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A blog for all things related to divination, but mainly for my tarot, Lenormand and horary astrology writing and personal spreads culled from my external blog listed in the Links Directory.

 

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Tarot Symbolism

Death As . . . Well, "Death"

AUTHOR’S NOTE: I find it immensely revealing that, in historical tarot decks like the Tarot de Marseille, the Thirteenth Arcanum (“Death” in our less-superstitious age) was typically left untitled, embracing the principle of sympathetic magic that if we don’t name something, we can pretend that it has no power over us.   Modern interpretation has added layer-upon-layer of deflection to that “avoidance” tactic with the same goal in mind (suppressing or obfuscating the obvious): “Oh, it
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Barleywine in Tarot Symbolism

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The Devil: A Vortex of Temptation, Seduction and Addiction

AUTHOR’S NOTE: Recent years have seen a trend in the tarot community to devalue or even neuter the negative implications found in traditionally difficult cards under the premise that “there are no bad cards.” Mary K. Greer once observed in an online conversation that this sanitizing isn’t entirely justified, and I agree.   The Devil is a perfect example. Many modern readers interpret it as offering abundant sensual stimulation at best (for example, an exciting and liberating week-end f
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Barleywine in Tarot Symbolism

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Court-Card Competence

AUTHOR’S NOTE: Conventional wisdom regarding the level of competence exhibited by the members of the tarot court is that the Kings have mastered their element while the Pages are utterly inexperienced, with the Knights and Queens falling somewhere in the middle.   The progression is assumed to be linear, but I just came across the idea that the Pages are blissfully ignorant and may not appreciate the risks, the Knights are worse off because they know just enough to be dangerous to them
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Barleywine in Tarot Symbolism

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"Split-Level Tarot" - A Layered Approach to Reading

AUTHOR’S NOTE: I’ve touched on this subject in written form on several occasions in the past, but this time I’m illustrating it with an annotated image for a specific example, and also applying it to an unconventional analysis of the Tower card. (All cards shown are from the Thoth Tarot, copyright of US Games Systems Inc, Stamford, CT.)   Split-level architecture – exemplified by the “raised ranch” – was a popular North American house design in 1950s suburbia: “rec-room” in the finishe
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Barleywine in Tarot Symbolism

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The Star As "Organic Nurturing"

AUTHOR'S NOTE: File under "Fanciful and Farfetched Philosophical Finagling." Forgive me for having a little fun with this one, but I just came across a remark in Paul Fenton-Smith's Tarot Master-Class about the Star bringing "nurturing" that sent me down this path.   A great deal has been written about the fact that the woman in the Star is pouring water concurrently into a pool and onto the adjacent bank, the metaphysical implication being that the scenario is one of two minds, the Un
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Barleywine in Tarot Symbolism

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"Prediction Bias" in Tarot Reading

AUTHOR’S NOTE: Lately, online pundits who are pushing a psycho-sociological agenda have been all over the topic of “bias” in human relations: confirmation bias, cognitive bias, affinity bias, attribution bias, conformity bias, gender bias, etc. It has me thinking that maybe tarot needs another label: “prediction bias.”   There is already a framework for it in two assumptions: the idea that there are cards that typically say “yes” or “no,” and others that are noncommittal, amended by th
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Barleywine in Tarot Symbolism

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The Colors of Compromise

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Along with pictorial iconography and suit-and-number theory, color symbolism plays a major role in our interpretation of the Tarot de Marseille cards, and some TdM authors have gone on at length about the significance of the different pigments used by 17th Century printers. I decided to stick my oar in the water.   The metaphysical implications of the primary colors Red (desire), Blue (emotion) and Yellow (intellect) are well-known to most students and practitioner
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