So did you get nice things for Christmas, and if you got no one, did you buy yourself something nice?

I did ..
I bought myself some nice oracle cards, a deck I've wanted ever since Ruth did readings with 'em here: The Romance Angel Oracle cards.



I also bought myself the book "Healing Ancestral Karma" and a day later bought myself another set of oracle cards



Got the Romance Angels and the book in before Christmas, now waiting for the other oracle cards to arrive :)

The oracle cards are pretty cool Crystal! I don't normally get a lot for Christmas because we usually only buy for kids but this year was an exception. My mom gave me an heirloom cookbook, my dad got me a popcorn popper Lol Got a beautiful open hearts necklace my boys made me pot holders and ornaments for my tree. Just having a peaceful Christmas with my family was gift enough. It was really fun watching my kids this year. I didn't think they would ever go to sleep! Lol.

I recieved a pair of Beavis and Butthead underwear.
Perfect

i got a gift certificate for one free session with a psychologist,due to my fascination with boobies.




i re-gifted it

Yes, the cards are awesome, very accurate!
I did some 20-25 readings with 'em for others, all spot on!

I got my son & his girl a few pressies,
The Dutch don't typically do Christmas pressies
as we do that on Dec 5th (St Nicholas => Santa Claus)
I only started doing so cos my ex was British
So we did Christmas pressies
and my kids' dad got to do St Nicholas pressies,
everybody happy!

Star Trek is cool!

I got a new son. Best present of all!!

I got some DVDs and also bought myself some music on CD. I'm a Doors collector but the Live in New Yourk box set was out of stock from Amazon, so didn't get that and there are a couple of other box sets that I would like but they were limited editions and are rather expensive now.

Speaking of the cards though, I sent a friend a link to her Facebook with her horoscope and birthday tarot card and she liked that. The tarot is something that I've been looking into quite a lot recently and I've also been looking at natal star charts. I have virgo rising and the moon in leo. Did a reading for someone that said that he was half aquarius and half pisces (the cusp of sensitivity) and he had both sun and moon in pisces, so I told him that he was a natural psychic.

Another guy got the devil as his birthday tarot card, representing a materialistic attitude, obsession and sexual issues. That was a bit spooky because he is like that.

I had a very nice time with friends and fam.. since Thanksgiving ...
I really thought her cards where also very nice ... the wisdom look very interesting ... have to let me know what u think when they arrive ... I have a few decks but the one i use the most which feels like took me forever to order is Spirit of the wheel meditation deck... has to do with animals ... really love them ... been a collector for yrs with stones and stones that have color of what they mean ... I like the meaning of animals and the ones for flowers ... thanks for sharing might have to look into getting those wisdom ones ... I wrote them down ... oh and fairies have one that sit right nxt to me had since I was in my early twenties...

V. THE HIEROPHANT


This card is referred to the letter Vau, which means a Nail; of this instrument nine appear at the top of the card; they serve to fix the oriel behind the main figure of the picture.


The card is referred to Taurus; therefore the Throne of the Hierophant is surrounded by elephants, which are of the nature of Taurus; and he is actually seated upon a bull. Around him are the four beasts or Kerubs, one in each corner of the card; for these are the guardians of every shrine. But the main reference is to the particular arcanum which is the principal business, the essential, of all magical work; the uniting of the microcosm with the macrocosm.



Accordingly, the oriel is diaphanous; before the Manifestor of the Mystery is a hexagram representing the macrocosm. In its centre is a pentagram, representing a dancing male child. This symbolizes the law of the new Aeon of the Child Horns, which has supplanted that Aeon of the “Dying God” which governed the world for two thousand years. Before him is the woman girt with a sword; she represents the Scarlet Woman in the hierarchy of the new Aeon. This symbolism is further carried out in the oriel where, behind the phallic headdress, the rose of five petals is in blossom.


The symbolism of the snake and dove refers to this verse of the Book of the Law--- chap. I, verse 57:

“there are love and love. There is the dove, and there is the serpent”.

This symbol recurs in the trump numbered XVI.


