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this is a channel that focuses on creativity, plants, and divination.
Some Formative Childhood Books
I enjoyed gathering these favorites and seeing them with fresh eyes. Also I forgot to explain that the original Wildflowers of North America was stolen at some point during our wedding reception (we were married in our dining room and had the Big Party afterwards in our apartment and then an after party at the downstairs neighbors' place.) Who would do such a thing? It's such hyper-specific pilfering that I still wonder from time to time. Hope they at least enjoyed the book!!
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#TopTarotTrumps | The Devil 15/21
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correction: Typhon is from RMP's *First Occult Tarot deck* Part One of Goliath's Devil rumination: czcams.com/video/n_k-k7rWIpM/video.html A look at all the BJP beaded cloths I made: czcams.com/video/NqgOusV2ul8/video.html A look at the backings I chose and sewed last summer: czcams.com/video/VPVEWXMtaXA/video.html
Sacred Space With Me
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TRANSMUTATION Oracle not transformation. It's such an important distinction...Sorry
studio beautification update
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finally getting to some sanding and painting projects Plus a glimpse of joyous travelers powering up on the anise hyssop portions of this properties nectar/nature highway I've co-created over the course of 15 growing seasons.
Morning After Part Three
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The sun (finally) rises over the old perennial garden!
Morning After Part One
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It poured buckets until 6:30 this morning. The cat and I ventured out once the sun broke through about an hour later.
#TopTarotTrumps | 12/21 The Hanged One
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My apologies for (a) the fact that all the cards aren't perfectly centered and the very tops of the cards are sometimes obscured. and (b) to anyone who may become hyper-focused on the cat hairs on the groundcloth. This was take number two and that's all I was up for in the wake of rolling heat waves.
#TopTarotTrumps | 11\\21 Strength
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I hope it's obvious that I meant to say 'I'm not saying anything that most people watching this *wouldn't* know'. (This applies to an inadvertent slip of the tongue I made at the end of remarks about my second card choice.)
Talking about: Robert Place's Sevenfold Mystery deep dive
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I meant to say I have two back-up decks in advance of needing to replace my original copy. (The other deck is RMP's Alchemical Magnum Opus) Also, I won't literally "get rid of" the deck; it will get recycled in various journals and art projects. If you're interested in Robert's other classes, you can browse the offerings on his website: robertmplacetarot.com/classes-and-lectures/
#TopTarotTrumps | 5/21 The Hierophant
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#TopTarotTrumps | 5/21 The Hierophant
#toptarottrumps High Priestess Reboot 2/21 | VR to Mascha @musingsbymascha
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#toptarottrumps High Priestess Reboot 2/21 | VR to Mascha @musingsbymascha
#toptarottrumps VR to @MusingsbyMascha | The Magician 1/21
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#toptarottrumps VR to @MusingsbyMascha | The Magician 1/21
#TopTarotTrumps VR to Mascha @musingsbymascha | 5 Favorite Fools 0/21
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#TopTarotTrumps VR to Mascha @musingsbymascha | 5 Favorite Fools 0/21
Studio Update: Unplanned Developments
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Studio Update: Unplanned Developments
So many gorgeous books.. I love the Cat one.. they remind me of some of my old Enid Blyton story books.. I only have one book left from my childhood which is about ghosts and monsters 👻 The birds and butterflies are lovely books too.. 🦋🐦⬛😘
I've wanted to make this video for awhile, but needed time and space to have a treasure hunt throughout the house and my studio. It seemed like so much work but I actually had great fun assembling my selections. I don't think I had any ghosts and monsters books. But I remember an Alfred Hitchcock kid's anthology in my grammar school library, and a particular story about a curious child who became fixated on an unusual neighbor who turned out to be a werewolf. When they realized the child had been spying on them, they bit the kid, and kept him hidden in their house, howling for recognition of who they used to be. It frightened me for years.
loved this - had/have many of the guide books and children's books. Trip down memory lane.
