I have been reading tarot since I was 12. I DOVE into scrapbooking when my daughter was born 20 years ago.... Why have I NEVER thought about this deep dive stuff... Why have I been doing with my life??🤔🤔. I just binged your tarot junk journal videos. (Im questioning ALL of my life choices right now🙄) I am SO STOKED to get started on this. THANK YOU for sharing you genius with us. 😂🥰🥰🥰
Hehe that would be cool, but that would definitely violate the artist's copyright. Maybe some day deck creators will start offering thumbnails of their decks for journalers like us! 🙂
I feel like you're able to make your own Tarot deck and Oracle cards. You're so creative. You spend so much time and energy to learn and work on each deck. It's very inspiring to me. I want to make my own cards one day : )
So many fabulous ideas! Thanks for challenging your viewers to think outside the box. I’ve been stuck in getting bored with starting at the fool and getting bored by the time I get to the empress. I would also like to say I appreciate how intellectually stimulating your content is. I can see the effort on your part to present your material in a way that feels professional and eloquent. So thank you for sharing your ideas and offering such detailed inspiration for fellow tarot lovers! Much love.
You are so very welcome I am so glad that you enjoy my content, it is a labor of love to be sure. I too get bored with deck study if I have to stay in order with it. It's so much more fun to jump around and play with the cards. Eventually all the studying gets done along the way too. 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️
I have a suggestion. If you could start a video series were everyone could work on a deck together for like a half hour or so like a live or something. That way if there stuck they have people there to help. Plus it's like working with friends so we can chat and stuff.
This method made me hit the pause button on buying even more decks! I have 2 new decks and have not even done a study with my old ones so that's one of mt 2021 goals 🤣
That's awesome! I love having A notebook for individual decks. It really allows me to explore them on detail and add some creativity to the process. 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️
I started my Tarot journey using this process. It really opens up your own divine channel. As you hold and write and scrutinize the cards you'll find your own nuances, thus "owning" the cards. Beautiful job, thank you
Every time I see these cards I want them more and more. I have the second addition of the Starchild Tarot, and the Work Your Light Oracle. I also am going to have to get this guide soon, I love books that give ideas for working with my decks.
I'm so glad I found this channel. During the past 40 years, I've basically stuck to the tried and true decks. This video has shown me just how to bond with nonconventional decks. I love this idea! Thank you!
How wonderful, I am so glad you found my channel and found the video helpful! I have more deck bonding videos coming soon that you might find interesting as well. 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️
Thank you so much Jen, I am glad you found it interesting! I have so many study and journal goals too, always something to be learned and not enough time in the day to learn it all! :) Thank you for watching!
I really appreciate you making this video! I’ve been at a bit of a loss on exactly how to structure studying non RWS decks and have found it difficult to find that info online. This definitely gives me a structure to use when going forward! Will definitely check out your guide from your website :)
I am so glad you found this helpful Allison! The process should work well for both RWS and non RWS decks, I myself have used it for both many times. The guide does prompts for both so you can explore a deck from many angles. :) Thank you so much for watching!
I find using Numerology is the easiest way to understand non-RWS/illustrated decks, especially pip decks. Tying the numbers with the Major Arcana, for example 1 relating to The Magician and also all the Aces - meaning beginnings, the start of creation, the first kernel of thought, the seed/the root, etc. And then 'crossing' that idea with the suits, so for example Ace of Cups symbolising new emotions flowing out, new relationships, burgeoning feelings, creativity, etc. You can definitely find tools online to help you with understanding how the Majors interact with Numerology. Using Elements and Astrology could help you too - just sort of having a backing 'theory' or way of understanding that exists beyond simply the illustrations. You can use this to create a structure for studying, by relating Majors and Minors together, and those cards and suits to pre-existing theory. You can easily create a study system that works for you, and add your own intuitive readings to it.
Thank you so much, that makes my heart happy! I am so glad you enjoy my content and find it helpful. I'm hoping to have more content of diving deeper into how I study in the future. 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️
Just purchased the digital version of your Tarotbound book. Very much looking forward to the process, and thank you for putting something like this together!
My new favourite channel! Great video, full of resources! I have been looking for a way to connectto my decks on a deeper level! Now I finally have it! Thank you!
How long does it typically take to create and work with each deck and journal creation? This is such an intensive study method, I love how you decorate each journal to match the deck!!
In general I spend one-three month with a deck when I do this full method, just usually depends on how different the deck is from traditional systems. I don't always do the full process with every deck, for some I just do the bits and pieces that resonate. Hope that helps! 🙂 Thank you so much for watching! ❤️
Thank you so much, I am so glad you enjoyed the video and my study process. I use it in a variety of different ways with most of my decks. :) Thank you for watching!
I am so glad you enjoyed it. I seem to get more accomplished when I have a system in place so I try to incorporate one wherever I can. :) Thank you for watching!
Omg😮this comment made me smile. I’ve just started doing this simply because I would jump from one deck to the next. Definitely a bad habit. I’m made a promise to myself no more buying decks in 2023
Youre a GENIUS...I ALMOST want to give up jk...but as I break it down (pause) I realize its quite understandable and CHOCK FULL of gifts and good instruction...Thankyou so much...I STILL think youre a genius..Thanks for SHARING your HARD WORK!!!
That is fantastic Michelle, thank you so much and I hope you enjoy the journey! Please be sure to let me know how it works out for you. I love to hear about everyone's study experience. :) I appreciate your support!!
Just bought the Connecting with the Tarot guide on kindle, AMAZING! such a great resource! Thank you so much for this video and the guide, I've been wanting to take my tarot practise deeper and go beyond the pretty pictures because I feel there's so much more to explore, well now I know how! hahaha thank you again! Blessings and Rainbow light to you!
"She's a REALLY artistic person" is what I said aloud watching you do the golden spirals. Excellent work! This is great, exactly what I need, though I would use stickers probably. You've written a tarot book!
I love the idea of this. I would never do this for all of my decks..However, I would definitely do this for my Motherpeace tarot. That is my number one most favorite. Thank you for this.
