tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30754098.post115507052710655948..comments2007-04-19T15:47:41.753-04:00Ginnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03759784851970527096noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30754098.post-18115968246618646922007-04-19T15:47:00.000-04:002007-04-19T15:47:00.000-04:00Even some of the most experienced readers I know don't even try to predict time with tarot. It's a personal preference. Some readers are very good with it while others not so much. It's also not something a beginning can expect to do well. That's because it take a while to become intimately familiar with your cards and begin to hear and sense the little whispers and meanings and often that's what it takes to really get a sense of timing from them. So relax and go ahead and practice, but don't worry if it's not working. As you become more intimate with your cards, they will speak more clearly to you.Ginnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03759784851970527096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30754098.post-29316946413111931752007-04-19T15:00:00.000-04:002007-04-19T15:00:00.000-04:00Hi Ginny!<BR/><BR/>I just wanted to say that your website, and specifically this post, have been very very useful to me. I started with the tarot a month ago, so I am in the learning process. I don't know anyone around that I can ask to, so your website has become my friend. :-)<BR/><BR/>I am also having trouble with the times. I do not seem to be able to predict it, but I wonder if that is just a limitation of mine rather than the systems themselves.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for everything.<BR/><BR/>Yamile.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30754098.post-4191282676735348512006-12-01T17:00:00.000-05:002006-12-01T17:00:00.000-05:00Hi Brad,<br /><br />I don't use astrological seasonal associations, though certainly one can and some do. I am more elementally inclined. Therefore, I choose to associate the earthy pentacles with the harvest of the earth, the rich colors of autumn, the time during which the earth is most bountiful right before the winter. And yes, Spring to me is all about new life, water, overflowing rivers and streams, so Cups bring those to mind for me. However, those are just MY associations and they work for me. The astrological associations make just as much sense. The key seems to be to pick one set of seasonal associations that makes sense to you and stick with it.<br /><br />Some decks tend to assign the suits to seasons, such as the Brugel Tarot that has all winter scenes for Cups and the DruidCraft has chosen winter scenes for Pentacles. So, it's deck dependent as well.<br /><br />You're right, it CAN go either way, so it's best to choose the associations that make you feel happy. :)Ginnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03759784851970527096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30754098.post-67506466062834027822006-12-01T15:53:00.000-05:002006-12-01T15:53:00.000-05:00"Suits can also be associated with seasons...For me, personally, Swords (air) represent winter, Cups (water) represent spring, Wands (fire) represent summer, and Pentacles (earth) represent autumn."<br /><br />Hi Ginny, <br />Could you please elaborate on why you associate Cups with Spring and Pentacles with Autumn? <br />Air feels totally wintry to me...so cold, while Fire is hot like summer. The Queen of Wands sitting there with sunflower in hand. <br />As for the other suits/elements, I can see how they could go either way. April showers bring May flowers vs. Scorpio-Death-Fall(Water) or the Bull of Taurus in the lush green fields of late spring vs. harvest time in the Autumn (Earth).<br />Hmmm...might just have to sit with this one for awhile.<br /><br />Thanks for your great blog,<br />BradAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com