OK now that I have watched the full video, i needed to come back and say how much i loved it! I am going to have to seek out the NPR article because it sounds like it validates how I have been using Tarot... as did your reading. PS: I love readings that include so many Arcana cards-- so powerful. They cut through the noise and vagaries to say, "pay attention-- this is important!" Well done-- one of my fav videos in a while!
This is the article if you are interested 🥰 www.npr.org/2022/02/01/1077397838/how-to-get-into-reading-tarot-cards-with-michelle-tea Glad you enjoyed! This was one I really enjoyed making
I think a good book content wise to go with the empress card would be Sourdough. It's not about a mom, but the main character is definitely burning out at the beginning of the book and not really caring for herself very well, and it's a real fun read. I love that you used tarot cards to pick your TBR, that's such an awesome and fun idea!
Tbh weirdly appreciated the disclaimer! Had no idea other people were low-key afraid of these kinds of things, I thought it was just me being an anxious mess lol 😂
What a fun idea! I dabble (not so seriously) in Tarot-- not so spiritual but more as a tool for self-analysis when I need to cut through conflicts between head and heart. I use the Golden Tarot deck-- love the artwork.
I love Piranesi so much. It instantly became one of my all-time favorite books last year. I think you hit on a lot of the things that resonate with me--the fable-like quality, the incredible depth within a fairly simple, "readable" narrative, the authorial voice, the questions raised, etc. I need to re-read it and see what I will get out of it a second (third, etc.) time. I suspect it will be a slightly different book on each reading, if you know what I mean!
This was so much fun! At the beginning of this year I made a stack of 12 old TBR books I wanted to pick up this year, and I organized them into four groups based on the tarot suits. At the beginning of each new month I have been picking a card to help me choose from a specific suit, and it’s been super fun. I totally agree with your take on using the tarot for self-reflection. I think of the tarot as referencing certain archetypes and using it as a creative process to get my brain working through things that maybe I am tired of thinking about completely logically 😂
Glad you enjoyed PIRANESI.The audiobook is also very enjoyable - and atmospheric - read by Chiwetel Ejiofor and winner of the 2021 Audie Awards Audiobook of the Year.
I do something similar with my tarot and reading! I have a google sheet with 3-4 reading prompts per card and when I can't decide what to read, I'll pull a card or two. I also see tarot as self reflective or as something that can tell you the next step in a path.
I like tarot to work through my thoughts and think of it as making the subconscious conscious but rarely read my own these days (though this video did make me dig out my deck for a quick three card spread!). I would recommend the Taschen Tarot book if you don't already have it - it is light on the how & why, but has some interesting essays and features a huge array of decks to compare and contrast so good if you're into art (also a beautiful book on the bookshelf!). I will definitely be giving American Heretics a go. I found it interesting that you didn't study Native American history much as it forms a key part of the US history module I taught for GCSE here in the UK and we were often told by students that it was the part of the course they found most interesting.
This has inspired me to try Tarot! I love any vessels that help me delve deeper into myself. I like what you said about being more of a philosophical Christian because I definitely feel the same way. I was raised in a Catholic family and went to church every Sunday, but as I’ve gotten older I have loved learning about other forms of spirituality even more. I really love your Vlogs (and kitties). I have not read any of the books that you chose, but I put them on my list. :-)
Cool concept! I've done similar things with tarot, all in good fun. For me I dont do reversals, I allow the placement in the spread to give the subtle meaning. Like death in the past position will mean something really different from death in the future, for example. Reverses never really gave me the same spark.
I'm glad you read Death and the Dancing Footman for me. 😉 I had it on my TBR, specifically because it sounded like Cards on the Table (my favorite Christie). Now, I'm going to skip it. Time saved-😊 Your cats 🐈 are adorable.