I don't do it with all my decks, just the ones I really want to dive deep into. I am planning on doing this process with my Mother Peace as well! 😊 Thank you for watching! ❤️
I just recently found your channel and I'm so inspired! Long time oracle card user and I'm super new to tarot. I picked up a traditional RWS deck and also the Modern Witch deck and the Modern Witch journal. As I was looking through that journal, I was thinking I wanted to do something like this for my current decks and new decks I obtain. And here you have a video about it! You are such a talented artist and I love how you bring beautiful aesthetics into your journaling. I am not so I will definitely be scanning and printing little mini cards because it makes it colorful and fun! Thank you so much for sharing this, and I love your channel!
How wonderful, I am so glad you enjoy my videos. I love making journals for my decks, blends all my favorite things into one project! 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️
I take pics if my cards and upload to my digital journal .. I also record my personal reading ..This allows me to go back and review the reading holisitcally .. Another great video
I have watched this video a couple of times and have purchased the hardcopy from Amazon. It's an awesome way to have a process while being fluid to the learning of the deck you are studying. I have taken this digital and will be using through One Note. I only have so many tarot decks and will be able to do it for each. Thank you for sharing.
I am so glad you found it helpful and thank you so much for purchasing the book. I appreciate your support! I really enjoy working with my decks this way, it had a structure but allows me to jump around when I feel in a rut. I hope you enjoy it! 🙂 Thank you for watching. ❤️
Girrrrllll this is amazing. This is so helpful and your dedication and journals are beautiful. Thanks for sharing. I love this! This is also good to do for Oracle decks.
Thank you so much for this video! While I have been journaling my daily draws in a specific journal, my notes on cards are all mixed together on notebook paper & not deck specific. This is such an inspiration.
Newbie here and I stumbled across your videos this morning. Thank you for sharing your process, it's very helpful as I am working on putting together my first journal as I learn the basic tarot meanings. Question, do you mind sharing more on how you scan and resize your deck? I would like to include copies of the cards in mine as well. I know how to scan them-lol, but the would love more insight into how you resize them and what software you use to do so. Thank you!
I am so glad you enjoyed it! I am working on some more detailed information on journaling and I will include info about scanning, resizing and printing. 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️
Hello! For scanning the process may differ a bit from scanner to scanner. But resizing images is simple and there are many ways, you don't need to buy software though. If you have a Macbook, on the display window when double clicking the image, you have an option to resize it (you can choose which metric system to use aswell, changing it to inches or centimeters will help to know the actual size when you print it). On Windows you can also edit images from the photo gallery (opened when you double click) I won't go into detail but wanted you to know that it is a simple process. Google "how to resize images on mac/pc" for a step by step tutorial that I bet are out there!
Wow! You've given me inspiration to do this with my 2 favorite decks. I have so many that there'd be no way to do them, but for the ones that I use the most this is really nice. Even with limited time you could just pull some of the majors etc. You wouldn't have to do the whole deck, just what you have time for. Thanks for the tips.
I don't do this whole process with all my decks, but I do use bits and pieces with all of them. Yes, you could do it just with the Majors or just the cards you want to understand better. 😊 Thank you for watching! ❤️
A few months ago I was also starting my own tarot journal and was scanning the cards so I can cut and past them on my book. I stopped because I got into a car accident but I plan to get back into it soon! I love the whole journal idea and I plan to purchase from you very soon! Thank you for giving me more ideas as I recover! Also, I didn’t think of making a journal for my oracle cards! That’s also a good idea because each card holds so much information that it’s hard to memorize them so I tend to just go with the flow but new stuff information does appear so I should definitely consider doing a journal just for oracle cards! Thank you so much!!! ❤️
I have always wanted to study deeper, but generally the study guides I’ve seen leaves me either bored or frustrated. I really like the idea of the journal study guide you’ve created. I think I will give this a try.
How wonderful, I do hope you enjoy it! I was in the same boat and that's why I created this process, I like to study decks but I like the freedom to jump around and try different things with them as I study them. 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️
Wow, have just stumbled onto your channel and have certainly purchased your book. Thank you, I never thought to do a study of the decks I own and certainly will start now.
Thank you for sharing your process. 🙏🏼 I’ve been thinking about how I want to organize the studying of the decks I do have and starting a new journal dedicated to my study. Seeing how creative and open you get really gives me comfort knowing I can really approach the process as creatively and organically as I can that works for me. 🤗❤️
I've tried doing tarot deep dives and I always get bored and bogged down. I just went and purchased the book; I think this is going to be massively helpful. I have a decent little collection of decks, and I just struggle with what to do with them. I'm not a professional reader and I can only do so many three card spreads, lol.
OMG, I thought about scanning each card and write down related information with my intuitive thoughts on a journal connection. Great idea and very creative! Thanks for sharing!
@@DawnMichelleTarot I received my Moon-child deck yesterday. I love 💕 it. The energy of this deck is very cosmo, peace and grounding, expansion. Love the art and the book. Have you used the Starchild Deck?
I am so glad you love it! I do have the Starchild, the reprint of the first edition and I do quite love it. I have an unboxing on my channel. Funny thing was, I was pretty blah about it at first when I was just flipping through, but then I did a reading and it was an instant connection after that. 🙂
@@DawnMichelleTarot I'll check out your Starchild tarot unboxing video. I'm actually expecting the delivery tonight for my Starchild. It's the tarot size edition. I wish she'll print the Oracle size edition in the future. I love the energy of Moonchild and her other 2 Oracle decks. PS, I'm returning the Mermaid Tarot. I adore the art, but the energy somehow just doesn't work for me. I'm an Empath and HSP, so I sense each deck in the bookstore or online photos before I make a purchase.
