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…
Tarot Astro-Limericks for the Two, Three, and Four of Wands Back during Covid lockdown, I started a project of writing a limerick each day to describe the day’s astro-weather. I illustrated these astro-limericks with the corresponding tarot cards. You can…
How To Describe a Tarot Card This is the easiest and fastest way to connect with your cards and understand them instantly. There are five questions that will reveal the heart of any card. No, these aren’t questions to ask…
A Tarot-Based Ritual Opening and Closing: How to Set Sacred Space For Spellwork, Divination, and Other Magical Work Magical ritual work is divided into three steps: an opening, an operation, and a closing. The opening serves to clear away unwanted…
Instructions for Creating Quarter Calls In Neo-Pagan rituals, we use invocations called quarter calls to bring the energy of the four elements, aligned with the four directions, into the circle. Although traditionally part of casting the circle, or formally setting…
How to Develop the Best Tarot Questions for Useful Readings Brows furrowed, fingers steepled, he stared at the deck of tarot cards in front of him. We were at a tarot meetup. Usually people are this focused when they look…
The Four Worlds of Qabalah: Applying Mystical Philosophy to Your Natal Chart for Ultimate Productivity The Four Worlds sequence taught in qabalah outlines a mystical creation process, a divine checklist and how-to manual to manifest your goal. I call this…
Joy Vernon Astrology * Tarot * Reiki Teaching Manifesto: What I Offer As Your Teacher 2025 is the year of the Hermit. That is to say, the digits 2 + 0 + 2 + 5 add together to equal 9,…
How to Choose and Use a Tarot Card to Represent Yourself I was talking with a friend yesterday and she mentioned she saw no point in using a significator card in the Celtic Cross tarot spread. I agreed that it…
