Date: 2009-08-20
From Llewellyn's 2001 Tarot Calendar. For more Llewellyn tarot books and decks, click here. To understand the origins of tarot, we must go back to Greece and the ancient philosophies that underlie the occult traditions in the Western world. For instance, details such as the number of cards in the tarot deck were not determined by accident. In fact, this number is based ultimately on the...
Date: 2009-08-19
From Llewellyn's 2001 Tarot Calendar. For more Llewellyn tarot books and decks, click here. The Sun’s energy gives us warmth, light, and life. The Major Arcana card of the Sun, number nineteen, represents the same. It demonstrates to us the symbology of rebirth, growth, and progress. In numerology, “nineteen” comprises One—the beginning, newness, creation—and...
Date: 2009-08-19
From Llewellyn's 2001 Tarot Calendar. For more Llewellyn tarot books and decks, click here. The tarot is widely known as a divination tool for discerning past, present, and future events. However, its original purpose was to preserve spiritual instruction for those interested in developing inner depth, personal growth, and enlightenment. The images contained within the twenty-two cards of the...
Date: 2009-08-03
"Tarot Reader Burnout" happens to most tarotists at some time or another. Just as anything can become dull and stagnant, so too can your reading practice or study. Tarot expert Barbara Moore offers a myriad tips and tricks to reinvigorate your tarot practice.
Date: 2009-02-02
Tarot communicates through symbols and through images. By doing so, it creates a bridge between the conscious and subconscious mind. In this way, by manifesting this world between worlds, tarot allows a unique divinatory experience, accessing our subconscious. Often, however, our consciousness plays just a big a role in how we interpret the cards. Acclaimed tarot writer Barbara Moore explains how the representation of gender and age in tarot decks can affect a reading.
Date: 2009-01-05
While the images of the Tarot often have obvious, archetypal meanings, often the less-prominent images of the cards in a spread can be just as telling of a situation. Janina Renée, author of Tarot: Your Everyday Guide and Tarot Spells, details how the imagery of the Tarot can be used for clarification and further illumination of readings and situations.
Date: 2008-12-01
Despite the decorations, parties, and gifts of the holiday season (or perhaps because of them), this can be a particularly trying and stressful time of year. During this season of darkness, it helps to be light. Barbara Moore illustrates how to use the Tarot to bring light to a season deserving of light.
Are You Ready for an Adventure? There are many Tarot decks available. Each can help you discover more about the past, gain insight into the present, and predict possible futures. But only one Tarot deck is a true adventure, filled with dramatic, intriguing and mystical stories while adhering to the traditional and familiar designs. That deck is the Mystic Faerie Tarot. The box that holds...