Cynthia! I was just thinking about you yesterday wondering how your summer's been. Gathering old books I've loved over time is one of my favorite ways to reminisce.
@@SparklingLotusInk I do the same thing! I have some of my Grandfather's gardening books and it makes me feel close to him when I read/look at them. He was a Landscape Architect and taught at Harvard and Rhode Island School of Design. He died when I was young but I did spend hours with him in his gardens as a child. Such wonderful memories and probably why I am a gardener today.
Your friend's wise words "you need to alchemize the sum of your parts" are perfectly portrayed in The Daughter of the Moon Temperance card. I love your awareness of when it is time to return to this card for the gifts it offers. You summed up The We'Moon Temperance card beautifully - the skill and mastery involved in blending the 2 elements of fire and water. I look forward to watching the rest of your playlist.
The Daughters of the Moon deck is very special to me and so is the friend who gave me that piece of incredibly useful advice. Your screen name is very evocative. I'm so glad you left me these comments! ✨💜✨
I came across your channel yesterday with the TopTarotTrumps - The Devil video and was so taken with how you delved into each trump, that wanted to listen/watch more. I went back to your first ever video, and followed the trail to here. There is something very special in how you express yourself and your knowledge and love of flowers and plants is palpable. With much respect from a fellow crone
I was so pleased to find this comment waiting for me. I'm glad you've been enjoying my videos. Thanks so much for visiting and leaving such encouraging comments!! 💖
I have always had an aversion to the Urban Tarot death card. It made my skin crawl. Your insights on this card helped me sit with it, understanding that the feeling it invokes in me, is exactly what it is supposed to invoke. Indeed a very powerful Death card for the age we live in. Your truthful words for the Bee Tarot Death card, resonate deeply. What a dangerous game is played. I am intrigued by the Pholarchos Tarot. Multi layered images and you so eloquently shared how the Pholarchos Devil played out for you during your year of the Devil. Amazing video. Thanks for sharing
Thank you so much for this comment! It is a really creepy card (Urban Tarot). I read in the guidebook that the person who posed for the image is a professional artists model who was told to look at the deck creator with complete disdain. It took me quite awhile to stop shuddering at the image. Not sure I’ll ever get to that point with the Bee devil. But they are both great examples of the Tarot evolving in pace with the present tense and our variety of odds and obstacles. The Pholarchos deck is a strong favorite of mine.
The devil is such a common denominator in our human lives, isn't it. I love the Odyssean Devil. Sometimes we have to suffer for our convictions. I think it's interesting that even after a lifetime of lessons and enlightenment, addiction can reach out and grab a person. I almost picked the Urban as well, but I think it might be a little too close to home for me. NYC was a lot of this for me. Clubs and drugs as a young woman. The dangerous guys who were almost as addictive as the cocaine they offered. Woof. Too familiar. 😎 Every time someone talks about Goliath, I am tempted... but I never seem to come around. 🤔
Ack. I am answering these comments on my phone and just deleted my response to you by mistake . I hear NYC, clubs, and young womanhood/dark slick talking guys and immediately think of my early fiction attempts and a particular character I invented in an effort to keep myself safe from the ‘real thing’ bullshit artists. People in my writing group either hated that guy or developed a huge crush on him. Thanks for that unexpected memory loop
That El Goliath card is so powerful I love it.. the crazed eyes and blood...wow.. Great choices as usual. The beaded piece with the devil you know and the devil you don't .. so clever and thought provoking. You're very right about addictions, I don't know anyone not impacted in some way. ❤️🌻
That poor goat articulates debasement and terrorized servitude so perfectly. It’s so nice you’re back on YT!
WOW! "Take this fire"! 🙏📿💛
Sometimes when I’m in difficult situation, I imagine my friend reading that line to me over the phone. It helps me feel brave and wise enough to meet whatever kind of moment I’m facing.
