Often I am asked how to cleanse the cards. I make a difference between cleaning and cleansing. For me, cleaning is the physical removal of dirt. Cleansing is the non-physical removal of energetic detritus. I use detritus instead of dirt because of the meaning. Continue reading “Tarot Tip: Cleansing The Cards”
Category: Tarot Tips
Tarot Tip: How To Read Reversals
Well, this is at least my way of explaining reversals. I acutally don’t read them anymore unless it is for a specific spread such as the Potent Self spread I discussed in a recent blog.
Reversals can be extremely confusing. The one thing that worked Continue reading “Tarot Tip: How To Read Reversals”
Learn Tarot: The Evening Lesson
The Evening Lessons
So you have found your space and claimed your chair. You shuffled; you meditated; you drew. Then you went about your day.
This is your next step. This is to be done at the end of your day just before bedtime. Allot about thirty minutes for this portion.
Return to your reading space and Continue reading “Learn Tarot: The Evening Lesson”
Learn Tarot: The Morning Lesson
The Morning Lesson
Quite often, I get this question:
“What would you suggest to a beginner who wants to learn to read the tarot?”
And my first answer would be to PUT THE BOOK DOWN. Yes, you read me. You don’t need the book. In fact, I think that the book is a hindrance rather than a help to a beginner. You begin to rely on someone else’s insights and don’t look and listen for your own. For me, Tarot reading is a very intuitive divination system. In fact, I think Continue reading “Learn Tarot: The Morning Lesson”
Tarot Tips: On Tarot And Meditation
Often I am asked about meditation. I do try to meditate with the Tarot sometimes, but my best method of meditation is a walking one. However, here are some tips for you to try out in order to attempt a more traditional method of meditation.
Choose a Tarot card. You can pick a random card or a specific one. For this meditation, I picked Continue reading “Tarot Tips: On Tarot And Meditation”
What’s An ATA?
I suppose I’d be remiss if I failed to mention what I very selfishly think is a great tarot organization. I am very proud to be the president of the American Tarot Association. This group was started in 2002 (or the first board meeting was then.) As I understand it, this was the brainchild of John Gilbert and several others.
The ATA has gone through several changes over the past six years. I have been president Continue reading “What’s An ATA?”
Tarot Tips: Memorization VS. Instinct
How do you memorize the cards? It’s a common question with a simple surface issue. However, if you dip below that surface, you will find a darkness lurking there in the waters. What are we really asking when we say, “How do I memorize the cards”? Is that truly the question or is the actual thought “How do I trust myself”?
I believe that it is Continue reading “Tarot Tips: Memorization VS. Instinct”