• Home
  • About DarkLake Tarot
    • Meet Your Reader
  • BOOK NOW
  • FAQ
    • Terms + Ethics
    • Tarot + Oracle Deck Info
  • [re]DISCOVER - Tarot Mentorship Course
DarkLake Tarot
  • Home
  • About DarkLake Tarot
    • Meet Your Reader
  • BOOK NOW
  • FAQ
    • Terms + Ethics
    • Tarot + Oracle Deck Info
  • [re]DISCOVER - Tarot Mentorship Course
DarkLake Tarot

DarkLake Thoughts

DarkLake Tarot Does Kwanzaa - [pt 7/7]

1/1/2018
Habari Gani, everyone- and a Happy New Year to you all!

When this post goes live I will most likely still be in my bed, as my beloved and recover from the nerdy masquerade ball we'll be attending New Year's Eve.  So I wanted to make sure this was ready for you- our last day of Kwanzaa, and our last Principle: Imani [or 'Faith'].

Read More
0 Comments

DarkLake Tarot Does Kwanzaa - [pt 6/7]

31/12/2017
Habari Gani, everyone?

Did you miss Part !?  Part 2?  Part 3?  Part 4?  Part 5?

It's New Year's Eve!  How has the time flown by so quickly, huh?  But just because we're all ready to say 'good riddance' to the collective dumpster fire that has been 2017, that doesn't mean that we are done with Kwanzaa!  In fact, as we make the transition to 2018, I think this is one of the potent times to really consider today's Principle: Kuumba [or 'Creativity'].

Read More
0 Comments

DarkLake Tarot Does Kwanzaa - [pt 5/7]

31/12/2017
Habari gani everyone?

Did you miss Part 1?  Part 2?  Part Three?  Part Four?

Yes I know this entry was late, but honestly when I sat down to write this last night my eyes felt like they were seconds away from exploding out of my skull.  So this is a belated Day 5 of Kwanzaa post [and you'll be the getting the last two on time to compensate!]

So, yesterday's Principle was Nia ['Purpose'], where we are asked “To make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness.”

As I mentioned before, keeping in mind that Kwanzaa is a hella-Black festival, the emphasis in the last part of that phrase is critical.  'Restore OUR people to their traditional greatness.' No doubt it's pointing to the times before our ancestors were treated as chattel and goods.  Before the centuries of colonialism, slavery, apartheid, etc. stripped us of everything that made us great as a people.

However I think that that is a struggle that is hard to articulate in a tarot spread- at least, not here.  For Kwanzaa is about pushing forward and making the future better for those yet to come. And thus, that's the direction I went with the spread for Nia.

Read More
0 Comments

DarkLake Tarot Does Kwanzaa [pt 4/7]

29/12/2017
Habari gani?

Did you miss Part 1?   Part 2?    Or Part 3?

We're almost at the end of 2017 [holy shit] but only at the halfway point of Kwanzaa!  Today's Principle is Ujamaa ['Cooperative Economics'], where we are asked "To build and maintain our own stores, shops and other businesses and to profit from them together.”  This particular Principle might be amongst the most important for us as members of the African Diaspora to consider- especially in today's sociopolitical climate.
But let's deal with the spread first!

Read More
0 Comments

Darklake Tarot Does Kwanzaa - [pt 3/7]

28/12/2017
Habari Gani everyone!

​Did you miss Part 1?  Or Part 2?

It's the 3rd Day of Kwanzaa, so our principle today is Ujima ['Collective Work and Responsibility'].  Essentially we are asked  “To build and maintain our community together, and make our brothers’ and sisters’ problems our problems and to solve them together.”

I'm only able to offer you today's spread however.  I had a long day where I went from work to rehearsal immediately afterward... and also had an week-long injury/muscle sprain flare up to the point where certain movements just suck.  So I'm going to go to bed now and hopefully some rest and a heat pack will help!
Picture
The only thing I'll point out with this spread is that the point is to see how everything is connected- our trials, tribulations, achievements and victories.  That philosophy is what Ujima is about.  So while the obvious connections are there between cards 1-2 and 3-4, consider all 4 positions in the spread as just one facet of the same picture.

​I'll see you all tomorrow~
0 Comments
Previous
    Picture

    Oh Hey!

    LINDSAY - Black Woman, Wife, Witch and Resident Blogger of DarkLake Tarot~


    Archives

    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    July 2017
    April 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016

    Categories

    All
    Astrology
    Birthday
    Crab
    Daily Tarot
    Full Moon
    Guabancex
    Imani
    Kujichagulia
    Kuumba
    Kwanzaa
    Kwanzaa Spread
    Magical Girl
    Mahou Shoujo
    Mahou Shoujo Oracle Deck
    New Moon
    Nia
    Personal
    Pisces
    Solar Return
    Synchronicity
    Tarot
    Tarot Spreads
    Ujima
    Ujimaa
    Umoja
    Umoja Spread


    RSS Feed


    What I'm Listening To

Proudly powered by Weebly