The 5 Remembrances Tarot Spread

Sometimes I encounter a tarot book and I think “wow, we really need more of this.” That was my reaction when I heard about Theresa Reed’s latest, The Cards You’re Dealt: How to Deal When Life Gets Real. Here, card meanings and activities are tailored for navigating...
Give Me Strength

Give Me Strength

  I need it. You need it. We all need it. Strength. Our collective card for the year of 2024. How can we make sense of this card? What context does it offer to our current time and space? Let’s open an inquiry. Part One: Origins and Evolution of Strength As...
Entering the Forest of Souls (part two)

Entering the Forest of Souls (part two)

I kind of want to live in the book Forest of Souls by Rachel Pollack. Instead, I’ll continue to share some of my favorite passages with you. You don’t HAVE to visit part one first, but that would offer some context, find it here. When we left off, Rachel Pollack was...
Entering the Forest of Souls (part one)

Entering the Forest of Souls (part one)

It is hard to put into words what Rachel Pollack’s insights mean to me. She is a shining inspiration for the way I want to be not only as a tarot reader, but as a human being. I did not know her well but was lucky to meet her and have lunch with her at a tarot...
The golden shadow

The golden shadow

I just finished reading Tarot Celebrations by Geraldine Amaral & Nancy Brady Cunningham, which caught my eye because it approaches tarot with a Jungian perspective. It’s a decent intro to psychoanalyst Carl Jung and how his ideas can apply to a tarot practice. I...