It is a lengthy process so I only do it with those really special decks. It's lots of fun tho! Thank you so much for subscribing!! 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️
Boho Tarot yes I’m having marathon watch on your channel 🤷🏻♀️😂 loving it. So yes I’m going to try to do that for the special decks. Looking forward to growing my knowledge and feel this definitely will help. 🙏🏼 Namaste
Thank you so much for this video and your channel ! I have this tarot deck, the angel one from Doreen Virtue, that I've bought because I love angels so much, and I've always struggel with it because in some way this deck scares me, the card are so beautifull and strong that I was unable to read them. Then I've found your video (this one first and I'm watching it for at least the fourth times :D), and you make me want to build a link with this deck, and now I'm not scared anymore ! I'm starting a journal specialy for this deck ! You really give me another point of view for learning tarot in a really creative way ! Thank you !!
Thank you for sharing this and your guide with us. I can’t wait for pay day next week to purchase the guide. I was just gifted a deck and would love to do this deep dive study with the deck to become familiar with it. Need to do this with my Wild Unknown journal as well.
That is a fantastic deck to do some deep dive work with. There is so much to unpack within those images. You'll have to let me know how it goes if you decide to study it. 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️
Thank you so much for this video! I've been wanting to journal about my decks, but have been hesitant because it seems such a big undertaking and it gets overwhelming at times, and this video definitely gave me a proper direction. I'm gonna do my journaling on my laptop for now since I can't really afford buying a bunch of journals, but I think I'm gonna transfer it to a paper journal at some point. And I'm def checking out the guide from your site !
I am so glad you found this helpful! I find having structure to follow really helps me. I do journaling on my laptop as well and I think that can be just as enjoyable! 😊 Thank you for watching! ❤️
How wonderful! You might enjoy my Tarot Journal with me series too. I also do more crafts on my other channel (Boho Bloom.) 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️
Boho Tarot I did! You are naturally very interesting, knowledge and keep the video moving right along. That - is a gift in it's self! ;) Your creativity is a pleasure as well. ❤️
Thank you so much for this video and for showing your journaling process s well! I bought your Tarot Bound and it is incredibly useful. I love journaling and I want to create a nice notebook to keep track of my personal readings, thoughts, and decks works, it's just that I'm messy and I do not have a good sense of design, so I always end up hating most of the pages and my handwriting or just wanting to start over and over again, so a guide like yours is definitely indispensable! Thank you again :) keep up the wonderful work!
I am so glad that you are finding the guide helpful! I like my journals to look nice as well, but since I don't always time to do that in the moment, I journal on scrap paper to start with and then transfer it in later on when I have more time to make things pretty. You might find that process helpful as well. 🙂 Thank you for watching and for your support. ❤️
Thank you so much for your support Christie, I hope you enjoy it! Please let me know how your deck study journey goes and what deck you are using it with. I love hearing about people's experiences. :) Thank you for watching and ordering!!
@@DawnMichelleTarot I really do love it and I'm really enjoying the process :) I bounced back and forth between decks for way too long before choosing Eight Coins Tattoo Tarot LOL. So far, I've trimmed & edged it (the edging was a first for me) :) I just rewatched your video and noticed you used a sharpie paint marker for your journal. Which point do you recommend? Thank you again
@@christiebellaluna6 I used a fine point paint sharpie on the outside of the cover of my journal. It works really well for that and adheres nicely to the cover. 🙂
Spiral Tarot is my go-to deck. I have never seen anyone else use it before. I would love to see or hear your impressions about it. And speaking of that deck do you have a copy you could share of your scans, or do you have a video on how you scanned them and got them on one+ sheet? I would love to make the little cards for journalling but I really just do not know how.
I think I talked about it some in my three part series on Tarot journaling, but for something like this, I generally scan the deck in and then resize the images in Photoshop and they just layer them onto a page and print. Depending on the size I rescale too, I can generally get an entire deck on a half a dozen sheets or so. I hope that helps!
Thank you for sharing. I started a tarot journal for my first deck but I didn’t know how to use it so I ended up abandoning it! This video has been really helpful. I wanted to ask what journal you have used here? I used a Leuchturrm, but your journal seems to have much thinker pages :)
I actually use the Walmart brand dot grid journals most of the time now called Exceed. They do have much thicker pages than the Leuchturrm (they don't feel as nice of course) and they hold up much better to all the gluing and layering I tend to do in my journals. They also don't seem to bleed as bad and, bonus, they are only about $10 so I can two for the price of one of the more expensive brands. Hope that helps and thank you so much for watching!
Your presentation is so beautiful, sharp, and so well organized. Because I’ve been watching your videos, I began vamping up my mini-binder. Decorating it, cutting out images of cards,… and I’ll be sure not to rush through it:) If you are ever selling any journals such as the ones in this video, I’ll be interested in purchasing them.
Your work book is on my "NEED" list from now on until I can make the purshase of it, hopefully soon. I looove journaling and created 2 junk journals in traveler's notebook format. One to use for my daily card drawings and self care Sunday spreads, and the second for my personal readings I do for me. I have a emty dotted Paperblanks notebook and now I know what to save it for 😉😊
Thank you so much, that is very exciting! I love making journals too, and making journals for decks is my favorite kind to make! 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️
I am so glad you enjoyed the video! I don't do the whole process with every deck, but I do tend to use bits and pieces for every deck I work with. :) Thank you so much for watching!
I need like a few life’s more to study all the decks what I have... I love your way of attention to your life and all what you do about it... In you I see myself in many ways... thank you for being here and sharing all you can ... I know you only for 2 days but I am completely in love with your creation... I wish I could know you in person...❤️🤍🥰
Thank you so much, I am so glad you enjoy my videos. I would need several lifetimes to study all my decks in the detail I would like as well! 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️
@@DawnMichelleTarot I really need your help ‼️‼️‼️⚠️ I have seen already a few of your so lovely detailed videos, and I have a question❕ ❗️Crayola markers (washable) and any other good markets what is a water based, is that the same GOOD STUFF for an edges? ❗️ I did spend today like an hour at the shop to choose the right products for that creation... And I took a risk to buy a big collection of water based markers, and now still doubting if I did make a right choice.... Of course I can give them back, but still I want to ask you about it... Thank you for your professional answer an advance...🥰🥰🥰🤍
I have used crayola markers many times on my decks. Sometimes they do have a tendency to come off you hands (but even permanent marker can do that!) It seems to vary depending on the cardstock. I have found that eventually it stops transferring, but if it bothers you, you can also go over with a permanent medium (I like to use stamp for that that.) Hope that helps and good luck!