I love that you used tarot to pick your TBR, I have seen others use tarot and I'm sure there are others who use oracle cards, I need to look into that. I enjoyed Piranesi, finished it yesterday and wasn't expecting that ending, but all the same that book was unique and I loved it! Love the ideas of how you're picking TBRs, it's fun. 😊❤️❤️❤️
This video has to be one of my favorites. I like the music that was part of the b roll, sounded kinda sneaky. Great concept and also really got me thinking about my tarot journey and making me self reflective
I don't know much about Tarot, but I do find it very interesting (and the artwork alone is wonderful). I have a similar religious background having been raised in the church, and having to reckon with that as I grew into adulthood, so that was something I very much related to. I really enjoy all your vlogs though, whatever the theme, and I was cheered just by seeing that this one had posted. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and reading experience! I added both Empress books to my tbr, and I'm more excited by Piranesi, which was already on there.
I'm a runecaster and in the Before Times I enjoyed a local tarot club that met monthly. It was interesting how the two practices informed and play off of each other. I feel the same way about tarot as what you describe, that it's a tool for introspection. For reading for others, I take the same kind of approach, just focused outward. Extraspection?
This is such a fun idea! My partner picks a tarot card every time he starts a new book, he uses it as a bookmark and also looks to that specific to card to see what he will get out the reading experience. This would be such a fun version to try! Always love your reading vlogs!
I love your commentary on spirituality. My experiences mirror yours in that I grew up evangelical, left, tried everything from being an atheist to Buddhism. I have settled in this culturally Christian spirituality that doesn't have a real impact on my everyday life at all. I have only been interested in tarot in thr since that I like all things pretty and paper. Your practical approach to it makes me want to investigate a little deeper into it.
Love this Tarot idea! I also love that you're following Mormon Stories Podcast! As a lifelong member of the Mormon church who has taken a step back from it, I have also been following it! I love how well you summarize the books you review and am always excited to see your new videos:)
LOVING this!! I just got into tarot over this past winter so this was so clever!! I mean honestly tarot and/or your cats really should be what determines what you read ;)
Oh, yay! I have about 70 tarot decks. (I've been reading for over a decade and love "playing" with my cards.) Maybe I'll try this for one of my TBRs... And, yeah, PIRANESI is perfect for the Hermit. I remember starting that book and thinking, "This is nonsense," but by the end I was so glad I stuck it out. I think, to your point, that book is an interesting look at how we ascribe meaning to things, especially if and when we have so little and are isolated.
This was such a fun idea! If you haven’t picked it up I highly recommend “Mask of Mirrors” by M.A. Carrick. It also has a version of card reading that ties into the magic system
Couple of things 1. Love your videos! I've been watching the older videos and now have a TBR I'm excited about. 2. Cats and Tarot will always get a thumbs up from me. 3. I highly recommend "Song of the Hummingbird" by Graciela Limón. Its set after the Spanish conquest of Mexico. A Priest is trying to offer an Aztec woman absolution but instead she forces him to see the conquest through the eyes of the conquered. A short but a good read.
You’re a descendent of Anne Hutchinson? So so cool!!! Loved this video, going to dust off my tarot deck now :) an interesting literary adjacent non fiction with fascinating Native American history is Prairie Fires, a biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Watching 💕 Piranesi has so many layers. Did you look up the art to build a picture in your head? It was my irl book club pick and it was a great discussion.
What a brilliant idea for a video! ♠️♦️♣️♥️ Perhaps it could be an ongoing thing? I thoroughly enjoyed it! 👏🏻 Also… adding some of those recommendations to my TBR. Thanks, Mara!!!! 😘
Jess Owens will be so happy you read Sweethand. It is so sweet- all the dynamics hit. I’m glad to hear Empress of Salt and Fortune was good because I really enjoyed the chosen and the beautiful by Vo. You always have such interesting nonfiction picks!
I really enjoyed your mid-book wrap up of American Heretics. Please tell me you are going to review the latter half of the book in your month end wrap up!!! :) This video was very interesting, I am not very familiar with tarot, so I thought this was informative and entertaining. I hope you try this kind of TBR again with a new tarot reading. Thank you for your excellent content, once again. I love your channel and how you talk about books.
