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Love and money are the two most popular subjects of readings. While it is true that tarot is useful for many other things, such as spiritual development, self-improvement, problem-solving, brainstorming, writing, meditation, and magic, divination continues to be the most common application. During these challenging economic times, monetary concerns, now more than ever, are at the front of everyone's minds. And, now more than ever, more people are turning to the tarot for answers, for validation, or for comfort. There are plenty of ways to approach questions of money. Usually, when asked questions about money, a reader will focus the reading on the specific area of concern: wanting a job, ...
In a towering Gothic cathedral, a young artisan, clothed in a white tunic, pounds his chisel into glistening gray and white marble. With each strike he thinks of Mary, the Virgin Queen of Heaven, and in his focused determination, chips away at the statue's tiniest imperfection. A bishop and priest look on, amazed at the exquisite precision and aesthetic sensibilities in the young sculptor. I am currently working on my second book, tentatively titled Tarot and Your Life Mission. While I was researching various methods in the construction of a Personal Mission Statement, the central focus of the book, I came upon the Three of Pentacles, in this case from Lo Scarabeo's Universal Tarot by ...
Tarot in Wonderland was created in the space where tarot and the Alice stories, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll (the pen name of Charles Dodgson), meet. In this liminal place, sometimes we see familiar scenes from these well-known stories and sometimes the beloved characters have stumbled into a new world. The images remain true to the Rider-Waite-Smith cards and will feel familiar to many readers. Blending the traditional images with another well-loved work of art, the Alice stories, gives the cards a fresh feel. They are recognizable yet very different, creating a dreamlike sensation. This sense of strange familiarity creates a perfect ...
Technically speaking, an archetype is a primal pattern of thought—inborn, instinctive, and imprinted on every human's subconscious mind. Carl Jung, a psychotherapist and a colleague of Sigmund Freud, was the first person to popularize the theory of archetypes. He studied dreams, myths, and legends, and concluded that we're all born with an innate ability to understand archetypes. In fact, he said, we're all pre-programmed to look for archetypes in our everyday lives, because they serve as a framework for our understanding of the world. Jung's descriptions of commonly recognized archetypes include the hero, the maiden, and the wise old man. Other archetypes include the anima, the ...