Those scanned & minimized card pics seem to be perfect in size (not too small and not too large)...could you please share the size you minimized them to? Thanks. 😊
I don’t use an exact size but rather put them on my scanner and then tell it to reduce the size to either 60% for a little bit larger one or 50% for thumbnail size. I think on average that runs about 2x3 inches I believe. I hope that helps! 🥰
This is a beautiful video & way to connect with a deck ❤️. I loved the vintage looking Rider Waite card images in your guidebook. Could you please share what the name of the deck is? Much thanks, love & light ✨
I am so glad you enjoyed it. The deck in my book is not a real deck, it's one I created specifically to use in the book. 🙂 I get a lot of requests for it tho, I might make it available to print. 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️
could you do this with oracle decks? i bought the Rose Oracle by rebecca campbell and i'm just not connecting with it at all. I'm really new to oracles though so still trying to figure my way around them
I think you could do a similar type of study for sure with Oracle. You might have slightly different questions, but you can certainly deep dive into imagery, colors and symbols and things of that nature. 🥰
I have been reading tarot since I was 12. I DOVE into scrapbooking when my daughter was born 20 years ago.... Why have I NEVER thought about this deep dive stuff... Why have I been doing with my life??🤔🤔. I just binged your tarot junk journal videos. (Im questioning ALL of my life choices right now🙄) I am SO STOKED to get started on this. THANK YOU for sharing you genius with us. 😂🥰🥰🥰
It took me forever to merge the two things as well! I had so many years to catch up on hehe. Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂 Thank you for watching. ❤️
Scanning the cards is genius. Don't know why I haven't thought about that yet.
It's a fantastic way to make a mini deck for journaling. 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️
@@DawnMichelleTarot You should monetize these scans! Would save time for the rest of us haha. Not sure how that would work with copyrighted images...
Hehe that would be cool, but that would definitely violate the artist's copyright. Maybe some day deck creators will start offering thumbnails of their decks for journalers like us! 🙂
SAME!
@@DawnMichelleTarot that would be a cool extra.
I feel like you're able to make your own Tarot deck and Oracle cards. You're so creative. You spend so much time and energy to learn and work on each deck. It's very inspiring to me.
I want to make my own cards one day : )
I am working on a few of my own, but they are very slow going. 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️
I like the idea of combining Tarot study and art journaling.
It's one of my favorite things to do, combining two of my favorite things.
🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️
So many fabulous ideas! Thanks for challenging your viewers to think outside the box. I’ve been stuck in getting bored with starting at the fool and getting bored by the time I get to the empress. I would also like to say I appreciate how intellectually stimulating your content is. I can see the effort on your part to present your material in a way that feels professional and eloquent. So thank you for sharing your ideas and offering such detailed inspiration for fellow tarot lovers! Much love.
You are so very welcome I am so glad that you enjoy my content, it is a labor of love to be sure. I too get bored with deck study if I have to stay in order with it. It's so much more fun to jump around and play with the cards. Eventually all the studying gets done along the way too. 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️
This is impressive. I would never have the time to do it.
grundershnart I know... very impressive. To read just one of her books, journals would be a gold mine and wealth of knowledge. Imagine!
@@Ru-gv2if I think the greater value is in writing the jounal.
This is brilliant. Now that I've managed to get past my initial roadblock, I love your method of deck study and will be using it. Thank you very much.
I am so glad you enjoyed the video! I wish you many happy adventures on your deck study journey. 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️
I have a suggestion. If you could start a video series were everyone could work on a deck together for like a half hour or so like a live or something. That way if there stuck they have people there to help. Plus it's like working with friends so we can chat and stuff.
This is the best Tarot study video I have ever seen in my life, I am stunned. Keep up the great work.
I am so glad you enjoyed it! 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️
This method made me hit the pause button on buying even more decks! I have 2 new decks and have not even done a study with my old ones so that's one of mt 2021 goals 🤣
I try to do that same! I really enjoy deep diving into a deck. 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️
I love your methods... the more I watch your videos... the more I find my own way!!!!
That is fantastic, I love to hear that! I am so glad you are finding the videos helpful. 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️
Love this! I have always felt like a total nerd devoting an entire notebook to each deck, but I'm glad to know others study this way too!
That's awesome! I love having A notebook for individual decks. It really allows me to explore them on detail and add some creativity to the process. 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️
I started my Tarot journey using this process. It really opens up your own divine channel. As you hold and write and scrutinize the cards you'll find your own nuances, thus "owning" the cards. Beautiful job, thank you
That such a beautiful way to put it, o love that! 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️
That's such a beautiful, organised and intelligent work! It's a major inspiration ❤️
I am so glad you enjoy it! It's such a fun project and I really enjoy working with some of my decks this way. 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️
Every time I see these cards I want them more and more. I have the second addition of the Starchild Tarot, and the Work Your Light Oracle. I also am going to have to get this guide soon, I love books that give ideas for
working with my decks.
I was actually surprised by how much I like this deck. I've gotten some really beautiful and powerful readings with it. 🙂 Thank you for watching. ❤️
I'm so glad I found this channel. During the past 40 years, I've basically stuck to the tried and true decks. This video has shown me just how to bond with nonconventional decks. I love this idea! Thank you!
How wonderful, I am so glad you found my channel and found the video helpful! I have more deck bonding videos coming soon that you might find interesting as well. 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️
Wow I have no patience at all for that but I do admire all your effort and the beautiful outcome 😍❤
Hehe it's not for everyone. I'm kinda a nerd and enjoy the study aspect of the practice. 🙂 Thank you for watching. ❤️
Your process is beautiful 😍
So many tarot study and journal goals. I am saving this for future reference. You are amazingly creative! 😊💖
Thank you so much Jen, I am glad you found it interesting! I have so many study and journal goals too, always something to be learned and not enough time in the day to learn it all! :) Thank you for watching!
