Today, I’ll compare the Magus from the Thoth deck with RWS (Universal Waite version) and Druid Craft magicians. The Thoth will always be a contrast to most other decks, particularly these two RWS types. Overall for the Magician card, it’s a contrast between concrete and abstract, working with objects in a scene in the real […]
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Thoth Journal: Princesses and Potentials
Taking a look at the Thoth Princesses (translate to Pages for RWS-style decks, or Knaves for the Marseille). Aleister Crowley and his artist partner, Lady Frieda Harris, have built a rich set of symbolism over the traditional archetypes in the Tarot, and the Princesses are a very special part of that symbolism. The inimitable Alison […]
Thoth Journal: The Fool 0
I’ve recently gotten back to my Thoth Tarot and thought it would be good to revisit and expand upon my initial impressions of this multi-layered take on the Tarot system. I find the deck both fascinating and challenging to use. It’s got this “in your face” very direct set of messages, and does not shy […]
A Tarot Spread from a Lenormand 3X3
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 […]
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 […]
