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Tazzie · 03-23-2013, 11:48 AM

SPOILER!!: DanialRadFAN01

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Originally Posted by DanialRadFAN01

More on the suits of the Minor Arcana. "Despite the Hogwarts houses being connected to the Tarot suits the Rider-Waite deck has each suit connected to one of the four elements. Which, coincidentally, now that I think about it, also match up with your Houses according to some literature." Continuing. "Wands are representative of Fire and are for adventurers, ambition and passion. Pentacles represent Earth and talk of relationships, things of physical nature, money, and health. Swords stand for Air and matters of the mind and the voice. Because swords have a sharp edge it also represents the repercussions of our words and expressed thoughts. And lastly we have Cups which match up with the element of Water and represent emotions and oftentimes extremes such as hate or deep love. These are most connected to visions and psychic abilities."

A lot of information to throw at them all at once but it was all in their textbooks if they hadn't taken it down in notes. They WOULD need it for their homework though so hopefully they got at least most of it. "Now, before me move on I am going to quickly explain the basics of the Court Cards. These cards are pictorially representative much like the Major Arcana cards but there are only four different Court figures: the Page, the Knight, the Queen, and the King. There are going to be four of each of these figures in the deck, one for each of the four suits." Elwood paused to let that sink in.

"Some quick tips for reading Court cards when they come up in a spread. Almost always they represent a person in the reader's life, and although gender doesn't always matter, it usually does (Women are the queens, others are male). Each member of the Court stands for some symbolic meaning." She went back to the board to lay it out for them:

"And lastly, a tip for when you draw Court cards, you can use the Zodiac sign that correlates with the element of the suit and use the attributes of it to make your reading of that particular card. (Oftentimes: Cups - Scorpio, Cancer, Picses; Pentacles - Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn ; Swords - Gemini, Libra, Aquarius; Wands - Aries, Leo, Sagittarius)."

And that was her script for the day. "Now if any of you have questions before we begin now's the time. If not we are going to start our first reading called the three-card reading." She flicked her wand at the already crowded board to draw a diagram.

"As you can see there are a few different types of readings to do with this spread but for fun we will start with the Past, Present, Future one. For this you can either work with a partner and each do a reading on each other or on your own by drawing for yourself. Go ahead and get started. You will need to draw each card individually and then palce them in the correct format. Please divine the meaning of each card to the reader before going on to the next one. We will only be using three cards, one per period of time (past, present, and future)." Callie turned to walk around the room as they worked, ready to help and answer questions as needed.

OOC: I know this is A LOT of info but just take your time and read through it, it's not as hard as it seems. Here is a site I think will help you out a bit.

The cards you "draw" can be chosen at random or you can work with a partner to get whatever reading you want. No worry. You will have about 24-48 hours to work on this spread so take your time and have fun. I would like a post per card please so if you are working with a partner you will each need to post three times. Have fun and don't be afraid to ask questions!!

That was a lot of information right there. And Beezus, being the diligent (sort of) Ravenclaw that she is, had most sufficiently followed through what was shared to the class as she jotted down notes after notes on her parchment. To be honest, she found the whole stuff interesting and it wasn't just that, the elaboration and connection her peers had strung with the tarot suits was worth listening to. Professor Elwood was also doing a good job at associating the suits with the Houses, along with its relating attributes which the Ravenclaw found rather fitting. The more the people gathered around her supplemented their growing knowledge, the more curious she became in regards to how they were using the tarot deck for their reading today.

So when the Professor presented the diagram on the board, Beezus immediately cleaned her desk of anything except the cards. Her text and parchment laid on her lap.

She did hear that it was allowed that they work in pairs but as she was too eager to get started on the task, the brunette did not bother but if anyone would nudge to work with her then she wouldn't mind either.

So....Past, Present and Future, hmm?

Was it weird that this was making her nervous for some reason? Because it was and she needed to bite her bottom lip before taking the cards into her hands to shuffle them. Shuffle. Shuffle. She was thinking of doing a trial round first before doing the real reading. She could do that, right?

SPOILER!!: THE Govoni

Blowing breath, the Prefect cut the deck in two, riffled the cards and cut it again before she slowly turned the card that was on the uppermost of the deck's second half.

King of Cups.

It was a Court card which meant that it symbolized a person, well, close enough. And Cups? ...Slytherin? Beezus tilted her head slightly to the right and that was when she felt a tugging on her hair. Eh?

She turned her head to identify her assailant and saw that it was Dylan. Blink. Did she just.....saw him coming? Whoa. She did. Beezus returned the card face down together with the other ones on the deck as she nodded and scooted a bit to give the Slytherin Captain some space to sit on. "We're in class. Don't.....call me that." Because she it didn't sound proper, especially since they were student leaders. Oh, and I totally saw you coming. She also wanted to add.

Cards doing their magic much?

