The Lenormand fortune-telling system has become very popular over the last several years, and new decks are proliferating (some quite faithful, some way out there away from the tradition). There’s been the usual fuss when something people have been using a certain way gets popular and then starts to lose its foundation. Folks often take […]
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Reading Accuracy: 30-Question Tarot Challenge Q 24
Q: How accurate do you believe your readings are (or, do they accurately convey messages from spirits/deity at all)? This question gets into the debate over Tarot as fortune-telling tool and Tarot as psychospiritual development tool. I come down kind of in the middle on this one. Fortune-Telling Mode and Accuracy Well, I’ve actually gotten […]
Learning Curve: May Day Tarot Blog Hop
PREVIOUS BLOG | MASTER LIST | NEXT BLOG I like this curve. I know that “learning curve” often indicates one that makes the learning more challenging, but in Tarot’s case, I just find it fun and mind expanding. Welcome to the Tarot Blog Hop for May Day/Beltane of 2019. Our blog hop wrangler, Joy Vernon, has challenged us to […]
The Question in Cartomancy
This is one of my biggest challenges in Tarot and other card reading systems, the question. I tend to be too vague, usually, for myself anyway. I’m often too positive. I do believe in focusing on my own response rather than other people’s reactions (believe in that create-your-own-reality stuff). I’ve learned over the years that […]
Tarot Card Facets: The Lovers
I’m taking this facets series as an opportunity to explore single cards in more depth. I’ve been reading the amazingly insightful card interpretations of the Linestrider Tarot’s creator, Siolo Thompson, and it got me thinking about the different angles that each card has to contribute to a reading. The RWS Lovers is a fun card […]
Common Questions: 30-Question Tarot Challenge Q23
Q: What question do you most often ask the deck (or, ask on behalf of another)? There’s a big difference between the most common question I ask for myself and the question most asked by others. Questions by Others Most people ask questions about relationships with their significant others or desires to find a significant […]
Minor Arcana Cards: Illustrated or Just the Pips?
So, why do some Tarot decks have scenic illustrations for the Minor Arcana cards and some just suit symbols to count up? Historical Traditions Well, we started with playing cards using fancy illustrated trump cards in Renaissance Europe. The only deck that we know of with scenic numbered cards is the Sola Busca Tarot (which […]
The Energy Exchange: 30-Question Tarot Challenge Q22
Q: Do you charge money (or other ways of compensation) for your readings/services? I actually do charge for professional Tarot readings (see my Readings page for details), and I have also done free readings as part of my work with the Tarot Association of the British Isles (TABI). Some folks think that we shouldn’t charge […]
