Let it not be said that I stooped to sexist lows and only gave you the shoes that the Tarot Queens might wear. Let’s take a look at the shoes that the Kings might wear. This blog post has the potential to save you from many insufferable dates….* Since all Read more…
The sun has swung into Sagittarius, so the silverly light of December’s full moon falls on the glinting armoured outline of the Knight of Swords, Gemini. I haz serious hat envy for this Knight of Swords. That’s peacock feathers by my reckoning and just the thing to be seen in Read more…
‘Bring me back a Crunchie and a 99 cone’ In Walt Disney’s 1937 classic ‘Snow White’ the wicked Queen is the young princess’s step-mother. Beautiful – in a glacial Hollywood Bitch sort of way – the Queen erupts into a jealous rage when her magic mirror tells her that she Read more…
Again I have been dusting in the vaults and stumbled upon this jewel lurking in a darkened corridor, the Besancon Tarot. Reader, there should be a cedilla underneath that ‘c’, but my keyboard won’t let me insert one *ashamed of uncouth keyboard face* This French Tarot by Guillaume Mann has Read more…
A while back I was enthusing about this Dame Fortune deck because it had a ready-made significator which absolves you of appropriating another Tarot card to use as the significator for your client. At the time, I said that the Courts of the deck were worth a post on their Read more…
As we creep towards Yule, the nights here in Scotland are definitely chillier. I’ve unearthed my bed socks for another season and the central heating has been turned on*. For us at Tarot Thrones, November heralds the full moon in Taurus. In Tarot, Taurus is represented by the King of Read more…
A long time ago, I promised to show you the Court Cards from the Dame Fortune’s Tarot Wheel deck (by Paul Huson) because they are REALLY interesting: They are all named after well-known characters from classical literature and the Bible. I know. CLASSICAL LITERATURE!! THE BIBLE!!! Here on m’blog!!!! Before we meet those Court Read more…
He’s going to make you an offer you can’t refuse…… My good friend Viv had another stroke of genius the other day (to see previous strokes, and stitches, visit her blog!) and suggested that m’blog would be a great place to discuss the Courts and chat about their various criminal Read more…
*claps hands* bring this woman a thermal vest! In October the silver light of the full moon falls on Aries, or as we know her Royal Highness here at Tarot Thrones, the Queen of Wands. Since this is also a lunar eclipse, that silver light will turn a dark and Read more…
“Here, you take it, my arm’s getting tired!” On my frequent forays into the dusty art vaults at Tarot Thrones to bring you something lovely to see, I found this gem tacked on the floor behind the door behind an ancient pile of Radio Times magazines. This is the Queen Read more…