03-23-2013, 11:48 AM	#117 (permalink)
Tazzie Mackled Malaclaw Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Amestris (GMT+8) Posts: 11,065 Hogwarts RPG Name: Harri Ainsworth Second Year x12	❄Suaviter in modo, fortiter in re❄\| ⚕=equivalent exchange=⚕ \| pinned ya! SPOILER!!: DanialRadFAN01 Quote: Originally Posted by DanialRadFAN01 More on the suits of the Minor Arcana. "Despite the Hogwarts houses being connected to the Tarot suits the Rider-Waite deck has each suit connected to one of the four elements. Which, coincidentally, now that I think about it, also match up with your Houses according to some literature." Continuing. "Wands are representative of Fire and are for adventurers, ambition and passion. Pentacles represent Earth and talk of relationships, things of physical nature, money, and health. Swords stand for Air and matters of the mind and the voice. Because swords have a sharp edge it also represents the repercussions of our words and expressed thoughts. And lastly we have Cups which match up with the element of Water and represent emotions and oftentimes extremes such as hate or deep love. These are most connected to visions and psychic abilities." A lot of information to throw at them all at once but it was all in their textbooks if they hadn't taken it down in notes. They WOULD need it for their homework though so hopefully they got at least most of it. "Now, before me move on I am going to quickly explain the basics of the Court Cards. These cards are pictorially representative much like the Major Arcana cards but there are only four different Court figures: the Page, the Knight, the Queen, and the King. There are going to be four of each of these figures in the deck, one for each of the four suits." Elwood paused to let that sink in. "Some quick tips for reading Court cards when they come up in a spread. Almost always they represent a person in the reader's life, and although gender doesn't always matter, it usually does (Women are the queens, others are male). Each member of the Court stands for some symbolic meaning." She went back to the board to lay it out for them: "And lastly, a tip for when you draw Court cards, you can use the Zodiac sign that correlates with the element of the suit and use the attributes of it to make your reading of that particular card. (Oftentimes: Cups - Scorpio, Cancer, Picses; Pentacles - Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn ; Swords - Gemini, Libra, Aquarius; Wands - Aries, Leo, Sagittarius)." And that was her script for the day. "Now if any of you have questions before we begin now's the time. If not we are going to start our first reading called the three-card reading." She flicked her wand at the already crowded board to draw a diagram. "As you can see there are a few different types of readings to do with this spread but for fun we will start with the Past, Present, Future one. For this you can either work with a partner and each do a reading on each other or on your own by drawing for yourself. Go ahead and get started. You will need to draw each card individually and then palce them in the correct format. Please divine the meaning of each card to the reader before going on to the next one. We will only be using three cards, one per period of time (past, present, and future)." Callie turned to walk around the room as they worked, ready to help and answer questions as needed. OOC: I know this is A LOT of info but just take your time and read through it, it's not as hard as it seems. Here is a site I think will help you out a bit. The cards you "draw" can be chosen at random or you can work with a partner to get whatever reading you want. No worry. You will have about 24-48 hours to work on this spread so take your time and have fun. I would like a post per card please so if you are working with a partner you will each need to post three times. Have fun and don't be afraid to ask questions!! That was a lot of information right there. And Beezus, being the diligent (sort of) Ravenclaw that she is, had most sufficiently followed through what was shared to the class as she jotted down notes after notes on her parchment. To be honest, she found the whole stuff interesting and it wasn't just that, the elaboration and connection her peers had strung with the tarot suits was worth listening to. Professor Elwood was also doing a good job at associating the suits with the Houses, along with its relating attributes which the Ravenclaw found rather fitting. The more the people gathered around her supplemented their growing knowledge, the more curious she became in regards to how they were using the tarot deck for their reading today. So when the Professor presented the diagram on the board, Beezus immediately cleaned her desk of anything except the cards. Her text and parchment laid on her lap. She did hear that it was allowed that they work in pairs but as she was too eager to get started on the task, the brunette did not bother but if anyone would nudge to work with her then she wouldn't mind either. So....Past, Present and Future, hmm? Was it weird that this was making her nervous for some reason? Because it was and she needed to bite her bottom lip before taking the cards into her hands to shuffle them. Shuffle. Shuffle. She was thinking of doing a trial round first before doing the real reading. She could do that, right? SPOILER!!: THE Govoni Quote: Originally Posted by THE Govoni Before Dylan thought or did anything else...something had to be considered here. Professor Elwood was completely right. Slytherin was VERY much related and equaled to this Cups business. As a house, Slytherin was all about extremes...He was totally proof of that... Ahem. The word bipolar had been used before... And....Yes. This was a lot of information. Allowing his hand to fly over the parchment, he glanced around the room. They could work in pairs, yes? Because if Dylan could do that, he wanted to work with Bee....This seemed like something that could be intimate and he just wasn't comfortable with anyone else knowing stuff about him. EVER. He had masks for a reason... He finished with the notes and then smirked. Where was Beezy Weezy...? Hmph. Oh. There. Stepping over, Dylan tugged on her hair. "Babe, let's work together." Blowing breath, the Prefect cut the deck in two, riffled the cards and cut it again before she slowly turned the card that was on the uppermost of the deck's second half. King of Cups. It was a Court card which meant that it symbolized a person, well, close enough. And Cups? ...Slytherin? Beezus tilted her head slightly to the right and that was when she felt a tugging on her hair. Eh? She turned her head to identify her assailant and saw that it was Dylan. Blink. Did she just.....saw him coming? Whoa. She did. Beezus returned the card face down together with the other ones on the deck as she nodded and scooted a bit to give the Slytherin Captain some space to sit on. "We're in class. Don't.....call me that." Because she it didn't sound proper, especially since they were student leaders. Oh, and I totally saw you coming. She also wanted to add. Cards doing their magic much?