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Class Tarot01
Session III : Sacred Space and Minor Arcana Cups
Any surface will suffice when performing a Tarot reading for you or for another. The surface should be flat and free of any debris, liquids or items that are negatively charged or have harsh energies about them. An area that is free of animal and human traffic and has low to no breezes or winds is ideal. Using a cloth or sacred material to place your Tarot cards upon during a reading is preferred as this method honors the cards, the client and the space. There are no hard rules, any surface will work just fine.
Your cards are sacred tools that you use when working with yourself and with other's higher selves. Your deck is a spiritually active item that moves and works with energy and light.
For this reason it is best to keep your deck in a special container, like a wooden box, or you may wrap your deck in a special cloth such as silk or pure wool. Anything that respects the nature of the work will serve your deck. Wooden containers, silk bags, woolen sleeves, glass pyramids, cotton wraps, and even in their original paper box are all acceptable storage devices.
Some people leave their decks open on their altars or in their sacred spaces. You should not allow strangers to randomly handle or play with your cards outside of a reading, as this will stain the energy field of the deck. If this happens, take your cards and shuffle them very well. Place them in a window where moonlight can bathe them overnight and then the sun can warm them for one day.
The most important point about containers is that you set the intention that this storage unit is a sacred space to house and protect your cards. To set this intention, simply hold your container or stand in the space to use and say aloud "I set the intention for this container to be the protector and sacred space for my Tarot deck." Allow your mind to see a light surrounding your container and/or space as you say this. Take a moment to feel the warmth and protection flow through you and into the space.
| Lesson Two - Minor Arcana of Cups
 Rider Waite Name: Cups
Elemental Representation: Water
Associated Color: Blue
Directional Representation: West
Archangel Representation: Gabriel
General Energy/Base Focus: Depth of emotion and feeling.
Meet Each Card in the Cups Suite
You may choose from any one of the following to learn about each card of the Minor Arcana suite of Cups.
- HTML Guided walk through (Click here).
- Choose from one of the following images to learn about each card:
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Session Three Homework and Exercise
- Homework: Spend some time with each one of the Cups Cards and take in the imagery and the card's meaning. Notice how each card effects your emotions, thoughts and ideas. You might want to journal about what you find as you sit with each card and it's meaning.
- Exercise: Once you have reviewed the Cups and spent some time with each card in the suite, Click here to open the Interactive Cups Flash Card presentation. You will be shown a single card, from the suite of Cups. The card will either be right-side-up or it will be reversed. There will be two questions for you to answer. When you are ready, click the next (
 ) arrow to see the correct answers and to continue to another card.
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Session One: History, Structure and Pentacles
Session Two: Various Decks and Swords
Session Three: Caring for your Cards and Cups
Session Four: Sacred Space and Suite of Wands
Session Five: The 22 Major Arcana
Session Six: The Three Card Tarot Spread
Author
Steve Johnston, MA, PsyD-dba
SteveJohnston.Org
Raider Waite Images
Decks by US Games, Inc.
Artwork by Pamela Colman Smith
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