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The Fool, The Wizard, The Empress, and The Hierophant by AlbaBG

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[songsofbloodandwater]

People are seriously sleeping on the White Numen Tarot, and Numen theory in general.

If you consider yourself to be an animistic witch or tarot reader (or both), this post is for you. The White Numen Tarot by AlbaBG is a tarot deck where the imagery is focused on the animals, not the people, and specifically based on the concept of numen as described by the author of El Animal Divino (1985), a wonderful piece on the philosophy of religion.

In El Animal Divino (The Divine Animal), Gustavo Bueno identifies Numen as the "center of Will and Intelligence", and adds,

"in classical latin sources, [numen] references a center of effective and potent desire. [...] In the classics, many times, instead of will itself, it reflects the corporeal expression of will, specifically the nodding of the head that expresses willingness (numine capitum). It also represents the Affirmation or Willingness of the Gods (numine deorum), or the Gods themselves (simulacra numinum being the Statues of the Gods), or wild genii (silvarum numina fauni)".

The tarot deck reflects this by adding two extra cards on the deck, "White Numen" and "Black Numen". While both signify the presence of numen influencing the situation, which card is pulled indicates the nature of said influence into the situation, whether it is creative or destructive, additive or corrosive, enlightening or obscuring.

If you add into that the imagery of each animal and their meaning, their actions and how that relates back to the concept of numen (in this case, signified by specific animals with specific associations doing specific actions in each card) you can get very deep messages that are surprisingly easy to read. Add in any UPGs that you may have (associations of certain animals to particular Gods or Spirits, or just in regards to omens and signs) and you get even more possible meanings that are, again, deep yet very clear, particularly for more seasoned practitioners.

And I think that's a very useful tool to utilize if you want to take into account not just the human influences over a situation, but also the non-human, the divine, the spirits, and anything and everything numen. You can choose to read the animal meanings metaphorically (if no Numen card shows up in your reading) or literally (as in, an omen, a sign or a divine message, if one of the two, or both, Numen cards show up in your reading). It puts the reading into perspective to include the wider spiritual ecosystem and I just think that's neat.

Honestly, just the fact it introduced me to El Animal Divino is great by itself, because it's a book that has helped to put into words and deepen my understanding of religion in general, but also specifically of animal cults and how they relate to human and non-human spirits. But it doesn't stop there, having the deck allows you to identify and even communicate with said numen and thus it's one of the many ways to apply the theory of the book, into magical practice. It's a tool with a really cool theory behind it that is laid out in the open for anyone who may want to take it and adapt it into their practice.

The only problem? I don't know if the book has an english translation. So far i've only been able to find it in spanish, but hey, it's definitely worth at least an attemp at translation on any of the many translation sites you can find online.

[chaoticferalsomething]

How I try to "study" tarot cards

First, trying to overcome the "you don't do that much readings", "what's the point anyway ?" "this is useless for u"...but then, when i had some burst energy to get shit done, and grab my decks, find stories and meaning inside the picture, here approximately how i do things:

i'm a chaotic person, so my "studies" are chaotic too, even tho i have some sort of procedure to follow.

Arts is one of my drugs, and my method is basically the same as an art/illustration/painting study u do in first year of art history faculty.

I also pick methods of some tarot readers i like, but even tho the questions seems pretty pertinent, i don't, for now, use them.

So:

I. Describing from general picture to details:

Characters/elements

Colors

Dynamics

Composition

II. Symbolics/interpretations

from myself (that's the point of intuitive reading)

from the tarot deck's creator

III. the things that's disturbed me in the card(s) (the Biases)

i think this point is kinda important, it's essentially about the biases you discern in the card and so the vision of the creator(s).

About diversities and how it's depicted. (Queer's, POC, and female representations. I don't have decks with disabled representations, so that can clearly be a thing too obviously). Your own personal relations to certain aspects or interpretations or characters.

(just to clarify at this point, i'm a white, able (for now, idk what's life as in stock for me so), queer person, but u know, the world and life itself is about fucking diversity, and "norms" doesn't exist and are fucking bullshite. And that's a very shortly resume of my pov, but that's not the point here, and i'm too lazy to elaborate) (just trying to keep educating myself at best and not be a fully shitty person) (i hope at least)

Anyway. fucking tarot. Here we are. So.

