How to Create Breathing Room when a Tarot Reading has you Under Pressure

March 24, 2010

Are you finding it hard to remain relaxed during a Tarot reading? Do you try and communicate everything all at once so the client won’t think you’re a terrible Tarot reader? Do you feel guilty when you don’t know the answer and over compensate by trying to communicate a hundred different ideas to the client [...]

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Conjurer or Adept? The Humble Origins of the Tarot Magician

March 23, 2010

Historically, the Tarot started life as a game. I find this fascinating because isn’t life itself just a game? Like life, a game is a mixture of stratagem, skill and chance. We can plan for all eventualities but the element of luck is ever present. Chance has a funny way of overthrowing the “best laid [...]

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The Tarot Location Challenge

March 19, 2010

My background in Tarot is heavily influenced by the Golden Dawn, specifically, the attributions they use. About a week ago, I was speaking to a friend of mine, and we started talking about how certain cards within the Golden Dawn system are associated with areas of the globe. I’m going to quote Lon Milo DuQuette, [...]

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Three Techniques For Reading Health Questions

March 12, 2010

This post has been inspired by an earlier article called, Eon Quiz and Robust approaches to Tarot Readings. In that article I posted a quiz that asked people how they approached a health related Tarot reading. The participation from others was incredible, and inspired a follow up post called Eon Quiz I – Health Question. [...]

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Let the Tarot do all the Work?

February 23, 2010

I was watching a YouTube video by Paul Hughes-Barlow of SuperTarot, when I heard him say, “you let the Tarot do all the work!” Should this be the guiding principle of a robust Tarot reading? Although I think the overall content of this video is awesome – it discusses Significators in a Tarot reading (I’ve [...]

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Eon Quiz I – Health Question

February 15, 2010

This is an image of Petra. Symbol of a great, robust structure that stood the test of time, exactly the kind of amazing craftsmanship that we should all aspire to as Tarot readers. I thought that now would be a great time to reflect on people’s responses to the first Eon quiz. The quiz itself [...]

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Eon Quiz and Robust approaches to Tarot Readings

February 11, 2010

Over the last couple of months, I’ve been wondering what interests me most about the different ways we can read Tarot cards. Is it the use of Elemental Dignities that interests me? Is it the use of card counting, the Opening of the Key, or the different methods that are used to read Court cards? [...]

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Why Reading Tarot Cards Like A Book Doesn’t Work

January 11, 2010

Image: The Knot of Eternity. If you stare at the centre without moving your eyes all the colours disappear. Reading Tarot cards is not the same as reading a book, or a newspaper, or a magazine. Normally, when we read something, we start at the beginning and work our way towards the end. A similar [...]

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