Did you miss me? I took myself (and family) off to Blackpool for a few days so that my son had a better memory of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee than just a day off school. Ever diligent, I took my laptop with me, but when your hotel overlooks Blackpool Pleasure Read more…
I’ve already written at length (ad nauseum?!) about various methods of finding a Significator for your sitter (or yourself) and in one of the resulting blog post comments, Chloe McCracken mentioned a way to use them that I thought was GREAT and am going to share with you here. By Read more…
This week my blog posts have focussed on animal court cards – the Rabbit Tarot, the Ferret Tarot and now, the daddy of them all, the Wildwood Tarot Courts – every one of them a stunningly represented animal native to Northern Europe. The deck, created by Mark Ryan and John Read more…
King of Tulips – sweeeeeet! Each of us has our own ideas about what kind of character a particular court card represents – whether it’s Pages representing tentative beginnings or whether they urge us to develop a lighter and more playful approach…well, it’s up to you. And sometimes, no matter Read more…
So the moon has just gone dark which is my regular cue to pick a Court Card that will represent the incoming energies, or energies that I would do well to embrace, until the moon becomes full in June. This week I’m devoting my blog to Court Cards that feature Read more…
The first time I encountered the comparative method of looking at cards was via Valerie Sim’s deck, the Comparative Tarot. The cards in this cleverly designed deck have not one image, but four different images of the same card. It was one of the first decks that I bought and Read more…
Don’t sweep me under the carpet! Back in April, I ran a little poll asking YOU whether you’d consider using a significator in a reading. As I expected the majority of you said that you never used it in a reading, but an encouraging 20% said that you might consider Read more…
The Fey Tarot published by Lo Scarabeo is one of my favourites, even though it’s jam-packed with fairies, I confess. I find that it’s a great deck to read with, especially if you’re a RWS devotee. Today I’m presenting the King and Queen of Swords to you *sweeps a long, Read more…
Got that tiger by the tail? I’m sorry, but in my head the theme from the Flinstones started playing as I typed that blog title! And it is deeply inappropriate because the elegant Thoth Courts are about as far away from Barney and Betty Rubble as you can get! The Thoth deck, created Read more…
At the beginning of April, I ran a little competition for a Robin Wood Tarot (well, a giveaway more than a competition). To enter all you had to do was comment somewhere on this blog and become a follower. The competition closed at the end of April, but because of Read more…