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…
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…
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…
Let the Four Seasons Inspire Your Creativity “What makes this time of the wheel special for you?” Jay Cassels Sacred Healer asked us to explore this most wonderful time of the year for the Tarot Blog Hop. I love any…
Using Tarot to Connect with the Sacred Knowledge of Inner Wisdom Welcome to the Samhain Tarot Blog Hop! Our topic, proposed by Jay Cassels of Sacred Healing Blog, is Sacred Knowledge. Jay asks us, “What secrets or knowledge have you…
What Knitting Taught Me About Life Balance PREVIOUS | MASTER LIST | NEXT Welcome to the Fall Equinox Tarot Blog Hop! Our topic is Life Balance. Three writers are participating, so you can use the links at the top and…
2021 Fall Equinox Tarot Blog Hop Theme: Life Balance In the spirit of balance and harmony, let’s look at life balance. In particular, what do you do when you’re not blogging about tarot? Describe it to us in terms of…
The Mystical Journey Of the Soul Students of the qabalistic tarot are familiar with the Tree of Life and its numerological and astrological correspondences to the tarot. These correspondences are based on specific arrangements of the Hebrew letters on the…
Two Different Decan Rulers If you’re studying astrology and tarot, you are familiar with the planet and sign combinations that correspond to the Minor Arcana numbered cards. But if you’ve started exploring where those correlations come from, you very well…
How a Newbie Can Learn Tarot Are you a newbie to tarot? You want to do readings, so you check out online articles, videos, podcasts, you even head out to some meetups. But everybody tells you to look at the…
The Perfect Bag from Cast On to Complete! Using double pointed needles for the first time? Start here! This pretty pouch is called the Four of Wands Tarot Bag because you knit it with four needles. The pattern is easy-peasy…
Harlequin Romance Covers Major Arcana The topic for the fall equinox blog hop is “Harlequin Romance Tarot” or, for those in the UK, “Mills & Boon Tarot.” Jay Cassels of Sacred Healing and I co-wrangled this hop. My contribution to…
2020 Fall Equinox Tarot Blog Hop Theme: Mills & Boon Tarot The US is burning up! We are too hot to handle! Plus when you put two Aries wranglers together in the air sign of Libra, we just might fan…
Mindfulness of Breathing in Reiki Practice Someone interested in Komyo Reiki contacted me, asking how the Buddhist practice of anapanasati (mindfulness of breathing) fits in with Reiki. The question asked was, “Does Reiki practice make anapanasati easier?” My answer describes…
Do your tarot readings always tell you you’re in a period of transformation? That you need to seek balance? Do they inspire you to embrace your truth and reveal your higher self in an ongoing unfolding evolution? Sheesh. Some questions…
The Easiest Way to Learn Astrology! Astrology is a symbolic language that reveals who we are, where we’re going, and what we’ll meet along the way. Its permutations are infinite. But it all starts with the most basic of building…
This past weekend I taught an online workshop for the Greater Seattle Tarot Meetup on how to develop tarot keywords specific to your deck. These are my notes from that class. I also link to the video recording that showcases…
In today’s Q&A with Joy we ask, “Is It Okay to Cut Up Tarot Cards for Crafts?” It depends on the intention for the deck. But there are exceptions! The Question: Is It Okay to Cut Up Tarot Cards for…
Mars is moving quickly, passing through the sign of the Fishes in just over six weeks and advancing into Aries by the end of June. Mars gains a mystical mindset in Pisces normally. But his current high energy applies the…
I was recently re-reading The Mystical Qabalah by Dion Fortune and came across an interesting comment that suddenly made sense to me in a new way. The comment sparked a possible approach to assist in meditating with the cards. To…
