If you have just hopped over from Andrew’s blog for the Tarot Blog Hop – welcome! I’m really pleased to see you here! *dusts down a chair and offers to the reader* If you’ve not been here before, my blog Read more…
I went to see this film a couple of weeks ago (brief review: it’s a two paper hankie job) and I wondered which Knight’s horse best represented Joey, the thoroughbred who learns to plough. Do we consider the attitude of Read more…
Mary El Here’s an exercise that you can do, using only your court cards – or your court cards and the rest of your deck (but hold your court cards separately). We all want to improve some area of our Read more…
I know, I must seem like a really sad git as far as music is concerned, but COME ON, DOLLY PARTON?! She’s EPIC! It’s a simple enough tale, the flaming-tressed temptress that is Jolene receives a visit from a woman Read more…
Today, technically, the full moon for March is this morning! I shuffled my Court Cards from Ciro Marchetti’s Tarot of Dreams to see whose energies will be leaving me over the next couple of weeks…. and drew The Queen of Read more…
I’ve already touched on the elemental components of the Tarot Court here. You are probably familiar with a system that allocates each of the Minor Arcana suits an element – either earth, air, fire or water. The system that I Read more…
I know, it must seem to any regular reader of this meme that I am lodged somewhere east of 1969 as far as music is concerned, but really, some really good story songs were written in the 60s! So here’s Read more…
Rohrig – Princess of Cups This is a very special day – the Leap Year Day where women can ask their beloved to marry them without having to go through the pantomime of sighing and dragging their feet as they Read more…
I always find it helpful to familiarise myself with the kingdom of a particular suit – looking at the countryside, the inhabitants of the cards, getting a handful of keywords together that best represent the suit….and then taking a look at the ruling family to see how these virtues and vices manifest in the various characters.
Today’s deck is the DruidCraft Tarot and when I look at the Wands in this deck, I see high summer. I see hilly landscapes, some of them verdant and some of them quite parched looking. I see victory, conflict, fires, distance, expansiveness, burden, defence, passion.
Yes, the most famous split infinitive in the world and possibly the four greatest examples of pure Tarot Kings 😉 Who’s who?! First Officer Spock – Logic is his keyword and, literally, his mantra. Cool and unflappable because of his Read more…