The strangest tarot reading I’ve ever done was many years ago at an event I was working at in downtown Chicago. It was one of those casual walk-up situations where a venue paid me to provide readings to their customers. A young couple sat down, and the gentleman told me he wanted a reading because […]
Surprise! Like this image, interpreting a tarot card is like trying to unlock a riddle. Or a Rubik’s cube. You twist the card over in your brain and you look at it from every angle. Taking in all its sides, you start to see patterns emerging and unlock the puzzle by seeing how everything […]
The Hanged Man tarot card is the poster child for tarot reversals. This card reminds us that sometimes yielding action is the best action, which is, of course, completely terrifying. Most of us want control all the time. I know I do! It sucks when things don’t go according to plan. Or when we recognize […]
Recently I got to thinking about tarot and trauma. We all know that tarot is a great wellness tool. It shouldn’t replace therapy, but working with tarot can be a powerful visual aid to healing. We talk a lot about the tarot as a spiritual tool, but I rarely hear people talk about tarot and […]
Court Cards (the Page, Knight, Queen, and King cards) can be some of the most challenging cards to interpret in a reading. They can represent any of the following: So, how do you know what the card represents? It depends on the question asked. If you are doing a reading about self-reflection, then the qualities […]
I was recently reminded that the art of reading the cards (and all psychic work, really) is not just about the ability to know and see other people’s reality. It doesn’t matter how psychic or talented you are; if you don’t create a loving space to support people, you’re not serving their (or your) highest […]
The elements are well–elemental in tarot. They matter. Sometimes they do the heavy lifting in a reading, and at other times they act as the back-up singers. When I first look at a card in a reading, I assess what’s happening in the imagery. What is the environment? Are there figures, and what are they doing? […]
Today I am back to suffering. To remembering that the condition of being human is to suffer. I’m not a nihilist, but I am a realist. We spend so much of our time trying to be happier. The drive to be happy is important; it keeps us shifting our reality in new ways. To not […]