Merry meet!
Thank you once again to all those who joined in last week’s Weekly Witchy Challenge - The Art of Substitutions
After switching things around last week with some spell substitutions, it’s time to reach for a favorite magickal tool. This week, it’s all hands on deck!
Card Magick
Tarot, Oracle, Lenormand, and more –
How do you use cards in your Craft?
Delightful decks and colorful cards - when it comes to this popular magickal tool and divination device, there’s something for everyone!
From tarot to oracle, Lenormand to playing cards and more, this challenge calls on you to explore the magick of cards. They can be used in divination, daily readings, as part of spellwork or meditation, as a means of self-improvement, and so much more.
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This week’s challenge is all about using cards in magick - how you choose to take on this theme is up to you.
So are you ready? Because it’s…
CHALLENGE TIME!
Picture by @MeganB, shared in Cleansing Cards: Two Simple Methods
STEP 1 : The Magick of Cards
This challenge is all about card magick - but as always, feel free to explore the theme in a way that aligns with you and your unique practice.
Still not sure where to begin? To help you get started, here are a few ways in which a witch might approach this challenge.
Please make sure you are logged into your Spells8 Account so you can view all of the resources shared!
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Learning about card magick
New to the idea of magickal cards? A great place to get started is at the beginning! Consider exploring a magickal type of card this week. For your entry, share what you learned with your coven.
Related discussions and resources:
- Can you do that? 🎴 Tarot Misconceptions
- 🎴 Tarot Poems by The Gifted and Talented Amethyst
- 🎴 Weekly Witchy CHALLENGE - A Touch of Tarot
- Making a tarot journal - Yearly / Monthly spreads?
- Birth Cards in Tarot
- Oracle Cards Info?
- For Love of Oracle
- It's in the Cards :tarot_card: Tarot and Oracle
- Lenomand system advice?
- The tarot tag
- The oracle tag
- The divination tag
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Deck Divination
The practice of using cards to divine is also called “Cartomancy”. It is a popular magickal practice that can be done with various types of cards: such as tarot, oracle, or Lenormand.
In addition to helping you see the future, past, or present, cards can also be used to offer guidance, connect with your patron deity, and much more. Consider exploring spreads and helpful ways to use your cards in readings this week!
Who’s There? Card Spread to Identify a God or Goddess
Will I Get the Job? Card Spreads for Career Readings
No deck? No worries! You don’t need a fancy deck to do card readings - it’s possible to read with a simple deck of playing cards! There are also free tarot decks available to print out and use.
Related discussions and resources:
- ♠ Fortune Telling with Regular Cards
- Major Arcana Tarot card association with Regular playing cards
- Tarot: A Quick and Easy Guide to Self-Readings 🎴
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Cards in Spellwork
In addition to being used for readings, each card has the potential to be used in spellwork. Using their magickal correspondences or personal associations, experiment with card magick this week!
Spell to Alter the Result of a Tarot Reading
Divine Justice: Tarot Spell to Help a Victim
Related discussions and resources:
- Cleansing Tarot Cards 🎴 Two Simple Methods
- A Simple Tarot/Oracle Cleanse
- Cleansing and clearing my tarot deck
The suggestions above are just a few ideas to help kickstart your creativity- if you feel called to explore magickal cards in another way, you are welcome to do so!
As always, all witches are encouraged to embrace their own unique practice with how they explore the challenge theme
STEP 2 : Share Your Experience
Click here for a note about challenge inclusivity
Everyone is welcome to join the challenge by practicing magick in line with the current theme. For lurkers and those who don’t feel comfortable sharing, it is absolutely okay to follow along with the challenge but keep your entry personal. Feel free to join in spirit and do what feels most comfortable for you!
That being said, please know that if you would like to receive a prize and a public shout-out, it is required that you share your experience.
Getting Your Credit
In order for your entry to be counted, all you have to do is write/share about your experience and label it as your challenge entry. There is a lot of chatting here (which is awesome- chatting and discussion are very welcome!) so please clearly write that it is your entry so I know to count it!
Where Should I Share My Entry?
Click here to learn where to share your challenge entry
You are welcome to post it right here- just click “reply” to this post and write your experience in the text box that pops up!
Alternatively, you could create a new post in the forum (this is good for when you have a lot to share and/or would like to discuss aspects of your entry not related to the current theme)
Note : If you do choose to create a new thread, please add the “challenge-entry” tag and/or add a hyperlink back to this post so that it can be easily found- thank you!
Deadline
This challenge will close in 6 DAYS
To join in, please share your experience by:
Tuesday, August 20 at 7:00 AM EDT (Eastern US Time)
2024-08-20T11:00:00Z
(Note that the time zone is ET- if you don’t see your time displayed above, you can use this time zone calculator to check for your time zone!)
Prizes
For their efforts, all participants will receive a special shout-out and a small prize!
Acknowledgments will be given in a Props and Presents Post that will appear in the forums on Tuesday.
After the challenge closes, you are still very welcome to post but please be aware that no additional prizes will be given. This discussion will remain open for about a week after the challenge finishes.
Picture by @Artemisia, shared in Making a Tarot Journal
A warm reminder that the challenges are designed to be very open- everyone is encouraged to participate in a way that honors and reflects their unique practice
If you have any doubts about if something is acceptable to post or say, please double-check with the Forum FAQ and/or reach out to your friendly Moderator Team.
And for those new to challenges- welcome! Know that the goal of these activities is to help you further diversify and strengthen your abilities and to bring together the Spells8 forum family to inspire and support one another in creative ways
Picture by @MeganB, shared in How to Find Your Birth Cards
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Like a roll of the dice or a turn of wheel –
Say a prayer to your cards, then shuffle and deal
Each has a message of importance to say
Your deck is your ally, to help on your way!
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Blessed Be!