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Lo Scarabeo is known for their innovative decks that are not only beautiful but also challenge our ideas of tarot, ourselves, and the world around us. A few of my favorites include the following decks. The links take you to reviews that I’ve written about them. The Fey Tarot Tarot of the Sweet Twilight Wheel [...]
I recently wrote a book about tarot spreads. It will be available in April. In it, I make what I think is a really good case for the importance of the design in which the cards are laid out on the table. That is, are they in a vertical line, a horizontal line, a square, [...]
No, I don’t mean the Batman. He was called the “Dark Knight.” But I am talking about some similarities to the Batman. He had to deal with issues arising from watching his parents’ senseless murder. He wants to follow a path that will prevent others from having to deal with the issues he did. In [...]
On another forum I saw a question about spirits. The poster wanted to know how to do magick to get rid of a spirit that had linked with another person. The poster was worried that he would be working against the Wiccan Rede by forcing the spirit to do something it didn’t want to do. [...]
Mars is the planet of energy, power, and assertion, and now that it is in retrograde motion (beginning Monday, January 23, 2012, it will be retrograde until April 13, 2012) we will spend the next few months examining our personal energy, how we are spending it and whether we have too much or not enough. [...]
The New Moon in Aquarius will occur at 2:39 am EST on Monday, January 23, 2012 (7:39 am GMT), at 3 degrees. New moons signify a new cycle, new beginnings, and rebirth. This New Moon, along with the Sun (also in Aquarius) will highlight the airy Aquarian qualities of being progressive and unconventional, as well [...]
Aquarius, The Water Bearer January 20 to February 18 Modality: Fixed Element: Air Ruler: Uranus Keywords: Unconventional, original, progressive, intellectual, compassionate, stubborn, isolated As an Aquarius you are an enigmatic puzzle, a mix of the old and the new and of friendly and aloof. You are noted for your independence and strong will, but you [...]
The Tarot of the Silicon Dawn is one of my favorite decks from 2011. It is completely innovative, utterly challenging, and delightfully frustrating. Decks like this are what keep tarot fresh and inspire us to constantly grow and explore. The Tarot of the Silicon Dawn is complex. It is surprising. It is unique…and so much [...]
Readers, please enjoy this guest post by Sally Cragin, author of Astrology on the Cusp and The Astrological Elements. I realized I had something interesting to explore when the chapter I wrote on cusps was left over from my first book, The Astrological Elements. That was published in 2010, and is a general interest primer [...]
Tarot readers spend a lot of energy explaining that “Death doesn’t actually mean physical death, mostly; it usually means transformation.” And of course, I agree with that. And yet, I don’t completely agree with it. It strikes me as ironic that we are so afraid to predict death when, in truth, it is the only [...]