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The Queens of Shoes
If a picture is worth a thousand words, why not use images to help secure the meanings of the court cards in your head? To this end, I thought we could KICK off today (see what I did there?!) with Read more…
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The Ancient Tarots of Lombardy | Meet the Families!
I recently bought a handful of Marseilles-type Tarot decks and the Ancient Tarots of Lombardy is one of them. This design dates from 1810, according to the box. It is published by Lo Scarabeo and comes with the LWB details Read more…
Thoughts on Court Cards
The 8 Marriages and 7 Husbands of Elizabeth Taylor
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| King and Queen of Wands |
One of the side effects of living as Elizabeth Taylor for a week (other than really sore eyes from too much mascara and eye-liner) was an unhealthy interest in her many husbands. And bourbon.
Why not, suggested a friend, write about her husbands and relate them to various Tarot court cards? Why not, indeed.
Elizabeth Taylor’s love life is the stuff of legend – death, divorce, adultery – all seen through the lens of a newly born media merry-go-round.
Mine is exactly the same – apart from the death, adultery and celebrity, of course.
There’s a lot to get through – shall we just dive in?
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Meet The Family | Ancient Italian Tarot | Lo Scarabeo
I don’t know about you, but I’m increasingly drawn to antique Tarot decks and this Ancient Italian Tarot from Lo Scarabeo is currently one of my favourites. I believe that the original engravings for this deck were made by a Read more…
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Knight to King: Check your mate!
Tartarus as he is today – Still clutching a motorbike wheel! So, I started dating my other half when we were at school. At that point he was a clever, bespectacled lad with a bit of a wild side. The Read more…
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The Poet’s Tarot | Annette Spaulding-Convy & Kelli Russell-Agodon
Queen of Mentors – Poets’ Tarot Time to delve into a new Tarot deck via its Page of Swords! Except for The Poets’ Tarot, it’s the Queen of Mentors that we’re looking at. Worry not, all will become clear 😀 Read more…
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Beltane Spread 2014
The Beltane cards from The Wildwood TarotClick on link to visit their Beltane post on facebook but don’t go yet! Stay and read m’spread! Beltane is one of the ancient festivals that has managed to hang on in modern consciousness Read more…
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Shapeshifter Tarot | Review | DJ Conway, Sirona Knight and Lisa Hunt | Llewellyn
I’ve not done a deck review for a long time, so here’s my review of Llewellyn’s Shapeshifter Tarot. And it will be a review primarily through the Courts! Oh yes, I like to make life tricky for myself 🙂 Let’s Read more…
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My Favourite Court | Chloe McCracken | Page of Pentacles
Once upon a time, I decided to offer other Tarot bloggers the opportunity to come into the Kingdom of the Courts and have a chat about their favourite court card. Chloe McCracken, who writes the TABItarot blog eloquently and possesses Read more…
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As Easy as 1-2-3?
I was recently contacted by a lovely person on Facebook, Arthur, who asked about Court cards and links to other cards that shared the same numbers…. Traditionally, of course, Court cards are not numbered, but if they WERE numbered they Read more…