You know how each tarot card has so many different meanings? How do you choose which one to use? Wald and Ruth Ann Amberstone answer this question in their wonderful little book Tarot Tips (which happens to be on sale right now). The Amberstones address the question “Surely the cards have either this meaning [...]
Getting Up Close and Personal with Any Card After learning basic meanings for each card, most students want to dig deeper. And even seasoned practitioners continue to deeper their relationship to each card. It has been really fascinating for me to step back and watch how my own relationship with the cards evolved over time. [...]
Once you learn the meanings of the cards (or at least a foundation of the meanings, as most tarotists consider the cards a life-long study and journey), it’s time to put the cards together into a reading. Making the leap from understanding the cards to weaving them together into a synthesized, coherent reading can be [...]
Tarot shelves at bookstores are filled with beginner level books. Do we really need so many? Aren’t they all essentially the same? I think we do need so many and that they are not essentially the same. First, they all differ in terms of voice and presentation. People learn differently and respond better to some [...]