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Divination of Tarot
Cartomancy is a relatively new method of the more general practice of divination. It arose in the late medieval era as a way of preserving initiatory murals in a way that could be kept safe and transported. The major arcana specifically is those big spooky cards you often see in movies and are read about…
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Meanings in Tarot
Pentacles in the minor arcana represent physical progress. Cups represent gathering, the first mystery of the heart. They are the suit in the minor arcana of the personal life in contrast to the physical or mental, and then wands which are often shown as torches. Wands symbolize the inner fire, inspiration and spirit, and its…
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Interpreting Tarot Spreads
The tarot cards come up and are read not only for their symbolism, but for their place in the spread. Are you familiar with Egyptian cartouches or Sumerian murals? Well, the sequence of the symbols mattered as much as the symbols, and each spread has its own meaning beyond the cards. So a three card…
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Yang Minor Arcana
I mean to continue the subject of Tarot, but we will touch on the basics. Are you all familiar with tarot? It’s based on a set of images that in all likelihood go back to late Egypt. It originally was used as a set of playing cards that were quite popular with the Egyptian mercenary…
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Yin Minor Arcana
Shall we see the introverted suits in Tarot? The Ace of Pentacles. This symbol represents the nest, home, coins, cowry shells, wampum, gathered food, physical roots. The directions N S E W. Yes. It represents the earth and is connected to the earth element. Ultimately, this suit is the nesting instinct and all the feelings…
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Minor Arcana Model of the World
I have a question for you, do we do anything not reflected in the tarot four minor arcana suits (Swords and Staves, Pentacles and Cups)? Each of these suits is reflected by aspects of the human mind, and all suits are reflected to perhaps different degrees in all people, perhaps at different times. The minor…
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Major Arcana: Death and Wheel
Now the major arcana. These could be considered the power players in reality, the pervasive forces of the universe. The court cards don’t tell their own stories, and they will stay at home, so to speak, if there is no outside intervention. So shall we begin the major arcana? Perhaps one of the most obvious…
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Major Arcana: Devil
The devil card. This is the card of confusion and conflict. It is not the card of evil necessarily, as any of the major arcana can reflect some facet of darkness in your life. What are your impressions of this card? Prison. Enslavement. The devil card does represent those things. In fact, there is a…
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Major Arcana: Temperance and Tower
The temperance card. Ever notice that as dramatic as life can be, everything seems to even out over time? Evening the water in the jugs. An angel pours sometimes from one jug to another. Water is the giver of life, but too much and we drown in it. Well, this card is the reason we…
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Major Arcana: The Way Through
Want to see the way through? The events shown in the major arcana happen all the time, repeat all throughout history, but they are not personal. They are transcendent. The chariot. Consider this card. What are your impressions? Royalty. Taking care. Being watchful and ready. Sovereignty. Being captain of your own ship. The chariot looks…
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Major Arcana: Measure of Worth
The star. That is Aquarius. Your impressions? Temperance pouring out the water? Yes. This is ultimately what we are all following. The mystery behind why we do all the things we do. The sky takes up almost half the space. Grace. I wonder why the females are always bare breasts. Is that a symbol of…
Category: Tarot
The best teacher in tarot is experience and trusting your intuition. It represents the life path, and they taught those symbols to provide insight into influencing the path of life through will. Even in divination intention is everything. You can get a nonsense reading. You have to be moved. You have to feel the call of your question to have tarot adequately reveal the answer. Anyone can learn it, but they do need to have studied.
“The Death card of the Thoth Tarot is the antithesis of those found in traditional packs. This is no stiff grim reaper standing on Earth, indiscriminately mowing down people, young and old, humble and highborn. This Death is vivacious and flexible. He wears the crown of Osiris and dances madly on the bottom of the sea. Instead of mowing down the living, he uses his scythe to stir up bubbles of new lives from out of the seemingly dead and decaying sediment.” Death Card image from the Thoth Tarot Deck
“The true Tarot is symbolism; it speaks no other language and offers no other signs. Given the inward meaning of its emblems, they do become a kind of alphabet which is capable of indefinite combinations and makes true sense in all.” A.E. Waite