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    Court Card Guardians for Putin and Zelenskyy

    In my last blog post I shared the Major Arcana birth cards for the Presidents of Russia and Ukraine. We saw that Putin is governed by 16 The Tower and that Zelenskiyy is governed by 6 The Lovers. When I looked at the Majors who would go on to be Read more…

    By Alison Cross, 3 months3 months ago
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    President Putin and President Zelenskyy | Birth Cards | Year Cards

    It’s been an awful week where the much-dreaded invasion of Ukraine by Russian Federation forces began and the world looks on in horror. This is not a blog discussing the rights or wrongs of either side, but a look at the birth cards and year cards of the two Presidents Read more…

    By Alison Cross, 4 months4 months ago
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    Bianco Nero Tarot | Deck Review

    The first time I saw the Bianco Nero Tarot ‘in the wild’ was on a facebook post by Serge Pirotte. Immediately smitten by this monochrome deck, I messaged my son with a link to the deck and asked him to get it for me for Christmas. Which he did! The Read more…

    By Alison Cross, 6 months6 months ago
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    Reading Fortune Telling Cards | Gypsy Witch Cards | Fabio Vinago

    I have tried so hard to get to grips with The Gypsy Witch deck (US Games Systems Ltd) I really have. I took a beginner’s course last year with Brant Williams via the WDA which certainly got me off the blocks, but I still couldn’t read with any degree of Read more…

    By Alison Cross, 11 months10 months ago
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    The Vernal/Spring Equinox

    What’s the difference between the Vernal or Spring Equinox and the actual day when hours of light and hours of darkness are about the same

    By Alison Cross, 1 year1 year ago
    Words to live by in 2021
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    Words to live by in 2021

    As the year draws to a close and sinks towards the horizon, we turn our hopeful faces towards the rising year of 2021. It’s a time for new beginnings and plans and, for the first time in almost a year, our hopes for the future!

    come and read some more!
    By Alison Cross, 2 years2 years ago
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    Total Tarot| New Magazine

    You may already be familiar with The Esotoracle (UK-based) and The Cartomancer (US-based) magazines but there is a new Tarot mag kid in town, Total Tarot. What sets Total Tarot apart from the other two marvellous magazines is that it has exclusive links with the well-known publishing house, Lo Scarabeo. Read more…

    By Alison Cross, 2 years2 years ago
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    Sharing Images on Instagram?

    The other day I spotted that a new Tarot deck was in the making from those fine folks at Three Trees Tarot and I gleefully reposted their lovely image of the cards being painted, on Instagram. Unfortunately, when the image shared to my instagram feed, there was no attribution to Read more…

    By Alison Cross, 2 years2 years ago
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    Tarot Thrones on Instagram | June 2020

    I have got an instagram account, but not really put much effort into it to date. But at the beginning of June, I decided to focus my Tarot court card efforts there. By the way, are we friends over there? No? Let’s get that heckin’ SORTED asap. I’m @alisoncrosstarot so Read more…

    By Alison Cross, 2 years2 years ago
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    Tarot and Self Care

    Sometimes in a reading, the subject of self care can come up. This might be as straightforward as a positional value within the spread called ‘self care suggestions’ or it might be when you are summing up the reading and giving your client some suggestions on what might be useful Read more…

    By Alison Cross, 2 years2 years ago

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    If you have been struggling to understand the Tarot’s Court Cards, then you have come to the right place!

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    Yes, I know that I have a book to finish writing, Yes, I know that I have a book to finish writing, but painting takes me out of my head and into my body. 

#tinylandscapes #watercolor #amateurart #groundingtechniques
    If you missed out on the previous publication of A If you missed out on the previous publication of Alexander Daniloff's beautiful #lenormanddeck I am here to share the good news that he has republished! 

New card back, but same magnificently coloured #lenormandcards! 

The decks will be signed, but not numbered. So although not a LE deck, per se, it IS limited in availability - so don't delay, buy one today (look! am a poet and didn't even know it!)

Click on his tag to visit his instagram page and find his website link! 

#lenormandreadersofinstagram #oraclecardsdeck #cartomancy #tarotcollector
    Please note that @totaltarotmaga is fake account a Please note that @totaltarotmaga is fake account and should be avoided at all costs. Please report.

The genuine account is @totaltarotmag.
    What do the birth cards and 2022 cards tell us abo What do the birth cards and 2022 cards tell us about the Presidents of Russian Federation and Ukraine?

I didn't go too deeply, but it is very interesting (I think) and I really hope that you will share your insights about both characters, based on their cards.

#divinationcommunity #zelenskyy #tarotcards tarotbirthcards tarotyearcards #peaceinukraine
    A tiny landscape from art club today. That bird wa A tiny landscape from art club today. That bird was not a paint splodge - this week lol! 

I've decided that it is a golden eagle, out on his lonesome, above a dark Scottish lake.

#tinywatercolors #amateurartist #keennottalented #washitape #watercolours
    It's been a stressful 7 days. Mum broke a little b It's been a stressful 7 days. Mum broke a little bone in her foot last week (a massive thankyou to my cousin who took mum to hospital for xrays and treatment last Monday before I arrived) and so I braved the ferry and picked her up and brought her back to Bute. That's her just gone home again and stress levels dropping to a normal level. THIS guy was left on his own for 15 minutes while I dashed out to post office .... and there is no vandalism, stress pees or poops to be found. Wee diamond!

