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Tarot

Tarot

A Recipe for Timing (or “Why Did My Cake Fall?”)

AUTHOR’S NOTE: This essay is not about a Betty Crocker bake-off; it discusses certain event-timing techniques used in divination. But I couldn’t resist the analogy!…...

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Tarot

Position 9 in the Celtic Cross Spread

While everyone who regularly uses the Celtic Cross Spread adapts it to their own understanding, I am going to reveal the underlying richness of the…...

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Tarot

Egypt, Tarot and Mystery School Initiations

Tarot did not originate in ancient Egypt, despite claims to the contrary. Nevertheless, an occult tradition underlies modern Tarot decks that arises from 18th century…...

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Astrology

The “Twitch Factor”

AUTHOR’S NOTE: During a recent online conversation I mentioned the fact that, when provoked, the element of Earth in the sign of Virgo can be…...

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Card Meanings

Knights and Streetcars: “Coming and Going”

AUTHOR’S NOTE: My wife dismisses blues music as “whining man” music (as in “My baby done left me and I’m feelin’ lowdown and mean.” But…...

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Tarot

Musings on Tarot: The Forest of Enchantment Tarot

I recently came across an interesting artist from Suffolk, UK, Meraylah Allwood. Allwood is an illustrator and miniaturist, an active member of the Royal Miniature…...

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Tarot

The RWS Deck: Where Was It Between 1939-1971?

First, I need to be forthcoming and let you know that despite my 1,000+ collection of tarot decks, the Rider-Waite-Smith (RWS) Tarot is my all-time…...

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A “Method to the Madness” Multiple-Midpoint Spread

AUTHOR’S NOTE: As a natal astrologer I’ve always been fascinated by the mathematical midpoints between factors (typically the planets and angles of the horoscope) that…...

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Musings on Tarot: The Victorian Romantic Tarot Mini Deck

Recently there was an interesting conversational thread on Facebook. Someone posted that their sister went through all her books and lectured her about buying books…...

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Question Quibbles

AUTHOR’S NOTE: I’ve just begun reading Vincent Pitisci’s first book, Genius of the Tarot: A Guide to Divination with the Tarot, and I’m pleasantly surprised…...

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