Connecting Lines: Tarot Symbolism
I love staring at tarot cards. I can gaze at a card a million times and still find something new in it. Last night, I was looking at cards with friends. As I contemplated the Ten of Wands, I saw…
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Repertoire of Stories: The Tarot’s Unseen Traditions
The Stories we Know Bring Our Tarot Readings to Life Wrangler Jay Cassels of Jay’s Mystic Blog invited us to explore the interesting topic of “unseen traditions.” I wasn’t sure where to take the topic, but a three-card spread gave…
How To Shuffle Tarot Cards
Before performing a tarot reading, it’s important to randomize the cards. The standard practice for randomizing a deck is shuffling the cards. But with tarot cards, shuffling can be awkward when the deck’s too big. Fortunately, there are a variety…
Q&A With Joy: Astrology of the Tarot Pages
Astrological Correspondences of the Tarot Pages I was having lunch with a friend the other day and he asked me about the Pages in the tarot. He wanted to know if they had an astrological correspondence. Our discussion led to…
Be the Best Reader for You: Tips for Reading Tarot for Yourself
Be The only reader You’ll ever need Follow these tips for reading tarot for yourself, work through your own reading using the free downloadable workbook, and discover that you’re the best reader for you! I first presented this for the…
Seven Of Pentacles: Saturn In Taurus
Spring 2022 Tarot Card Astrology: Seven Of Pentacles Saturn won’t be in Taurus until 2028, and won’t enter the third decan of that sign until June 2029. A retrograde will keep it in roughly that area of the zodiac for…
Six of Pentacles: Moon in Taurus
Spring 2022 Tarot Card Astrology: Six Of Pentacles There’s a new moon in Taurus on April 30, at 1:28 p.m. This lunation occurs in the second decan of that sign, the face ruled by the Moon. The Moon will pass…
Five Of Pentacles: Mercury In Taurus
Spring 2022 Tarot Card Astrology: Five of Pentacles Mercury zips through the first decan of Taurus between April 11 and 16. The Five of Pentacles is an interesting illustration of the contrary energies of the fleet-footed god and the heavy,…
The Voice of Silence Meditation on the Cube of Space
Hear the Voice of Silence The Cube of Space is a three-dimensional tarot tableau, a specific arrangement of the cards. Contemplation of this model reveals great insight into the tarot. But more than that, the Cube of Space is a…
Nine of Cups: Jupiter in Pisces
Spring 2022 Tarot Card Astrology: Nine Of Cups Jupiter entered the middle decan of Pisces on February 12, and voyages through that section of the zodiac for six weeks. The tarot’s Nine of Cups captures this celestial energy. In this…
Sacred Knowledge
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…
The Cube of Space: The Evolution of the Soul as Told by the Tarot
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…
Q&A With Joy: Two Different Decan Rulers
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 to Learn Tarot
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…
Keeping It Real: Getting Practical Answers from the Tarot
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…
Develop Tarot Keywords Specific to Your Deck
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…
Q&A with Joy: Is It Okay to Cut Up Tarot Cards for Crafts?
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…
Tarot Traditions and Rituals: Sephirothic Names of Power and the Tarot
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…
Numbers and Tarot: An Ordinal Story
Numbers and Tarot: An Ordinal Story, or, The Progression of the Pips The spring wrangler, Jay Cassels of Sacred Lotus Healing, enticed us with the topic Fables and Fortunes. He invited us to explore story as related to tarot, perhaps…
Six Psychic Gifts
Welcome to the Tarot Blog Hop! Today’s topic is gifts, provided by Arwen of Tarot by Arwen. She asked, “Do we have them? Do we not? Do we need them?” With this post, I am taking one step back and…