Cards 1 and 2 Dragonfly and Grasshopper Say

FINALLY I am actually creating the cards for The Journey deck. I am using images from the internet and magazines etc to create the cards because I am no real artist!  I feel fine about using the images because I am not trying to produce and sell a deck, just creating one for my personal use!

Featured above is Card 1 The Dragonfly, my first identified animal totem. The keeper of dreams and wisdom. Bringer of transformation and enlightenment. I wanted you to be able to see the front and back of the cards. I used a deck of blank cards I bought at amazon.com

Here you see cards one and two.  The second card is Grasshopper Say.  Grasshopper is the keeper of memories and fun. Bringer of laughter and light heartness. But always remember your laughter may make others cover their ears so this card speaks a bit of moderation also.

The Journey Deck Cards

1. Dragonfly
2. Grasshopper Say
3. Little Old Woman
4. Man in the Attic
5. Hell Hounds
6. Silent Woods
7. Bluff Road
8. Indian Grave Road
9. Old Garden
10. Green Hand
11. Ghost Lights
12. Grandma Annie
13. Fuzzy Duck
14. Gnome
15. MT
16. Faery Garden
17. The Lane
18. The Ouija Board
19. Ghost Hunt
20. Tunnel
21. Train
22. Ball of Fire
23. Knock at the Door
24. Reading Cards
25. The Ring
26. Red
27. Haggle Foot
28. Dead Uncles
29. Music Notes
30. Dome Light
31. Sugar Cane
32. Denutter
33. Fight Card
34. The Stone
35. Words
36. Mexicans and Grapes
37. Hands
38. Circle
39. Cardinal
40. Org
41.. Cross
42. Tattoo
43. Friends
44. Music Box
45. Soundtracks
46. Death
47. Roadtrip
48. Night Visitor

This is the current, most up to date list of cards. I'm not opposed to adding others if something comes to mind or memory but this list is adequate for reading with and each card has a story and a specific "mood" that goes with it.

Working on the Journey Deck

I've put this deck away for a couple months because I was getting some anxiety from trying to work out cards. The deck has quite a few VERY strong cards that I am completely satisfied with....the meanings are good, well developed and "feel" right. They read well in the readings I have done with the "draft deck".

Then there are some cards that seem too vague or just don't seem to fit. There's nothing really wrong with them but when ever they come up in a reading I cringe because I don't really feel connected to them nor do they seem to fit particularly well. These are mostly the cards that I "created" to fit the deck...when I had a good number of my experience cards defined I felt an urge to get a full deck so that I could start practice reading....so I added ones that made sense to me and a few represented some memory or idea from family history BUT not really a strong one. This I soon discovered was a mistake...which is why I am reworking and rethinking the deck....

Some cards like the ones I've written about....The Little Man in the Attic, The Little Woman, even the Hell Hounds....those are all strong and read well. So my goal for this week is to go back through the cards and the card list and pull ONLY those that are strong and seem to speak to me. The rest will be set aside and then I will continue SLOWLY this time to round out the deck with more meaningful selections....

After I do the card sort....I'll pop back in here later in the week and list the cards that are being kept as part of the deck....so you will be able to see the beginning of the Journey Deck....and get a glimpse of the weird family history and strange occurances...