Journal

August 20, 2020

Good news! I received my corner cutter. This tool is fantastic. It works very precisely. I’m pleased with the results. Cutting the corners of my trimmed Radiant Rider-Waite deck with this particular corner cutter was fast and easy. The cutter came with a little surprise in the package! A cute pink origami crane accompanied the cutter on its way to me. How sweet!

Trimming the deck and cutting the corners of the cards was easy. The one thing that really made me hold my breath was edging the cards. I was afraid of ruining the deck by slipping. Luckily, all went well.

I’m still surprised that I choose to buy such a bright colored deck. Usually, I would pick something in darker shades. But the Radiant Rider-Waite deck strangely feels right to me. After trimming and edging, the deck has the right size and feels ready for use. Now it is time for a proper introduction. The next step will be reading again the section about “Connecting to and Carrying for a Tarot Deck” in Benebell Wen’s book Holistic Tarot. 

I will also do a little interview with the deck. In one of her video lectures, Benebell suggests anthropomorphizing the deck and asking some questions, like:

  • What is your point of view?
  • What is your persona?
  • What are our combined strengths?
  • What do I need to know about you?
  • Through which window may I best connect to your heart and soul?

Did I tell you that I am already friends with the little green lizard in the King of Wands card? He is such a cutey! The lizard was the first detail that caught my eye when going through the deck the first time.

I had some freshwater pearls laying around from when I made the wrap bag and the pouch. I thought I would use them for decorating the pouch’s drawstring, but they were too small, and I had to choose some beads instead. I still felt the pearls belong with the deck. The other day I got the idea to put them on an elastic string, which I will keep with the deck. You can see the pearls in some of the pictures above.

Trimmed Radiant Rider-Waite tarot deck.
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    1. Hi Michael,

      Thanks for your comment! The oldest written documents about astrology are from the Old Babylonian period (2000-1600 BCE).

      There are two books in English I recommend looking into. The first is 𝘈 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘤 𝘈𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺: 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘣𝘺𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘈𝘨𝘦 by James Herschel Holden, American Federation of Astrologers, 2nd edition, 2006. The second book is called 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘈𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘦 by Chris Brennan, Amor Fati Publications, 2017.

      I assume you also speak German. You might want to look into Rafael Gil Brand’s 𝘓𝘦𝘩𝘳𝘣𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘬𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘈𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘦, Chiron Verlag, 2000. You can also check out the first article I published here on my blog in 2018, which is about the history of astrology: http://livingincycles.blog/2018/05/26/geschichte-der-astrologie/.

      These few suggestions should help you get started. I hope you enjoy reading and learning.

      Alles Gute! ✨

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