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Barbara Moore   

Barbara Moore

The tarot has been a part of Barbara Moore’s personal and professional lives for over a decade. In college, the tarot intrigued her with its marvelous blending of mythology, psychology, art, and history. Later, she served as the tarot specialist for Llewellyn Publications. Over the years, she has been active in the American Tarot Association and has spoken at tarot conferences around the United States. Barbara’s articles on the tarot have appeared in several tarot publications and in Llewellyn Publications New Worlds of Mind and Spirit magazine. She has also sat on the Tarot Journal editorial board. Barbara’s own education in the tarot has been and continues to be broad and enlightening. She has studied under renowned tarot scholars Mary K. Greer and Rachel Pollack, and she has taught the tarot to all manner of would-be tarot readers.

Barbara enjoys the challenge of giving a voice to tarot cards and oracle decks. She has had the good fortune to write books for several decks, including A Guide to Mystic Faerie Tarot, The Gilded Tarot Companion, The Hip Witch Tarot, Enchanted Oracle and The Mystic Dreamer Tarot.

Tarot as an Art Form

In my last post, I mentioned some questions that I’ve been considering lately. Based on the lack of response, save from my friend Mark, I wonder if these questions do not interest you as much. But they keep coming up for me in different conversations with various colleagues. I’ve been wondering a lot about the [...]

Second Thoughts

Reading the comments in my post about the High Priestess from the Tarot of the Elves has raised many questions for me that I had not thought about while writing that post, so I thought a follow up was in order, most of them not necessarily related to the card I originally wrote about. Here [...]

To Crop or Not

After Tuesday’s rather intense post, I thought we’d end the week on a lighter note. And what is lighter than Arts and Crafts time in tarotland?
If you are familiar with the tarot forum Aclectic Tarot, you may have heard about cropping cards. People crop cards for a few reasons. One is if the cards are [...]

The Tarot of the Elves High Priestess

The High Priestess from the Tarot of the Elves is probably one of the most controversial images in tarot. Many people were appalled and had a very strong negative reaction to this card. However, people don’t have a problem associating The High Priestess with the Greek goddess Persephone. She was kidnapped by Hades, the god [...]

Order in the Court

Blogger and author Catherine Chapman invited me to guest blog on her wonderful site, Tarot Elements.
Take a peek and let us know what you think about this approach to court cards.
While you’re there, take a look at some of the other articles there. You’ll find some really great information on Elemental Dignities and don’t miss [...]

The High Priestess, Scrying, and a Guest Appearance

Tall, Dark, and Silent
Recently Melanie Marquis, author and assistant editor of the American Tarot Association’s Quarterly Journal, interviewed me for their fine publication. She asked me which cards in the tarot I thought were the darkest. I responded:
“For me personally, I’ll risk committing tarot sacrilege and say that I have issues with the High Priestess [...]

Shuffling Tips from Readers, a Secret Weapon, and NaNo Update

A while back, I posted about shuffling techniques and invited readers to share their shuffling techniques. There were some excellent ideas and I wanted to highlight a few, plus add one of my own.
Catherine says
I’ve heard some pretty crazy methods and ways to shuffle and cut, but like most things in Tarot, I don’t believe [...]

Lisa Hunt, Sweet Twilight Winner, and NaNoWritMo Update

A Real Treat
I’m sure most of you have heard of Lisa Hunt, a very talented artist and tarot expert. Her knowledge of fairy tales, myths, psychology, art, and tarot is impressive not only because of the sheer breadth but also because of the magical way Lisa weaves all these disciplines together to create extraordinary tarot [...]

Creating a Character with Tarot

As mentioned in Tell Me a Story in 30 Days, I’m taking the NaNoWriMo challenge. Since I am not a fiction writer, I’m not expecting a readable novel. Instead, I’m hoping to loosen up my imagination and play with my intuition.  Because I really no nothing about writing a novel, I’m using Corrine Kenner’s book, [...]

Monogamous or Polygamous?

If you are reading this, I assume you are a tarot reader or at least a tarot enthusiast. (Or perhaps you were lured in by my clever title for this entry.) If you are a tarotist, do you use only tarot cards? I suppose we could take that further…do you use only one deck? If [...]