How to Develop Your Intuition
How I Went From No Intuition to “No Way!” Intuition For decades I had no sense of my intuition at all. But over the years, as a result of working to better understand myself and how I function, I developed…
Joy Vernon
Joy Vernon is widely recognized as an expert tarot teacher and respected community leader. With over twenty-five years’ experience teaching energetic and esoteric modalities, Joy brings expertise and practiced familiarity to her specialty of esoteric tarot, which layers astrological and qabalistic symbolism onto the traditional tarot structure. Under her leadership, the Denver Tarot Meetup grew into one of the largest and most active tarot-specific meetups in the world. Now Joy runs the Greater Seattle Tarot Meetup. Joy works as a tarot reader, astrologer, and teacher in Burien, Washington. To learn more, please visit JoyVernon.com.
Meditation on the Magical Image of Yesod
Guided Visualization into the Ninth Sephirah of the Tree of Life, Yesod This guided meditation can be used for personal practice to connect more deeply with the magical image of the ninth sephirah Yesod and the qualities it represents, such…
The Three of Wands: Sun in Aries
April 2026 Tarot Card Astrology: Three of Wands Every spring the Sun passes through the sign of Aries. When it moves into the second decan, it enters the decan of its exaltation degree. This decan correlates to the Three of…
Meditation on the Magical Image of Malkuth
Meditation to Enter the Tenth Sephirah, Malkuth This guided meditation on the magical image of Malkuth is part of the 2026 Tarot Pathworking on the Tree of Life series. You can use this stand-alone meditation for personal practice to connect…
Creative Writing with the Shadowscapes Tarot
A Creative Exercise Using Tarot Cards as Writing Prompts Every morning since January 13, I’ve been doing a short writing exercise using tarot cards as prompts. I’ve done this previously, but let the practice fall by the wayside. But I’m…
Five of Swords: Venus in Aquarius
January 2026 Tarot Card Astrology: Five of Swords Venus is currently in Aquarius, and the associated tarot card is the Five of Swords. Venus, the goddess of love and pleasure isn’t too comfortable in Aquarius, the kingdom of logic and…
Three of Pentacles: Mars in Capricorn
December 2025 Tarot Card Astrology: Three of Pentacles The Three of Pentacles tarot card, Mars in Capricorn, will enjoy its ruling planet’s transit through the middle decan of Capricorn starting December 28 and lasting almost two weeks through January 9.…
How to Find the Story in the Astrological Chart
Identifying Characters and Interactions to Tell the Story of the Chart with Examples from Romeo and Juliet The difference between knowing astrology and performing a chart reading for yourself or someone else is being able to find the story in…
How To Get Started with Tarot
Many of the participants in my tarot Meetup group are brand-new to tarot and eager to learn everything they can. So I decided to compile a list of the best articles I have on how to get started with tarot.…
Joy’s Quickie, DIY 5-Minute Guide to Reading Tarot
Fastest Way to Read Tarot Cards for Yourself This is my absolute fastest way of reading the cards for yourself without looking up tarot card “meanings” in the book. These are not shortcuts or cheats. Instead, these are some of…
The Alchemical Tower Tarot Tableau
A Major Arcana Map to Spiritual Transformation There’s more than one way for the Fool to journey through the tarot! You’re probably used to thinking of the Major Arcana as a sequence, from beginning to end. And even when you…
The Hero’s Journey in The Aries Decans
Tarot Astro-Limericks for the Two, Three, and Four of Wands Back during Covid lockdown, I started a project of writing a limerick each day to describe the day’s astro-weather. I illustrated these astro-limericks with the corresponding tarot cards. You can…
Easily Interpret Tarot Cards with these Five Questions
How To Describe a Tarot Card This is the easiest and fastest way to connect with your cards and understand them instantly. There are five questions that will reveal the heart of any card. No, these aren’t questions to ask…
How to Use Tarot Symbolism to Create Sacred Space
A Tarot-Based Ritual Opening and Closing: How to Set Sacred Space For Spellwork, Divination, and Other Magical Work Magical ritual work is divided into three steps: an opening, an operation, and a closing. The opening serves to clear away unwanted…
How to Invoke the Four Elements To Balance Your Energy
Instructions for Creating Quarter Calls In Neo-Pagan rituals, we use invocations called quarter calls to bring the energy of the four elements, aligned with the four directions, into the circle. Although traditionally part of casting the circle, or formally setting…
How to Phrase Tarot Questions for Clear Answers
How to Develop the Best Tarot Questions for Useful Readings Brows furrowed, fingers steepled, he stared at the deck of tarot cards in front of him. We were at a tarot meetup. Usually people are this focused when they look…
Spark! Dream! Focus! Finish! How To Get Things Done
The Four Worlds of Qabalah: Applying Mystical Philosophy to Your Natal Chart for Ultimate Productivity The Four Worlds sequence taught in qabalah outlines a mystical creation process, a divine checklist and how-to manual to manifest your goal. I call this…
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,…