I really appreciate you making this video! I’ve been at a bit of a loss on exactly how to structure studying non RWS decks and have found it difficult to find that info online. This definitely gives me a structure to use when going forward! Will definitely check out your guide from your website :)
I am so glad you found this helpful Allison! The process should work well for both RWS and non RWS decks, I myself have used it for both many times. The guide does prompts for both so you can explore a deck from many angles. :) Thank you so much for watching!
Allison McCue what are RWS and non RWS decks?
RWS stands for Rider Waite Smith. 🙂
I find using Numerology is the easiest way to understand non-RWS/illustrated decks, especially pip decks.
Tying the numbers with the Major Arcana, for example 1 relating to The Magician and also all the Aces - meaning beginnings, the start of creation, the first kernel of thought, the seed/the root, etc. And then 'crossing' that idea with the suits, so for example Ace of Cups symbolising new emotions flowing out, new relationships, burgeoning feelings, creativity, etc.
You can definitely find tools online to help you with understanding how the Majors interact with Numerology.
Using Elements and Astrology could help you too - just sort of having a backing 'theory' or way of understanding that exists beyond simply the illustrations.
You can use this to create a structure for studying, by relating Majors and Minors together, and those cards and suits to pre-existing theory. You can easily create a study system that works for you, and add your own intuitive readings to it.
I love how you incorporate your creativity with reading tarot.
Thank you, I enjoy blending my two passions into one multifaceted practice! Thank you for watching!
You are so creative
You are very creative. Your work is so beautiful. A work of art. I have learned a lot by watching you study and do your book.
Thank you so much, that makes my heart happy! I am so glad you enjoy my content and find it helpful. I'm hoping to have more content of diving deeper into how I study in the future. 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️
I really connect with your journal style of exploring a deck, thank you 😊 just what I needed to get started ❤️ ✨
Just purchased the digital version of your Tarotbound book. Very much looking forward to the process, and thank you for putting something like this together!
Thank you so much for your support! I do hope you enjoy it and I wish you many blessings on your tarot journey! 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️
Youre helping me to see the tarot in a new beautiful and different perspective. Thank you for the inspiration.
How wonderful, I am so glad that you are enjoying my videos. 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️
This sounds exactly what I have been searching for to use as a study guide.
I'm so glad it resonates for you. I love working with my decks through this process. 🙂 Thank you for watching. ❤️
My new favourite channel! Great video, full of resources! I have been looking for a way to connectto my decks on a deeper level! Now I finally have it! Thank you!
Thank you so much, I am so glad you are enjoying my content! 🙂 Thank you for watching. ❤️
Your process is so creative & inspiring! Going out today to get fresh notebook and really delving into my decks! ✨🙏🏾❤️
What fun! I am so glad you found the process helpful. 😊 Thank you so much for watching!
How long does it typically take to create and work with each deck and journal creation? This is such an intensive study method, I love how you decorate each journal to match the deck!!
In general I spend one-three month with a deck when I do this full method, just usually depends on how different the deck is from traditional systems. I don't always do the full process with every deck, for some I just do the bits and pieces that resonate. Hope that helps! 🙂 Thank you so much for watching! ❤️
Thank you soooo much, this is truly a great way to keep the study of Tarot fresh and interesting.
Thank you so much, I am so glad you enjoyed the video and my study process. I use it in a variety of different ways with most of my decks. :) Thank you for watching!
I love this. I think certain decks in my collection deserve more of 1:1 time but I didn’t put a system to it.
I am so glad you enjoyed it. I seem to get more accomplished when I have a system in place so I try to incorporate one wherever I can. :) Thank you for watching!
Omg😮this comment made me smile. I’ve just started doing this simply because I would jump from one deck to the next. Definitely a bad habit. I’m made a promise to myself no more buying decks in 2023
So clear & concise, excellently communicated!!! ⭐️🤗Thank you so much! Stunning journals, wow!
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Thank you so much, I am so glad you enjoyed the video. 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️
Thank you for this amazing video. I have watched lots and lots of tarot vids and yours are so well done and beautifully made and inspired.
Youre a GENIUS...I ALMOST want to give up jk...but as I break it down (pause) I realize its quite understandable and CHOCK FULL of gifts and good instruction...Thankyou so much...I STILL think youre a genius..Thanks for SHARING your HARD WORK!!!
Thank you so much, I am so glad that you found this video helpful! 🙂 Thank you so much for watching! ❤️
I am so glad you made this video!! I went and purchased Tarotbound !!!!
That is fantastic Michelle, thank you so much and I hope you enjoy the journey! Please be sure to let me know how it works out for you. I love to hear about everyone's study experience. :) I appreciate your support!!
Thank you for the link, I love your process, will really help a beginner like myself 💜
I am so glad to hear that! 🙂
Just bought the Connecting with the Tarot guide on kindle, AMAZING! such a great resource! Thank you so much for this video and the guide, I've been wanting to take my tarot practise deeper and go beyond the pretty pictures because I feel there's so much more to explore, well now I know how! hahaha thank you again! Blessings and Rainbow light to you!
How wonderful and thank you so much for your support! I do hope you enjoy it. 🥰
I sure will, it's amazing =D @@DawnMichelleTarot
"She's a REALLY artistic person" is what I said aloud watching you do the golden spirals.
Excellent work!
This is great, exactly what I need, though I would use stickers probably.
You've written a tarot book!
Lol thank you! I have written a tarot book, and I'm working on a few others. Stickers would be fantastic as well! 🙂 Thank you for watching. ❤️
I love the idea of this. I would never do this for all of my decks..However, I would definitely do this for my Motherpeace tarot. That is my number one most favorite. Thank you for this.
I don't do it with all my decks, just the ones I really want to dive deep into. I am planning on doing this process with my Mother Peace as well! 😊 Thank you for watching! ❤️
I just recently found your channel and I'm so inspired! Long time oracle card user and I'm super new to tarot. I picked up a traditional RWS deck and also the Modern Witch deck and the Modern Witch journal. As I was looking through that journal, I was thinking I wanted to do something like this for my current decks and new decks I obtain. And here you have a video about it! You are such a talented artist and I love how you bring beautiful aesthetics into your journaling. I am not so I will definitely be scanning and printing little mini cards because it makes it colorful and fun! Thank you so much for sharing this, and I love your channel!
