Tarot Shadows 3rd Week report

To My Fellow Travelers on Tarot’s Journey of Life,

The third of our Wednesday night meetings at the library illustrated yet another way the Tarot Shadow images help us connect with our repressed feelings and the strengths behind them. The focus in this part of our journey was on becoming better acquainted with our shadows, seeing the reasons behind their original action on our psyches as well as the need to understand their current impact on our lives. This week we talked about the Court card shadows and their multi-level images that help us pinpoint both our projections onto others and the complex depths of our own personalities. Viewing examples of this symbolism from multiple Tarot decks, we saw how the court cards personalize those traits, providing images that symbolize the full range of related responses, from negative to positive.

We discussed the process of bringing those shadowy images into the light of awareness and of empirical reality. To do that, we applied to the 16 Court Cards the research-based 16 Personality Factor system developed by psychiatrist Raymond Cattell.

Armed with this knowledge of the Court cards’ projection analysis and of the scientific basis for their symbolic messages, we then each completed a Shadow Projection spread. Through this method, we were able to identify some of our projections onto others and to begin uncovering the positive qualities hidden by these projections.

During each of the next four Wednesday meetings, we will focus on several of the cards that were identified on our candle wreath the first week as the most ‘notorious’ shadow cards. In this way, we will explore the tremendous gifts associated with the most fearsome shadows, and we will use them to bring our own shadow experience into the realm of our control for our conscious transformation. As we do this, we will travel from the realm of physical and material loss through that of the mental, emotional and spiritual. Applying conscious intent, we will develop greater power over these shadows. In our last meeting of the Tarot Shadows group, to be held March 19th, we will celebrate this newfound power, welcoming the light and warmth of Spring.

For our coming meetings, I want to emphasize again that everyone is welcome, whether or not they have attended previous group meetings. We meet from 7:00 to 9:00 PM here at the library. Half of the $5.00 per session fee goes to the library. To those of you who have attended previously, thank you so much for making this such a meaningful experience for all of us. To everyone else, please join us in the journey toward greater personal power through accepting and understanding the shadow images in our lives,

Hope to see you this Wednesday!
Kathy