Comments on: Tarot Rummy http://marygreer.wordpress.com/2008/10/02/tarot-rummy/ "Tarot helps you meet whatever comes in the best possible way." Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:21:27 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: mkg http://marygreer.wordpress.com/2008/10/02/tarot-rummy/#comment-586 mkg Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:01:26 +0000 http://marygreer.wordpress.com/?p=727#comment-586 I want to thank everyone for sending in their variations on the theme. All of them are wonderful and will give you plenty of options to use in different situations. At the beginning of a course I sometimes do a much simplified variation. I mix a bunch of different decks in a big "fish pond" and ask each participant to to "go fishing" for <strong>two</strong> cards. One they will keep for themselves and the other is for the person to their left. Then we go around the circle and each person introduces themselves and talks about their cards: 1) the card received, 2) their own card, and 3) the card given to the next person. (The first person to speak will receive a card from the last person at the end of the exercise.) In addition to seeing how people react to their three cards, everyone gets an introduction to several different decks of cards. The teacher/leader can suggest a theme for the cards drawn, like "what can you learn from this class?" You can then revisit the cards at the end of the course. I want to thank everyone for sending in their variations on the theme. All of them are wonderful and will give you plenty of options to use in different situations.

At the beginning of a course I sometimes do a much simplified variation. I mix a bunch of different decks in a big “fish pond” and ask each participant to to “go fishing” for two cards. One they will keep for themselves and the other is for the person to their left. Then we go around the circle and each person introduces themselves and talks about their cards: 1) the card received, 2) their own card, and 3) the card given to the next person. (The first person to speak will receive a card from the last person at the end of the exercise.) In addition to seeing how people react to their three cards, everyone gets an introduction to several different decks of cards. The teacher/leader can suggest a theme for the cards drawn, like “what can you learn from this class?” You can then revisit the cards at the end of the course.

]]> By: HiC http://marygreer.wordpress.com/2008/10/02/tarot-rummy/#comment-585 HiC Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:10:34 +0000 http://marygreer.wordpress.com/?p=727#comment-585 Thanks for posting this. The past couple of months, I've been trying something out that is very similar. Only what I have done is play the actual game of Rummy with Tarot cards. The point of the game is to be the first to not have any cards in your hand. So, the game is played per the regular rules of rummy (simply using the Major arcana as a fifth suit). Whoever "wins" (i.e. has no cards left in their hand) becomes the reader, and the rest of the people receive readings based on the cards that they are still left holding. This has been really good for class situations where people are timid or hesitant to do a reading as the playing of the game leading up to the reading helps to break the ice and let people get to know each other better and feel more comfortable with each other. Obviously, this is something that could be done with other games as well, but rummy is just the one that I've been trying it out with. Well, just thought I'd share. 8) Nice to see you at BATS last week-end, Mary. 8) HiC Thanks for posting this. The past couple of months, I’ve been trying something out that is very similar. Only what I have done is play the actual game of Rummy with Tarot cards. The point of the game is to be the first to not have any cards in your hand. So, the game is played per the regular rules of rummy (simply using the Major arcana as a fifth suit). Whoever “wins” (i.e. has no cards left in their hand) becomes the reader, and the rest of the people receive readings based on the cards that they are still left holding. This has been really good for class situations where people are timid or hesitant to do a reading as the playing of the game leading up to the reading helps to break the ice and let people get to know each other better and feel more comfortable with each other.

Obviously, this is something that could be done with other games as well, but rummy is just the one that I’ve been trying it out with.

Well, just thought I’d share. 8)

Nice to see you at BATS last week-end, Mary. 8)

HiC

]]> By: Richard Davis McLeod http://marygreer.wordpress.com/2008/10/02/tarot-rummy/#comment-584 Richard Davis McLeod Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:57:42 +0000 http://marygreer.wordpress.com/?p=727#comment-584 Most Biographies of Pamela Colman Smith, dismiss the last half of her life as a dismal failure. . . . Note by Mary Greer: This long comment also appears in the comments section of my post "<a href="http://marygreer.wordpress.com/2008/03/05/pixie-smith-on-reading-the-cards/" rel="nofollow">Pamela Colman Smith on Reading the Cards</a>", where it more properly belongs. It's an interesting comment with lots of valuable material. To read it please go to the comments <a href="http://marygreer.wordpress.com/2008/03/05/pixie-smith-on-reading-the-cards/#comment-583" rel="nofollow"><strong>here</strong></a>. mkg Most Biographies of Pamela Colman Smith, dismiss the last half of her life as a dismal failure. . . .