I'm not a very spiritual person and I only know tarot cards in a very generic, popculture-reference type of way but I thought this a very fun and innovative vlog idea, would love to see more of these.
I don’t really read romance but I have been reading more this year. With the last two years we’ve had, I am really appreciating the romance genre for heartwarming stories. I’ll be picking up Sweethand at some point. Kitties are beautiful and great vlog as usual. Thank you
Several of these books are also on my TBR! And now I’ve added another, because I hadn’t heard of _The Empress of Salt and Fortune_. I’m kind of in a similar place re: spirituality; I think a lot of us church-raised elder millennials are. Thanks for sharing-I hope you find a path that gives you connection and peace.
‘Boudoir’ in quotes is definitely not a thing in my edition of Death and the Dancing Footman! 😂 It’s also one of my favourite GAD mysteries. It got a high 4 stars after my first read and has been a shiny 5 stars with every re-read! But I’m also a sucker for Rory and Troy and Marsh’s writing! But on the other hand Cards on the Table only got a 2 from me because I thought it was so utterly boring and I hated the structure! 🙈
Such a fun idea. I have never been a big Tarot fan but have been intrigued by some oracle cards of late. I liked that you described the card meanings and how that related to the books!
I'm about 5 years older than you and went through a very similar journey with religion and spirituality. I felt a bit lost for a long time. Then I read a book called 'Journey of Souls' by Michael Newton and things kind of clicked for me...it changed my spirituality, but also made it so much stronger. I can't guarantee that everyonewho reads the book will have the same experience, but I thought I would mention it here , because what he proposed just resonated and made so much sense to me, and maybe it does the same for someone else. 💕
I'm glad you had fun with Sweethand. I adore Jello! The second book in the series comes out in June and I'm very much looking forward to reading it on the beach.
Mara what were the cards and the book you used, I'm really confused about the sources !! Such an awesome concept for picking TBR...i wanna try and also read that tarot book...please help! Awesome vlog video 💙👍💙🤗💙 Edit : oops! No worries, I found em, pretty straightforward...lolzz 💙🙏🏻💙
I actually yelled "NO!" when you picked Empress of Salt & Fortune (even though I enjoyed it, too) but I'm so glad you decided to pick up Empire of Sand anyway!! uuuuugh that quote kills me every time.
Here's some books that may have fit thematically witty the reverse empress: Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng Little Darlings by Melanie Golding Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie We Are Okay by Nina LaCour All have themes of what happens when women don't take proper time to care for themselves
Maybe an exhausted mother story line would have worked for the empress. Nightbitch, the need, comfort me with apples all come to mind. Less so the latter, tho. I've been doing more tarot in the new year and love love love this idea for a video!!
Funnily your Sag Asc kinda puts you Mara, as a person, in a similar position to a hierophant as an authority figure/opinion leader BTW the RWS is from 1909 and your copy, the Centennial edition, the go to for all of us who don't really like the coloring of previos more widely available, has been in print for the past 10 years already, solid choice TBH
I've had my Tarot Cards read half a dozen times and the Death Card came up each time. It freaked - out the amateur "Gypsy" but it meant a change of career, city & husband ! Don't fear the card. :). Not that you asked, but it's pronounced "Nigh - Oh" Marsh. Cheers.
I love this! Tarot is something I’ve always been interested in, but I’ve never done it and I’ve never taken it super seriously (no offense to anybody who does) I read one Ngaio Marsh and it was… fine. I think she has good prose, but I definitely prefer Sayers and Christie.
