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Tarot
Posts in this chi cycle — for reference and entertainment, not a substitute for professional advice.
An interesting 3-card tarot reading
The following reading, which illustrates the usefulness of astrological associations in tarot, was done using the Llewellyn Classic Tarot deck. The querent is a high school senior who asked for…
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Foreign Language Editions
Recently I received a copy of one of my tarot books that had been translated into Japanese. The book is…
The 5-card tarot spread of Péladan
Recently I’ve been looking through the tarot literature in Spanish and Portuguese, and I came across a popular spread which…
The Péladan Spread with Ordinary Playing Cards
Recently I’ve been experimenting with divination using standard playing cards to see how they differ from a Tarot deck. To…
A Pleasant Surprise
On 4 February 2020 I received a surprise in the mail. Llewellyn Publishers sent me copies of my book Tarot…
Tarot suits and social class
Our modern tarot deck appears to have its origins in a playing card deck used by the Mameluk Egyptians and…
The Moon and the Two of Swords in Tarot
The Moon appears on several cards in the Rider-Waite-Smith tarot deck, which is based on astrological associations with the tarot…
Tarot and Racism
Traditional tarot decks tends to have white European characters depicted on their cards. Only recently have decks appeared which attempt…
Elemental Dignities in Tarot Readings
Recently someone asked about the use of elemental dignities in tarot, a topic which I addressed extensively in my book…
A ‘thank you’ to the readers of my books
Every once in a while I check how my books are doing on Amazon.com. This morning I was searching for…