WOW, Acey! What a special cloth with mirrors you shared in the first part of this video! You are so right! I do also have a month like that which, still after many years, feels very difficult for me, as I associate it with my grandfather's passing! I'm so grateful to you for bringing that piece into this video but also the addiction aspect of this arcanum. I know I sound like a broken record, BUT it is such an honour for me to watch your #TopTarotTrumps videos, as I learn a lot from them and from your excellent commentary on the seperate trumps and the renditions you feature in your videos! Thank you, dear Acey!🙏💚
I knew I was taking some liberties including unrelated artwork, and hoped you would not be offended. So glad to know it worked for you. It means a lot to me that you find worth in my contributions to your hashtag and all the marvelous heart and soul you put into your own contributions. I appreciate all of my collection a good deal more than I already did, whether or not their arcanum ever appear in the videos! 💖
Love the beaded piece! We are up to a tricky few cards aren't we! Great choices of Devil, and I really like the idea of the first one, it shows corruption and destruction very poignantly.
As soon as I opened the Bee Tarot gift, I knew this Devil was going to lead the pack when we got to this trump.
I love all the techniques you used Acey, the rubber bands are very clever and everything is so dramatic. I could see some of those patterns as wallpaper ..🤩 🌻
There is one particular paper that I used in a bookmaking project that I would definitely have as wallpaper. And the wine and deeper burgundy light and shadow on might be nice in library/reading room that had a garden view through the windows.
What deck does the devil that gets into your head come from? I really liked your selections. Those devils are chilling and daunting.
That devil is from the Pholarchos deck. Glad my selections work for you. "chilling and daunting" is definitely what I was going for.
What a wonderful intentional video, dear Acey! Thank you so much for sharing the part of the special apple tree that called you and the stones you associate with Temperance!.🙏💙 I watched Tye's video last night - what an insightful instalment it was too, and I loved how you tied your instalment to it so cohesively! I loved your choices! 💖xx P.S. I failed big time when it came to limiting myself in the number of the Temperance Cards I featured... 🤭🥰
I still haven't watched your videos for Temperance. Thought I'd skip over that for now to get a more timely jump on The Devil and then go back to contemplate and enjoy at my leisure. 💖
It's such a smart idea, having the table itself be something you can stare into or relax your eyes on. Your art is gorgeous, there's so much movement in it!
I'm already finding the staring and relaxing factors to be tremendously effective as I tunnel deeper into my trilogy. And it's aces for cards as well. Next I will use some of the old milk paint to transform a very ugly three tiered shelf. But first I'll share a glimpse of it as-is becomes that's often an important part of others visualizing something they could do with something they have and could learn to love rather than barely tolerating. Thank you for the complement! I often sway when I'm doing wet media - especially if I'm standing, as we did for the paste paper workshop.
Thanks for showing those sacred items, the story with your apple tree was especially lovely 💚 And I really appreciate you mentioning my video 🥰 Loved your card choices, and especially the Daughters of the Moon one and your journey with it. I definitely relate to what you said about combining parts of your personality.
Just subbed to your second channel - I hadn't quite caught on it existed. The apple tree also instructed me to make two apple wands. Just got some super-fine grain sandpaper so I can smooth the heartwood without interfering with its grain and subtle vibrations.
I really enjoyed this. I also love when the rainbow is included on the card. I am looking for my Devils right now, and in the Odyssean Tarot, Temperance is Hermaphroditus. Really cool take on that card, as is the Devil, which I am going to include. Thank you, as always, for your perspective! 🌈
Think I canceled rather than replying. GMTA about the Odyssean Devil - he'll be in my group as well. r u doin that class?
@SparklingLotusInk no, I am in the middle of a 6 month class with Mellissae Lucia. So no $$. 🫠
Stunning! I took a printmaking course at UMass Boston for my Undergrad. I love everything about the process. After my ex husband moved out he took the printing press and one of my favorite paintings that included my black cat. 🐈⬛ that passed. The 3D depth in the last one wow! I lived in Nebraska for a while I totally got corn 🌽 field vibes from the brown yellow ochre one. Thanks for sharing!
