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"The Compleat Solarian" - A Lesson Learned

AUTHOR’S NOTE: File under “Every card has both positive and negative meanings.”   It is generally assumed that the Sun is an entirely favorable card that bodes no evil; even when reversed it suggests a “passing cloud” rather than a gloomy long-range forecast. But there is another way to look at it.   I recently performed a professional reading for a client who was facing a bureaucratic gauntlet of reviews and approvals and wanted to know how it would fare. The upright Sun was
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Esoteric Tarot

Repurposing the Chaldean Decans for Tarot Reading

AUTHOR’S NOTE: I see quite a bit of interest here in the Chaldean decans. I've worked with them in ways that go well beyond the usual approach but didn't find a good fit for this material in the existing Forum topics.. The Golden Dawn’s alignment of the tarot cards with the astrological (aka “Chaldean”) decanates (36 ten-degree segments of the zodiac beginning on the Vernal Equinox) has intrigued me since I first picked up the tarot in 1972 to complement my practice of astrology, but I have
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Tarot Symbolism

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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Tarot Symbolism

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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Tarot Symbolism

"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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Tarot Symbolism

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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Tarot Symbolism

"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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Tarot Symbolism

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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Star of the Week

Tarot Netivot Star of the Week Reading Sunday September 7 - Shabbat September 13, 2025

Feedback -- questions and comments are welcome.   This reading gives us insight into specific energies that we can focus on during specific days of the upcoming week as well as throughout the entire week as a whole.   Today’s reading will use the Magical Hours Tarot written by Cecilia Lattari; illustrated by Fabiana Belmonte.   Here are focal points for our meditation:   Sunday:             How Can I Express Generosity?                                     
Natural Mystic Guide
New Moon Rosh Chodesh Spread

Rosh Chodesh Reading for the month of Elul 5785

Feedback, Comments and Questions are welcome.   The Past Month, card No. 1 gives an opportunity to look back over the entire previous month with an eye to what theme(s) played out and what lessons were learned.   Cards 2 through 5 look at the energy for each of the four upcoming lunar weeks. It’s a snapshot look at what to expect and what to look out for.   Developing an awareness of the phases of the moon is a great spiritual practice.  This is the Quilling Tarot.        Card No.
Natural Mystic Guide
Star of the Week

Tarot Netivot Star of the Week Reading Sunday August 24 through Shabbat August 30, 2025

Feedback -- questions and comments are welcome.   This reading gives us insight into specific energies that we can focus on during specific days of the upcoming week as well as throughout the entire week as a whole.   Today’s reading will use the Greenwood Tarot by Chesca Potter and Mark Ryan.   Here are focal points for our meditation:   Sunday:             How Can I Express Generosity?                                             Ace of Stones           
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Witchy woo woo

My experience publicly veiling for the first time!

So today I decided to try public veiling for the first time as an offering to Lord Loki. I know veiling isn't necessarily traditional to Norse polytheism, but I felt like it was a good offering for him since I didn't have any physical ones on hand. I go to a public high school in a pretty... "monotheistic" part of my southern state, so I was a bit nervous at first, but so far it's been great! No one's really questioned it, most people just don't really notice. It's a crocheted bandanna I made a
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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
Grizabella
Star of the Week

Tarot Netivot Star of the Week Reading Sunday August 10 through Shabbat August 16, 2025

Feedback -- questions and comments are welcome.   This reading gives us insight into specific energies that we can focus on during specific days of the upcoming week as well as throughout the entire week as a whole.   Today’s reading will use the Tarot of Oxalia by Kelly Thorn.   Here are focal points for our meditation:   Sunday:             How Can I Express Generosity?                                             II                                    Tor
Natural Mystic Guide
Star of the Week

Tarot Netivot Star of the Week Reading Sunday August 3 through Shabbat August 9, 2025

Feedback -- questions and comments are welcome.   This reading gives us insight into specific energies that we can focus on during specific days of the upcoming week as well as throughout the entire week as a whole.   Today’s reading will use the Eastern Ink Tarot by Zhong Ling and Li Kang.   Here are focal points for our meditation:   Sunday:             How Can I Express Generosity?                                             Six of Wands               
Natural Mystic Guide
New Moon Rosh Chodesh Spread

Rosh Chodesh Reading for the month of Av 5785

Feedback, Comments and Questions are welcome.   The Past Month, card No. 1 gives an opportunity to look back over the entire previous month with an eye to what theme(s) played out and what lessons were learned.   Cards 2 through 5 look at the energy for each of the four upcoming lunar weeks. It’s a snapshot look at what to expect and what to look out for.   Developing an awareness of the phases of the moon is a great spiritual practice.  This is the Tarot of the Four Elements by Isha L
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Star of the Week

Tarot Netivot Star of the Week Reading Sunday July 27 through Shabbat August 2, 2025

Feedback -- questions and comments are welcome.   This reading gives us insight into specific energies that we can focus on during specific days of the upcoming week as well as throughout the entire week as a whole.   Today’s reading will use the Tarot de St Croix by Lisa de St Croix.   Here are focal points for our meditation:   Sunday:             How Can I Ex
Natural Mystic Guide
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
Grizabella
  • Grizabella in Tarot
Star of the Week

Tarot Netivot Star of the Week Reading Sunday July 20 through Shabbat July 26, 2025

Feedback -- questions and comments are welcome.   This reading gives us insight into specific energies that we can focus on during specific days of the upcoming week as well as throughout the entire week as a whole.   Today’s reading will use the Manzel's Tarot by Manzel Bowman.   Here are focal points for our meditation:   Sunday:             How Can I Express Generosity?                                             0                                    Lei
Natural Mystic Guide
Star of the Week

Tarot Netivot Star of the Week Reading Sunday July 13 through Shabbat July 19, 2025

Feedback -- questions and comments are welcome.   This reading gives us insight into specific energies that we can focus on during specific days of the upcoming week as well as throughout the entire week as a whole.   Today’s reading will use the Tarot of the Divine by Yoshi Yo****ani.   Here are focal points for our meditation:   Sunday:             How Can I Express Generosity?                                             XVII                             
Natural Mystic Guide
Star of the Week

Tarot Netivot Star of the Week Reading Sunday July 6 through Shabbat July 12, 2025

Feedback -- questions and comments are welcome.   This reading gives us insight into specific energies that we can focus on during specific days of the upcoming week as well as throughout the entire week as a whole.   Today’s reading will use the  Good Fortune Tarot by Barbara Moore, illustrated by Jessica Roux.   Here are focal points for our meditation:   Sunday:             How Can I Express Generosity?                                             Ace of
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Star of the Week

Tarot Netivot Star of the Week Reading Sunday June 29 through Shabbat July 5, 2025

Feedback -- questions and comments are welcome.   This reading gives us insight into specific energies that we can focus on during specific days of the upcoming week as well as throughout the entire week as a whole.   Today’s reading will use the Botanica Tarot by Kevin Jay Stanton.   Here are focal points for our meditation:   Sunday:             How Can I Express Generosity?                                              XVI                               T
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