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About this blog

I've removed a lot of my previous posts. There was too much that wasn't Tarot-centered. I intend to make the whole blog center on Tarot and things related to it.

I welcome suggestions as to what readers would like to see here. And everyone can feel free to contribute to any topic, as well as ask questions.  

 

 

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Tarot

Why Couldn't I Find the Right Spread?

When I was new to Tarot and for years beyond, I couldn't find  "just the right" spread so I'd just look up a Celtic Cross or use three cards or seven cards or others I'd find here and there.  I couldn't seem to find just the right one that would cover all the questions I had about whatever it was that I wanted to consult the cards for.  Then, FINALLY it dawned on me that I could make my own spreads. I know...I know....I can hear you all now.  "DUH!" Well I've always been oblivious to the obvious
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Grizabella in Tarot

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One Mind and Real Magic

Two Excellent Books I Highly, Highly Recommend

There are two authors I've recommended in various places before that I definitely respect and appreciate.  I recently bought two of their most recent books and I'm very, very pleased with what I've learned and what they've proven by years of scientific research.  Yep, I said "scientific" as in double blind studies and all that true scientific proof requires.  We're legit, folks.  Let me tell you about the authors and these books and why I'm so thrilled to bring this to you all.   First
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Grizabella in One Mind and Real Magic

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Deck Reviews

The Mystic Palette by Ciro Marchetti

Of all Ciro's decks, this one is my absolute favorite.  Normally I don't care for oversized decks that my smaller arthritic hands can't comfortably riffle but this one, althoughst  oversized, isn't impossible to riffle so I'm telling myself that, with a lot of use, it will be just fine. If I never succeed in comfortably riffle-ing it, I'll just do something else, but this is MY deck, I love everything about it.     The art work is just exquisite on every card as well as in the book.  T
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Grizabella in Deck Reviews

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Tarot

Sharpening Your Tarot Arrow vs. Piddling a Puddle

One of the biggest problems I see new Tarot users encounter is the inability to understand what the cards are saying in their spread even though they know the card meanings fairly well.   First of all, just wondering about the question in general isn't going to give you any real information.  If you wonder about a situation in general and then just draw a few cards, trying to interpret them is like throwing an un-knapped piece of flint into a lake and then trying to figure out what the
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Grizabella in Tarot

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Tarot

More on the Way Tarot Works (and How I Work)

In my last post in the category of Tarot, I said that if a sitter asks for advice on how to improve a romantic relationship that I might personally think is undesirable but the cards give the suggestions to improve it, I give the sitters the information from the cards untinged by my own bias.  I think I should elaborate a little bit in case anyone has questions about why I do that.  The answer is really quite simple.   As we all go through our lives, we learn from everything we experie
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Holistic Tarot by Benebell Wen

Info in, Info out---Presto Change-o

This book is so interesting and full of information. I don't agree with everything but there's a lot of new (to me, anyway) stuff that I didn't know that will add to my store of knowledge that will eventually be there when I have occasion to need it.  Those are the kind of things that will just appear when into a reading.  The things you don't actually remember but that will float up from down deep when you're reading.   For anyone who doesn't know what I mean, I'll try to explain it. 
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Grizabella in Holistic Tarot by Benebell Wen

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Tarot

Huh??? vs Well....Duh!

The added "clarifier" cards on top of a "piddled puddle" from a deck that's only been riffled a few times causes "gobbledygook".  Plunk that mess down in front of a reader who hasn't ever really learned card meanings and combinations  who wings it intuitively and you've got a "Huh????" reading.  But leave off the "clarifiers", make the spread from a truly randomized deck, go intuitive only after thoroughly knowing basic card and card combination meanings and you'll have a "Well--duh!" reading th
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Grizabella in Tarot

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Tarot

How Does Tarot Work?

This question has been asked millions of times.  We've all seen the question on the various Tarot forums and chimed in with our answers as best we could.  Over the years, I've learned a lot about various aspects of "how it works" so I thought I'd share some of what I've learned and how I learned it in case it might interest some people.  I don't consider myself to have the answer for everyone but I can say how it works for me----or rather, how I work it and how I came to the point where now I ca
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Grizabella in Tarot

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Holistic Tarot by Benebell Wen

Holistic Tarot by Benebell Wen

I had no interest in buying this book when it first came out.  I read that Benebell didn't believe in predictive readings, but that's what I do so I felt that I probably wouldn't find the book to be of much use to me.  Besides that, my budget was beyond skinny---it was terminally skinny---so until now, I had just never given this book a second look.  Recently things with  my budget started rallying and I did buy the book.  In skimming through it, I realized that there's plenty of interest in it
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Grizabella in Holistic Tarot by Benebell Wen

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Tarot

Gold Foil Tarot

I got this deck just out of curiosity more than anything a couple years ago.  I didn't expect to like it or use it.  I've never liked the RWS even though I did finally use it when I was learning.  And plastic?  OMG no!   But once I got it, I had an awakening.  Yes, plastic! Yes, gold foil!  I really like this deck!  It comes in a very sturdy little box that has a magnetic closure and will fit in pocket, purse or backpack.  It's heavenly to shuffle once you get used to it.  It's beautif
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Tarot

A New Book (to me,, anyway) That Others May Like

I browse around on Amazon's Tarot listings sometimes and I've found a book I'm excited about.  I had just bought the Sacred India deck which is my newest deck and then I also ran across the book The Neuroscience of Tarot by Siddharth Ramakrishna and it's absolutely wonderful.  I've only skimmed it so far because I'm busy with getting my next house renovated and ready to move into as well as it being horribly hot every day. But even just skimming it, I can tell the book is going to be very exciti
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