Find Your Inner Teacher in the Year of the Hermit
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,…
Benefits of Using a Significator Card in Tarot Spreads
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…
Don’t Memorize Tarot Card Meanings—Do This Instead
Sadly, most tarot classes start students with memorizing card meanings. An intimidating introduction to the art and beauty of tarot! And establishing the idea of a “right” meaning encourages people to rely on cheat sheets or the book. At worst,…
Mercury Retrograde and the Eight of Wands
November Astrology from a Tarot Perspective Explore the astrology of Mercury retrograde via the tarot Eight of Wands to navigate the challenges and reap the rewards this month offers. The tarot’s Eight of Wands typically represents fast, direct movement. Its…
This Is What’s Missing in Your Heartbreaking Relationship: insights from Astrology and Tarot
October Astrology from a Tarot Perspective: Grand Trine in Water Venus finds herself tossed between Mars and Saturn during the first ten days or so of October, the Three of Swords decan of the year. Venus is green with envy…
The Astrological Fifth House: How to Be Completely You
Using the Astrological Fifth House to Create Yourself In astrology, the fifth house is about creativity, pleasure, and joy. Our offspring are assigned to this house, but more than just childbirth, we find the experience of coming-into-being in this part…
3 Reasons to Learn Tarot Now! + 2024 Tarot and Esoteric Classes
Happy New Year! Not only did I celebrate a great holiday with family and friends, but I am very much looking forward to starting off the New Year with the 30-year anniversary of my first tarot class! If you’ve already…
Mercury Opposite Uranus: The Quirky Inventor Chapter 1
“See, here’s the deal.” The slightly built man’s eyes darted left and right, while his heel, encased in narrow black shoes, the dressy kind you only wear to a wedding or a funeral, bounced phrenetically, tapping a staccato tattoo against…
Why Magic Works Better than Logic
Shift Into the Magic of the Dark Woods Often I am reading several books at once, as I was when I wrote this. And frequently they seem to comment on each other. Last year, just as I was putting together…
Mars Opposite Uranus: The Curious Case of the Quirky Inventor
A Short Story Based on Astrological Transits Back in 2020 I did an astrological transit series I called “Lunchtime Astro-Limerick.” I followed the transits every day and wrote a short poem about what was happening. I even developed a subseries…
The “Forked Road As Divining Rod” Tarot Spread
The Truth About Enlightenment: Get Lost to Find the Path For the fall blog hop, wrangler Jay Cassels of Jay’s Mystic Blog offered a buffet of assorted topics. But what most resonated with me was the title of the posted…
Wrong Way Right: How To Use Tarot To Get Back On Track
Where Are We Going? Rewind Edition Featuring Venus Retrograde As I contemplated the topic, “Where are we going?”, provided by Kimberly Essex of Tarot & Meditations, I couldn’t help but think of Venus Retrograde. Sometimes it feels as if we’re…
Q&A with Joy: Yes or No Tarot Questions
Someone who’s been following my blog for awhile contacted me with a question about yes or no tarot questions. In this Q&A with Joy, I share the pros and cons of yes or no tarot questions and provide a few…
How To Transform Your Life in Three Easy Steps
How Tarot Can Transform You Wrangler Jay Cassels of Jay’s Mystic Blog offered alternate paths for today’s Tarot Blog Hop, exploring the general topic of “transitions.” Of the questions he posed, the one I chose to run with was, “how…
Tarot and Alchemy: Out of Body with Separation
Explore the Symbols of Separation In the third stage of the alchemical process, the soul and spirit — or Sulfur and Mercury — are separated from the body — Salt — in order to purify each before reuniting them. Splitting…
Reflecting on Love
The Two of Cups at a Table for One For the May Day blog hop, wrangler Raine Shakti proposed the topic “self love,” inviting us to explore how we can love ourselves better. As I contemplated the topic, the idea…
Top Ten Reasons to Book An Intuitive Tarot or Astrology reading
Answers, Affirmation, Connection: The Benefits of Getting a Reading Everybody has questions about their life. The top three questions I hear as an intuitive reader are about career, love, and money. Does that mean I end up saying the same…
Tarot and alchemy: Melt Your Heart with Dissolution
Explore the Symbols of Dissolution After experiencing the desiccation of calcination, the second step of alchemy’s seven operations feels contrastingly unmoored. Feeling lost at sea, tossed up and down in waves of emotion, or dissolving in tears are common experiences.…
Fool’s Choice: Five Madcap Takes on the Unnumbered Trump
April Fools! Royal fools have wisdom in their trickery. These five (plus a bonus!) blog posts each explore the Fool from a different angle. This handful of essays includes a soup recipe, a love tarot spread, a wordless essay, and…
Shine Now With the Rising Dawn Tarot Spread
Find Your Brightest Self with this Alchemical Tarot Spread I proposed the topic of “dawn” for today’s spring equinox blog hop. Today the Sun steps into Aries, marking the start of the zodiac and the dawning of a new cycle.…