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Getting Ready to Read Tarot: Three Things to Consider
Most of tarot advice focuses on card meanings. And, like, duh! Card meanings are important!
Yet in my 24 years of reading, and 14 years of professional practice, I have not found card meanings to be the deciding factor in a safe and accurate reading.
"What Tarot Card Represents Me?" is Only the First Question
Fascism has risen. War is here. Cost of living is through the roof and we own nothing.
Like, at this point, why the fuck are we still using tarot like an individualist consumer product?
Understanding Tarot’s Acolyte Cards
At base, the acolyte cards demystify a power struggle.
How to Read Tarot for Yourself
Reading tarot for yourself brings up issues of self-trust. This is even more stressful when we're trying to build our intuition.
TL;DR Tarot Card Meanings (Yes, All 78)
The Modern Phrasal approach is a novel method of learning tarot. It queers older card meanings by applying them to a wider context of human life. Each phrase is built for modern concerns, attention spans, and situations.
How to Get Started with a New Deck of Tarot Cards
So you've brought home your first deck of tarot cards. Congratulations!
Now what?
How (and Why) to Read Reversed Tarot Cards
Consider this your (short!) introduction to reading the upside-downies, or reversals, whatever. Regardless of what you call them, here's some strategies for making sense of them.
Tarot for Writers
Creativity is an intuitive process. Creativity is a spiritual process.
Divination versus Fortune Telling
Different modalities have different relationships to the concept of fortune telling and divination.