Q&A with Joy: The Right Order of the Tarot Suits Have you ever wondered what the right order of the tarot suits is? I have, and so did someone who came into the store yesterday. Discover that order and the…
Welcome to the Tarot Blog Hop! PREVIOUS | MASTER LIST | NEXT As the wrangler for this season’s tarot blog hop, I used some astrological and qabalistic sleight of hand to develop our topic (see the Master List post to get a quick breakdown…
2018 Summer Blog Hop Master List — Theme: Don’t Fence Me In Another musical blog hop! June 21 marks the summer solstice, or the beginning of the sun’s transit through the sign of Cancer. The Major Arcana card associated with Cancer…
Reiki Blog Hop: How to Practice and Share Reiki When Ill I wrangled this session of the Reiki Blog Hop. I posted a comment in our Facebook group pondering the complexities that surround the question of whether to practice Reiki when…
Reiki Blog Hop Master List: “How to Practice and Share Reiki When Ill” This is the Master List for the May 2018 Reiki Blog Hop! When learning Reiki, we are taught that our personal stuff doesn’t interfere with the flow of…
Uranus in Taurus When Uranus entered Aries in spring of 2010, my head constantly buzzed with the oppressive feel of being tangled in clouds. As a last recourse, I started chanting the Orphic hymn to the sky god Ouranos. I felt…
Welcome to the Tarot Blog Hop! PREVIOUS | MASTER LIST | NEXT What I Can Teach the World Morgan Drake Eckstein of Gleamings from the Golden Dawn, gave us a refreshingly simple topic: “What I can teach the world.” Curiously,…
Three of Cups and Five of Disks: Junk Mail Tarot The squeaky hinge of the mail slot cover announced the arrival of the day’s offerings. “I should do some junk mail tarot!” I thought. Morgan Drake Eckstein of Gleamings from…
A young couple came in for a reading on a big upcoming change. The first three cards that turned up were Death, the Ten of Swords, and the Nine of Swords. Although I didn’t see it immediately, these difficult cards…
Five of Pentacles – Mercury in Taurus Apr 19-Apr 29 Sign: Taurus (feminine, fixed, earth) – The HierophantSign ruler: Venus – The EmpressDecan: First, the cardinal decan (initiating, activating)Decan ruler: Mercury (communication) – The MagicianTarot card for this decan: Five…
Part 5 of inTAROTduction, your Introduction to Tarot: Top Ten Tarot Benefits Welcome back to inTAROTduction, your Introduction to Tarot and induction into the world of all things tarot. Today I’d like to share with you some of the various applications of…
Welcome to the Tarot Blog Hop! PREVIOUS | MASTER LIST | NEXT Tarot: The Musical Today is the Tarot BlogHop’s fiftieth post! I have been with the Hop since their second entry, so my fiftieth post with the hop will be for our Mayday…
Reiki Blog Hop: Reiki Recommendations for Beginners Welcome to the Reiki Blog Hop! I was the wrangler for this hop and proposed our topic. I often get inquiries from people who are curious about Reiki and energetic healing. Specifically, they ask…
Reiki Blog Hop Master List: Reiki Recommendations for Beginners This is the Master List for the March 2018 Reiki Blog Hop! Our topic for this hop is: “What do you recommend to beginners interested in Reiki?” Whether from the point…
In my beginning tarot class we did a sample reading for a young adult who asked what action to take to bring in a romantic relationship. We used a simple three card spread with the following positions: Where you are…
Welcome to the Tarot Blog Hop! PREVIOUS | MASTER LIST | NEXT Brighid’s Blue Moon Aisling the Bard of Tarot Witchery, our tarot blog hop wrangler, noticed that Brighid’s festival, celebrated February 1, is quite close to the full moon on January 31, which is…
Reiki Blog Hop: Guided by Reiki Welcome to the Reiki Blog Hop! Jay Cassels of Metaphysical Angels suggested that for this hop we discuss the idea of Reiki guides and whether we work with them or not. I love this idea because…
Week 4 of inTAROTduction, your Introduction to Tarot: Joy’s Favorite Tarot Decks, Part 2 Welcome back to inTAROTduction, your Introduction to Tarot and induction into the world of all things tarot, including tarot deck collecting. Today is a continuation of last…
Week 3 of inTAROTduction, your Introduction to Tarot: Joy’s Favorite Tarot Decks Welcome back to inTAROTduction, your Introduction to Tarot and induction into the fascinating, mysterious, and colorful world of tarot readers. Today I’d like to show you my favorite tarot…
This week in inTAROTduction, your Introduction to Tarot: How to Choose Your Perfect Tarot Deck. Thank you for tuning into inTAROTduction, my series that serves as an Introduction to Tarot and an induction into the world of tarot readers. This week I’ll give you…
