TarotCraft

This site has some great self published tarot decks and you can even get a free online reading for most of them. Check it out. My favourite is the Ma’at Tarot.

It’s hard to talk about Tarot without Aleister Crowley coming up in the conversation somewhere.  Crowley created a philosopy known as ‘Thelema’ and central to it are the Thelemic ‘deities’, Nuit, Hadit and their ‘child’ Ra Hoor Khuit.  My friend Aeon shares his personal view on Thelemic Deities and I think it’s one that could also inform contemporary pagan beliefs.

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Lon Milo Duquette is teaching a course online at www.maybelogic.com.  If you are interested in learning about the Thoth deck, I really don’t think there is anyone more qualified or able to teach you about this iconic and controversial deck.  Check it out.

Very strange and vivid dreams the last few nights. All about The Empress, The Emperor (or The Star depending on your paradigm) and The Magician. Correspondences of The Empress, The Emperor/Star and The Magician have been significant - house, window, door, plus colours. This morning I woke up because I could hear a flute in my dream. The other morning I woke up because I could hear a singing bowl. Also, in that dream, I heard music all the way through it and there was one particular chorus the voice kept singing, but of course I can’t remember what it was.

I need to make some changes to my site, upload some readings and some new articles. I have a tarot party tomorrow night down south somewhere.

A question I am often asked is “Which is the best book on Tarot to get?”. There’s not really one book that is the best, or even the most comprehensive. I have about 40 books on Tarot in my collection, as well as books on alchemy, qabalah, symbolism, mythology, psychic development and astrology.

Anything on the above subjects will help you to understand Tarot, but they aren’t necessary. Some of my favourite Tarot authors are Mary K Green, Rachel Pollack and Paul Fenton-Smith. The best thing to do is browse the shelves somewhere like Borders or Adyar and choose the book(s) that appeal to you most. Read a few pages: is it easy to understand? Does something ‘click’ for you? Is there information other than just the meanings of the cards? Putting the cards together in a cohesive story is the key to reading Tarot, not just knowing whtat the individual cards mean. Each card can have very different meanings when combined with the other cards.

Personally, I have a preference for books with a practical approach, perhaps with a short exercise at the end of each section or chapter, but you might be different, so choose what takes your fancy. I am pretty sure I can guarantee you’ll get something out of it, no matter what you choose.

Someone recently left a comment and I deleted it along with a bunch of spam - sorry, whoever you were!

The person said that I did a reading for them some time ago and a number of things I had predicted had occurred, but two things hadn’t - specifically a relationship and a change in her work situation. She asked why these things hadn’t come to pass yet when I had been right about other things.

I thought about this and my absolutely honest answer is “I don’t know.”

Tarot shows us what is most likely to happen based on your thoughts and actions at the time of the reading, but if you change your mind or change your actions, you change your future.

I also believe that when the cards show that a relationship or other change is on it’s way, they are letting you know that there is no external barrier. The only thing that might stop you, is you.

For those of you who have read The Secret or books like it, you be familiar with the theory that our thoughts attract and create our reality. So if I am constantly thinking that all men are bastards, or that I will never meet anyone, the magnetic force of my thoughs will attract bastards or no one. Make sense?

Same with the job situation. If I turn up to work every day thinking ‘I hate this job’, I am placing an order with the Universe for “another horrible day work, please.” (Do you want fries with that?)

My best guess as to why tarot readings or psychic readings don’t always ‘come true’ is that our thoughts and actions aren’t always in accord with our desires. Of course, there is always room for error - no one is perfect and even the best opera singer will sometimes hit a bad note.

One things readers need to be aware of is picking up the thoughts and wishes fo the querant telepathically and relaying these back to them as ‘predictions’. This usually happens unconsciously but some unscrupulous psychics will use this technique to feed people what they want to hear. The best way to prevent it is to not sit directly opposite your querant, or to have a the appropriate energetic boundaries in place.

So Mystery Girl, my answer to your question is that the cards were most likely showing that there is no external barrier to you achieving what you want, so you need to remove the internal barriers, like negative thinking or disbelief.

Hope that helps!

You didn’t take my advice in the 9 of Wands, did you? And now look at you, carrying such a heavy load. Take my advice this time. Put down your load and find a new way of managing it. If you want a different out come, you need to take a different actions. Oh, and this is also the card of the ‘martyr’, so try and make sure that’s not you, ok?

One of my favourite novelty decks is The Fairy Tarot. A large sized Major Arcana deck has been released. I really like larger sized decks - so much of the magic of Tarot is in the artwork so a larger card allows you to see more. The cards are 3 x 5.7 inches.

You didn’t take my advice in the 9 of Wands, did you? And now look at you, carrying such a heavy load. Take my advice this time. Put down your load and find a new way of managing it. If you want a different out come, you need to take a different actions. Oh, and this is also the card of the ‘martyr’, so try and make sure that’s not you, ok?

The figure in this card appears to be alert, but resting on his staff. The bandage around his head suggests he has been in a battle. The querant may not have been in an actual battle, although this card frequently comes up when I read for servicemen who are on a break or vacation, but they have certainly been battling with some aspect of their life. You know what it’s like when you take a week off? You just start to unwind and it’s time to go back to work. You really could have done with another week to relax. The querant is in a similar situation - he or she needs some down time to recover from the stress they have been through, but their ‘fight or flight’ response is still in ‘fight’ mode. The cards that support this one will tell you if the ‘fight’ is over or if there is another battle to come.