Within or Without
There are two primary metaphors for describing the flow of spiritual energy in the practice of Reiki Ryôhô. In one, we describe the energy as flowing from above or beyond us. We use words like “channeling” Reiki or being a…
Two of Hearts Tarot Bag
A Romantic Bag For Your True Love Such a pretty bag for such a pretty deck. This lovely bag tells everyone that your heart belongs to tarot! A pair of lace hearts adorns the front of this bag, bringing to…
Peace in Joy
Welcome to the Tarot Blog Hop! An international group of tarotists are all writing on the same topic and then linking to each other so that the reader can hop from one blog to the next, seeing all the permutations…
The Memory of the Sun
On November 3, local author Grace Padilla led the Denver Tarot Meetup in an presentation called “Pen and Ink Tarot.” After opening with a discussion on using tarot for writing and then leading us in a few exercises to warm up our…
Best Practices for Accurate Tarot Readings: Point of View
A student of mine asked me for feedback on a reading she did. Someone had challenged her with a question along the lines of “Will the Muslims take over the world?” Setting aside techniques for rephrasing poorly worded questions, I’d like…
Q&A with Joy: Why Doesn’t the Moon Card Represent the Moon?
Someone posted this question on Facebook in a forum. I’d like to share the question and my response here so that this information is more readily available, and not lost forever in the labyrinth of Facebook. Here’s the question: “As…
Commune, Communicate, Commemorate
Welcome to the Tarot Blog Hop! An international group of tarotists are all writing on the same topic and then linking to each other so that the reader can hop from one blog to the next, seeing all the permutations…
Q&A with Joy: Using the Hebrew Letters in Tarot Divination
A student of the Western Mystery Tradition contacted me asking how the Hebrew letters and their correspondence to the tarot Major Arcana can be used in doing readings. Greetings Joy, Do you use the Hebrew letters of the 22 Major…
Using Tarot to Create a Money Chant
Last night at the Denver Tarot Meetup, DTM Co-Organizer and Tarot Social South Host Linda Bean led us in a wonderful exploration of Paul Foster Case’s correspondences of the musical scale to the tarot cards. After several enlightening exercises, Linda…
Top Ten Places to Find a Lost Tarot Card
There’s nothing like that feeling–both urgent and sinking at the same time–when you flip through a tarot deck trying to locate a particular card and it’s not there. You go through again; you probably just missed it. Not there. Third…