Tarot Journaling

Now that the Wisconsin Area Tri-state Tarot Symposium is over I finally have some time to get back to my life.
At the conference Corrine gave me a copy of her book Tarot Journaling. Friday no one was home so I decided to start reading this new book. I didn't get past the first chapter before I already started having thoughts regarding my own MAAT Tarot that I hadn't thought of before and felt compelled to start recording them. I rarely keep a journal though I had purchased a beautiful blank book thinking it would inspire me to write.
This is what I found inspiring in Corrine's book, Corrine writes; "The Major Arcana 'Cosmic Forces' ..."and my mind thinks straight away to the Maat Tarot majors.
Corrine-"The Major Arcana which is Latin for the Greater Secrets"...the greater secrets are the big mysteries of Life."
Her words make me think of the 12 cards from the majors that I used for the 12 lunar cycles. My mind starts to wonder comparing
the cardinal, fixed and mutable cards. And my Tarot Journaling begins.

The zodiac signs are divided into three categories with all 4 elements represented in each, there are 4 signs which are cardinal 4 fixed signs and 4 mutable signs. The 4 cardinal signs begin the season, the 4 fixed signs are always in the middle of the season where the season is in full swing without any traits from the season before and the mutable signs bring closure to the season. Both Cardinal and Mutable signs can have traits that more blended. For example the end of the season can have characteristics from the season to come. And the beginning of a season can have characteristics from the season before.

For some reason I began thinking about the Fixed cards first all these cards had strong fixed symbolism;

Death(full moon in Taurus) What could be more fixed than Death? You go to the doorway and if you really die you don't walk back in the same person, even if you are revived. Judgment(cross quarter day Samhain/Halloween) the day when the veil between the two worlds in thinnest.

The Empress(full moon in Scorpio) The mother, once you are pregnant even if you don't go to term you are changed and cannot go back you are always a mother. The Lovers (cross quarter day Beltaine ) a holiday of fertility and no rules when it was traditional to partner with your choice of lover without consequence.


The Chariot (full moon in Leo) the two wheels of the chariot the sun and the moon always traveling in a forward motion and never in retrograde. The Wheel of Fortune(cross quarter day Candlemas/ Oimelc Imbolc) the day lambs are born and the first milk of ewes is available.


The Star (full moon in Aquarius) the symbol whose disappearance signals the flood of the Nile each year. The star known as the dog star that always follows Orion, loyal and unwavering. The Hanged One( Lammas/Lughnasad) first harvest (grain).


The Cardinal cards whose zodiac signs always begin the season.

The Emperor(full moon cycle of Aries) and the Tower( autumnal equinox) begins autumn- The Leader

The Magician(full moon cycle of Cancer) and the Devil(winter solstice) begins winter- All forms of magic that which is viewed and that which is hidden

Justice(full moon cycle of Libra) and the Fool(vernal equinox) begins spring- The Law

The Hermit(full moon cycle of Capricorn) and the Sun(summer solstice) begins summer- The Sun in the sky the begins each day

The Mutable cards whose zodiac sign always brings closure to a season contain no cross quarter days

Strength(full moon cycle of Gemini)- the end of fall and the end of the last days of increasing darkness. merges into the Devil and the Magician

The High Priestess (full moon in Virgo) the last month of winter merges into the Fool and Justice

The High Priest (full moon in Sagittarius) the last month of spring merges into the Sun and the Hermit

Temperance(full moon in Pisces)the last month of summer merges into The Tower and The Emperor

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