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Month: April 2016

  • Astrology | The Sunday Times Rich List

    Sunday Times Rich List
    Richard Branson
    King of Disks

    OK – this isn’t strictly speaking TAROT, but I’m making it into a tarot post by the end, so keep reading!

    The Sunday Times Rich List (Britain and Ireland) actually looked at the birth signs of the top 1000 earners (where known).  It makes for interesting reading:

    Gemini        116
    Aquarius      93
    Libra            82

    Total Air signs   291

    Pisces         91
    Scorpio      71
    Cancer       88

    Total Water signs  250

    Taurus      98
    Virgo        89
    Capricorn 90

    Total Earth signs 277

    Aries            96
    Leo             106
    Sagittarius 102

    Total Fire signs 304

    Best performing individual sign Gemini – the Air sign – The dare-devil with mental agility…… the Knight of Swords!

    Worst performing individual sign Scorpio – Water sign – The diplomatic, empathetic…….. King of Cups.

    With a total of 1122 signs being considered (some of the top earners are in bands or partnerships, which causes there to be so many actual birth dates to consider)

    Fire signs 27%
    Earth signs 25%
    Water signs 22%
    Air signs 26%       (all figs rounded up/down to nearest whole no)

    Unsurprisingly, perhaps, the assertive ‘Yang’ signs of Wands and Swords are the biggest earners with 53% of the overall swag bag.   The ‘Yin’ suits of Earth and Water on 47%.

    The relationship-focussed suit of Cups has the fewest high earners in the top 1000 …..

    The suit traditionally associated with the making and keeping of wealth, Pentacles, performs next worst (or third best, depending on how you look at it!)

    What do you think? Time for Pentacles to hang up their crowns as the money guys?  A load of old tosh?!

  • The Book of Shadows Tarot | Andrea Aste

    The Book of Shadows

    I decided to throw caution to the wind on Friday and make a proper video deck review for this deck, The Book of Shadows Tarot.

    Dear Reader, I kid you not, it took HOURS and you would NEVER know that from the 7 minute offering that I made on youtube.

    I shall look at even TV adverts with new-found respect ….

    Anyway, the deck that I reviewed was The Book of Shadows Tarot by Andrea Aste.

    I had the good fortune to meet Andrea last year when I visited Italy with a group of nefarious ne’erdowells  Tarotists on Arnell Ando’s Tarot tour.

    Andrea Aste

    I was hugely impressed by him.  And not just that moustache.  His drive, vision and illustrating skills fairly whipped me along with him.  So, when the kickstarter was launched, I was there, pledging.

    As is my habit, I am now reviewing the court cards from the deck.  To see my review of the whole shebang about the deck, go to my youtube channel. Yars.  I haz one.  I do rabbit on somewhat …. so take a coffee and something to keep you awake.

    There are two pages in the book that comes with the deck that focus on the hieroglyphs found on the cards; thus the symbols act as titles and keywords.

    Initially, I thought that there was nothing to decode the symbols on the court cards.  BUT I AM MISTAKEN!!!

    The Magician’s decoded glyphs show me the four symbols that signify each suit. Wands is represented by a stylised two-branched tree, Coins by a spiral, Swords by three wavy lines and a scimitar and Cups by a cup.

    Through additional Sherlockholmesian shenanigans, I can see that the symbol for Woman and Man and the symbol for Power show up on the Queen and King cards

    Power + Man + Wand/Cup/Sword/Coin = King of suit
    Power + Woman + Wand/Cup/Sword/Coin = Queen of Suit
    Horse + Human Being + Wand/Cup/Sword/Coin = Knight of Suit
    Human Being + Wand/Cup/Sword/Coin = Page

    It’s that simple.  And that clever.

    The Suit of Swords

    Alternative career as fashion designer entirely feasible!

    The Suit of Wands

    I don’t know what went wrong with my scanning – too much gin, maybe? 

    The Suit of Coins 
    The Suit of Cups 
    I think that you can still buy a copy directly from Andrea via his website (and have it signed, perhaps?!).  I understand that Lo Scarabeo, who printed the cards etc) will be distributing via their outlets too.
    So, what do you think? 
    http://www.andreaaste.com

  • Sunday Times Rich List 2016 | Tarot Cards

    Last week on Facebook I shared an image promoting the Sunday Times Rich List, featuring an enticing-looking deck of Tarot cards.

    The campaign is now underway and from yesterday’s Sunday Times, we have these:

    J K Rowling as the Queen of Wands

    Simon Cowall as Judgement

    Adele as The Empress
    Then an embarrassment of riches as Richard Branson takes to the stage!
    Richard Branson 1 – Yeah, ok, we know it’s really The World

    Richard Branson 2 – The Chariot

    Richard Branson 3 – The King of Discs
    Richard Branson 4 – The Moon
    I have sent a message to the publishing company, CHI & Partners, asking them whether I might send someone there some questions about the campaign, so fingers crossed that they get back to me about it and I can tell you more!
    Edit:   here are some more!
    Rory McLlroy – The Magician

    The Beckhams – in a variety of guises! 

  • King of Swords | King of Wands

    The King of Swords is a decent sort of a person, but very keen on taking action when his decisions are based on logic, knowledge and common sense.   The King of Wands is a very different animal, preferring to rely on passion and intuition to direct his steps.

    When they are positioned next to each other like this, it looks as though the two Kings are very much engaged with each other.  The King of Swords, by holding his sword in his right hand, appears open to the King of Wands.  The King of Wands is entirely focussed on the King of Swords.

    Elementally they are Air and Fire – a combustible combination.  It could work well to create the most enormous and fabulous fire the world has ever seen (ie brilliant teamwork and co-ordination on a project)

    Swap the cards around and you have a completely different take on the situation.  The King of Wands is looking elsewhere, with his back to the King of Swords.  The King of Swords seems to be listening now to someone else, just out of sight – and of course that sword is now angled towards the King of Wands back!

    Not so much of the brilliant teamwork now, is there? It’s looking as though they are not listening to each other, but to other people outside of their dynamic.

    Perhaps the King of Wands might be looking to the past, or his previous experiences, using them as a reference point, whereas the King of Swords is inclined to the future and new experiences?

    But what would those clouds mean, that his vision of the future is not as crystal clear as he might like to think?

    What do you think of their relationship?