Birth Card

(Fenestra Tarot (c) Chatriya, Photo (c) Coyote Tarot)

Life card, Birth card, sometimes even Soul card depending on who you ask. It's said that ones life card can reflect quite a bit of who that person really is. There are a few different ways to find out what your birth card is, the method I use is one of the methods Tamera (my Tarot instructor) included in the packets she handed out for class:


M+M+D+D+Y+Y+Y+Y = XY, X+Y =Z
0+2+2+0+1+9+8+5 = 27, 2+7 = 9

or there's the following:

MM+DD+YYYY = ABCD, ABCD = X (sometimes can equate to XY)
02+20+1985 = 2007, 2+0+0+7 = 9

From here, I did more research, and gathered some more information from Angelorum in regards to the Zodiac and Archangel relations to my card, The Hermit.

I did a whole page in my Zombie Tarot sketchbook journal focusing on aspects related to The Hermit.

Zodiac: Virgo (Earth)
Archangels:  Raphael, Uriel
Planet: Mercury (Raphael)
Colours: Emerald Green (Raphael), Yellow (Uriel)

From this, I've learned a bit more about myself. Zodiac wise, I don't know my entire chart, only that one of my signs in Pisces (Water), but seeing as how my card is an Earth sign, it finally makes sense as to why I've been told how grounded I am. It had always confused me as the sign I knew I fall under is Water, which isn't a grounded sign/element.

I've also learned that this is also why I tend to enjoy sitting to the sidelines and observing things, since The Hermit can be observant when it comes to his surroundings. I can also see how The Hermit can also relate to my Power Animal, Coyote.

Over past years, I've come to fully embrace my inner Coyote, and I'm sure Coyote will help me learn to embrace my Hermit traits.

Music and Tarot - The Fool

(Fenestra Tarot (c) Chatriya, Photo (c) Coyote Tarot)

Those that know me rather well know that I'm a rather musical person. It's no surprise that I'm aiming to create a playlist with songs that I feel best represent the Tarot. I'm still unsure if I want to do the Major Arcana only, or attempt all 78 cards and break it down between Major Arcana, Wands, Cups, Swords, and Pentacles, thus creating a compilation.

For now, The Fool will be my starting point as he is in Tarot journeying.

When I first  heard this song on the radio, The Fool along with his imagery and what the card can generally represent just vividly popped into my mind. I had a flash where I could see him making his way down dry, dusty dirt roads all while keeping a positive outlook. Although the only difference was that it wasn't in the real world that I had this vision, it was like I was sucked into the card itself.

Road Less Traveled - Lauren Alaina

If you trust your rebel heart, ride it into battle
Don't be afraid, take the road less traveled
Wear out your boots and kick up the gravel
Don't be afraid, take the road less traveled on
Oh, ooh-whoa, oh, ooh-whoa
Take the road less traveled on
Oh, ooh-whoa, oh, ooh-whoa
Take the road less traveled on

Tarot Class

This afternoon was part two of my Tarot Class down in Taos, New Mexico. Due to it being a holiday weekend, the class consisted of myself, the instructor, and one other student.

The focus of this class was primarily the Minor Arcana, and how the numbered cards related back to the Major Arcana cards starting from The Magician through the Wheel of Fortune.

(Photo (c) Coyote Tarot, taken in class this afternoon)

I used my secondary deck, Fenestra Tarot, for this class. Tamera, the instructor, helped me lay out the ten Major Arcana cards, then showed me how to lay out the numbered cards in relation to their Major Arcana archetype. She used her Thoth inspired deck for her layout and we discussed colours and symbols that carry through from the Majors down into the Minors.

The four seasons/elements/directions were also covered in this class, though we didn't go too in depth with colour, she did skim over it and said how colour can be used to tie in the Minors with the Majors along with other hidden clues.

The other student got there a little late, so she and I had already had our decks laid out by the time he arrived to the class. Since she and I had taken up the vast majority of floor space between our two decks, he sat to the sidelines and studied the archetypes off of my deck with me.

This was a very informative class, and packets were handed out with even MORE information, plus a yearly spread that Tamera designed herself and went over how she reads it.

There is a chance that she will repeat this class in the autumn, when her own studies have ended, before doing a few other Tarot based classes.

Perhaps if she decides to redo this class, I will take my Zombie Tarot deck (as I'm hoping to make a pouch for it sometime soon to make it easier to carry) and see how those look with this layout.

(Fenestra Tarot (c) Chatriya Hemharnvibul, more information on the deck can be found at Aeclectic Tarot)