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Minor Arcana

Ancestral Patterns of Life: The Tarot

by Nikki Mackay on December 1, 2009 · 9 comments

by Nikki Mackay
The Tarot is my first love and continuing passion, its history is entrenched and animated with family, ancestral and archetypal patterns way back to its very roots.
When it is used to its full capacity as a spiritual and divinatory system the Tarot can be an amazing tool for enlightenment, transformation and change. [...]

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The Illuminated Tarot – A Review of Carol Herzer’s Handmade Deck

by Valerie Sylvester on October 23, 2009 · 44 comments

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The Illuminated Tarot by Carol Herzer, reviewed by Valerie Sylvester

Review by Valerie Sylvester
The first deck most beginning tarot readers encounter when starting out on their tarot journey is the Rider-Waite-Smith deck, (which I’ll refer to as “RWS” after this initial mention). It’s often the “default deck”, the one that people learn the basic meanings of the cards from. It also serves to illustrate many [...]

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The Gaian Tarot – A Review of Joanna Powell Colbert’s Tarot Deck

by Catherine on September 10, 2009 · 13 comments

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Like many others, I have been watching the progress of the creation of the wonderful Gaian Tarot from Joanna Powell Colbert. Nine years is a long time to work on a single project, but the cards themselves are so visually stunning they have definitely been worth the effort and definitely worth the wait.
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Sub-Elements In Tarot Cards

by Catherine on August 13, 2009 · 9 comments

in Elements

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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Numerology of the Minor Arcana

by Catherine on July 15, 2009 · 14 comments

in Numerology

Numbered Cards
Often called the Minor Arcana, or the Pip Cards of a Tarot deck, they number 36 in total. I will explore the actual cards in another page. In this section, I want to show you how the number sequencing is applied across all of the suits.
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Introducing Tarot Cards And Their Meanings

by Catherine on July 13, 2009 · 16 comments

in Tarot Cards

Open any new Tarot deck and you will find 78 shiny new cards that at first glance seem indistinguishable from each other. Apart from differing artwork, the names upon the cards and perhaps some keywords too, at first look, you could be forgiven for thinking that those 78 cards are just simply 78 cards with [...]

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How to Read the Celtic Cross Spread Like A Pro – Indicators of Success

by Catherine on July 9, 2009 · 9 comments

in Celtic Cross, Tarot Spreads

We looked at the Celtic Cross Spread in detail in the previous post How To Read The Celtic Cross Spread Like A Pro – Looking Deeper. In this last lesson, Part Four of the Tarot Elements Tutorial Series, I’m going to show you some other systems and techniques that will enrich your reading style; which [...]

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Everybody Panic!!!

by Catherine on July 9, 2009 · 3 comments

in Numerology

Or maybe not, that’s just me being dramatic again. What’s got me all fired up?
Well I began the day with the electricity running out; it’s an expensive antiquated system of a pre-payment meter, but one I’m stuck with for the foreseeable future. Then I lost my broadband connection, and my landline – seems I [...]

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