Q: How much emphasis do you put on the text-book meanings for cards, and how much stress do you place on the “feeling” you get from cards through their artwork/symbolism/etc. (aka reading intuitively)? Do you do both, or one or the other? I do both, about 50/50, really. I have an energetic philosophy about reader […]
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Why Do You Ask?: 30-Question Tarot Challenge Q14
Q: For what purposes do you usually use the Tarot (self-reflection, guidance, advice, recreation, communing with spirits/dead, communication with deity, other)? Many of the above. Not a medium, so I don’t contact spirits who’ve passed on, and not for recreation per se, since I do believe the cards and reader together tap into universal energies. […]
Balance in a Relative Universe: Fall Equinox Tarot Blog Hop
PREVIOUS BLOG | MASTER LIST | NEXT BLOG Three harvest festivals there are in the Wiccan calendar. Wondrous abundance and welcome to Mabon, tucked nicely between Lammas in August (the berries!) and Samhain in October (the gourds!). Around here in southwestern Oregon, Mabon time is all about harvesting grapes for wine, and very fine wines […]
It’s Complicated Card: 30-Question Tarot Challenge Q13
Q: Is there a card that continuously stumps you when it is drawn? Why do you believe this to be so? Yep. Seven of Swords. Way too many subtle things going on here; makes it very difficult to choose which to apply to a given question, and even harder in a daily draw with no […]
Your Own Tarot Spread: 30-Question Challenge Q12
Q: Have you ever created your own spread? If so, how effective is it? (Feel free to show the spread) I’ve actually created several so far, mostly for Tarot Blog Hop sponsored by a Facebook group I belong to. I think it’s really fun and enjoy this creative process. I’ll be incorporating several of mine […]
Favorite Tarot Spread: 30-Question Challenge Q11
Q: What spread do you use most often/prefer and why? I mostly use the three-card spread called “Within, Without, Advice,” which was introduced to me on Instagram by Patrick Fogarty and Kelly from The Truth in Story. I love it for inner life/outer life daily draws using my most introspective decks, like the Mary-el Tarot and […]
Tarot Card Representing Me: 30-Question Challenge Q10
Q: What card best represents you/your personality (or, is most often pulled to represent you in a spread)? That depends. Numerologically speaking, it’s the Hermit and the Moon (based on my birthdate), but I think the question is more about using a card as a significator, which usually means the Courts. Two Court cards fall […]
Most Frequent Tarot Card(s): 30-Question Challenge Q9
Q9: What card do you pull the most often? Why do you think that is the case? For this question, I took a look at this past month’s Within, Without, Advice series from my Instagram buddies. I totaled up the different cards drawn (three cards per day), and was actually amazed at the variety first […]
