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The Veiled Bride

When I was drawing The Aphuanian Tarot, I used simple index cards and colored pencil for what at the time was supposed to be simply the prototype for the deck. I made sure to keep extra on hand, so that mistakes could simply be put aside, but I was not expecting one such "mistake" to take a mind of it's own.

I was nearly finished with the first suit, the house of spiders, and was drawing The Spider's Patron, Lady Cecillia Gwell'Irae, for whom my secondary blog is named. But... She came out Strange, like she wasn't supposed to be, and so I scribbled her out, and placed the card aside before I tried again.

Except... When I did, I couldn't stop looking back to The First Attempt. It was... Calling in some way. Sometimes seemed weird about it, and I almost felt like I needed to look away. Hastily I buried her under the other mistakes, and continued on my way.

I thought that would be the end of it, but The First Attempt had other plans, and so too did The Deck.

It was late that night, and I was lying in bed. The pile seemed to be calling in some way.

I want to look the world in the eye.

I got up, and I retrieved Her. I looked at her visage, now covered in a black veil of hasty scribbles, and I felt what I needed to do.

And so, I wrote her Truth on her surface, and I shuffled her into the deck.

When The Veiled Bride comes up in a reading, put a stop to what you're doing and look to the querant.

You are presented with a harsh truth you may not yet be ready for. The deck is warning you to turn back, but you need not heed it's advice if you are not afraid of the darkness.

BASIC POKEMON:

Mew x 1

Lunatone x 3

Hatenna x 3

Miltank x 2

Driftloon x 3

Indeedee V x 1

Ditto PRISM STAR x 1

Rayquaza x 1

STAGE 1 POKEMON:

Hatterm x 2

Driftblim x 2

STAGE 2 POKEMON: Hatterene x 2

TRAINER CARDS: (ITEM)

Nest ball x 4

Spell Tag x 2

Professor's Letter x 3

Energy Retrieval x 2

TRAINER CARDS: (SUPPORTER)

Skyla x 3

Lady x 3

Acerola x 1

Cynthia x 2

Lillie x 2

Steven x 1

TRAINER CARDS: (STADIUM) Dimension Valley x 2

ENERGY CARDS:

BASIC PSYCHIC X 11

HORROR ENERGY X 4

Hello to all of my followers! Recently I purchased my first tarot deck, and I had mentioned that I would do a review of the one I bought. So, here it is!

The deck I bought is the Luna Soleil Deck on Etsy. I bought it in the color rose, although there were also the options of white, black, and camel. Below is a picture of how everything appeared as the seller packaged it.

Something that I was not expecting but that I absolutely love is the raw rose quartz that was sent along with the cards to aid in the readings and offer insight!

The cards are very easy to shuffle and have a clean, smooth texture to them. All of the art on the cards is inspired by the moon and the stars, and it’s just beautiful.

(( .First of all I’d like to say that I am not an expert, I’ve only been studying them for a little over a year now, so I can just give you a few tips based on my experience. 

Buy the deck you like the most, this will encourage you to always have your eyes on them.

As soon as you get the deck, make sure you clean it. You don’t know how many hands have touched it and how many different energies it has been in contact with, so leave it a night under the moonlight maybe or in the sun for a while.

Done that, mix the deck, look at each card, look at the pictures and their details. In short, enjoy it!

Each deck comes with a small manual, read it as you look at the card you’re reading the meaning of. Usually the image reflects the meaning, try to catch it. It would be easier to remember what the card means like this.

 I recommend to try to learn the major arcana first, because you can already do some tarot spreads with them, so practice even if you’re still not sure of the meaning. Don’t worry, you’ll learn by doing spreads.

One thing that helped me a lot learning them is the “5 Cards Story” exercise. You need to take 5 cards from your deck and try to make a story out of them. Space with your imagination and then write it down.

There are many videos on youtube that explain each card very well, watch as many as possible because each card has more than one meaning that are difficult to remember, listening to more than one explanation will help you more than you think.

When you ask a question to your deck, try to clear your mind and concentrate if you don’t want the deck to change its focus. For example, it often happens to me that during my own readings, it starts to talk about other people I’m tied to, rather than me. A little meditation will help with that!

If a card doesn’t convince you while you’re doing a spread, it’s not the deck that is wrong, but there’s something you’re not seeing. Go to google and do a deeper research on that card.

Don’t do more readings on the same surface if it does not have a cloth that separates the direct contact between the deck and the surface. Otherwise you will have confusion between the reading you are doing and the previous one.

They WILL call you out, don’t worry about it, it’s normal.

Knock three times on your deck every time you finish a reading.

Take notes and carry them with you!

Remember though that everyone has their own learning method, so these have worked for me, but maybe won’t work for you, so try to find your own method. And don’t be discouraged if you can’t remember all the meanings, there are too many and it’s normal, don’t be ashamed to have your notes always in front of you, I still use them too!. You’ll soon see that readings will become natural to you the more you practice.

Use discernment and stick to what you feel is right!

Here’s my first little tarot card clip of my favourite deck! 🥰

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With love, from a Sappy Witch 🔮💕