Tarot Topics Blog
Writing is a passion of mine. Each week, I publish a newsletter on my favorite subject, tarot!
This consolidated blog contains my newsletters and other musings I have blogged here over the years.
Find all my posts, newsletters, reviews, and commentaries here.
Pivot from the Anxious Question to Healing
Are you or your clients asking the cards the same anxious question repeatedly? Try this instead.
Traveling with the Tarot Knights
The four Knights of tarot are all about pursuit, travel and goals.
Reading the Tarot Pages
The four Pages of tarot are all about communication, and they can communicate a lot!
Sympathetic Resonance in Tarot
When reading for others, sometimes messages pop up for us.
Are They Cheating? Handling the Tarot Reader's Dilemma
If you read tarot, you will want to handle this question carefully.
Reading Tarot Out of Order
Try these techniques to find meaning in a group of tarot cards.
What I Learned from Twelve Days of Tarot Epiphanies
Twelve days, twelve cards, twelve different tarot decks. Here's what happened.
Five Ways We Use Intuition in a Tarot Reading
From the first shuffle to the final insight, intuition informs our divination process.
Some Thoughts on Three-Card Tarot Spreads
Three-card spreads are perhaps the most popular tarot-reading technique. Here is some information about them, some advice on using them, and some reasons why they can't be the only tool in the tarot toolbox.
When are Third-Party Readings Helpful?
The practical ethics of reading about people.
When You Feel Disconnected from Your Tarot Cards
The connections that make tarot work.
What makes the difference between a card reading and a card interpretation?
Here's a technique that can be incorporated into any introspective cartomancy reading style, whether tarot or other oracle cards.
One problem I see with card interpretations both amateur and pro, for self and for others, is that often, all that is delivered is vaguely general warm and fuzzy advice based on keywords.
Advice for Tarot Readers: When the Final Outcome is Clearly Not the End
Here are three ways to give a great tarot reading when a less-than-great card appears as a final outcome.
When Common Wisdom Has No Place at the Tarot Table
When we let the cards speak, each reading is a unique experience.
Tarot Filters: What you See Versus What you Say
A tarot reading is more than a bunch of card interpretations. A tarot reading is a process. Part of that process involves filtering what we see, so we can say it in a way it can be heard.