Date: 2010-03-23
This is a fun way of exploring the feminine archetypes in the Tarot, world mythology, and within yourself—regardless of your gender. I encourage you to do this
spread even if you are still shy of interpreting the cards: the sooner you begin to
get used to the process of reading, the sooner you will improve. If you have to use a book to give yourself a head start on the meanings feel free, but...
Date: 2009-05-11
About a fifth of the cards in a standard tarot deck are court cards, and these are commonly used to designate personalities. But being that we have to be many different things to many people over the course of our lives--and even over the course of a day--how can we use the tarot to better understand ourselves? Janina Renée, author of Tarot for a New Generation and Tarot Spells, illustrates how we can use the court cards to gain insight into the many facets of our personalities.
Date: 2008-11-10
I believe we are put on earth to create—from creating a child to creating a home, a garden, a meal, an atmosphere of love, a piece of jewelry, or the life we want—it’s all a divine act of creation. Shadow work is soul work and soul work is creating—and birthing—the life of “something more.” Healing releases a surge of creative energy because we turn to the wisdom of our Higher Self and discover...
Date: 2008-07-22
Although tarot readers emphasize the positive aspects of the cards in a reading, there is no getting around the fact that the appearance of certain cards is alarming because of their potential predictions of bad things to come. Here, let me interject that, as someone who has written four books on tarot, I am certainly interested in prediction; however, I do not believe in such a thing as...
Date: 2008-05-31
The Empress is a creative force—an archetypal mother who constantly generates new life. Perpetually pregnant, she’s a symbol of fertility and growth.
Like the High Priestess before her, the Empress is a link between the physical and spiritual worlds. She doesn’t station herself at a gateway, however; she is merely the gateway between spiritual and material existence. She glows with confidence...
Date: 2008-05-28
Celebrate the freedom and liberation of summer. Because energy is so potent during Midsummer, it is a wonderful time for protection, developing psychic ability, and divination. Use the Midsummer’s Dream layout when you want to visualize your heart’s desire. Catch a glimpse of the future in the fall beauty of the sun’s golden rays. The cards in this layout are read in pairs. (Card one and its...
Date: 2007-12-10
What do to: Earlier [in the book], I mentioned one TV psychic who zips through her Tarot cards as fast as she can. In fifteen seconds, she’ll go through ten cards, smacking them into piles and making up a story as she goes. “King of Cups! You’re seeing an older man, aren’t ya? Three of Coins! It’s lots of work maintaining that relationship, eh? But here’s the Eight of Coins, which tells me you...