I just wanted to mention that with Hastings on the bed (supervising his human-because, of course 🤣 ) and you wondering which of 3 📚 to choose you missed out on the perfect mash-up of Tarot/😺 chooses TBR. 😆 Maybe for a future video? 🤔
Omg Mara, YOU MADE MY DAY WITH THIS VIDEO. I’ve been so into tarot lately! I’ve been binging so many tarot tube videos and I’m planning a couple of videos merging the two communities, and I felt so validated after your video 🙈 Also, if you haven’t read it or seen it, I 100% recommend “Tarot for Change: Using the Cards for Self-Care, Acceptance and Growth”, by Jessica Dore. It’s a new release (from 2021) and it’s EXCELLENT, based on what you said your approach is, I think you’ll love it. It had me from line one.💜
@@bookslikewhoa it's soo good!!! It'll be on my favorites of the year for sure. It has a lot to say about psychology, which is also super interesting to me :)
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OK now that I have watched the full video, i needed to come back and say how much i loved it! I am going to have to seek out the NPR article because it sounds like it validates how I have been using Tarot... as did your reading. PS: I love readings that include so many Arcana cards-- so powerful. They cut through the noise and vagaries to say, "pay attention-- this is important!" Well done-- one of my fav videos in a while!
This is the article if you are interested 🥰 www.npr.org/2022/02/01/1077397838/how-to-get-into-reading-tarot-cards-with-michelle-tea
Glad you enjoyed! This was one I really enjoyed making
I think a good book content wise to go with the empress card would be Sourdough. It's not about a mom, but the main character is definitely burning out at the beginning of the book and not really caring for herself very well, and it's a real fun read. I love that you used tarot cards to pick your TBR, that's such an awesome and fun idea!
As someone who is a Wiccan and witch and uses Tarot regularly, I love this video! Such a fun idea!
Tbh weirdly appreciated the disclaimer! Had no idea other people were low-key afraid of these kinds of things, I thought it was just me being an anxious mess lol 😂
What a fun idea! I dabble (not so seriously) in Tarot-- not so spiritual but more as a tool for self-analysis when I need to cut through conflicts between head and heart. I use the Golden Tarot deck-- love the artwork.
Ooo, I'll have to take a look at it!!
YES!! I'm so happy you loved Empire of Sand!
I love Piranesi so much. It instantly became one of my all-time favorite books last year. I think you hit on a lot of the things that resonate with me--the fable-like quality, the incredible depth within a fairly simple, "readable" narrative, the authorial voice, the questions raised, etc. I need to re-read it and see what I will get out of it a second (third, etc.) time. I suspect it will be a slightly different book on each reading, if you know what I mean!
It's one that I think would lend itself really well to rereading, for sure
This was so much fun! At the beginning of this year I made a stack of 12 old TBR books I wanted to pick up this year, and I organized them into four groups based on the tarot suits. At the beginning of each new month I have been picking a card to help me choose from a specific suit, and it’s been super fun. I totally agree with your take on using the tarot for self-reflection. I think of the tarot as referencing certain archetypes and using it as a creative process to get my brain working through things that maybe I am tired of thinking about completely logically 😂
Glad you enjoyed PIRANESI.The audiobook is also very enjoyable - and atmospheric - read by Chiwetel Ejiofor and winner of the 2021 Audie Awards Audiobook of the Year.
Ooo, yes, I could see this being a great pick for audio!
I do oracle cards, but the use of tarot made a very interesting and enlightening video.
YAY so happy you loved Empire of Sand!!
I do something similar with my tarot and reading! I have a google sheet with 3-4 reading prompts per card and when I can't decide what to read, I'll pull a card or two.
I also see tarot as self reflective or as something that can tell you the next step in a path.
I like tarot to work through my thoughts and think of it as making the subconscious conscious but rarely read my own these days (though this video did make me dig out my deck for a quick three card spread!). I would recommend the Taschen Tarot book if you don't already have it - it is light on the how & why, but has some interesting essays and features a huge array of decks to compare and contrast so good if you're into art (also a beautiful book on the bookshelf!).
I will definitely be giving American Heretics a go. I found it interesting that you didn't study Native American history much as it forms a key part of the US history module I taught for GCSE here in the UK and we were often told by students that it was the part of the course they found most interesting.
