Oracular Anomalies
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The Best Way to Learn Tarot
It was nearing the end of the day at the Isis Books psychic fair this month when someone I knew from the store sat at my table. “I am overcome with the urge to buy a tarot deck and I…
Q&A with Joy: Numerology and the Tarot
A student who has been studying esotericism (tarot, astrology and kabbalah) with me all year contacted me this morning with the following question: “You mentioned that the numbers associated with the tarot are not necessarily accurate, as I understood you;…
Q&A with Joy: Timing in the Tarot
Please note, an updated version of this post and an updated Tarot Timing Information Sheet (pdf file) is available in the post, Tarot Timing Information Chart. A tarot student contacted me today asking for a suggestion for reading a question of…
A Myriad of Magical, Mystical, Marvelous Methods for Manifesting Money
In honor of tax day, I would like to share my favorite ways for creating a magical mindset around money. Here are my top ten magical, mystical, marvelous methods for manifesting money: Reiki your checkbook! (Wallet, purse, money pouch, fanny…
A Simple Process for Manifesting with the Tarot
I was having a conversation with a colleague the other day about affirmations. She works with them a lot, and I use them to a lesser degree. At first it seemed like we had divergent opinions on the topic, but…
Resurrection and Rebirth
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Difficult Cards
We all have those cards that we hate to see come up in a reading. These are the difficult cards. For me, it’s often based on the image used in a particular deck–I had a Two of Cups in one…
Tarot vs Oracles
I love writing formal poetry. I love the way my intuition opens up when the rigid guidelines of meter and rhyme keep me focused. I love how a perfect line spills out of me in response to the limitations of…
"The Four Corners of the Barn" Tarot Spread
This post is what I’ll call a Blog Dialogue. Another blog I read inspired this response, which I’d like to share with you. At our last Tarot Blog Hop, tarot colleague and friend Jordan Hoggard wrote a blog on his…
From My Table to Yours
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Q&A with Joy: Jumper Cards
Q&A is a new feature on Completely Joyous! I’m now going to be offering short answers to questions that you ask! Students and colleagues ask me questions about tarot and Reiki privately and I’ve often thought that other people might…
Creation and Redemption
Tarot Three of Pentacles Vs Eight of Pentacles A discussion came to my attention in which a number of people were debating whether, kabbalistically, the threes in tarot are higher than the eights. In particular, the person posing the question…
Pentacles: The Fruits of Harvest
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The Teller of Tarot
This is excerpted from my in-progress book, Journey Through Tarot. The first time I taught my tarot class in the early 90s I called it Exploring the Tarot. My marketing materials at the time said you would “become the teller…
Armature and Art: The Interplay of Intuitive and Knowledge-Based Tarot Reading
Intuitive versus knowledge-based tarot reading seems to be a popular topic for discussion lately. Whenever it comes up, people are quick to jump into a camp and defend their position. Last night, because it is a potential Denver Tarot Meetup…
Nessus and the Hierosgamos: My Journey with the Empyrean Key
The Denver Tarot Geeks I started the Denver Tarot Geeks on May 26, 2007, as a way to share my excitement and passion about the power and inspiration I found in exploring the esoteric aspects of the tarot. I led…
Confronting the Dastardly Stalker Card
I got an email today from a client who’s had a couple readings from me and has decided to teach herself to read tarot. She had two cards that were coming up repeatedly for her recently. Of course, to make…
Backwards and Forwards
Rather than seeing each suit as an Ace through 10 progression, in this short article I propose the idea of moving backwards through the suits of Wands and Swords, and forwards through the suits of Cups and Pentacles, to discover the plot of the pips.