Why Magic Works Better than Logic
Shift Into the Magic of the Dark Woods Often I am reading several books at once, as I was when I wrote this. And frequently they seem to comment on each other. Last year, just as I was putting together…
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The “Forked Road As Divining Rod” Tarot Spread
The Truth About Enlightenment: Get Lost to Find the Path For the fall blog hop, wrangler Jay Cassels of Jay’s Mystic Blog offered a buffet of assorted topics. But what most resonated with me was the title of the posted…
Wrong Way Right: How To Use Tarot To Get Back On Track
Where Are We Going? Rewind Edition Featuring Venus Retrograde As I contemplated the topic, “Where are we going?”, provided by Kimberly Essex of Tarot & Meditations, I couldn’t help but think of Venus Retrograde. Sometimes it feels as if we’re…
Q&A with Joy: Yes or No Tarot Questions
Someone who’s been following my blog for awhile contacted me with a question about yes or no tarot questions. In this Q&A with Joy, I share the pros and cons of yes or no tarot questions and provide a few…
Tarot and Alchemy: Out of Body with Separation
Explore the Symbols of Separation In the third stage of the alchemical process, the soul and spirit — or Sulfur and Mercury — are separated from the body — Salt — in order to purify each before reuniting them. Splitting…
Reflecting on Love
The Two of Cups at a Table for One For the May Day blog hop, wrangler Raine Shakti proposed the topic “self love,” inviting us to explore how we can love ourselves better. As I contemplated the topic, the idea…
Top Ten Reasons to Book An Intuitive Tarot or Astrology reading
Answers, Affirmation, Connection: The Benefits of Getting a Reading Everybody has questions about their life. The top three questions I hear as an intuitive reader are about career, love, and money. Does that mean I end up saying the same…
Tarot and alchemy: Melt Your Heart with Dissolution
Explore the Symbols of Dissolution After experiencing the desiccation of calcination, the second step of alchemy’s seven operations feels contrastingly unmoored. Feeling lost at sea, tossed up and down in waves of emotion, or dissolving in tears are common experiences.…
Fool’s Choice: Five Madcap Takes on the Unnumbered Trump
April Fools! Royal fools have wisdom in their trickery. These five (plus a bonus!) blog posts each explore the Fool from a different angle. This handful of essays includes a soup recipe, a love tarot spread, a wordless essay, and…
Shine Now With the Rising Dawn Tarot Spread
Find Your Brightest Self with this Alchemical Tarot Spread I proposed the topic of “dawn” for today’s spring equinox blog hop. Today the Sun steps into Aries, marking the start of the zodiac and the dawning of a new cycle.…
Tarot and Alchemy: Burn to the Bone with Calcination
Explore the Symbols of Calcination The first step of alchemy’s seven operations feels hot, cramped, threatening, vulnerable, and trapped. In this level, the alchemist burns away the dross, leaving nothing but bone, a symbol of the incorruptible body. This first…
Alchemy and the Four Elements
Introduction to the Rotation of the Elements Everything in the universe comes into being through the interaction of two forces, called the polarities. The four elements arise from the interplay of these forces. According to the philosophies of alchemy and…
Begin and Begin Again: The Compassion of the Tarot Fours
Take Five With The Tarot Fours Our topic for the Mid-Winter Tarot Blog Hop is “Beginning Again.” Wrangler Kim of Kimberly Essex Tarot and Meditation skipped through a series of word associations starting with “spring cleaning” to “cleaning the slate”…
Reflective Retrospective: How to Create Your Own 2023 Tarot Spread
Look Back to Look Forward with this Retrograde-Inspired Year-Ahead Tarot Spread Happy New Year! Your social media may be deluging you with not only unsolicited decrees for a proper New Year, but also dire warnings about Mercury Retrograde. So as…
Icy Snowflakes Tarot Bag Knitting Pattern
A simple band of eyelet snowflakes warms up this quick knit project Frigid temps and icy roads were the culmination of several days of snow. The crows held a convocation. Perhaps cawing kept them warm. Here in Seattle, the slick…
Using Magical Doors for Skrying on the Tree of Life
How to Do Astral Journeying for Tarot Pathworking For the winter solstice tarot blog hop, wrangler Jay Cassels gave us an interesting prompt of “traditions” combined with an image of an arched wooden door in an oak tree. The attached…
How To Work with Magical Images
Meditations for Magical Images A mighty king sitting on a sapphire throne. A warrior queen standing in a red chariot. A golden-haired child with arms upraised. These are some of the magical images of the Tree of Life. What do…
The Great Granddaddy of Tarot Spreads
A Sample Reading with the Great Granddaddy of Tarot Spreads Years ago I came across Mary K. Greer’s wonderful article, “The Oldest Spread, by le Comte de M***.” She offered a fascinating peek into the first recorded tarot spread. All…
Q&A with Joy: Rephrasing Questions on Health and Other People
The Tarot Taboos: Reading on Health and Other People Reading on health and other people are two very common questions. And every reader’s Statement of Ethics says they will not read on these topics. But reading for clients includes looking…