Most people don't realize the Tarot presents a map of your life, a 21-step journey from novice or child to mastery and enlightenment. It is filled with ancient stories that have lasted because of their truth. If you understand the journey and the wisdom hidden in the stories, you'll see the big picture of your [...]
The Wound is the place where the light enters you. — Rumi Ryder Waite 10 Swords Some people avoid the Tarot because of the negative cards. Even seasoned readers dread having them turn up. And when my students accidentally leave cards behind at my house, it’s always the negative cards – lol. [...]
Each morning draw a card randomly from the deck. That will become your “Card for the Day.” This practice invites higher guidance into your life, increases your intuition, and deepens your understanding of the cards. Imagine that you draw the Ace of Cups for your “Card for the Day.” This marvelous and powerful card [...]
The Celtic Cross is the most popular spread in the Tarot world. I begin every reading with it because it gives me an overview of the client -- their strengths, their struggles, where they are coming from, where they are headed, their main challenge of the moment, and how it will resolve-- all in one spread! [...]
People need not be afraid of negative cards in the Tarot any more than they need be afraid of negative thoughts. Here is how to approach reading them. 1. The Tarot represents consciousness, not events. Negative cards can look scary, like someone is in pain. The Rider Waite deck has some gruesome images of [...]
The heavens are always in flux, which stirs up the energies that effect you. Whether it's a new moon, a full moon, an eclipse, or some heavenly body going in or out of retrograde, these fluctuating energies give you a chance to release old stuck stuff and catapult yourself forward into something new. Here's [...]
Until I found this spread, I discouraged yes-no questions because they give too much power to the cards, without providing much insight. When clients insisted on a yes-no question, only an ace indicated "yes". The Yes-No Oracle provides a more complex answer, providing insight into the situation, while also offering direction. Thank you, [...]
The trick is to quiet the mind, be in the moment, and allow awareness to come to the surface. Research shows that everyone is intuitive, including you. Your intuition is in your body, accessible through your senses. You just have to feel what's going on with you below the surface because what's going on is [...]
The Trump Cards of the Tarot describe the Fool's journey throughout his lifecycle, (the Fool is the first trump card numbered zero) and since we are the Fool, the Trumps describe our journey, both individually and collectively. They tell us where we are in our lifecycle, what we need to do to move forward, [...]
