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The Purpose of a Tarot Atmosphere

Posted on October 9, 2019 By Megan

When learning how to read tarot, it is important to have the right mindset. You should be focused and relaxed, and building a good tarot atmosphere during your reading can help you achieve the mindset necessary to get the most out of your reading. This means choosing to include things like candles, incense, and dim lights in your atmosphere if you find it helpful. All of these things can serve as a reminder to your brain and subconscious that you are getting ready to do something important.

Megan

Born and raised in California, Megan now resides in Central Oregon with her long-term partner, daughter, and parents. She enjoys writing about magick, witchcraft, and her faith — including tarot. With several books currently in the works, she doesn’t have much free time. When she does, she enjoys spending time reading with her daughter, crocheting, and being outdoors.

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Buying your first deck – Which deck should you chose?

Posted on October 8, 2019 By Genette

One of the most glorious things about tarot, is the huge number of beautiful decks available and the wonderful artists that create them. If you’re not careful, you could spend an awful lot of money collecting all the ones you love best!

However, when you’ve just decided to learn tarot and your browsing for your first deck, the choice can seem truly overwhelming. It’s not unusual for people get analysis paralysis and put off buying a deck because they just don’t know which to choose. For some people, this means they never buy one at all.
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Genette

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The Best Tarot Podcasts

Posted on October 1, 2019 By Steve

Podcasts are incredibly popular nowadays. The ability to be heard has never been so accessible; anyone can become podcast star with little more than a mobile phone and an internet connection.

As a podcaster this accessibility is very welcome. However, as a listener it can be difficult to know where to begin and a challenge to find the gems amongst the sea of mediocrity.

Steve

Esotericist with particular interest in tarot and the underlying magical traditions/systems.

www.learntarot.uk

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Intuition and Tarot

Posted on October 1, 2019 By Steve

Here, we’ll consider a hotly debated word in the tarot community: Intuition.

An online definition of Intuition states:

“the ability to understand something instinctively, without the need for conscious reasoning.”

Steve

Esotericist with particular interest in tarot and the underlying magical traditions/systems.

www.learntarot.uk

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To Cleanse or Not to Cleanse

Posted on October 1, 2019 By Steve

A question commonly asked online:-

“My tarot cards are no longer working. I’ve been told I need to cleanse them – how do I do this?”

Answers typically range from smudging, to bathing in moonlight, covering in salt, covering in crystals, tapping (typically 3 times), ‘resetting’ (placing the cards back in original order) and even burying in the garden for several days.

Steve

Esotericist with particular interest in tarot and the underlying magical traditions/systems.

www.learntarot.uk

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How to Phrase your Question

Posted on October 10, 2018 By Genette

So there you are, you have your shiny new tarot deck. You understand what the numbers and suits mean and you’re ready to start putting the world to rights but wait, what should you ask? How should you ask it? Are there rules?

Genette

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Tarot and the Planets

Posted on September 26, 2018 By Genette

When Arthur Waite and Pamela Coleman-Smith designed the Rider-Waite-Smith (RWS) deck, between them they managed to include symbology from pretty much every esoteric system available. Therefore it should come as no surprise that astrology and the planets play a large part in the design of the RWS deck.

If you’ve been reading the other posts on this page, you should know by now that the minor arcana cards represent the astrological elements of air (Swords), Earth (Pentacles), fire (Wands) and water (Cups). The major arcana also has specific cards for each astrological sign and therefore, that signs ruling planet as well.

Genette

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What the F*** is a Thoth Deck?

Posted on January 3, 2018 By Genette

I have to admit to being a bit conflicted about writing this post. On the one hand, the idea was immensely exciting and I was really looking forward to writing this piece. On the other hand, I knew that I would only be able to scratch the surface of what is a very deep and convoluted rabbit hole. The more I read, the less I know, the less I know, the more there is to research and the bigger and windier the road becomes. Therefore, this is designed as an introduction to what I have learned so far. There are undoubtedly many people who know much more about this that I do and I’m sure as time goes on, there will be other posts from this blogging collective around the subject and the key concepts behind the creation of the tarot.
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Genette

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My Experience of Learning Tarot

Posted on December 11, 2017 By Genette

It’s funny how different people come to tarot. For some people it’s been something their family has always done, others are simply drawn to it, but for people like me who grew up in very ‘no nonsense’ households where anything esoteric was poo-pooed, it is something odd and mysterious that requires a ‘happening’ to be brought into your life.

Tarot was something I was aware of but never paid much attention to. After all, it was just a load of nonsense and woo wasn’t it? Just a bunch of generalisations that could be applied to any situation, a bit like cold reading. Until I learned that my good friend, Steve, reads the cards.

Genette

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