Ooo, I'll def have to keep an eye out for that one!
I’ve been wanting to do this for sometime and keep putting it off. Such a fun way to pick your TBR.
This has inspired me to try Tarot! I love any vessels that help me delve deeper into myself. I like what you said about being more of a philosophical Christian because I definitely feel the same way. I was raised in a Catholic family and went to church every Sunday, but as I’ve gotten older I have loved learning about other forms of spirituality even more. I really love your Vlogs (and kitties). I have not read any of the books that you chose, but I put them on my list. :-)
Cool concept! I've done similar things with tarot, all in good fun. For me I dont do reversals, I allow the placement in the spread to give the subtle meaning. Like death in the past position will mean something really different from death in the future, for example. Reverses never really gave me the same spark.
I'm glad you read Death and the Dancing Footman for me. 😉 I had it on my TBR, specifically because it sounded like Cards on the Table (my favorite Christie). Now, I'm going to skip it. Time saved-😊 Your cats 🐈 are adorable.
I love that you used tarot to pick your TBR, I have seen others use tarot and I'm sure there are others who use oracle cards, I need to look into that.
I enjoyed Piranesi, finished it yesterday and wasn't expecting that ending, but all the same that book was unique and I loved it!
Love the ideas of how you're picking TBRs, it's fun. 😊❤️❤️❤️
This video has to be one of my favorites. I like the music that was part of the b roll, sounded kinda sneaky. Great concept and also really got me thinking about my tarot journey and making me self reflective
Aw, so glad you enjoyed!
I don't know much about Tarot, but I do find it very interesting (and the artwork alone is wonderful). I have a similar religious background having been raised in the church, and having to reckon with that as I grew into adulthood, so that was something I very much related to. I really enjoy all your vlogs though, whatever the theme, and I was cheered just by seeing that this one had posted. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and reading experience! I added both Empress books to my tbr, and I'm more excited by Piranesi, which was already on there.
I'm a runecaster and in the Before Times I enjoyed a local tarot club that met monthly. It was interesting how the two practices informed and play off of each other. I feel the same way about tarot as what you describe, that it's a tool for introspection. For reading for others, I take the same kind of approach, just focused outward. Extraspection?
This is such a fun idea! My partner picks a tarot card every time he starts a new book, he uses it as a bookmark and also looks to that specific to card to see what he will get out the reading experience. This would be such a fun version to try! Always love your reading vlogs!
I love your commentary on spirituality. My experiences mirror yours in that I grew up evangelical, left, tried everything from being an atheist to Buddhism. I have settled in this culturally Christian spirituality that doesn't have a real impact on my everyday life at all. I have only been interested in tarot in thr since that I like all things pretty and paper. Your practical approach to it makes me want to investigate a little deeper into it.
I'm glad you saw something of your own experience reflected back - I think there are a lot of us in the same boat out there 💚
Love this Tarot idea! I also love that you're following Mormon Stories Podcast! As a lifelong member of the Mormon church who has taken a step back from it, I have also been following it! I love how well you summarize the books you review and am always excited to see your new videos:)
LOVING this!! I just got into tarot over this past winter so this was so clever!! I mean honestly tarot and/or your cats really should be what determines what you read ;)
It seemed to do a pretty solid job!
Oh, yay! I have about 70 tarot decks. (I've been reading for over a decade and love "playing" with my cards.) Maybe I'll try this for one of my TBRs... And, yeah, PIRANESI is perfect for the Hermit. I remember starting that book and thinking, "This is nonsense," but by the end I was so glad I stuck it out. I think, to your point, that book is an interesting look at how we ascribe meaning to things, especially if and when we have so little and are isolated.
What a collection! that's amazing
I’m so silly for not watching this earlier but I’m so excited!
This was such a fun idea! If you haven’t picked it up I highly recommend “Mask of Mirrors” by M.A. Carrick. It also has a version of card reading that ties into the magic system
I’m really enjoying these recent reading vlogs.
