Confession time: I’ve had this deck for years and never really used it. Why? I don’t know – too many new decks flashing their eyes saucily at me, if I’m honest. But I recently had cause to dig the Robin Wood Tarot out because my good friend Nancy Hendrickson wanted Read more…
Just thought I’d share some images that Scottish Opera had printed to promote their season. I cannot tell a lie, this post was scheduled to post a looooong time ago, and failed. So am popping it out now, because it’s good to share! No, they are not proper Tarot cards, Read more…
So, I decided to hazard another foray into the Dark Arts of Imovie, this time with the Marseille Sophistiqué. The MS is a rather gorgeous little deck from those clever comic book artists at TPC Games. click on the photo to visit TPC Games Before we get into the review, Read more…
No court card humour from me today. And believe me, be glad that there is no photograph to illustrate today’s blog post. I’m appalled by the humanitarian crisis that we are seeing as a result of Syrians fleeing their homes. The newspaper headlines would break your heart. So, TABI has Read more…
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| Page of Pentacles on his way to Masterchef |
It doesn’t matter what age you are, we are all Pages at something or other. The Tarot deck’s Pages show us in our tentative first steps, those beginner steps at anything: those moments where you wobble uncertainly forwards, sometimes falling – but always getting back up again.
The Alchemical Tarot on the Throne! I’ve been coveting a Robert Place deck for a long time now and lo! because I’m a dozy mare and got my Alchemicals and my Sevenfolds all mixed up, I will shortly be the proud owner of both the decks and the book and Read more…
Saturday saw the return of TABI’s annual Tarot Conference in Birmingham. Here it is, in court cards: So we checked in to our rooms and the speakers and organisers had been presented with a li’l hand-made bar of chocolate and a welcome card. Everyone was thrilled and posted photos like Read more…
Andrea Aste I first encountered the delightful genius of Andrea Aste when I was on Arnell Ando’s Tarot Tour of Italy back in April and I was struck a) by the amazing artwork that he showed us and b) the overall vision of his Tarot project. So, here’s a quick Read more…
Welcome to the Midsummer Blog hop! If you’ve happened here by chance, then you are in for a treat if you follow the links below to all the other blog hoppers who are providing a chain that runs from 0 The Fool through to XXI The World. PREVIOUS | MASTER Read more…
Sometimes you see a project and it’s just such a perfect storm that you wonder why it was never done before! That’s how I felt when Doug Thornsjo (Tarot of the Zirkus Magis, Tarot Lombardi Dannegiatto etc) began sharing images from his Tarot of Mr Punch: The rambunctious personality of Read more…