Connecting Lines: Tarot Symbolism
I love staring at tarot cards. I can gaze at a card a million times and still find something new in it. Last night, I was looking at cards with friends. As I contemplated the Ten of Wands, I saw…
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TBH
Tarot Blog Hop, or To Be Honest For this unofficial Tarot Blog Hop, our beloved wrangler Jay Cassels proposed we explore our groups’s acronym, TBH. Most people recognize the letters TBH as the idiom, “To Be Honest.” Jay invited us…
Do Your First Tarot Reading
Are You Ready to Do Your First Tarot Reading? it’s Easy with My Quick Start Tarot Guide! After teaching tarot for twenty-eight years, I asked myself, “What is the one thing I would say to a brand-new tarot reader?” If…
Repertoire of Stories: The Tarot’s Unseen Traditions
The Stories we Know Bring Our Tarot Readings to Life Wrangler Jay Cassels of Jay’s Mystic Blog invited us to explore the interesting topic of “unseen traditions.” I wasn’t sure where to take the topic, but a three-card spread gave…
How To Shuffle Tarot Cards
Before performing a tarot reading, it’s important to randomize the cards. The standard practice for randomizing a deck is shuffling the cards. But with tarot cards, shuffling can be awkward when the deck’s too big. Fortunately, there are a variety…
Q&A With Joy: Astrology of the Tarot Pages
Astrological Correspondences of the Tarot Pages I was having lunch with a friend the other day and he asked me about the Pages in the tarot. He wanted to know if they had an astrological correspondence. Our discussion led to…
Be the Best Reader for You: Tips for Reading Tarot for Yourself
Be The only reader You’ll ever need Follow these tips for reading tarot for yourself, work through your own reading using the free downloadable workbook, and discover that you’re the best reader for you! I first presented this for the…
Seven Of Pentacles: Saturn In Taurus
Spring 2022 Tarot Card Astrology: Seven Of Pentacles Saturn won’t be in Taurus until 2028, and won’t enter the third decan of that sign until June 2029. A retrograde will keep it in roughly that area of the zodiac for…
Shouldering Your Angel and Your Devil: Make Decisions with Tarot and Astrology
Make Decisions with the Tarot’s Lovers and Devil Cards Decisions are the worst. Most people start with a pro and con list, but seriously, if it were that easy you would have already made the decision. You know what’s smart.…
Six of Pentacles: Moon in Taurus
Spring 2022 Tarot Card Astrology: Six Of Pentacles There’s a new moon in Taurus on April 30, at 1:28 p.m. This lunation occurs in the second decan of that sign, the face ruled by the Moon. The Moon will pass…
Five Of Pentacles: Mercury In Taurus
Spring 2022 Tarot Card Astrology: Five of Pentacles Mercury zips through the first decan of Taurus between April 11 and 16. The Five of Pentacles is an interesting illustration of the contrary energies of the fleet-footed god and the heavy,…
Jupiter Conjunct Neptune in Pisces Tarot Spreads
Drowned in Sleep: Tarot Spreads for Exploring the Unconscious Side of Creativity Tomorrow, April 12, 2022, the Jupiter-Neptune conjunction goes exact in the sign of Pisces. This past Saturday, in the “Drowned in Sleep” presentation for the Greater Seattle Tarot…
The Voice of Silence Meditation on the Cube of Space
Hear the Voice of Silence The Cube of Space is a three-dimensional tarot tableau, a specific arrangement of the cards. Contemplation of this model reveals great insight into the tarot. But more than that, the Cube of Space is a…
Tarot Easter Egg Hunt
The Vernal Equinox Tarot Blog Hop For this Tarot Blog Hop, Bonnie of Quiet Bonnie asked us, “What eggs are you called to develop and place for others to find?” Tarot readings can be Easter egg hunts. As we look…
Empaths: Stay Sane When The World is Nuts
Spiritual Techniques for Keeping the Crazy Away Covid. War. Climate change. And then there’s your own personal problems. It’s enough to drive anyone bonkers. But if you’re an empath, you feel it all much too intensely. If, as a result…
Nine of Cups: Jupiter in Pisces
Spring 2022 Tarot Card Astrology: Nine Of Cups Jupiter entered the middle decan of Pisces on February 12, and voyages through that section of the zodiac for six weeks. The tarot’s Nine of Cups captures this celestial energy. In this…
Seeds of Meaning: Tarot Astro-Limericks
Tarot Blog Hop: Short Form Tarot Interpretations As the wrangler of today’s hop, I proposed the topic: Short Form Tarot Interpretations. The idea is to find the essence, the kernel, the seed of meaning for a tarot card, while expressing…
2022 Imbolc Tarot Blog Hop Master List
Winter 2022 Blog Hop: the Poetry of Seeds The season of Imbolc celebrates the Goddess Brigid: poet, metalsmith, and healer. Seeds germinate and the earliest of spring flowers start to grow at Imbolc. In honor of poet Brigid and of…
When Tarot Readings Are Wrong
Eleven Reasons Tarot Readings Go Wrong And How To Get Them Right According to the cards, you should have gotten that job, he would have called, and that obnoxious coworker kept her mouth shut. Well, that turned out wrong. Why…
Interesting Beginner Tarot Decks: 22 Favorites
My favorite Choices for Interesting Beginner Tarot Decks One of the best things about tarot is having seventy-eight pieces of art to hold in my hand, contemplate, and adore. Tarot is all about the image. Images lead to stories, and…