Is the POC characters are present, and how they are represented ? For example if they're nudes, partially nudes, or in traditional clothes (i don't say here that nudity and cultural clothes are a bad things at all, but ->), is that a western exoticism/colonialism depiction of the character ? Or the creator(s) are from that depicted ethnicity, and/or it's historically and culturally accurate ? Is the others white people in the decks are nude too, in that case, nudity is not that relevant, in at least the racism/exoticism bias ? Are they sexualised ? Are they depicted in position of power or not (the queens, kings, emperor, empress etc cards for example) etc etc.

Same things with female depictions: dressed or nudity (sexualised ?) ? is this relevant or not in that deck's case ? Interactions with the others characters from the cards ? Power Positions or not ? Active or passive ? etc etc.

At this point, it's more like, if there any queer representations at all, and how they're diverse (only lesbian or gay ? or there is more like trans, hermaphrodite, enby, pan etc ?) (there is more and more queer decks and i'm really happy about that)

Same with disability, if there any, how they are represented ? is there a diversity in type of disability ? etc etc.

mention the things that's trigger u personally maybe ? If you don't resonate on one way or another with classical interpretations or elements in particular. (for me that'll be for example, the notion of pregnancy/motherhood) If the character(s) act/seems like a dick in your opinion.

(special mentions for the White Numen deck by AlbaBG (POC, soft queer dynamics) and the Sefirot deck by Causa creations (POC and wonderful diversed queer representations, and older badass women's representations too *chef's kiss*)

*petting and kissing my roommate's cat on my lap at this point*

or just avoid human based decks and take animals based decks instead. or insects. or plants idc. This last ones are all a good option . Humans are so overrated anyway.

IV. relations between the cards, the context

Gosh how i hated context when i was doing my art history studies painting, even tho i know this is THE most important thing in like, the entire universe of art, history, literature, archeology, everything.

In tarot universe, what i mean more by context for now, is the relation of the card in the entire deck, and/or with certain other cards of the deck, or comparing to the same card but from another deck. Especially if the creator(s) had made things well and there is some cohesion, red line between the cards or the different suits. Not just random illustrations here and there for each arcanas.

How do they suit in the story line of the deck ? Between the precedent et following card ? Are they mirroring other card(s) ? How so ? Are they "completing" other card(s) ? How their dynamics can be seen with certain other card(s) ? How can they interact between each other ? etc.

What happened ? what is happening ? or what's going to happen inside the card ?

CREATE STORIES.

V. so in conclusion,

All this seems pretty complete, and dense, but as i say earlier, my own "studies" are not that's thorough, and well organized. I'm chaotic, remember. I don't study the cards in order, i think that's not very essential to do so and i don't wanna pushed myself out on forcing me on doing that.

But hear me out, a word of wisdom:

MINDMAPS.

fucking sweet mindmap, i love mindmaps so much. They're visual, fuckingly chaotic and you don't have to bother to make paragraphs or whatever. U can reorganise more properly after if you wanna.

and if you're visual, make shitty sketches of the cards and all.

Anyway, just make it the most comfortable for you, comprehensive, and add notes, thoughts etc, easily after if needed.

So, that's it, i'm out for now.

There's lot of "fucking" in that post. Mmmh. did i care. Not really.

[mikaiink]

Grimoire: A Book of Spells 📖 🔮

It seems this book has met someone who will not fall victim to its antics.

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Joining @/AlbaBG’s Cursed Relics prompt list! Quite excited about this one.

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A beautifully illustrated and stunningly original tarot deck by Alba Ballesta González. Inspired by ancient rituals and stories of sacred animal spirits, the White Numen forms a path to human reconnection with the natural world and spiritual realm. This uniquely beautiful tarot deck features sacred animal spirits (‘Numen’) interwoven into the classical imagery of the tarot to create cards that are both otherworldly and contemporary, with a fantasy style inspired by the likes of comic master Moebius. Most of the illustrations feature powerful women, including Death, draped in a black cloak, carrying her banner, and riding a white horse; the Queen of Pentacles, seated gracefully amid soft greenery; and the Sun striding across a desert-like landscape.

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Selfportrait in style of Alba BG "I wish I could live amongst the stars" I feel like I could of done better but I wasn't really motivate to draw today I guess 😿 Alba BG finished her amazing tarot, oh my, I love it ❤✨

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