PinnedIs the Practice of Divination Irrelevant or Dishonest?As I continue to explore the sketchy written history of the early tarot, I frequently encounter the observation that the tarot cards, prior…Dec 6, 20211Dec 6, 20211
Deja Vu, Take 2: Rear-View Mirrors of the Minor ArcanaAUTHOR’S NOTE: The title of this essay refers to the fact that I already posted on the subject of “deja vu all over again” in the Lenormand…2d ago2d ago
The “Targeted” Grand TableauAUTHOR’S NOTE: During the brief time I spent in the traditionalist enclave of the online Lenormmand community (it turned out that, even…Apr 17Apr 17
The Aces: Close-to-the-VestAUTHOR’S NOTE: In his playing-card divination book 54 Devils, Cory Hutcheson describes the suit of Diamonds (tarot Coins or Pentacles) as…Apr 17Apr 17
Taboo Topics in Tarot ReadingAUTHOR’S NOTE: While searching for a subject to continue my streak of daily posts, I decided to revisit one that I’ve touched on before in…Apr 15Apr 15
“Waiting for Godot” — Court Cards in Long-Range ForecastsAUTHOR’S NOTE: One of my sly assumptions when court cards appear in a tarot reading is that, rather than defaulting to psychological…Apr 14Apr 14
Reversed Fours: A Stumble and A “One-Point Landing”AUTHORS NOTE: Having finished re-reading 54 Devils, Cory Hutcheson’s playing-card divination book, and not yet possessed of a new tarot…Apr 13Apr 13
Court Cards “On the Diamond”“Roundin’ third, he was headed for home It was a brown-eyed handsome man.” - from “Brown Eyed Handsome Man” by Chuck Berry (who wasn’t…Apr 12Apr 12
A Matter of SymbolismAUTHOR’S NOTE: Not so long ago (before purely psychic free-association became fashionable among “pop-tarot” practitioners), tarot reading…Apr 11Apr 11
A “Body/Mind/Soul” Positional-Bias MatrixAUTHOR’S NOTE: Here is a compact tableau that proposes to identify the ideal positional alignment the seeker should maintain going into a…Apr 10Apr 10