Tag: tarot
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Embodiment Tarot Spread
Welcome Back to My Neck of the Woods, Beauty! At the risk of stating the obvious, I LOVE gardening. I love turning up the earth. I love pulling weeds. I love digging my fingers into the dirt and watching the sparkly sheen of its minerals glint in the sun. I love sewing seeds and watching…
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An Interview with Marianne of Two Sides Tarot
When I wandered into the wild world of internet tarot two years ago, Marianne of Two Sides Tarot was one of the first cardslingers I discovered. I was scrolling through Siobhan’s tarotscopes when I came upon her contribution, and it was immediately apparent that she was talented. I’m always delighted to discover a taroist who’s…
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“I Just Can’t Even” Tarot Spread
We’ve all had those days, folks–no matter how hard you try to get it together, it ain’t happening. You’re in the middle of a project and things aren’t going the way you’d like and you want to throw your hands up in defeat. You keep trying to start something, but lose interest, take a different…
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5 Ways to Make Spring Fever Your Friend (And a New Tarot Spread!)
The sun has warmed and the flowers have bloomed. Dogs and babies and grown-as men and women are laughing more, jostling more, smiling more. The smell of coffee emanating from the cafe seems deeper, more intoxicating. And everybody looks damn good. It’s official: spring fever has hit me like a Mac truck. It happens every…
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Three Tarot Spreads for Working With the Moon
The connection between tarot and our closest celestial body is varied and deep. Most overtly, The Moon card illustrates the portal into shadow–that which is hidden in the subconscious and is revealed through reflection and exploration. As the moon reflects the light from the sun, its understated brilliance is an illusion, one that we seek to…
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3 Tarot Spreads for Planning + Goal Setting
It was roughly seven months ago that I self-initiated into the worldwide cult of paper planning and goal-setting. Though I’ve always described myself as a free-spirit and a lovable scatterbrain, missing dates and forgetting deadlines was getting really old. I bit the bullet and bought myself a planner, but it regrettably stayed blank for weeks!…
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A Guide to Intuitive Tarot Reading
When I first tackled the behemoth that is tarot study, I armed myself with a deck, a beginner’s collection of tarot books, and a few blank journals to jot some notes in. Honestly, I didn’t think it was going to be that hard. I mean, I’d gotten down and dirty with Deleuze, Foucault, and Heidegger–what…
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Transitional Healing Tarot Spread
I’ve been a witch for three years now. Before that, I was a proud atheist, but I was still trying to discover the meaning of life and find my place in the vast web of existence. And way back in space and time when I was a child who maybe/probably believed in god, I wondered…
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Exploring the Mind/Body Connection in Tarot
My husband got sick five days ago. It didn’t worry me–I don’t automatically get sick just because he does, and I felt absolutely fine. A few evenings later, however, my nose began to run. About a half-second later, I felt my body slacken and weaken. Goddammit, I thought. I don’t have time to be sick…
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Deck Interview With The Wild Unknown
I’m late to the party. I’ve always been skeptical of this hipster deck–The Wild Unknown–because it looked so damn simple. Too simple. Like, where’s the symbolism? Where are the people? How will it interact with more in depth, psycho-spiritual readings? Will I be able to bond with the animal imagery (I have my totems, but otherwise, animals generally…