Note by Mary Greer: This long comment also appears in the comments section of my post “Pamela Colman Smith on Reading the Cards“, where it more properly belongs. It’s an interesting comment with lots of valuable material. To read it please go to the comments here. mkg

]]> By: La Vonne Parker http://marygreer.wordpress.com/2008/10/02/tarot-rummy/#comment-581 La Vonne Parker Sun, 05 Oct 2008 02:40:38 +0000 http://marygreer.wordpress.com/?p=727#comment-581 Hi Mary, I have been playing this game for years at my study groups, women's circles, and parties. Everyone loves it and always ask for more. It is a great ice breaker. I don't really know where I learned it. I guess I found it on a website. I have modified it for larger groups by giving each person 3 cards. Each person decides which of the three cards to keep, gives one to the person on the left and one to the person on the right. The play is basically the same as you explained above. It always has awesome results! Those who participate in these activities are usually blown away when they realize they are reading cards without a book and that tarot has way more uses than they thought. La Vonne Hi Mary,

I have been playing this game for years at my study groups, women’s circles, and parties. Everyone loves it and always ask for more. It is a great ice breaker. I don’t really know where I learned it. I guess I found it on a website.

I have modified it for larger groups by giving each person 3 cards. Each person decides which of the three cards to keep, gives one to the person on the left and one to the person on the right. The play is basically the same as you explained above. It always has awesome results!

Those who participate in these activities are usually blown away when they realize they are reading cards without a book and that tarot has way more uses than they thought.

La Vonne

]]> By: Jozefa Seaqueen http://marygreer.wordpress.com/2008/10/02/tarot-rummy/#comment-580 Jozefa Seaqueen Sat, 04 Oct 2008 23:30:34 +0000 http://marygreer.wordpress.com/?p=727#comment-580 Hi Mary, Thank you for sharing this Tarot game. It would be a great tool for learning and having fun. Lucky are those individuals who read your blog. I love it! A fan, Madame 'Jozefa' Seaqueen Hi Mary,
Thank you for sharing this Tarot game.
It would be a great tool for learning and having fun.
Lucky are those individuals who read your blog. I love it!
A fan,
Madame ‘Jozefa’ Seaqueen

]]> By: Shana Diamond http://marygreer.wordpress.com/2008/10/02/tarot-rummy/#comment-579 Shana Diamond Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:12:16 +0000 http://marygreer.wordpress.com/?p=727#comment-579 Excellent post! I've always known the tarot originally began as a game, and I've always been interested in tarot games. This game looks like a lot of fun and I'll definitely give it a try. Excellent post! I’ve always known the tarot originally began as a game, and I’ve always been interested in tarot games. This game looks like a lot of fun and I’ll definitely give it a try.

]]> By: Suna http://marygreer.wordpress.com/2008/10/02/tarot-rummy/#comment-577 Suna Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:28:30 +0000 http://marygreer.wordpress.com/?p=727#comment-577 This game sounds like great fun, and I hope to use it with my tarot friends in the next week or two. Thank you for sharing! This game sounds like great fun, and I hope to use it with my tarot friends in the next week or two. Thank you for sharing!

]]> By: James Ricklef http://marygreer.wordpress.com/2008/10/02/tarot-rummy/#comment-575 James Ricklef Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:04:22 +0000 http://marygreer.wordpress.com/?p=727#comment-575 Hi Mary, I would like to add that I have played this game at parties with people who know absolutely nothing about the Tarot, and it's still fun and effective! Tarot Rummy is a great game for getting to know other people, for exploring your relationships with other people in a group who you already know, and for discovering new insights into the cards themselves. Thanks for sharing this game here and thanks for telling me about it many years ago and letting me share it with other people through the years via my own website. (See: http://www.jamesricklef.com/Games.html) Bright Blessings, James Ricklef Hi Mary,
I would like to add that I have played this game at parties with people who know absolutely nothing about the Tarot, and it’s still fun and effective!

Tarot Rummy is a great game for getting to know other people, for exploring your relationships with other people in a group who you already know, and for discovering new insights into the cards themselves.

Thanks for sharing this game here and thanks for telling me about it many years ago and letting me share it with other people through the years via my own website. (See: http://www.jamesricklef.com/Games.html)

Bright Blessings,
James Ricklef

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