That cornfield vibe is overpowering any time I look through these papers. Think I might make some laser color copies of it at Staples so I can play around with some ideas. Printmaking is a form of magic to me. The thrill never dies.
I’ve had the Shimmering Veil for some time now, but only recently started reading with it and I’m totally blown away! Just an incredible deck. I’ve actually pulled out the Temperance card to include in my next #toptarottrumps video. And Daughters of the Moon is always in my top ten tarot decks! Loved seeing those two decks represented!!!
Shimmering Veil is indeed a phenomenal reader. Also seems to be something of a dream sherpa when I sleep with the deck tucked into my pillowcase. I really love that we share such a strong and lengthy relationship with DotM. It isn't just a great decl - it also captures the energy of a moment in time that has had a lasting impact on my personal/philosophical development. It's definitely an "everything" deck for me too!!
New subscriber now😊❤❤
Thank you!
whenever I catch up with your tarot videos I learn so much and I do listen deeply to your words. I have sadly fallen by the way side with my videos for our lovely Mascha's tag but you have it covered! rich with knowledge as always, thank you for sharing x
I am a bit behind with the tarot trumps but not too badly. I truly glad these videos hold meaning and nourishment for you! 🙏
this was absolutely beautiful, as were your choices. I have to admit I dont work with the Shimmering Veil or the Alchemical Tarot enough, I love listening to you share these decks. thanks as always Acey xxx
We can't work with all of our decks all of the time. So pleased you visited and enjoyed!
what is the lovely pinkist looking flower amidst the Rudbeckia's? I need to plant some more prairie flowers to cope with the dry area ..lovely to see your garden as always. I have a furniture project to share too. Lovely table Acey x
I have a variety of Echincea that have all faded to pink. Or do you mean the fluffier, taller flower clusters? That's Joe Pye Weed. wonderful energy. So lovely to see you pop by for the garden views. I think of you sometimes when I'm out there ... The table project is complete and I've quite pleased! Think it will make it's debut in my in Temperance Trumps video tomorrow!
I think it must be Joe Pye Weed ❤ lovely flowers x
@@madwitch9977 I feel in love with it during orchard rambles near our former home. Was thrilled a modest clump of it here and now it's popping up in other locations. It smells delicious - delicate and wild - especially in the evening.
How lovely 😍
so nice to spend some time with you xxx
I smiled to find you here. Hope all is well.
I'm studying Greek mythology too! I am using the Hellenic Oracle. I'm going to do some shorts on it. Very beautiful space
Looking forward to the shorts! I feel very lucky to have this room. Mama always comes in to supervise when I make videos here.
What a lovely Flowers Like 3 My friend thank you for good sharing. Have a good relationship 😊
So glad you enjoyed your visit! 💚
I so relate to "saving" (hoarding...) art supplies and using them in different ways! Your personalised table sounds like a great project, I'm looking forward to seeing how it turns out! 😊
Thanks for the interest! Today I'm brayering old Martha Stewart craft paint to the bottom of table top. It's fun feathering in some old favorites. Love color magic projects! 🌟
I so greatly enjoyed this instalment, and learnt from it dear Acey! Thank you! 🤗🙏🤍I'm so thrilled to hear you are loving the Tarot of the Occult Energies so much,- I'm yet to spend time with it, and the same applies to the Tarot of the Sevenfold Mystery. Both are such wonderful tarots! I really like the Death Card from the Alchemical Tarot and am grateful for a little bit of the story of your dear friend connected to the raven you shared, and also the story about your darling Celeste (how wonderful she loved her life so much, and what a special farewell you gave her). 🐈⬛💚
In truth, I don't think I've ever really said farewell to Celeste. She lives in my heart; curled in its very center. ❤🔥
@@SparklingLotusInk oh, I hear you! I feel the same about my childhood cat and my dog who passed on 5 years ago.. ❤️🩹❤️🔥❤️
What a vibrant looking and sounding garden family 🌼🌞
I have to step carefully because there are several leopard frogs that live amongst the plants. Last month I was thrilled to spot a self-seeded echinacea from one of the original plantings that I divided in half, our third year here. Today I noticed it was happy and thriving enough to produce a second flower head and I am so happy for this gift. You can really feel the love out there. 💝
@@SparklingLotusInk How magical there are frogs tucked in there! Exciting about the echinacea flowers. Yes, I can definitely sense the love through the screen!
