Learning by Lecture Years ago, when I wanted to learn to read tarot cards, I took a How to read Tarot cards class. It was 8 weeks long. We studied the Rider-Waite tarot, and the teacher went into detail about the cards. We looked closely at what all the symbols meant. Now When I started… Read more »
Tag: Introduction to Tarot
The Hermit’s Journey: How do you define success?
So many of us do not feel we are ever successful. We work and work and feel like we are getting nowhere. But doing whatever we do and doing it well IS success. We do not necessarily become celebrities or even known outside of our specialized circle, but we do well with what we have… Read more »
Adventures in Tarot Cards: Dr. Who and the Lovers card
Did you ever watch Dr. Who? I am a huge fan. This morning I watched the first of the new season of DW (with Peter Capeli) and a few minutes of the Hand of Fear (the last of Sarah Jane Smith in the Tom Baker years.) And I thought about the Lovers Card. No, it… Read more »
Adventures in Tarot Cards: 8 of pentacles, Part 1– How do I get to Carnegie Hall?
A young violinist carrying his instrument case gets lost in New York. He stops by a street musician and asks for directions: “How do I get to Carnegie Hall?” The street musician answers: “Practice, my son, practice.” I have always loved the 8 of Pentacles. I see it as being about Practice. It is shows… Read more »
Adventures in Tarot Cards: 8 of cups
“Something hidden. Go and find it. Go and look behind the Ranges– Something lost beyond the ranges. Lost and waiting for you. Go!” –Rudyard Kipling “The Explorer” 8 of Cups has always been a favorite card of mine. It usually (we will use the Rider-Waite as an example here) shows a person walking away from… Read more »
Which is better: Tarot Cards or Palm Readings?
When I started reading tarot cards, I had a friend who was a palmist. She told me she just couldn’t get excited about Tarot cards. “I can spend a half an hour on someone’s palms, but only a few minutes on their cards!” I told her I was just the opposite: I can spend lots… Read more »
Card of the day: High Priestess
The High Priestess traditionally is the guardian of secrets. She is a teacher rather than a doer. But if you listen, you can learn much information you can use. Followers of the I Ching may know the High Priestess as Yin (passive) to the Magicians Yang (active.) But she is not completely unmoving. Nor… Read more »
Magicians vs Tarot cards
I can rarely enjoy a magic show anymore. I worked for a short time in the office of a wonderful mentalist and good friend (as well as a greatly respected mentor who helped me break into the psychic entertainment business.) Once he twirled the stem on a pocket watch, handed it to me then guessed… Read more »
I just bought a tarot deck, now what do I do?
Once you have bought a deck, you must familiarize yourself with it and start your study of Tarot. Open your deck, but don’t shuffle it yet. Or if you have played with it already, resort it into suites. Read the little white booklet that came with the deck. Raymond Buckland made a good suggestion: read the… Read more »
Picking a Tarot Deck
How do you pick a deck to use? There are hundreds even thousands of published and unpublished decks to choose from. Some people like to create their OWN tarot decks. Some decks have pictures on the Minor Arcana. some (referred to as Marseille decks) don’t. The best way to pick a deck for you is… Read more »