The Chariot The Chariot shows a man driving a chariot, pulled by two animals, usually a black horse and a white horse, almost invariably without reins. He is steering them just by the power of the mind. This is a card that has varied from deck to deck, but not changed much in its subject.… Continue Reading
The Lovers In the older, Marseilles tarot decks, a Man is caught between two women. A dark-haired, often older person, and a younger, lighter haired woman. The title of this card was sometimes called “the Choice”. The Man had to make a choice: between an “earthy,” probably sinful person, and a “purer,” light haired–probably light… Continue Reading
The Hierophant Traditionally, the Hierophant is the intermediary or interpreter between the worshiper and the their deity. Who ever or what ever that is. Before this century, most decks called him the Pope. To most modern readers, this is mostly a negative card, referring to the “Keeper of the Keys”–again the Pope, who was the… Continue Reading
If the Empress is spontaneous, the Emperor is a planner. The Empress wallows in reality as it is. The Emperor lives apart from it. He wants to control his world. To have a controlling attribute is not bad thing by itself. We need to control many aspects of our life. Our environment should be under… Continue Reading
The Magician The Fool carries the tools of his trade in a bindlestiff on his back. The Magician lays them out on the table and starts using them. The four symbols of the Tarot are there: Cup, Sword, Pentacle and in many decks he wields the Wand. The Magician is a person of power but… Continue Reading
The Empress–recorded 10/13/09 With the Magician and the High Prestress we discussed what you, the Fool, can or cannot do with your tools, the tarot and your own talents and thoughts. Now we will meet our teachers, or really, our role models. The first of these is the Empress. The Empress is Earth bound. She… Continue Reading
The High Priestess To contradict the good Captain, The Mind, not Space is the final frontier. As we begin our Tarot Journey, we are the Magician who lays out the tools and starts figuring out what he or she can and cannot do with them. But we also find that doing Tarot can be hazardous.… Continue Reading
The Fool dances on the edge of a cliff. In at least one 19th Century deck, the Wirth Tarot, there is a crocodile, waiting expectantly for the Fool to fall into his open month. We all know people like this, who seem to take risk after risk and always come out on top. We care… Continue Reading
I was interviewed on Witch School Radio last night. They are doing Tarot nights once a week, switching to Thursdays starting the 17 of November. They played my High Priestess spot, which is the longest spot so far. (I try to keep them at 3 minutes but I think this one went a FULL three… Continue Reading
I am on the radio now, at least Internet radio. 17 yrs ago I appeared on my friends radio show, Psychic Chicago Radio. I did readings on the air, it was FUN. Also we recorded Radio spots of me talking about Tarot. Now they are doing Witch School Radio and have asked me to do… Continue Reading