How wonderful, I am so glad you enjoy my videos. I love making journals for my decks, blends all my favorite things into one project! 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️
Wow!! Wonderful! You are very creative. Thank you for the inspiration.
I am so glad you enjoyed it! 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️
Beautiful process! I really enjoyed this video:) Thank you for sharing xo
Thank you so much, I am so glad you enjoyed it! 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️
Wow, awesome journal. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much, I am so glad you enjoyed them. 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️
Your videos are incredibly inspirational to me. Thank you 🙏🏻
I am so happy to hear that! 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️
So excited to find this. Just bought Tarotbound online - can’t wait to dive deep!
Thank you so much for your support!! I do hope you enjoy it and I wish you many blessings on your tarot study journey. 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️
I take pics if my cards and upload to my digital journal .. I also record my personal reading ..This allows me to go back and review the reading holisitcally .. Another great video
Some day I really want to give digital journaling a try.
🙂 Thank you for watching. ❤️
Very inspiring!🙌💖😌Thank you for showing us your way...this is great!
I am so glad you enjoyed it! 🙂 Thank you for watching. ❤️
This is fantastic!!! :) Thank you!
Thank you so much, I am glad you enjoyed the process! :)
I have watched this video a couple of times and have purchased the hardcopy from Amazon. It's an awesome way to have a process while being fluid to the learning of the deck you are studying. I have taken this digital and will be using through One Note. I only have so many tarot decks and will be able to do it for each. Thank you for sharing.
I am so glad you found it helpful and thank you so much for purchasing the book. I appreciate your support! I really enjoy working with my decks this way, it had a structure but allows me to jump around when I feel in a rut. I hope you enjoy it! 🙂 Thank you for watching. ❤️
Girrrrllll this is amazing. This is so helpful and your dedication and journals are beautiful. Thanks for sharing. I love this!
This is also good to do for Oracle decks.
Thank you so much, I am so glad that you enjoyed it! 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️
That was super inspiring and helpful!Thank you for sharing! :)
I am so glad you found it helpful, thank you so much for watching!
Really great video and the workbook looks awesome!😊
Thank you so much, I am so glad you enjoyed it! :)
Love it!!! So simple and inspiring! Thank you very much!
Thank you, I am so glad you enjoyed it! 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️
Thank you so much for this video! While I have been journaling my daily draws in a specific journal, my notes on cards are all mixed together on notebook paper & not deck specific. This is such an inspiration.
I am so glad that you enjoy it and found it helpful! 🙂 Thank you for watching. ❤️
I was about to check the video you last uploaded but this came up on the sidebar and since I just recieved a couple decks this video was perfect!
Wonderful, I am so glad you enjoyed it. 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️
Newbie here and I stumbled across your videos this morning. Thank you for sharing your process, it's very helpful as I am working on putting together my first journal as I learn the basic tarot meanings.
Question, do you mind sharing more on how you scan and resize your deck? I would like to include copies of the cards in mine as well. I know how to scan them-lol, but the would love more insight into how you resize them and what software you use to do so.
Thank you!
I am so glad you enjoyed it! I am working on some more detailed information on journaling and I will include info about scanning, resizing and printing. 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️
Hello! For scanning the process may differ a bit from scanner to scanner. But resizing images is simple and there are many ways, you don't need to buy software though.
If you have a Macbook, on the display window when double clicking the image, you have an option to resize it (you can choose which metric system to use aswell, changing it to inches or centimeters will help to know the actual size when you print it).
On Windows you can also edit images from the photo gallery (opened when you double click)
I won't go into detail but wanted you to know that it is a simple process. Google "how to resize images on mac/pc" for a step by step tutorial that I bet are out there!
Just three words: you are amazing!!
Aw thank you so much, I so appreciate that! ❤️
Wow! You've given me inspiration to do this with my 2 favorite decks. I have so many that there'd be no way to do them, but for the ones that I use the most this is really nice. Even with limited time you could just pull some of the majors etc. You wouldn't have to do the whole deck, just what you have time for. Thanks for the tips.
I don't do this whole process with all my decks, but I do use bits and pieces with all of them. Yes, you could do it just with the Majors or just the cards you want to understand better. 😊 Thank you for watching! ❤️
Beautiful! Thank you. I would love to see How you actually craft the different pages
I might do more in-depth videos on my study journals in the future. 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️
A few months ago I was also starting my own tarot journal and was scanning the cards so I can cut and past them on my book. I stopped because I got into a car accident but I plan to get back into it soon! I love the whole journal idea and I plan to purchase from you very soon! Thank you for giving me more ideas as I recover! Also, I didn’t think of making a journal for my oracle cards! That’s also a good idea because each card holds so much information that it’s hard to memorize them so I tend to just go with the flow but new stuff information does appear so I should definitely consider doing a journal just for oracle cards! Thank you so much!!! ❤️
How wonderful, I am so glad you found it helpful. 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️
This is mind blowing ! I love your process and I will definitely purchase your guide :)
Thank you so much, I do hope you enjoy it! 🙂 Thank you for watching and for your support! ❤️
@@DawnMichelleTarot I'm sure I will love it! I have been looking for something like this and the universe has shown me your youtube channel :)
Thank you for sharing this valuable information!
You are very welcome, I hope you enjoyed it! 😊 Thank you for watching.
I have always wanted to study deeper, but generally the study guides I’ve seen leaves me either bored or frustrated. I really like the idea of the journal study guide you’ve created. I think I will give this a try.
How wonderful, I do hope you enjoy it! I was in the same boat and that's why I created this process, I like to study decks but I like the freedom to jump around and try different things with them as I study them. 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️
This is great! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you, I am so glad you enjoyed it! 😊
Thank you for sharing this! It definitely has my brain buzzing with thoughts. I'm curious if you've done this for any of your oracle decks?
