Okay, so let me come clean. Been reading tarot since 1972 – and beginning in 2003, I’ve been told I’ve been doing it wrong. And it continues. I don’t do the ‘stuff’. I don’t decorate my table, I don’t smudge, I don’t cleanse, I don’t have an akashic record player, I don’t align chakras, I don’t cons...

I first noticed the ‘cleansing’ thing back in the aughts. Never heard about it in the 70’s or even into the 90’s. Over the years I’ve noted that when folks talk about used decks, and can ‘others’ influence your deck, should it be ‘cleansed’; there are the responses that use the terms, myths, legends...

A couple hundred years ago, they knew for a fact that the heavenly bodies orbiting the earth created the elements. The sun created gold. This is also why they only searched for gold in the equatorial climes. The planet Mercury created quicksilver (mercury), lead was created by Saturn, Jupiter made t...

Manley Hall had a very easy method to use (and remember) the pips. It is in the little white booklet coming with his "Knapp-Hall" Tarot The minor arcane is divided in four sequence or suits. I. the SCEPTERS (Wands) represent enterprise and success II. the CUPS represent love, happiness and...

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Oh heavens, there's more than two spellings actually. Some folks use the Q, others the K, some the C. Back in the early 1900's when research took a backseat to opinion, it was stated by some 'author' that the Q was hebrew, the K was hermetic, and the C was Christian. Pappekak! Those statements assum...

I was making coffee when my Spirit Guide floated into the kitchen. She was wearing black yoga pants and a red top. For starters, I still have issues with her gender reassignment after all these years, but it’s getting easier. Secondly, yoga pants and a red top? “Don’t tell me you’re dressed for a la...

Hold up! Are we able to do something here? Hermetic and Hebrew Kaballah are TWO very different things. They are not compatible. The GD (read British and later the USA folks) used Hermetic. On the Continent they use Hebrew. There are authors, really good ones who don't understand the difference - Ron...

I have to ask (not being argumentative, I really want to know). Can someone define the “negative energy” they’re trying to remove from a tarot deck by knocking on it, storing it with a crystal, purifying in ‘moonlight’, or smudging, etc.? Light, is the result of the alteration of matter (I'll allow ...

will be watching for this one

Tabula Mundi rocks.

New Era Elements Tarot is rather brilliant. They've dragged Crowley kicking and screaming into the 21st Century. Harsh at times, limited pallette. rather nice.

I finally had to do an inventory.
I only have 300+ here at the house. I've been known to gift frequently.

Couple Tower notes.

In the TdM, the tower erupts from within.
In GD decks, it explodes from without.

In the Hebrew Kaballah, the Tower equates to Ayin; eye, fountain, spring, meatus, self-analysis, insight, inspiration.

Blue Owl hands down. Blue Bird if you want little sayings. couple points - Insets. The playing card inset. For me this is a huge consideration. I like the whole card as the inset. Not just a suit and a pip or letter. I want to know at a glance where and which suits conglomerate in the spread. I want...

Ah Le Pape, so confusing to the modern non-Roman Catholic person. As we look at the older decks, it was de Mellet’s monograph published in in Court de Gebelin’s Du Monde Primitif where the Hebrew letters were first assigned (Magician = Aleph etc.). So Le Pape equates with or Heh, he. This translates...

I remember playing with multi-deck spreads back ‘in the day’. I found that it has a purpose. Then a couple weeks ago I was talking with Denise Hesselroth about her book Intentional Tarot: Using the Cards with Purpose, at the North Star Tarot Conference about drawing cards face up. It was something I...

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My name is Dan. I got my first deck back in '72.

Thoth or TdM, some Lenny.