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Working with the Tarot for Self-awareness (Part One)

We may never know for certain why the Tarot was developed, but given that the focus of medieval society was spiritual, we can be fairly sure that it had a spiritual underpinning.
Today, however, most taroists see the Majors as a concise and powerful description of the journey into self-awareness. Each one represents not only a [...]

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Developing Your Own Tarot Reading Style

When first you start working with the tarot, your ‘reading style’ is probably not going to be uppermost in your mind. You’ll no doubt be concerned about the meanings and how on earth to remember them, or, if you’re an intuitive reader, whether you can trust your intuition and how you’ll find enough to say [...]

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The Tarot – Five Common Myths

Many myths and assumptions have built up around the Tarot over the centuries – many of them wrong. Some of the most common are:
1) The Tarot is evil.
Wrong. The Tarot is powerful, yes. It speaks directly to your unconscious, and the imagery is archetypal and certainly sometimes disturbing – but essentially the Tarot is a [...]

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Intuition

Notwithstanding all the advances made by science over the last few centuries, which have seen our understanding of the universe change from the idea of a mechanical, ordered system in which humans stood triumphantly in the centre, into one where nothing is certain, all is flux, and humans, indeed our Solar System itself, are but [...]

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The Intuitive Tarot

Having painted The Intuitive Tarot between 1973 and 1981 it is, naturally enough, my favourite. I always use it for readings except at medieval fayres, where I use Kat Black’s Golden Tarot. The IT is a deck for the discerning – it doesn’t appeal to everyone, nor would I want it to. I use it [...]

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Numerology Meaning: Five

According to Schiller, Five is the human soul. Certainly it reflects our bodies: head, arms and legs within the circle of soul, as pictured in Leonardo da Vinci’s iconic image of Vitruvian Man…

Five has long been associated with human life and with the five senses. In that way it is, perhaps, apt that the Hierophant, [...]

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Numerology Meaning: Four

Four is the number of order, particularly material order. The structure, comprising of two triangles, symbolises the ultimate in stability. Since ancient times the number four has been seen as separating humanity from the beasts, humans upright on two legs, with the beasts on four. Later observations showed mankind how to calculate time, based on [...]

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Numerology Meaning: The Importance of Two

Two is about polarity and division, instability and choice. However, it is also about relationship (which arguably may explain why so many relationships are characterised by their unstable, divisive quality – though in my personal opinion that’s mostly due to projection). The dyad holds a central position in every aspect of life – the tension [...]

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Tarot Card Meanings: Origins

As an introduction to Tarot Card Meanings, let me start with what we know about the origins of the Tarot as a means of divination.
The origins of the cards themselves are shrouded in mystery, though they were first described in 1377. It is possible that at first they were merely used as a game (Tarocchi); [...]

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Tarot Spreads – The Celtic Cross

Readings are laid out in Tarot Spreads, which you can use to help focus your own intuiton. Positions such as ‘yourself at present’, past influences’, ‘hopes and fears’ all help to focus your own judgement. As you grow more confident, you can invent your own intuitive spreads, examples of which will be posted over the [...]

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