Ravin’ Girls Ep.5: Foxy Ladies
Episode Summary:
Welcome to Episode 5, where we cover Chapter 15 of The Raven Boys!
We Talk Tarot (a LOT of tarot) with the chapter that brings the Gangsey and 300 Fox Way together for the first time. Nievita thinks 300 Fox Way is named after a particular spooky trio, Shannon drops some Harry Potter references-- and will we ever discover the answer to the BIGGEST MYSTERY in the Raven Cycle? All this and (oh my gosh so much) more!
DEEP DIVE: Tarot history and card meaning
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SPECIAL HOLIDAY EPISODE -- covering the Raven Cycle Holiday Short Stories on 12/21/17
We will have a short hiatus the first week of January, and return with Episode 6 on 1/18/18!
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Links to Articles, Websites, and Other Discussions:
Maggie’s art of the women of 300 Fox Way (with Special Guest, not yet appearing in this series): http://www.maggiestiefvater.com/blog/bookplates-for-blue-lily-lily-blue/
The Fox sisters, founders of the Spiritualism Movement: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-fox-sisters-and-the-rap-on-spiritualism-99663697/
More on the Fox sisters and their lives: http://www.historynet.com/the-fox-sisters-spiritualisms-unlikely-founders.htm
Chick Tracts: http://www.chick.com
Overview of tarot history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarot
Tarot and alchemy: https://www.llewellyn.com/journal/article/2010
Seventy-eight Degrees of Wisdom by Rachel Pollack, reference for card interpretations, further history, and ties to other practices: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/344574.Seventy_Eight_Degrees_of_Wisdom_
Quick reference guide, Major and Minor Arcana: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/cd/5e/bd/cd5ebd1309d517f0e531e79338e384b1.jpg
Maggie’s Raven Prophecy tarot deck and book (used by Nievita): http://www.llewellyn.com/product.php?ean=9780738747439
RKLovesStroy’s tweet to us about Ronan’s tarot card: https://twitter.com/RKLovesStroy/status/928865444412375040
A Tumblr post with card interpretations (and the Hermit for Ronan): https://ravingirls.tumblr.com/post/167341383214/incabeswater-thats-your-card-the
Raven Prophecy deck “Moon” card: http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/cards/_img/ravens-prophecy-tarot-13189.jpg
xla-hainex‘s interpretation of Ronan’s “Moon” card: http://trcfanzine.tumblr.com/post/149936036024/xla-hainex-the-moon-is-the-card-of-intuition
I cannot BELIEVE I FORGOT to talk about the TRC Fanzine. YOU GUYS. See some of the art here: http://trcfanzine.tumblr.com/
**MAGGIEWATCH**
Scorpio Seas tarot deck and book announcement: https://ravingirls.tumblr.com/post/167396170804/maggie-stiefvater-doing-some-very-rough
Link to The Raven King paperback pre-order with Opal “Page of Wands” card: http://www.fountainbookstore.com/rkopal
A Note From Nievita: Maggie made a post in late October (http://maggie-stiefvater.tumblr.com/post/166928751946/dear-readers-i-tried-to-make-this-brief-but-i) about why she does not often release extra content, a.k.a. short stories. Absolutely no disrespect meant to Maggie in the stinger, we just want MOOOOOORE.
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Acknowledgements:
The Raven Cycle and all affiliated properties (The Raven Boys, The Dream Thieves, Blue Lily, Lily Blue, and The Raven King) are copyright Maggie Stiefvater and Scholastic, Inc. The Ravin’ Girls reference these properties for the purpose of literary analysis.
Intro and Outro music by Damiano Baldoni, used under CC Attribution License: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Damiano_Baldoni/Lost_Dinasty/
The original tracks have been edited for the podcast.
