Welcome to Tarot for Scholars, a resource that helps you weave the deep wisdom of tarot into your daily life and work. In each post, we offer reflections and prompts for exploring your own inner world and unlocking the unique creative power of your scholarship.
6 of Pentacles
About this card
Balanced exchanges of resources. Giving and receiving. Reciprocity. A gift economy. Measured generosity. A dynamic marketplace in which participants navigate shifting roles, judiciously measuring and reassessing with each new transaction.
Other interpretations
Margy’s cards, clockwise from top left: Radiant Tarot; New Chapter Tarot; Cosmic Slumber Tarot; Shining Tribe Tarot; Elemental Tarot; Navigators Tarot of the Mystic Sea; Spolia Tarot; Tarot of the Spirit.
Helen’s cards, clockwise from top left: Moon & Stars Tarot; Light Seer’s Tarot; Japaridze Tarot; Canes Arcanae; Star Spinner Tarot; Muse Tarot; Tarot of Mystical Moments; Forest of Enchantment Tarot.
Questions and prompts
Reflect on a time when you benefited from another scholar’s generosity, especially someone further along in their career or with access to more resources than you. How did that person invest in you as a scholar? What difference did it make?
Reflect on a time when you paid forward to another scholar the generosity you have received. In what ways was your investment in the specific person, and in what ways was it an investment in the larger scholarly enterprise?
What does reciprocity feel like to you in your relationships as a scholar? How do you assess whether you’re giving and receiving in ways that are generous yet sustainable?
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Yours in scholarship,
HELEN SWORD is a scholar, poet, award-winning teacher, and founder of the WriteSPACE, an international writing community with members in 30+ countries. Her research-based books, articles, and online tools empower scholarly writers to write more clearly, confidently, prolifically, and with greater pleasure.
Visit Helen’s website here.
MARGY THOMAS is the creator of ScholarShape, a body of work dedicated to elucidating the patterns of Story-Argument across genres, disciplines, and life itself. Through services and DIY resources, Margy helps scholars use Story-Argument patterns to design their work — and to find its deeper meaning and higher purpose.
Visit Margy’s website here.
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