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It’s Complicated Card: 30-Question Tarot Challenge Q13
Q: Is there a card that continuously stumps you when it is drawn? Why do you believe this to be so? Universal Waite Yep. Seven of Swords. Way too many subtle things going on here; makes it very...
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Balance in a Relative Universe: Fall Equinox Tarot Blog Hop
PREVIOUS BLOG | MASTER LIST | NEXT BLOG Three harvest festivals there are in the Wiccan calendar. Wondrous abundance and welcome to Mabon, tucked nicely between Lammas in August (the berries!) and...
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Why Do You Ask?: 30-Question Tarot Challenge Q14
Q: For what purposes do you usually use the Tarot (self-reflection, guidance, advice, recreation, communing with spirits/dead, communication with deity, other)? Many of the above. Not a medium, so I...
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Intuition vs. Set Meanings: 30-Question Tarot Challenge Q15
Q: How much emphasis do you put on the text-book meanings for cards, and how much stress do you place on the “feeling” you get from cards through their artwork/symbolism/etc. (aka reading intuitively)?...
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Majors or Minors Alone: 30-Question Tarot Challenge Q16
Q: Do you ever use the Major Arcana without the Minor Arcana or vice versa? The Hermit, Universal Tarot de Marseille, US Games, Inc. 9 Cups Universal Tarot de Marseille, US Games, Inc. Actually, except...
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Grandfathers: A Samhain Tarot Blog Hop
PREVIOUS BLOG | MASTER LIST | NEXT BLOG Unconditional love. Missing and yet immortal, for we see them in us. Grandfathers, grandmothers . . . and fathers, now. Still hard to believe, this one....
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Reversals: 30-Question Tarot Challenge Q17
Q: Do you do readings using reversals? Why or why not? Eight of Wands Reversed, Universal Waite, © US Games, Inc. I used to, if the deck creator used them in their guidance. I am generally a firm...
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Connecting with My Cards: 30-Question Tarot Challenge Q18
Q18: Do you feel a “connection” to your cards? Well, since I feel a quantum-level energetic connection to all matter in the universe, including the particles that make up Tarot cards, I suppose that’s...
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The Power of the Cards: 30-Question Tarot Challenge Q19
Q: Do you feel/think the cards “think” or have their own consciousness? What do you believe makes the cards “tick?” (Is it magic/outside influences or all in the mind?) My belief system on this:...
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Reading for Self vs. Others: 30-Question Tarot Challenge Q20
Q: Do you read for yourself and/or for others? Why or why not? My reading space I started reading for myself back in 1999, and occasionally for husband or friends. Then I pretty much stopped until...
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Feeling into the Tarot: 30-Question Tarot Challenge Q21
Q: How do you feel when you do readings? Thoth Tarot © US Games, Inc. It’s a combination thing. It’s important that when I’m shuffling that I get my mind out of the way, breathe deeply, connect with...
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Finding Your Cozy: Yule Tarot Blog Hop 2018
PREVIOUS BLOG | MASTER LIST | NEXT BLOG My new home has proven to be an important refuge from the busyness of my electronic world, and in the wet Oregon winter—Oh, look! Sunshine just now as I...
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The Energy Exchange: 30-Question Tarot Challenge Q22
Q: Do you charge money (or other ways of compensation) for your readings/services? I actually do charge for professional Tarot readings (see my Readings page for details), and I have also done free...
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Minor Arcana Cards: Illustrated or Just the Pips?
8 of Pentacles, Universal Waite, © US Games, Inc. So, why do some Tarot decks have scenic illustrations for the Minor Arcana cards and some just suit symbols to count up? Historical Traditions Well,...
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Common Questions: 30-Question Tarot Challenge Q23
Q: What question do you most often ask the deck (or, ask on behalf of another)? There’s a big difference between the most common question I ask for myself and the question most asked by others....
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Tarot Card Facets: The Lovers
I’m taking this facets series as an opportunity to explore single cards in more depth. I’ve been reading the amazingly insightful card interpretations of the Linestrider Tarot’s creator, Siolo...
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Minor Arcana Cards: Illustrated or Just the Pips?
8 of Pentacles, Universal Waite, © US Games, Inc.So, why do some Tarot decks have scenic illustrations for the Minor Arcana cards and some just suit symbols to count up? Historical TraditionsWell, we...
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The Question in Cartomancy
This is one of my biggest challenges in Tarot and other card reading systems, the question. I tend to be too vague, usually, for myself anyway. I’m often too positive. I do believe in focusing on my...
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Learning Curve: May Day Tarot Blog Hop
PREVIOUS BLOG | MASTER LIST | NEXT BLOGI like this curve. I know that “learning curve” often indicates one that makes the learning more challenging, but in Tarot’s case, I just find it fun and mind...
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Reading Accuracy: 30-Question Tarot Challenge Q 24
Q: How accurate do you believe your readings are (or, do they accurately convey messages from spirits/deity at all)?This question gets into the debate over Tarot as fortune-telling tool and Tarot as...
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