I'm so glad!
I love the tea diffuser mug. Where did you get it? Asking for myself 😂
Couple of things 1. Love your videos! I've been watching the older videos and now have a TBR I'm excited about. 2. Cats and Tarot will always get a thumbs up from me. 3. I highly recommend "Song of the Hummingbird" by Graciela Limón. Its set after the Spanish conquest of Mexico. A Priest is trying to offer an Aztec woman absolution but instead she forces him to see the conquest through the eyes of the conquered. A short but a good read.
You’re a descendent of Anne Hutchinson? So so cool!!! Loved this video, going to dust off my tarot deck now :) an interesting literary adjacent non fiction with fascinating Native American history is Prairie Fires, a biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Fun idea! Loved it!!
Watching 💕 Piranesi has so many layers. Did you look up the art to build a picture in your head? It was my irl book club pick and it was a great discussion.
Such a post 2020 thing! “I has to actually go into the office, gasp horror” lol.
Right? :D
I enjoy using Tarot in much the same way, as well as for fun stuff.
Piranesi was one of my favorite reads last year, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
It's so good!
The quote from Empire of Sand killed me! Loved it!
What a brilliant idea for a video! ♠️♦️♣️♥️ Perhaps it could be an ongoing thing? I thoroughly enjoyed it! 👏🏻 Also… adding some of those recommendations to my TBR. Thanks, Mara!!!! 😘
Possibly! I definitely enjoyed making this one :)
Jess Owens will be so happy you read Sweethand. It is so sweet- all the dynamics hit. I’m glad to hear Empress of Salt and Fortune was good because I really enjoyed the chosen and the beautiful by Vo. You always have such interesting nonfiction picks!
I liked it even better than The Chosen & the Beautiful!
I really enjoyed your mid-book wrap up of American Heretics. Please tell me you are going to review the latter half of the book in your month end wrap up!!! :)
This video was very interesting, I am not very familiar with tarot, so I thought this was informative and entertaining. I hope you try this kind of TBR again with a new tarot reading.
Thank you for your excellent content, once again. I love your channel and how you talk about books.
I loved Piranesi! One of my favourites from last year :D
It's so good!
I'm not a very spiritual person and I only know tarot cards in a very generic, popculture-reference type of way but I thought this a very fun and innovative vlog idea, would love to see more of these.
I don’t really read romance but I have been reading more this year. With the last two years we’ve had, I am really appreciating the romance genre for heartwarming stories. I’ll be picking up Sweethand at some point. Kitties are beautiful and great vlog as usual. Thank you
Several of these books are also on my TBR! And now I’ve added another, because I hadn’t heard of _The Empress of Salt and Fortune_.
I’m kind of in a similar place re: spirituality; I think a lot of us church-raised elder millennials are. Thanks for sharing-I hope you find a path that gives you connection and peace.
"Church raise elder millennial" is a great descriptor :D... wishing you peace as well!
Love this idea! So fun!
‘Boudoir’ in quotes is definitely not a thing in my edition of Death and the Dancing Footman! 😂 It’s also one of my favourite GAD mysteries. It got a high 4 stars after my first read and has been a shiny 5 stars with every re-read! But I’m also a sucker for Rory and Troy and Marsh’s writing! But on the other hand Cards on the Table only got a 2 from me because I thought it was so utterly boring and I hated the structure! 🙈
Yessss! I've been waiting for someone to do this!!
Such a fun idea. I have never been a big Tarot fan but have been intrigued by some oracle cards of late. I liked that you described the card meanings and how that related to the books!
Glad you enjoyed!
Major Arcana of the Rider Waite Tarot deck…..!
I'm about 5 years older than you and went through a very similar journey with religion and spirituality. I felt a bit lost for a long time. Then I read a book called 'Journey of Souls' by Michael Newton and things kind of clicked for me...it changed my spirituality, but also made it so much stronger. I can't guarantee that everyonewho reads the book will have the same experience, but I thought I would mention it here , because what he proposed just resonated and made so much sense to me, and maybe it does the same for someone else. 💕
I'm glad you had fun with Sweethand. I adore Jello! The second book in the series comes out in June and I'm very much looking forward to reading it on the beach.
