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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.

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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?

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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.

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Tarot for Writers

Creativity is an intuitive process. Creativity is a spiritual process.

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Working Playing Cards: Clubs & Spades

Just try to remember the spiritual aspects of endings and choices, and you’ll make peace with the Spades.

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Working Playing Cards: Hearts & Diamonds

There are important differences between the suits in tarot and those in playing cards. Those differences are essential to understanding these tools.

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Working Playing Cards to Get What You Want

Playing cards can be used as petitions or as an energy enhancer under a candle, but there are so many other ways to use tarot and playing cards in conjure and spellwork. Here’s a couple things you should know before getting started that can make your work more efficient and powerful