Tarot Translation Group: Sept 23-29
Welcome to the third week for the Tarot Translation Group. We’re glad you’re here. To join the group, please visit our group page on Facebook. (Facebook Group Link) It’s an closed group, so just request to join.
Great, you’re a member of the group. Now, take the question and the reading and write up your blog post. Make sure your post is live by Sept 27, 2012 at 11:59pm CST. It can go live earlier. That’s cool. Then, come back to this post and comment below with a link to your blog. Then, wait for next week when the fun starts all over again.
This week we’re going to mix it up with a question instead of a tarot reading. This week’s question:
1) Which card is your significator, and why?
Got your blog entry written? Comment below with a link to your blog entry. Don’t forget to link to this post in your blog, so people can come back and see all the great posts. Then when you’re done, go read and comment on the other blogs. 
September 24th, 2012 at 11:48 pm
Mon, 09/24/2012 – 19:44 — Joanne
The Question: Which card is your significator, and why?
My answer to this question is in an earlier post on this very same blog site. I have always identified myself with the Nine of Pentacles, and here is why:
©Why I Am The Nine Of Pentacles
I am an anomaly—a deviation from the normal, standard definition of the Nine of Pentacles. And yet, I AM the Nine of Pentacles. My home, my surroundings, my possessions are important to me. Most important of all are family, my animals, and the love of the natural beauty in the world around me. Much of that natural beauty is abound in the confines of my home. I surround myself with objects of nature. Paintings of beautiful deer, moose, bear, birds, sheep, and so many other reminders of the serene natural world we live in. This is my sanctuary.
The Nine of Pentacles traditionally is connected to financial security. That is where my contradiction comes into the picture. There is no financial security in my life. However, I have managed to survive the trials and tribulations I have encountered with the strength inside of me, and with help from those in my life who care about me.
To me, the Nine of Pentacles is not financial security—it is the security of knowing who I am inside, and what I love and appreciate about my world. I find my peace and security in this little shell I have constructed around me. It protects me from the harsh reality of the world. It comforts me when everything looks the darkest.
I cannot hate those who have harmed me. I cannot be jealous of those who have more money or material possessions. Yes, financial security makes life so much easier to live, and one day my life may become easier for achieving it, but I can only be true to myself. I have to believe that I will survive and always be the Nine of Pentacles, a well-grounded individual, content in my garden and my world.
September 26th, 2012 at 10:12 pm
I am the High Priestess.
http://harmonicspirit.net/2012/09/tarot-translation-group-my-significator/
September 26th, 2012 at 11:58 pm
This week instead of reading, we have a question: Which card is your significator and why? Which I think is a most lovely question.
My card is the Queen of Swords. I chose the Queen of Swords because she has an ice queen quality to her that I hear about myself a lot. She is a strong woman that can use that sword to cut through the foolishness to the truth of the matter, which I like to think is how my intellect serves me.
However, I don’t see this Queen as an icy person. There is a certain detachment to the Queen of Swords that allows her to be able to think about and express things with no emotion attached to it. There isn’t a lot of sentimentality attached to her, and I have to admit, I operate from a similar point of view. I believe that only operating from emotion is limiting and I don’t like to feel like a slave to my emotions. However, that doesn’t mean that I don’t have any emotions either. I can often feel enflamed like the Knight of Wands, but nothing really good ever comes from that. I like to think carefully about how I feel about a situation and even more carefully about how I express myself about it. I operate from a karmic world-view and I never want for someone to stumble on their journey because I have been careless with my words. I recognize how devastating our words can be when used carelessly. It is the detachment, or seeming coldness, that allows me to be able to assess a situation as fairly as I can and to act accordingly.
I am guilty of the darker sides of this Queen. Yes, I have delighted in gossip and passed it on. I have wielded my sword with devasting effects because I was too selfish to care how it would affect others. It was a bitter little pill to swallow when I turned my attention inward to begin the work of straightening my life out. But I did it in true Queen of Swords fashion. I read the books, I wrote in my journal, discussed it with those closest to me, and I emerged a much better person for it. In recognizing that I am the Queen of Swords, I came to accept that operating more intellectually does give the effect of coldness, however, I am prooud of that about myself. I don’t panic and am someone that can looked to for support and help in those types of situations. I am better able to see and judge a given situation more fairly (not always popular with my children, they want to be right not fair lol), and it makes my foundation very strong. What I am most proud of, is that I was able to turn the Sword on myself and do the work to be a better person.
The Queen of Swords is a no-nonsense kind of gal and I like her!
September 28th, 2012 at 12:27 am
http://www.tarotguild.com/profiles/blogs/tarot-translation-group-which-card-is-your-significator-and-why
September 27th, 2012 at 5:33 pm
http://goddessintuitions.blogspot.com/2012/09/tarot-significator-who-are-you.html
September 27th, 2012 at 7:23 pm
I am the Queen of Wands.
By age, gender and astrology I am actually the Queen of Cups. And, truthfully, I am a spot-on Queen of Cups too. I am sensitive, intuitive, sometimes shy, and very emotional, just as a true Queen of Cups should be.
Many years ago, when I first began reading tarot professionally, I realized that, while the compassion and the intuition of the Queen of Cups were helpful to me as a reader, the over-emotionalism and shyness were not.
My rising sign is Leo. The Queen of Wands is bolder than the Queen of Cups, although still warm and intuitive. As a professional tarot reader, I quickly claimed the Queen of Wands as my significator, to empower me in my tarot practice.
It worked. And, since I am a proud ginger, and the Queen of Wands is often pictured as a ginger, that works for me too!
September 27th, 2012 at 7:27 pm
Oops – here’s my link! http://tarottrends.com/content/claiming-queen-wands