OMG right??? He was so cute
I'm already excited, let me get my popcorn Lol
lol strap in!!
I love ur pick tbr videos
I'm glad you enjoy them!!
Mara what were the cards and the book you used, I'm really confused about the sources !! Such an awesome concept for picking TBR...i wanna try and also read that tarot book...please help! Awesome vlog video 💙👍💙🤗💙
Edit : oops! No worries, I found em, pretty straightforward...lolzz 💙🙏🏻💙
O found your vídeo fascinating ❤️ loved the idea of picking books like that ☺️
Glad you enjoyed!
This is such a fun idea!!
I actually yelled "NO!" when you picked Empress of Salt & Fortune (even though I enjoyed it, too) but I'm so glad you decided to pick up Empire of Sand anyway!! uuuuugh that quote kills me every time.
I picked it up purely on the strength of your fan girling AND YOU DID NOT MISS! Ugh, AMUN! 🥺
@@bookslikewhoa AMUNNNNNNN!!!!!
Fantastic.
Here's some books that may have fit thematically witty the reverse empress:
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Little Darlings by Melanie Golding
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
We Are Okay by Nina LaCour
All have themes of what happens when women don't take proper time to care for themselves
Maybe an exhausted mother story line would have worked for the empress. Nightbitch, the need, comfort me with apples all come to mind. Less so the latter, tho.
I've been doing more tarot in the new year and love love love this idea for a video!!
omg i loved it
Funnily your Sag Asc kinda puts you Mara, as a person, in a similar position to a hierophant as an authority figure/opinion leader
BTW the RWS is from 1909 and your copy, the Centennial edition, the go to for all of us who don't really like the coloring of previos more widely available, has been in print for the past 10 years already, solid choice TBH
Oh, I didn't think of that, but good insight!
I've had my Tarot Cards read half a dozen times and the Death Card came up each time. It freaked - out the amateur "Gypsy" but it meant a change of career, city & husband ! Don't fear the card. :). Not that you asked, but it's pronounced "Nigh - Oh" Marsh. Cheers.
I love this! Tarot is something I’ve always been interested in, but I’ve never done it and I’ve never taken it super seriously (no offense to anybody who does) I read one Ngaio Marsh and it was… fine. I think she has good prose, but I definitely prefer Sayers and Christie.
Yeah, Marsh seems to be pretty hit or miss for me, alas :/
I just wanted to mention that with Hastings on the bed (supervising his human-because, of course 🤣 ) and you wondering which of 3 📚 to choose you missed out on the perfect mash-up of Tarot/😺 chooses TBR. 😆 Maybe for a future video? 🤔
❤️❤️❤️
P.s. what tarot book do you use?
Not going to lie, I was kind of disappointed when I found out that Piranesi was not based on the life of Giovanni Battista Piranesi ahah
LOL you can write that version as fan fic ;)
Omg Mara, YOU MADE MY DAY WITH THIS VIDEO. I’ve been so into tarot lately! I’ve been binging so many tarot tube videos and I’m planning a couple of videos merging the two communities, and I felt so validated after your video 🙈 Also, if you haven’t read it or seen it, I 100% recommend “Tarot for Change: Using the Cards for Self-Care, Acceptance and Growth”, by Jessica Dore. It’s a new release (from 2021) and it’s EXCELLENT, based on what you said your approach is, I think you’ll love it. It had me from line one.💜
Ooo, I'll have to check that out!!
@@bookslikewhoa it's soo good!!! It'll be on my favorites of the year for sure. It has a lot to say about psychology, which is also super interesting to me :)
Quote of the Day: “Why must we work?”
I love this idea. Most of the witchy stuff I'm into I use for guided meditation basically.