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What Qabalah Is Qabalah is Jewish mysticism. Hermetic qabalah, the tradition we are studying here, is as Dion Fortune describes is, not so much a body of thought as a way of thinking. Qabalah provides a way to understand the…
Welcome to the Tarot Blog Hop! An international group of tarotists are all writing on the same topic and then linking to each other so that the reader can hop from one blog to the next, seeing all the permutations…
Joy’s Rules for Choosing a Tarot Deck for The Magician’s Tools Beginning Tarot Class I have been teaching beginning tarot for 22 years. I teach a unique method that systematizes the way intuitive tarot readers approach the cards, giving you…
Reading tarot is hard. You’ve taken classes, studied, read books, asked your cards a million questions, but every time you lay the cards out, you feel like you’re lost at sea with no land in sight—just a lonely, empty silence…
Often tarot teaching focuses on specific symbols in the cards and what they mean. Certainly, the particulars of historical usage of a common symbol in religious iconography, alchemical woodcuts, Renaissance art, or other divination symbol systems can enlighten us to…
Welcome to the Tarot Blog Hop! An international group of tarotists are all writing on the same topic and then linking to each other so that the reader can hop from one blog to the next, seeing all the permutations…
With thousands of tarot decks in print, plus used and collectible decks readily available online and in used book stores and metaphysical stores around the world, buying a tarot deck is a daunting challenge. Where do you start? I’ve been…
I’m excited to start off the new year by joining another blogging community. I have joined the newly formed Tarot Professionals Blog Hop and this is their inaugural Hop! Their intention is to host a monthly blog hop that is an exclusive…
A student of mine asked me for feedback on a reading she did. Someone had challenged her with a question along the lines of “Will the Muslims take over the world?” Setting aside techniques for rephrasing poorly worded questions, I’d like…
Someone posted this question on Facebook in a forum. I’d like to share the question and my response here so that this information is more readily available, and not lost forever in the labyrinth of Facebook. Here’s the question: “As…
A student of the Western Mystery Tradition contacted me asking how the Hebrew letters and their correspondence to the tarot Major Arcana can be used in doing readings. Greetings Joy, Do you use the Hebrew letters of the 22 Major…
Last night at the Denver Tarot Meetup, DTM Co-Organizer and Tarot Social South Host Linda Bean led us in a wonderful exploration of Paul Foster Case’s correspondences of the musical scale to the tarot cards. After several enlightening exercises, Linda…
Welcome to the Tarot Blog Hop! An international group of tarotists are all writing on the same topic and then linking to each other so that the reader can hop from one blog to the next, seeing all the permutations…
Worn. Warped. Dog-eared. Sticky. After heavy use, a deck eventually succumbs to age and grows too damaged to read with. But an elder deck sometimes seems too wise with too many years of experience to just toss aside for a…
Welcome to the Tarot Blog Hop! An international group of tarotists (check out the master list) are all writing on the same topic and then linking to each other so that the reader can hop from one blog to the…
6. Be open and curious. Don’t close yourself down energetically or physically. Turning away from your reader, crossing your arms and legs, or looking down or away are all common ways people close themselves off from their reader using their physical…
Welcome to the Tarot Blog Hop! An international group of tarotists (check out the master list) are all writing on the same topic and then linking to each other so that the reader can hop from one blog to the…
1. Take it seriously. Tarot readings really aren’t for entertainment only. In some states, it’s legally required that tarot readers use the disclaimer “For entertainment purposes only.” Even readers who are located where such disclaimers are not compulsory often put…
Welcome to the Tarot Blog Hop! An international group of tarotists (check out the master list) are all writing on the same topic and then linking to each other so that the reader can hop from one blog to the…