Wow, have just stumbled onto your channel and have certainly purchased your book. Thank you, I never thought to do a study of the decks I own and certainly will start now.
How wonderful, I do hope you enjoy it! Thank you so much for your support of my work. ❤️
Omgosh your journals are awesome/beautiful 🌟🥰👏✌
Thank you so much, I am so glad you enjoyed them. 🙂 Thank you for watching. ❤️
Thank you for sharing your process. 🙏🏼 I’ve been thinking about how I want to organize the studying of the decks I do have and starting a new journal dedicated to my study. Seeing how creative and open you get really gives me comfort knowing I can really approach the process as creatively and organically as I can that works for me. 🤗❤️
How wonderful, I am so glad that you found it helpful! Wishing you a beautiful journey with your decks! 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️
I've tried doing tarot deep dives and I always get bored and bogged down. I just went and purchased the book; I think this is going to be massively helpful. I have a decent little collection of decks, and I just struggle with what to do with them. I'm not a professional reader and I can only do so many three card spreads, lol.
How wonderful, I so hope enjoy it! And thank you so much for supporting my work! 🥰
OMG, I thought about scanning each card and write down related information with my intuitive thoughts on a journal connection. Great idea and very creative! Thanks for sharing!
I am so glad you enjoyed it! 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️
@@DawnMichelleTarot I received my Moon-child deck yesterday. I love 💕 it. The energy of this deck is very cosmo, peace and grounding, expansion. Love the art and the book. Have you used the Starchild Deck?
I am so glad you love it! I do have the Starchild, the reprint of the first edition and I do quite love it. I have an unboxing on my channel. Funny thing was, I was pretty blah about it at first when I was just flipping through, but then I did a reading and it was an instant connection after that. 🙂
@@DawnMichelleTarot I'll check out your Starchild tarot unboxing video. I'm actually expecting the delivery tonight for my Starchild. It's the tarot size edition. I wish she'll print the Oracle size edition in the future. I love the energy of Moonchild and her other 2 Oracle decks. PS, I'm returning the Mermaid Tarot. I adore the art, but the energy somehow just doesn't work for me. I'm an Empath and HSP, so I sense each deck in the bookstore or online photos before I make a purchase.
Soooo many ideas right now... ✨💡✨
I am so glad you enjoyed it and found it helpful!! 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️
Thank you Dawn... I found I found it 🥰 Ohh so getting the guide ~ Smile ~
I am so glad you found it! Thank you so much for your support, I do hope you enjoy it!! 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️
Such a beautiful idea 😍
Thank you so much, I am so glad you enjoyed it. 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️
WOW this is sooo in-depth. Lengthy but in depth. I LOVE it. New subscriber 🙌🏼😍
It is a lengthy process so I only do it with those really special decks. It's lots of fun tho! Thank you so much for subscribing!! 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️
Boho Tarot yes I’m having marathon watch on your channel 🤷🏻♀️😂 loving it. So yes I’m going to try to do that for the special decks. Looking forward to growing my knowledge and feel this definitely will help. 🙏🏼 Namaste
How fun!! ❤️
Thank you so much for this video and your channel !
I have this tarot deck, the angel one from Doreen Virtue, that I've bought because I love angels so much, and I've always struggel with it because in some way this deck scares me, the card are so beautifull and strong that I was unable to read them. Then I've found your video (this one first and I'm watching it for at least the fourth times :D), and you make me want to build a link with this deck, and now I'm not scared anymore ! I'm starting a journal specialy for this deck !
You really give me another point of view for learning tarot in a really creative way !
Thank you !!
Oh I am so glad to hear that! I wish you a wonderful journey with your deck! 🙂 Thank you for watching!
Thank you for sharing this and your guide with us. I can’t wait for pay day next week to purchase the guide.
I was just gifted a deck and would love to do this deep dive study with the deck to become familiar with it. Need to do this with my Wild Unknown journal as well.
I am so glad you enjoyed it and found it helpful! 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️
I did, thank you so much. And I showed it to my friend and she is going to use it as well!
Wow, amazing!
I have been tempted to take this approach with the Mary El.
That is a fantastic deck to do some deep dive work with. There is so much to unpack within those images. You'll have to let me know how it goes if you decide to study it. 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️
Yesss! Was just thinking this. That deck needs a serious deep deep dive!
Thank you so much for this video! I've been wanting to journal about my decks, but have been hesitant because it seems such a big undertaking and it gets overwhelming at times, and this video definitely gave me a proper direction. I'm gonna do my journaling on my laptop for now since I can't really afford buying a bunch of journals, but I think I'm gonna transfer it to a paper journal at some point. And I'm def checking out the guide from your site !
I am so glad you found this helpful! I find having structure to follow really helps me. I do journaling on my laptop as well and I think that can be just as enjoyable! 😊 Thank you for watching! ❤️
Awesome study books you create🥰
Thank you so much, I am so glad you enjoyed them. 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️
Thank you for this! I love scrapbooking and all along it's preparing me once I finally found my way to tarot fascination. :-)
How wonderful! You might enjoy my Tarot Journal with me series too. I also do more crafts on my other channel (Boho Bloom.) 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️
Beautiful Journals!
Thank you so much! I am so glad you enjoyed it. 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️
Boho Tarot I did! You are naturally very interesting, knowledge and keep the video moving right along. That - is a gift in it's self! ;) Your creativity is a pleasure as well. ❤️
Thank you so much for this video and for showing your journaling process s well!
I bought your Tarot Bound and it is incredibly useful. I love journaling and I want to create a nice notebook to keep track of my personal readings, thoughts, and decks works, it's just that I'm messy and I do not have a good sense of design, so I always end up hating most of the pages and my handwriting or just wanting to start over and over again, so a guide like yours is definitely indispensable! Thank you again :) keep up the wonderful work!
