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The Elemental Dignities Dictionary – Three Card Combinations

by Catherine

This is a collaborative work between Douglas Gibb of Tarot Eon and myself, and is part of the Elemental Dignities Dictionary series. …from the Marriage of Heaven and Earth. The Tao produced one; one produced two; two produced three (Tao Te Ching). Have you been confused by Elemental Dignities? There was a time when I [...]

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My Tarot Reading Using Helen’s Illumination Tarot Spread!

by Catherine

I try out every spread that is sent to me. My favourite ones are those that offer the most flexibility, and Helen’s Illumination Tarot Spread is one of those spreads! Its shape is a familiar one – I’ve used it myself on my blog. What’s unique about this particular spread though are the names of [...]

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The Magic Square©: Secondary Triads and Timing

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Secondary Triads We’ve already gleaned a lot of information from the original nine Tarot cards in my reading, but wouldn’t it be great if we could actually pinpoint the trouble zones in more detail? We can do just that with Secondary Triads. These are essentially the triads that are not in any linear formation – [...]

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The Elemental Dignities Dictionary – Two Card Combinations

by Catherine

A good place to begin learning Elemental Dignities is with two card combinations. The collaboration between Douglas Gibb of Tarot Eon and myself was essentially to show our readers and Tarot students that it’s in this very dynamic that you can begin to see the elements interacting with each other and the effect they have [...]

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Introducing The Elemental Dignities Dictionary

by Catherine

Promoting the study and application of Elemental Dignities in Tarot readings was one of the reasons I began writing my Tarot blog. I was fortunate enough to be personally tutored on them and even with that assistance there were times when it proved a little difficult. During my time of study it became apparent that [...]

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Using The Question As A Significator

by Catherine

Following on from my post that explored using an elemental base in your Tarot readings, in this post I want to share with you a technique I’ve been working on that expands on that, and also brings into play the use of a significator in Tarot readings. Normally associated with Tarot Court Cards, a significator [...]

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Adding An Elemental Base To Your Readings

by Catherine

One way to gain clarity and add an extra layer of meaning to your Tarot card readings is to add an Elemental Base to them. Usually confined to Elemental Dignities, it is possible to add an Elemental Base to any Tarot reading to help structure, or anchor it. Adding an Elemental Base to a Tarot [...]

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Sub-Elements In Tarot Cards

by Catherine

A phenomenon you will come across during Tarot card study and Tarot readings are sub-elements and contradictory elements. Mainly associated with the Rider Waite-Smith Tarot deck and decks inspired by it, at its most simplistic explanation, sub-elements are those underlying elements that are secondary to the main one normally associated with a Tarot card. They [...]

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