How do I pick a deck? For years I only used the most widely known tarot deck. The one I and most people learn on: the Rider-Waite-Smith (RWS) deck. I found it a bit embarrassing. I would meet other readers, and they would say, “Oh, you read tarot too? I use the Esoteric Tarot of… Read more »
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How to read tarot cards–Part 3 History of Tarot Cards
A Little History One big Myth about Tarot cards is that they originated in ancient Egypt. They did not. Playing cards have been found in India as early as the 10th Century AD. Playing cards have been mentioned in writings in the West as early as 12th century. And that is what they were: playing… Read more »
How to read tarot cards–Part 2 What are tarot cards?
How are tarot cards structured? A standard tarot cards has 78 cards. There are Oracle decks (including one reading system that has gotten very popular called Lenormand) that have anywhere from 35 to 90 cards, but these are not tarot decks. You could say that all tarot decks are oracle decks, but not all oracle… Read more »
How to read tarot cards–Part 1 Introduction to Tarot Cards
Introduction to Tarot Cards I have been teaching an Introduction to Tarot Cards class for a couple of years now and I have decided that it is time to write down my approach to beginning to read tarot cards. I have always said that the best introduction to tarot cards is “You, Tarot cards. Tarot… Read more »
Where can I get a free Tarot Reading?
I want to mention some places that do free tarot readings. I get nothing from these places, and do not endorse them or their accuracy, but if you are looking for some quick insights, this may be the way to go. None of these include an obligation to sign up to get your free reading…. Read more »
5th of May
Before I was a tarot card reader, I was part of a puppetry guild. One meeting someone presented a talk about being a circus clown. “The Circus always had its first show of the season on the first of May, every year. New performers were called 5th of Mays. Especially the clowns.” Clowning around He… Read more »
The Hermit: Looking backward
So this is ChristmasAnd what have you done?Another year overAnd a new one just begun–John Lennon I should not name drop, but maybe I will a little. I knew the Librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden, when she was just starting out as a children’s librarian in Chicago Public Library. Unlike me, she went on to… Read more »
Aftermath of the election: 7 of Swords Reversed
Concentrate on what you have to do. Fix your eyes on it. Remind yourself that your task is to be a good human being; remind yourself what nature demands of people. Then do it, without hesitation, and speak the truth as you see it. But with kindness. With humility. Without hypocrisy.–Marcus Aurelius The 7 of… Read more »
And then a miracle happened…. 7 of cups versus Moon reversed
My favorite Gary Larson cartoon is a picture of two scientists studying a blackboard. The left side is covered in math and so is the right side. The middle is an…
Do you believe in magic?
Do you believe in magic? “[This country] had rapidly been on its way to banishing magic altogether. And that would have had a very serous effect on the very soul of the country, for a country whose people ceased to believe in magic soon lost much of their ability to imagine and to dream, and… Read more »