I can almost smell the sunlit dampness through the screen! So lush! Looks like a lot of anise hyssop?? I adore the sound of residual "morning after" rain drops being blown out of the trees by the wind 🥰 Thank you for the deck and kitty visit 😁
I thought it made a nice zen-like completion loop after the high drama of yesterday's evening storm. Glad you came back and enjoyed the walk-around. Everything is wild and unkempt and yet bursting with love for the collective. ✨💖✨
@@SparklingLotusInk A perfect completion loop, yesss!
Forgot to acknowledge your anise hyssop observation. It self seeds happily and has become a mainstay (as well as jewelweed) in this part of the property's nectar highway. I only brought one plant of it from my former garden and the colony gradually settled-in at this particular part of the dooryard. I take roughly a third of the flowers for my family's use and leave the rest for the winged ones and seed production. The plants in pots winter over in the dog run and get enough sun to keep the roots and seeds in good shape, year after year.
So beautiful! Love seeing the bees loving on the hydrangea 🐝💛
They were sipping bee and wasp sized droplets trapped in the panicles and flower stems.. 🤩
Totally.
I bet she holds a TON of water. 🎉🎉🎉
In the spring I was devastated to discover her main branch didn't pull through the winter but she's made a gorgeous comeback all the same!
Awwww, look at how happy the plants are!! 😅
They are exuberant and well-refreshed 💚🌿
So peaceful!
I miss the rain...thank you for sharing this💙😽🕯
Would be great if it was as simple as a wish to send you some ... 💙
@@SparklingLotusInk Haha yes! Tis time to crack open a weather magick book! ☝️😹💋
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Torrential downpour woke me up at 5 this morning. Could hardly see through the curtain of water. 💖
@@SparklingLotusInk Yes we got a bit of rain here too.
Oh, thank you for the lovely rain video! So soothing 💙🌧️ We are in the thick of wildfire season here, with weeks of high temps. I am ready for a respite from the fire element and this video was a nice escape! The window between the extremes here has become shorter, it seems (rain for 9 months, 2 months drought, maybe a few weeks on something in between!). Thank you for sharing these peaceful moments 😊
So glad this little glimpse gave you a sense of respite. It felt like a moment worth capturing and sharing. So grateful the heat broke here! Can hear the frog chorus in their pond - pure elation! 💚🐸🐸🐸✨
I loved this. Thank you for your wonderful insights on the Death card☀
I'm glad you enjoyed this video, and left a comment to let me know!
The card with the cats is great, and it was lovely to hear about Celeste 💜 Loved your thoughts on the Phoenix, too.
She was a very special cat. Of course, they all are! It was the first card I chose, followed closely by the glorious Phoenix.
which is the book that gives good analsis of Robert Places Tarot of Sevenfold mystery?
The name of the book is The Tarot, Magic, Alchemy, Hermeticism, & Neoplatonism, 3rd edition. I thought it was sold out/out of print, but I know he had copies of it for sale at the Readers' Studio this year. You might want to send him an email to see if he has any available copies left. His email address is alchemicaltarot@aol.com. The book is quite comprehensive (680 pages). It covers all the topics in the title including his Alchemical Tarot deck and the Sevenfold Mystery deck.
