Is Tarot Religious? It is common to find religious symbolism in tarot, especially in traditional and historic decks. Unfortunately, for modern rationalists this can be off-putting. Does this mean that the scientifically minded should avoid tarot? Not at all. Read…
June 2019 Tarot Card Astrology: Ten of Swords The Sun will play the role of the Ten of Swords: Sun in Gemini, completing its journey through the final decan of that sign. This time period brings a conclusion of the…
Welcome to the Tarot Blog Hop! “Tackle timing” is the charge given us by summer solstice blog hop wrangler Arwen of Tarot by Arwen. Timing in the tarot can be a tricky topic. But successfully identifying when something will happen…
June 2019 Tarot Card Astrology: Three of Cups Over the course of a week from Monday, June 10, 2019, through Monday, June 17, Mercury enacts the Three of Cups: Mercury in Cancer, traveling through the middle section of that sign.…
Learn the Three Types of Tarot Cards and Never Buy a Useless Deck Again We all love to collect decks for their beautiful artwork. But many of us also need workhorse decks. How many decks have you purchased that sit…
By Joy Vernon. First published on the Biddy Tarot Blog in summer 2015. When I was searching for it this week to share with someone, I noticed it was no longer there, so I’m reproducing it here. I edited the…
Q&A with Joy: Is Reiki Buddhism? The system of Reiki is very adaptable. As a result, different lineages — and even different teachers in the same lineage — teach it differently. The system of Reiki promotes healing, and many teach or…
May 2019 Tarot Card Astrology: Four of Wands Venus moves through the last decan of Aries, the portion of the sign that she rules, for about ten days from late May 6, 2019 to the early morning hours of May…
Welcome to the Tarot Blog Hop! As the wrangler for this hop, I proposed our topic: tarot continuing education. Last year, Tarot Blog Hop Founder Arwen, of Tarot by Arwen, mentioned in her newsletter that she was taking some tarot…
2019 Mid-Spring Tarot Blog Hop: Tarot Continuing Education Just in time for finals, the Tarot Blog Hop asks: How do you continue your tarot education? In one of her newsletters last year, Arwen of Tarot by Arwen mentioned several classes…
Kids Love Tarot Cards: Here Are My Top Tips for Reading Tarot for Kids A friend of mine did a tarot reading for kids yesterday. He is a very serious double Capricorn, exclusive Thoth deck user, over age fifty, with…
Good and Bad in Tarot Imagine asking the tarot to advise you on staying in your cushy but unappreciated corporate job or leaving to run your own business. Leave? Five of Coins: A disheveled woman wrapped in a ragged blanket…
April 2019 Tarot Card Astrology: Nine of Swords The tarot’s Nine of Swords: Mars in Gemini will be played out in the heavens between tax day, April 15, and the end of the month. At this time Mars passes through…
Does a New Tarot Reading Take Precedence Over the Previous Reading? Every reader knows that if you ask the same question over and over the cards will start babbling in gibberish. However, if anything about the circumstances has changed, it’s…
Welcome to the Tarot Blog Hop! Wranglers Jay Cassels of Sacred Healing and Sharron Basanti of Seeds of Shakti suggested we share a card that represents us. I gave this post an astrological twist by breaking down the basic components of the…
Today’s article is a reprint of my meditations on the Eight of Cups that I first published in 2012. You might also find my tarot card astrology series of interest. Decan: First, the cardinal decan (initiating, generating)Calendar dates for the decan: February…
Unlike the other posts in this series on Beginning Meditations, the recording I’m sharing today is not something I’ve frequently recommended, or really ever recommended. However, of the meditations that I’ve produced, it is one of my favorites. I wrote…
Today’s article is a reprint of my meditations on the Seven of Swords that I first published on Facebook in 2012. You might also find my recent post Seven of Swords: Moon in Aquarius and my tarot card astrology series of interest. Decan: Third,…
February 2019 Tarot Card Astrology: Seven of Swords The Moon enacts the role of The Seven of Swords tarot card, Moon in Aquarius, during the short period from Monday, February 4, 2019 starting at 11 p.m. and lasting through Tuesday,…
Welcome to the Tarot Blog Hop! Our theme for this hop was provided by Morgan Drake Eckstein, formerly of Gleamings from the Golden Dawn, now officially Occult Garden Parties, and co-hosted by Sharron Basanti of Seeds of Shakti. They challenged…
