It’s an intense image: flames shooting out of a crumbling tower, people leaping from the top and sides, tormented faces in the foreground. In my traditional deck, the Tower card certainly doesn’t inspire feelings of ease or equanimity. And traditional meanings of this card—destruction, chaos, suffering—terrify my clients when this card shows up in a …
I remember a challenging time in my life when I found myself gazing at the Strength Tarot card during my meditations. In my deck, a woman holds a winged lion on her lap with a horse in the background. Her gaze is strong and directed out toward the viewer. I felt she was looking straight …
Finding Your Tarot Avatar: Learning to Embody Archetypes in Everyday Life Read More »
Clare is a long-time client of mine who I work with on the phone. She called in for a Tarot reading and jumped straight to the point. “I’ve been doing some three card readings for myself,” she said, “I’m shuffling the deck every time, really well, and cutting it, and I swear, the Nine of …
Understanding the “Scary” Tarot Cards: The Nine of Swords Read More »
Monthly Tarot forecasts can assist you in navigating the ups and downs of the days ahead with insight and grace. I pull a card for each week with the intention that this card will represent the energies that need to be worked with both personally and globally. Obviously, everyone may experience the card differently, but …
Have you ever wandered into the New Age section of your local bookshop and lost a few hours looking at Tarot decks? I certainly have! Angels, fairies, animals, Steampunk, erotica, Celtic—the deck themes seem infinite. Choosing a deck for yourself is a big deal—if you get one that doesn’t speak to you, then you will …
How to Work With Non-Traditional Tarot Card Decks Read More »
Have you ever had a great Tarot reading and wondered if you could use this amazing resource yourself? Many of my clients have expressed the desire to read cards, and, in the same breath, said, “But I’m not psychic, so I guess I can’t.” This isn’t true! If you have the patience and the discipline …
“I’ve met this new woman,” James told me. He was clearly very excited. “I think she may be the ONE! And I want to do a reading to see if this may be true.” We did a Celtic Cross spread for the relationship, and The Lovers card turned up in the outcome position. He was …
The Lovers in the Tarot: What the Card Really Has to Tell You Read More »
Monthly Tarot forecasts can assist you in navigating the ups and downs of the days ahead with insight and grace. I pull a card for each week with the intention that this card will represent the energies that need to be worked with both personally and globally. Obviously, everyone may experience the card differently, but …
I’ll be completely honest here: It took me years to read reversed cards. I was well into being a professional reader before I decided I would add the upside-down cards to my readings under some circumstances. Clients and students are often curious if they should or shouldn’t use reversed cards. It’s a purely individual choice, and …
Upside Down? The Pros and Cons of Reading Tarot Cards Reversed Read More »
I remember my very first Tarot reading. I was probably about twelve, and it was at a Renaissance fair. My friend and I nervously went up to the Tarot booth. I sat down in front of a very ordinary looking woman (surprise—we Tarot readers look like everybody else!) and asked my question: “Will Paul ask …