I so enjoy your commentary on the RM Place deck and your class with him. I am having a great year of the Dragon! I got 2 little Dragon grandchildren (the second one will come in October). The crows! What sweet music they make!
Love the idea of very young dragons in your life. That put a smile on my face. Love our local crows. This year there's a fledgling with a long white stripe running from the top of their head to their beak. It doesn't have a full-throated caw yet. Can't wait to hear what its mature voice sounds like. Coincidentally. I recently got a notice that RMP is teaching an alchemy/tarot course in September. It will have the same 4 class format as the Sevenfold Mystery class. I'm requesting a link from the organizer Amy Lamash @HudsonValleyTarot so I can post the info in my community tab. If you like, I'll give you a heads-up comment on your channel when that's in place.
@@SparklingLotusInk 😁 yesssss.
Another excellent essay ~ so glad I subscribed so I can catch this terrific series! Thank you so much!
Thank you for subscribing to my channel! I love this ongoing hashtag. Really glad I decided to join in, because it's deepened my appreciation for the decks in my collection.
Excellent video! Would love to see you do a series comparing the cards from various decks!
Thanks so much for this comment. Do you have any particular decks that would interest you in this type of format?
@@SparklingLotusInk Any decks you have that depict a different slant or "take" on the traditional card meanings. I've picked up some good "aha" info from your comparisons already! So whatever decks you have on hand that include cards with alternative or expanded interpretations beyond the traditional meanings are always delightful to see!
@@vadal4043 Thanks for the response. I'll take a look through my collection during the coming week and see what seems relevant and interesting.
The sound in your video was fine, Acey, by the way, and this instalment has been superb! xx
Thanks for this feedback. When I watched the video playback I was having trouble differentiating from the continued farm vehicle traffic outside and what was on the table. Feared I might have to redo the video after all!
Oooh Acey, I am so very excited to see you featuring the Hanged Man from the Tarot of Occult Energies from my teacher and a friend Giordano Berti! I have the deck and now am inspired to prioritise spending more time with it! 💙 I learnt from your explanation of Key 12 from the Tarot of the Mystical Moments, too. 💚 And then your Top 5 have been fascinating to watch with your fantastic and insightful commentary on the Hanged Man in Tarot, Acey! 🤗🤍 P.S. I look forward to your video on the Metanoia Tarot, it really is beautiful and so very well executed!
I have been blown away by the Tarot of Occult Energies since the moments I saw it offered for sale at my favorite online deck source. The saturated colors and enhanced line work are magnificent. After I bought it, I kept the package on my altar unopened until my birthday. Just now beginning to work with it as intended rather than simply flipping through to feed my eyes and soul. 💖 Very much love what Giordano Berti said in his personal message printed in his actual handwriting.
I have a little giggle at the ones that say "Traitor", because I'm a bit obsessed with the show The Traitors at the moment 😊 Nice how you showed a gentle example, I think this is definitely one of those cards that can make people uncomfortable, and so different versions in different decks can really take on different tones. Really liked hearing your thoughts about the state of suspension and "grace", a wonderful way of putting it,
I laughed out loud at the television show reference. Somebody close to me is a LOT obsessed with The Traitors and has begged me to watch, just so we can discuss it. I'm a big believer in grace under pressure (or for that matter, enforced stasis) but it can often be easier said than done.
I really enjoyed your card descriptions, thank you - especially how you spoke to the Pholarchos Empress.
I'm so glad you liked this video enough to let me know!
Love what you said about cats, somehow in watching all these Strength videos that show lions, not many mention housecats. I definitely agree with you! You have a great way of articulating things, loved hearing your thoughts on this card.
Domestic cats definitely travel on a unique (and in my opinion, elevated) plane of existence! I'm glad you appreciate my form of self expression in these videos. This ongoing VR process is an excellent vehicle for getting out of my own head by finding ways to express a small portion of what rolls around in there.