Let’s spend this summer studying The Sun card! Each entry between now and August (8 total) will feature a Sun card from a different deck along with the text the creator wrote for it. It will be interesting to see how so many people see difference aspects of this apparently simple card. We'll start with Tarot in Wonderland by Barbara Moore and Eugene Smith. In the text below, the “Through the Looking Glass” section is the longer exploration of the card through the lens of the Alice (in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass) stories. “Down the Rabbit Hole” is a the short and sweet divinatory meaning.   Through the Looking Glass Alice, after many adventures and trials, has

Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by T. Susan Chang, author of Tarot Correspondences, Tarot Deciphered, and the new Living Tarot.   If you're like me, reading tarot is not always, or even usually, a blast of truth and blessed certainty from on high. The faint stink of doubt can linger at any and every stage of the process: Did I draw the right card? Did I have the right intention when I was shuffling? Was I distracted? Am I just projecting my own hopes and fears onto the reading? What if my prediction doesn't come true? I'm not psychic—why I am even doing this? Does tarot even work?!?! Are my cards just messing with me? It's OK to be

April 26 https://www.llewellyn.com/product.php?ean=9780738772257 Susan Chang is known for her vast knowledge of the cards. Her esoteric foundation shows in her work, and yet her writing and teaching styles are so approachable and relatable. She does have a rare gift of making heady information understandable. Her Tarot Correspondences is an essential reference, full of charts of correspondence. What is exciting about her book is that she teaches how to use the correspondences, something not every book or teacher does. Her Tarot Deciphered (with Mel Meleen) is a brilliant exploration of the Rider Waite Smith and Thoth decks, and their common Golden Dawn roots. In Living Tarot, she gives

Susan Chang is known for her vast knowledge of the cards. Her esoteric foundation shows in her work, and yet her writing and teaching styles are so approachable and relatable. She does have a rare gift of making heady information understandable. Her Tarot Correspondences  is an essential reference, full of charts of correspondence. What is exciting about her book is that she teaches how to use the correspondences, something not every book or teacher does. Her Tarot Deciphered (with Mel Meleen) is a brilliant exploration of the Rider Waite Smith and Thoth decks, and their common Golden Dawn roots. In Living Tarot, she gives complete beginners (and those wishing to consolidate their