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What Suit of the Tarot are You?
Knowing which suit you belong to can help you identify your spiritual strengths and weaknesses, and can show you how you are perceived by others. Each suit of the Tarot represents specific aspects of life, and they also correspond with the four main elements of the...
Tarot Quote from Rachel Pollack
A Great Quote from a Tarot Master... “To learn to play seriously is one of the great secrets of spiritual exploration.” ~ Rachel Pollack, "The Forest of Souls: A Walk Through the Tarot"
Modern Tools for an Ancient Art
Keeping notes about any readings you do is a great way to keep track of how you are progressing as a Tarot reader. It’s so gratifying to look back on a reading that you did for yourself a few months ago — and find that you can congratulate yourself for all of the...
Is Work Shown by Wands or Pentacles?
If you are doing a reading about your career, would you expect the suit of Pentacles to dominate the spread, or will cards from the suit of Wands turn up? Many people equate the suit of Pentacles with work issues, because it’s from our careers that we make our money,...
Inner World & Outer World Spread
Becoming a better Tarot reader is all about practice, but sometimes you might not feel as though you have time to get out the Tarot cards to do a full reading. So, here’s a quick way of doing a reading which only uses a few words for the interpretations. This spread...
Tarot Quote
A Great Quote About Tarot: I just found a great quote that sums up the essence of the Tarot cards. It’s by Charles Williams (1886 - 1945) who was a novelist, poet, theologian, and member of A. E. Waite’s Fellowship of the Rosy Cross. He wrote seven occult novels,...
Judgement Card
When the Judgement Card Appears: Are you awake? Or are you walking through life as a zombie? So many trudge along with no motivation, no passion, no goals, and without those big, bold dreams that make it easy to climb out of bed in the morning. When you find the card...
Tarot Trajectory
When it comes to doing a reading, the possibility of seeing a bad outcome worries many people. I can understand that—no one wants bad news—especially if they feel that it’s unavoidable. But Tarot isn’t about discovering a future outcome that is locked into place by...
The Sun Card – is the Child a Boy or a Girl?
People who are new to Tarot often get confused by the gender of the child in the card called The Sun. The infant on the horse wears flowers in their hair, so is it a girl? No! The roses are simply there to resemble the crown of a king. The child is definitely a boy....
Active Tarot – Not Passive Fortune Telling
It used to be that Tarot was seen as a passive situation. You dealt out the cards to discover what was going to happen to you, then you sat back and waited for that future to eventuate. How dull! What a fatalistic, defeatist attitude! I suggest being pro-active with...
Secrets of the Waite-Smith Tarot: a Book Review
When I heard that Marcus Katz and Tali Goodwin were putting together a book which revealed the inspiration behind the images of the Rider-Waite-Smith cards, I was so excited! I’ve done a fair bit of research about the history and evolution of the cards, but as Pamela...
The Right Question for a Tarot Reading
What’s the number one mistake that I see beginner readers (and some experienced ones) making with their Tarot cards? They don’t take time to work out EXACTLY what they want to know from their reading. If your wording is broad and generic, then your reading will be...
John Matthews Interview
John and Caitlin Matthews live in Oxford, UK, so it was relatively easy for them to be part of the UK Tarot Conference in 2013. Their partnership has resulted in more than 150 books featuring mythology and oracles. At the conference, John Matthews had an impressive...
A Formula for Understanding the Court Cards
Some of the most interesting characters of the Tarot are the Court cards. But many people find them difficult to interpret. Here’s a simple formula to help you work out their meanings when they turn up in a spread: Age + Quality + Suit = Meaning. When you combine...
Interview with Caitlin Matthews
When I was learning about Tarot from books in the 1980s, it was standard practice to choose a ‘significator’ card, which represented the querent. This card was placed upon the table, and other cards for the reading were placed over that card, covering it completely! I...