The Minor Arcana card images are first and foremost read according to three basic building blocks: the card number (rank, for court cards), the suit, and the image. As we saw in my post, “Where Do Tarot Card Meanings Come…
Why Sitting It Out is the Best Advice! The Moon entered Sagittarius today. It’s getting ready to become the third point of a triangle that connects three planets in the three fire signs–a grand trine in fire. The grand trine…
Using Number to Find Meaning in the Cards Last week we were talking about the ten building blocks of tarot card interpretation. This week we’ll drill down into the first building block: number. We’ll explore five different ways to interpret number…
Exploring Individuality, Community, and Leadership In natal astrology, eclipses indicate personal turning points. Today’s new moon and solar eclipse in Leo takes place at 10:47 a.m. Pacific time. Let’s explore how to use the new moon solar eclipse in Leo in…
Ten Building Blocks of Tarot Card Interpretation We’ve all heard people talk about the meaning of a tarot card. And most tarot readers can probably spew out a commonly accepted meaning or two for any given card. But where do…
Sturdy Foundations and Rainbow Arcs: Meaning and Story in Tarot Many tarot students waste their time memorizing tarot card meanings. That is one of the most misleading recommendations in the practice of reading tarot. Unfortunately, this red herring is perpetuated by…
Open Your Heart to Healing and Overflow with the Infinite Reconsidering the Heart Now that Mercury is retrograde in Cancer, we have an opportunity to review all things Cancerian–all things nurturing, intuitive, and healing. In fact, this Mercury retrograde passes…
Guided Visualization into the Eighth Sephirah of the Tree of Life, Hod You can use this guided meditation for personal practice to connect more deeply with the magical image of the eighth sephirah Hod to explore truth, riddles, and integration…
Astrology-Based Tarot Spread for the June 2026 New Moon For the tarot practice group yesterday, we did a New Moon tarot spread based on the chart for the Gemini New Moon. The “Escaping the Cradle Tarot Spread” identifies a growth…
How I Went From No Intuition to “No Way!” Intuition For decades I had no sense of my intuition at all. But over the years, as a result of working to better understand myself and how I function, I developed…
Guided Visualization into the Ninth Sephirah of the Tree of Life, Yesod This guided meditation can be used for personal practice to connect more deeply with the magical image of the ninth sephirah Yesod and the qualities it represents, such…
April 2026 Tarot Card Astrology: Three of Wands Every spring the Sun passes through the sign of Aries. When it moves into the second decan, it enters the decan of its exaltation degree. This decan correlates to the Three of…
Meditation to Enter the Tenth Sephirah, Malkuth This guided meditation on the magical image of Malkuth is part of the 2026 Tarot Pathworking on the Tree of Life series. You can use this stand-alone meditation for personal practice to connect…
A Creative Exercise Using Tarot Cards as Writing Prompts Every morning since January 13, I’ve been doing a short writing exercise using tarot cards as prompts. I’ve done this previously, but let the practice fall by the wayside. But I’m…
January 2026 Tarot Card Astrology: Five of Swords Venus is currently in Aquarius, and the associated tarot card is the Five of Swords. Venus, the goddess of love and pleasure isn’t too comfortable in Aquarius, the kingdom of logic and…
December 2025 Tarot Card Astrology: Three of Pentacles The Three of Pentacles tarot card, Mars in Capricorn, will enjoy its ruling planet’s transit through the middle decan of Capricorn starting December 28 and lasting almost two weeks through January 9.…
Identifying Characters and Interactions to Tell the Story of the Chart with Examples from Romeo and Juliet The difference between knowing astrology and performing a chart reading for yourself or someone else is being able to find the story in…
Many of the participants in my tarot Meetup group are brand-new to tarot and eager to learn everything they can. So I decided to compile a list of the best articles I have on how to get started with tarot.…
Fastest Way to Read Tarot Cards for Yourself This is my absolute fastest way of reading the cards for yourself without looking up tarot card “meanings” in the book. These are not shortcuts or cheats. Instead, these are some of…
A Major Arcana Map to Spiritual Transformation There’s more than one way for the Fool to journey through the tarot! You’re probably used to thinking of the Major Arcana as a sequence, from beginning to end. And even when you…