#greyhoundsofinstagram #rescuedogsofinstagram #letsleepingdogslie
    This winged its way to my email inbox today from @ This winged its way to my email inbox today from @jennamatlin and, given the current situation regarding (the removal of) targeted advertising on lots of platforms, the focus is back where it should always have been - the folks that care enough to read your emails! Jenna has got a masterclass course created especially for #tarotreaders and I'm sharing it with YOU because she's a great teacher AND is well-qualified to show folks what to do! 

Find everything on her website! https://www.jennamatlin.com/inbox-intuitive.html 

PS - there is an early-bird price too! 

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    Today is the February Full Moon - in Leo. #febru Today is the February Full Moon - in Leo. 

#februaryfullmoon #mooninleo #themirror #femalefigurefishtail #wildwoodtarot #divinationcommunity
    1/1 The Queen is striding out, but what can we see 1/1 The Queen is striding out, but what can we see going on behind her? Are they friends? lovers? Is the King jealous of the Knave? Is he going to do him some harm? 

#historicgames #queenhearts #saywhatyousee #fortunetelling
    2/2 The Knave regards the King - his attention and 2/2 The Knave regards the King - his attention and focus is on his Master. He has a smiling countenance - is he up for mischief or just a nice guy?! 

Is he under threat from the King's swinging axe?

The Knave's got a bigger one! 

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    3/3 The King walks in the direction of the Knave - 3/3 The King walks in the direction of the Knave - he's swinging that axe! Does the size of the axe count or is it more about the skills of the axe-wielder? I guess that it helps if you are wearing a crown! 

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    1/3 The King is stepping out and he's brandishing 1/3 The King is stepping out and he's brandishing that little axe - he'd better watch he doesn't do himself a mischief! 

He walks away from the other two cards and to the left. If there was a card there, he would be moving towards it with intent to swipe something with that axe by the looks of things. As it stands at the moment, he looks as if he is walking out of the spread and into the past ...

#tarotcourtcards #playingcarddivination
    2/3 - The Knave hasn't decided which way to move i 2/3 - The Knave hasn't decided which way to move in the world yet - his feet point in two different directions. However, something clearly has his attention - in this case it's the Queen! But if no other card was present and he was looking out of the spread, I would say that he is looking to the future. The right of the card is where I associate the future.

#divination #tarot #learningtarot
    3/3 - The queen looks to the left, this is where h 3/3 - The queen looks to the left, this is where her interest lies. Her hands indicate her groin or at least the opening of her dress and her flower. With another card on the right, she could offer that flower, but her interest is elsewhere ....

I've got a book coming out on court cards. It's just a self-published offering on Amazon, but I hope that it will help people work with courts more easily - give you more to say about them! 
#cartomancy #courtcards #readingplayingcards #hearts #tarotcourtDNA #pierremarechal #historicgamesshop
    Loki update: 'paint me like one of your French gir Loki update: 'paint me like one of your French girls'  Our rescue greyhound (was Ballymac Fortune) makes it to the end of his first week with us. He's doing fine!

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    Oh the DRAMA! The Valet is very interested but as Oh the DRAMA! The Valet is very interested but as yet undecided as to what direction he will take. 

He values his big chopper, doesn't he? *fnah fnah*

The Queen looks as if she is dancing towards him or at the very least giving him ye olde 'come hither'. 
Perhaps that hand has just beckoned him to come over? Or is she showing us that she values her groin? 
Queen is not interested in her King at all and he looks positively furious with his little axe raised. Perhaps he plans to cut off more than her flower's head! The Valet is very interested. She holds her flower back *more fnah fnah* 

The King looks SO pissed off with her and has raised his axe - is it more than her flower he's going to decapitate? He pulls his gown aside to hurry after her.

The Hearts courtly trio from the Pierre Mareschal playing cards.

In playing card lore:

Knave of Hearts is a small nice thing - a love letter, a child, a thank you card 

The Queen of Hearts can be Truth in an emotional matter - heart on her sleeve type of thing.

The King of Hearts is someone who has your best interests at heart, a trusted man. 

Do you read with playing cards? Whaddya think of my panorama. So time consuming when you're not a 21 year old whizz at the graphics lol! 

#cartomancy #hearts #knavehearts #queenhearts #kinghearts #playingcards #divinationtools
    No red cards - bugger! But Clubs can be ok! Loads No red cards - bugger! But Clubs can be ok! Loads of thoughts and ideas about work ... stuck at my desk ... all topped off with a disagreement.

Having a go at reading playing cards after @margoabenson great session on Saturday at the #tabimidwinterconference2022 

#cartomancy #playingcards #pierremarechal #historicgamesshop #divinationcommunity #tarotlife
    New blog post today! See the exhibits in the Arcan New blog post today! See the exhibits in the Arcana art exhibition. 

The image used here is High Priestess by Hazel Ang - which is your favourite?

Don't forget the written word exhibits! 

#arcana2020 #arcana2021 #artproject #majorarcana #hazelang #highpriestess #onlineart #divinationtools 

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    I would like you to know that there was once a per I would like you to know that there was once a person called Jozefina Pollak.

She was born in Vinkovci (eastern Croatia) on 26 February 1899 and she died in Stara Gradiska (Croatia) in 1942. She was 43.

Say their names. 

#HolocaustMemorialDay
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