Reading with reversals is a matter of personal choice, and those who utilize them will interpret their presence in a variety of ways. Today I’d like to share a method for using reversals that I find useful and enjoyable. Let’s jump right in. In this …
A significator is a card chosen to represent the querent or situation in a Tarot reading. In essence, this card “signifies” the focal point of the reading. I decided to address significators today because I stumbled upon a discussion about them in a Tarot group. …
Do you have your eye on the second edition of Ravynne Phelan’s Messenger Oracle? Are you hesitant to purchase what is essentially a duplicate deck for the sake of a few tweaks and changes? I hope I can help you with that decision today. The …
It’s time for a reading. You shuffle. You draw…but are the cards you drew the “correct” cards? Did you stop shuffling at the proper time? Did everything go wrong before you even started reading because you couldn’t manage to sense- It’s not that big of …
This is my follow up post about working with decks that illustrate new twists on the popular Rider Waite Smith Tarot. The first post described a few of these RWS “twist” or “spinoff” decks and supplied few exercises for working with them. Today’s post will …
I have several Tarots that put a twist on the Rider Waite deck. The Before Tarot is a deck featuring snapshots of the characters in each card the moment before the classic Rider Waite image, and the After Tarot, you guessed it, is the moment …
One of my long time favorites, Mage: The Awakening Tarot, is a fantastic working deck. Although it is designed to accompany the Mage tabletop RPG, the deck follows popular conventions and no knowledge of the RPG is necessary to work with the cards. The Mage …
This Sample Sunday post is a continuation of my “Keeping the Tarot Train on Track” post. If you haven’t checked it out yet, please do so that you can get the most out of today’s example. In this post I will be conducting a sample …
Have you ever performed a Tarot reading where your interpretations and insights have abandoned the question or subject? I would venture that most of us have performed readings where we have deviated a bit from the core question, not because of a brilliant intuitive insight, …
Exploring variations in Tarot card imagery is an excellent way to familiarize yourself with differing facets of a card’s themes. For example, the Chariot is frequently described as a card of will, mastery, victory, self-determination, and other assertive qualities. The Llewellyn Tarot and the Initiatory …