I am so glad that you are finding the guide helpful! I like my journals to look nice as well, but since I don't always time to do that in the moment, I journal on scrap paper to start with and then transfer it in later on when I have more time to make things pretty. You might find that process helpful as well. 🙂 Thank you for watching and for your support. ❤️
I must say you are very creative 🌟
Loved your video and suggestions 😍❤
Thank you so much, I am so glad you enjoyed it! 🙂 Thank you for watching. ❤️
Yes it was amazing... Your welcome ❤❤
thank you!!!! i just ordered the workbook :)
Thank you so much for your support Christie, I hope you enjoy it! Please let me know how your deck study journey goes and what deck you are using it with. I love hearing about people's experiences. :) Thank you for watching and ordering!!
@@DawnMichelleTarot I really do love it and I'm really enjoying the process :) I bounced back and forth between decks for way too long before choosing Eight Coins Tattoo Tarot LOL. So far, I've trimmed & edged it (the edging was a first for me) :) I just rewatched your video and noticed you used a sharpie paint marker for your journal. Which point do you recommend? Thank you again
@@christiebellaluna6 I used a fine point paint sharpie on the outside of the cover of my journal. It works really well for that and adheres nicely to the cover. 🙂
@@DawnMichelleTarot Thank you :)
Spiral Tarot is my go-to deck. I have never seen anyone else use it before. I would love to see or hear your impressions about it. And speaking of that deck do you have a copy you could share of your scans, or do you have a video on how you scanned them and got them on one+ sheet? I would love to make the little cards for journalling but I really just do not know how.
I think I talked about it some in my three part series on Tarot journaling, but for something like this, I generally scan the deck in and then resize the images in Photoshop and they just layer them onto a page and print. Depending on the size I rescale too, I can generally get an entire deck on a half a dozen sheets or so. I hope that helps!
Thank you for sharing. I started a tarot journal for my first deck but I didn’t know how to use it so I ended up abandoning it! This video has been really helpful. I wanted to ask what journal you have used here? I used a Leuchturrm, but your journal seems to have much thinker pages :)
Thicker pages I meant 🙈
I actually use the Walmart brand dot grid journals most of the time now called Exceed. They do have much thicker pages than the Leuchturrm (they don't feel as nice of course) and they hold up much better to all the gluing and layering I tend to do in my journals. They also don't seem to bleed as bad and, bonus, they are only about $10 so I can two for the price of one of the more expensive brands. Hope that helps and thank you so much for watching!
Your presentation is so beautiful, sharp, and so well organized. Because I’ve been watching your videos, I began vamping up my mini-binder. Decorating it, cutting out images of cards,… and I’ll be sure not to rush through it:)
If you are ever selling any journals such as the ones in this video, I’ll be interested in purchasing them.
I am so glad you enjoyed it and found it helpful! 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️
Your work book is on my "NEED" list from now on until I can make the purshase of it, hopefully soon. I looove journaling and created 2 junk journals in traveler's notebook format. One to use for my daily card drawings and self care Sunday spreads, and the second for my personal readings I do for me.
I have a emty dotted Paperblanks notebook and now I know what to save it for 😉😊
Thank you so much, that is very exciting! I love making journals too, and making journals for decks is my favorite kind to make! 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️
I loved this video. I know I won't do this myself, but still very enjoyable to watch :)
I am so glad you enjoyed the video! I don't do the whole process with every deck, but I do tend to use bits and pieces for every deck I work with. :) Thank you so much for watching!
I think I might need a hard copy of this...😊
I have a print verison of my Tarotbound book and process on amazon, but no copies of my study journals. 🙂
@@DawnMichelleTarot ok I’ll have to look into this thanks for sharing😍❤️
I need like a few life’s more to study all the decks what I have... I love your way of attention to your life and all what you do about it...
In you I see myself in many ways... thank you for being here and sharing all you can ...
I know you only for 2 days but I am completely in love with your creation... I wish I could know you in person...❤️🤍🥰
Thank you so much, I am so glad you enjoy my videos. I would need several lifetimes to study all my decks in the detail I would like as well! 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️
@@DawnMichelleTarot
I really need your help ‼️‼️‼️⚠️
I have seen already a few of your so lovely detailed videos, and I have a question❕
❗️Crayola markers (washable) and any other good markets what is a water based, is that the same GOOD STUFF for an edges? ❗️
I did spend today like an hour at the shop to choose the right products for that creation...
And I took a risk to buy a big collection of water based markers, and now still doubting if I did make a right choice.... Of course I can give them back, but still I want to ask you about it...
Thank you for your professional answer an advance...🥰🥰🥰🤍
I have used crayola markers many times on my decks. Sometimes they do have a tendency to come off you hands (but even permanent marker can do that!) It seems to vary depending on the cardstock. I have found that eventually it stops transferring, but if it bothers you, you can also go over with a permanent medium (I like to use stamp for that that.) Hope that helps and good luck!
@@DawnMichelleTarot
Thank you ☺️😘
Those scanned & minimized card pics seem to be perfect in size (not too small and not too large)...could you please share the size you minimized them to? Thanks. 😊
I don’t use an exact size but rather put them on my scanner and then tell it to reduce the size to either 60% for a little bit larger one or 50% for thumbnail size. I think on average that runs about 2x3 inches I believe. I hope that helps! 🥰
I love this idea!!
I am so glad you enjoyed it. 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️
Great ideas!
I am so glad you enjoyed it. 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️
This is a beautiful video & way to connect with a deck ❤️. I loved the vintage looking Rider Waite card images in your guidebook. Could you please share what the name of the deck is? Much thanks, love & light ✨
I am so glad you enjoyed it. The deck in my book is not a real deck, it's one I created specifically to use in the book. 🙂 I get a lot of requests for it tho, I might make it available to print.
🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️
could you do this with oracle decks? i bought the Rose Oracle by rebecca campbell and i'm just not connecting with it at all. I'm really new to oracles though so still trying to figure my way around them
I think you could do a similar type of study for sure with Oracle. You might have slightly different questions, but you can certainly deep dive into imagery, colors and symbols and things of that nature. 🥰
Beautiful ✨
Thank you so much, I am glad you enjoyed the video!
Do you do this for every deck you own?
I love this.
Not every deck, mostly just those that I want to dive deeper with or decks that kinda go their own way. 😀