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 […]
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The Mary-el Tarot—An Encounter with the Deep
Nope, not a review, this one. I think the only thing you can do with the Mary-el Tarot from Schiffer Publishing is encounter it and then walk away with your mind blown (also your heart, your senses, your sensuality). I saw the launch of this deck several years ago…and was afraid. At first, the art work […]
Poetry of the Gods—High Priestess
Big challenge I’ve been procrastinating on for Alison Cross’s Tarot study group lesson she titled “storytelling.” She wanted us to make up a story (beginning, middle, end) for cards we’d pulled over several days’ time. That was several weeks ago. Oh, I’ve kept up with other more recent lessons as I continued to put this […]
Thoth Journal, Virtues II: Temperance and…Prudence?
Thoth is back! Back in September during my Tarot study group where I was taking the challenge to understand the Thoth Tarot, I wrote about the first two of the four virtues in the Adjustment/Justice and Lust/Fortitude cards. You can review that post here. In my study group, we were asked to relate the High […]
Thoth Journal–Virtues I: Justice and Fortitude
The so-called cardinal virtures of Justice, Fortitude, Temperance, and Prudence are at least partially represented in the Tarot deck. Only three are explicitly given as cards, so between this post and the next, we’ll look at what’s visible, and what may be invisible. First, we’ll explore Justice and Strength (Fortitude). We go from cool and […]
Personal Year with the Thoth
One of the most interesting lessons in my Facebook Tarot study group was the personal year exercise. A little numerology added to the card-choosing process. We were asked to figure our number for this year by adding the numbers for our month and day of birth with the current year, 2012. Mine came out to […]
Mysteries of the Thoth
So, there I was, happily practicing daily readings with my Original RWS and other related decks, solidifying some of my own interpretations and getting to know the traditional ones, when–suddenly!–I was called to meet the Thoth. Just a little synchronicity of joining a Tarot study group over on Facebook that was going to go through […]