The background of the whole card is the dark blue of the starry night of Nuit, from whose womb all phenomena are born.
Taurus, the sign of the Zodiac represented by this card, is itself the Bull Kerub; that is, Earth in its strongest and most balanced form.


The ruler of this sign is Venus; she is represented by the woman standing before the hierophant.


Chapter III of the Book of the Law, verse xi, reads:

“Let the woman be girt with a sword before me.”

This woman represents Venus as she now is in this new aeon; no longer the mere vehicle of her male counterpart, but armed and militant. In this sign the Moon is “exalted”; her influence is represented not only by the woman, but by the nine nails.
It is impossible at the present time to explain this card thoroughly, for only the course of events can show how the new current of initiation will work out.


It is the aeon of Horus, of the Child. Though the face of the Hierophant appears benignant and smiling, and the child himself seems glad with wanton innocence, it is hard to deny that in the expression of the initiator is something mysterious, even sinister. He seems to be enjoying a very secret joke at somebody’s expense. There is a distinctly sadistic aspect to this card; not unnaturally, since it derives from the Legend of Pasiphae, the prototype of all the legends of Bull-gods. These still persist in such religions as Shaivism, and (after multiple degradations) in Christianity itself.


The symbolism of the Wand is peculiar; the three interlaced rings which crown it may be taken as representative of the three Aeons of Isis, Osiris and Horus with their interlocking magical formulae. The upper ring is marked with scarlet for Horus; the two lower rings with green for Isis, and pale yellow for Osiris, respectively.


All these are based upon deep indigo, the colour of Saturn, the Lord of Time. For the rhythm of the Hierophant is such that he moves only at intervals of 2,000 years.

.. well just between you and me..
I met somebody recently.. and she gave me a really really nice present on Christmas....mmm.... and no not crabs either..lmao.... sorry to beat you to the punch line..lmao..

..... myself... my boys gave me a very nice card..... and some lovely niknak present... but seeing how I gave them the money... to buy presents with.. So I guess I bought myself some very lovely .. knickknack present...lol..
..... I took the boys skiing in the Rockies over the holidays..... it was I guess a family present..... for all of us....

Yes, I can't wait for the Wisdom cards to come in!
They should arrive tomorrow :p
Currently doing 2015 readings for people, using 7 different decks, lol.
Very accurate readings, I must say! But a lot of work, 13 cards, so I only
offered a few readings on my own forum. Everybody wants one, I'll prolly
do a few more, then that's it.
The good thing of doing this is that I got to know a few decks a lot better!
Could not really connect to 2, now I can!
If you want to do the reading for yourself, let me know, I can give you the spread (made it myself). It's been road tested, works well!
I like (power/totem) animals too, but haven't got oracle cards on 'em. If ever I work with them, it's more shamanic, like a medicine wheel.

Stones .. you mean like crystals? I LOVE crystals, hence my name
PhD invests in silver, I invest in crystals

http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/crowley/libro_thoth05.htm

the nicest thing was that my niece was with me and got to spend time with her cousins. my sister is estranged from the family, so my niece misses out on many family get togethers.

as far as gifts, I will be shopping for myself. everyone gave me gift cards

My sweet fella gave me a variety of art supplies, acrylics, charcoal, sketching pen/nibs and ink...Looks like a creative year ahead...

I got a lump of coal!!!!

The thing with my family is that whatever you give my brother and father they complain that they would rather have had something else or money. I was going to give a CD to my sister but then a lady friend showed up on Christmas eve with some chocolates for me, so I gave her the CD instead because the present that I had ordered for her hadn't arived yet.

Oh yeah, I got a quarter of pollen from my brother. I find it rather mild but it makes a change from skunkweed and is at least better than hash.

So, that was about it but I did post some horoscopes on friends' Facebook pages. I suppose that it's a form of trolling to do that because you're saying things about their personality that they may not like. It doesn't bother me though. http://www.sunsigns.org/birthday-13-november-zodiac-sign-scorpio-astrology-funny/

Oh, that's great!
I got a gift card too! Bought myself some nice make-up thingies with that and .. black holdup stockings :D

Wow, great! Wishing you lots of artistic & creative fun with those!