TarotCraft

Building a personal Tarot profile.
The 22  Trumps are associated with 3 Qabalistic Elements (Water, Air, Fire), the 7 Classical planets and the 12 Zodiac signs.  Find the cards that relate to your sun sign, rising sign and moon sign.  These three cards will hold key lessons for you in this lifetime.  Your date of day/month [...]

Tarot as Initiatory Journey (The Fool)
 
In ‘Astrology, Aleister and Aeon’, Charles Kipp describes the intention of the initiatory journey of the Golden Dawn and other mystery schools.  It’s also a very apt description of the initiatory journey inherent in Tarot.
 
“In traditional astrology the Ascendent and the sign in which it is placed is taken as [...]

The Rider Waite Hanged Man is depicted hanging upside down from his ankle, one leg crossed behind the other, arms behind his back. He is shown in the pose of a medieval punishment for traitors, known as ‘Bafflement’.
My perspective of this card is that it shows a descent of ‘spirit’ into ‘matter’ – the lower [...]

I had a real struggle to get these lesson notes completed and I couldn’t work out why. Finally it dawned on me that I was experiencing the imbalanced energy of the negatively aspected Justice card. This card sits balanced at the mid way point, or the ‘heart’, of the Major Arcana.
Although [...]

The Fool and The World are the Kether and Malkuth of the Tarot - the Alpha and Omega of the endless cycle of creation and destruction.
It’s Hebrew letter is Tau, meaning ‘cross’ and it’s ruled by Saturn. The Devil is also ruled by Saturn and this creates a link between the two cards that [...]

The Archangel blows his trumpet to signal an ending and a new beginning. Even though something is fading away, perhaps a phase of life or a situation, there is no cause for regret because bigger and better things are coming your way. New and life changing opportunities are around you now and dramatic [...]

After the destruction and chaos of the Tower, The Star is like the light at the end of the tunnel, bringing wholeness, healing and peace. She establishes her authority over the physical (land) and spiritual (water) planes, the conscious and the unconscious. From her vessels she pours the waters of life and the [...]

The Devil card is firmly grounded in the element of Earth, as its astrological association is Capricorn – the earthiest of the Earth cards. It represents the realm of nature and all the earthly pleasures, both sexual and sensual. Saturn represents discipline and responsibility and rules Capricorn and thus The Devil, so we [...]

Death is the harbinger of irrevocable change. A physical death is not necessarily indicated but something has come to an absolute end, a cold malaise has set in and things will never be the same again. In the Rider Waite deck, Death rides at dawn. Night has swept away lies and [...]

Sometime ago I was part of a weekly guided meditation group. One evening the leader took us on a journey to the astral plane and I found myself walking through a forest. I ended up in a small glade and seated there were the 3 Fates - the Sisters who Spin, Weave [...]