Tarot & Other Types of Divination
A learning-based blog for students of tarot. Existing blog posts cover all tarot card meanings, card layouts, and other bits relevant to the practice of tarot. New posts about runes, Lenormand, and other stuff coming soon.
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When the Cards are Full of Shit
Back in 2017, I had to return to the phone lines for a short while (financial ruin and limited options forced my hand), and it didn’t take long to start hearing from people who were questioning whether the readings they'd had were accurate because hoped for results were failing to manifest. These types of readings are usually
Astro-tarot timing
For the court cards - most of the readers I know wouldn't use court cards as timing indicators and would instead link the page/knight with their appropriate sex and age group (usually younger). The Kings and Queens would be used similarly but for mature persons. Aleister Crowley gave a more complex method: for example, Page/Princess of
Staying Humble
I've met many tarot readers during my time down here on the planet, and each of them had a different belief system operating behind the tools they used. One of my pet hates of people is that they assume clients should take their word as law. Some readers honestly believe that the client shouldn't question what they say.
Buying A Deck
I’ve been interested in tarot for over twenty years. I have over fifty decks in my modest collection, although most have been bought to look at and not use. For me, the artwork is the major influencing factor when deciding what to buy. All kinds of artwork are available, from the very tacky to the exceptionally