many witches use their journals to aid in the study of divination by tracking readings from sources such as Tarot, bone throwing, scrying, and others. There are many different kinds of divination, and many ways to track these practices, but today I\u2019m going to focus on one of the most popular: Tarot. Tracking Tarot in a bullet journal can be a very rewarding practice, as it reveals patterns which aren\u2019t always obvious, such as \u201cstalker cards\u201d which follow you through several readings over a period of time, or the appearance of a card connected to a season or a timely event. One exciting way to start a devoted Tarot journaling practice at this time of year is a New Year\u2019s Reading. There are lots of different kinds of New Year\u2019s Readings, but I like to design my own. I\u2019ve been working a lot with the image of the Wheel of the Year, so for this year\u2019s reading, I chose to do a reading based on the Wheel and the Compass. The inner compass is a bit like the cross in the Celtic Cross spread, but with three cards in the middle instead of two, to invoke a few more numerological correspondences of duality and trinity for a balanced interpretation with lots of possibilities. You may notice that I have not included my own personal interpretations in this particular spread. I do not plan to direct an interpretation until the Sabbat in question comes to pass. This means that I\u2019ll have to do a short ritual for reflection upon the reading, as a Sabbat practice. The year\u2019s reading starts not at Yule, which is still covered by the monthly reading I did for 2018, but at Imbolc, at the start of February 2019. The Sabbats occur on (roughly) a seven-week cycle throughout the year, so I\u2019ve marked out six interstitial sections via radiating lines between each pair of Sabbats. This way I can track weekly readings, and see how it all comes together as I go. I like to draw small versions of the Major Arcana cards drawn so that they stand out (and because the codified scheme that I use for the Minor Arcana cards doesn\u2019t work for the Major Arcana!). The way that I do it, it takes very little time and effort because the drawings are so small, but it is still a fun way to make the spread pop. January Spread For January, I\u2019ve chosen associations based both on the time of year, and for my own personal healing intentions for the new year. This month, I call upon carnations, elder, and willow as green allies, as well as rose quartz and onyx for protection and healing. I also like to add the names of holidays that have some meaning to me, whether I plan to celebrate them spiritually or not. For January, these days are: New Year\u2019s Day, Compitalia, and the Wolf Moon. I like to write the names of the plants and stones in small script near the drawing so that I don\u2019t get confused or forget what they\u2019re supposed to be. If you\u2019re still studying correspondences, this is a good way to rehearse some of those associations, and decorate your bullet journal at the same time. *** About the Author: Sarah McMenomy is an artist and witch. Her craft incorporates herbalism, spellwork, trance, divination, auras, and more. Her work can be found at https:\/\/sarahmcmenomy.tumblr.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":249,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/249"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19849\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}