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The Adventure Tarot
While scrolling in search of a new journal, I saw The Adventure Tarot was selling at a heavily discounted price, so I decided to give it a try. It had been on my radar for a while but I hadn’t got around to buying it, and to be honest I didn’t think I would. Even though I’m an avid road tripper, I knew this road trip inspired tarot, which celebrates the Asian-American experience, wasn’t targeting me. It’s aimed at young adults and I am way past that. But, I quickly discovered I needn’t have worried. My reservations were totally unfounded. This deck is for anyone who is open to the…
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Heavenly Bodies Astrology
If you’ve ever tried to learn astrology but quickly suffered from information overload, then Heavenly Bodies Astrology could be the solution. It was for me. I have a tendency to go into things way too deeply, way too quickly, and before I know it I’m drowning in a ton of information. I bought Lily Ashwell’s deck to try and counteract that. My intention was simply to further develop my understanding of the astrological archetypes so that I could incorporate them into my tarot practice more organically. But it didn’t take me too long to realise this deck has more to offer than that. About the Heavenly Bodies Astrology cards For…
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Quiet Rebel Tarot
Sometimes you see a deck and you just know it’s for you. That’s how I felt the very first time I saw the Quiet Rebel Oracle even though I’m not nearly as drawn to oracle decks as I am to tarot. You can imagine how happy I was to discover there was a Quiet Rebel Tarot. Fortunately for me, or maybe for Lyn, she offers them as a package. So rather than having to decide which deck, I just bought them both. But this post is focused on the tarot deck. I’ll warn you now that I love everything about these decks — the approach, the artwork, the humour —…
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Fantasy Garden Tarot
As someone who has been drawn to the power, importance, and influence of place for as long as I can remember, the Fantasy Garden Tarot was a natural fit for me. I didn’t know that at the time though. When I went looking for “birthday decks” on Etsy I was simply looking for decks that offered something different to those I already had in my collection. Dmytro Ryzhak’s ballpoint pen drawings fit that criteria. But, this deck just kept on giving. When I flipped open the very brief bilingual guidebook I read that the basis for the deck was to highlight the importance of the landscape. In other words, they…
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For the love of collage
As someone who has many, many collage tarot decks, some of which I’ve listed below, Antique Anatomy, Tarot of Mystical Moments, Rosebud Tarot, Hoodoo Tarot, Boadicea’s Tarot of Earthly Delights, Voyager Tarot – my first ever tarot deck, The Relative Tarot, The Quiet Rebel Tarot, The Magical Hours Tarot, Grimalkin’s Curious Cats Tarot, The Dreamkeepers Tarot, The Starchild Tarot Akashic, The Ephemeral Tarot The Muse Tarot, Journey of the Sacred Bee Tarot, Crow Tarot, The Intuitive Night Goddess Tarot, Golden Tarot it was only a matter of time before I decided to try collaging myself. Tarot and Collage But before I move on to that I want to say a…
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The 7 of Cups spread is a great way to explore ideas
This 7 of Cups spread was inspired by the 7 of Cups from the Superlunaris Tarot. I was looking at the individual cups and I thought rather than generalising it to having multiple options, or daydreaming, or ungrounded ideas and so on I’d look at what each cup might have to offer. Possible applications The 7 of Cups spread layout An example To share a brief example of the 7 of Cups Spread I asked the questions in relation to this website. I was surprised to see the Knight of Cups come up in the same position as the first time I used the spread which you can see pictured…
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Tarot of the Cosmic Seed
I have tried to write about Tarot of the Cosmic Seed several times but each time I started I felt I wasn’t getting to the heart of the deck. In fact it felt like I was barely skimming the surface. Then the other day I used the deck as part of my morning writing practice and things started to fall into place. This deck for me is the poster child for Joseph Campbell’s oft quoted, If you can see your path laid out in front of you step by step, you know it’s not your path. It speaks to the freedom loving part of my nature that I often try…
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Way of the Panda Tarot
I felt like it was time for a total change of pace and the Way of the Panda Tarot felt like the perfect choice. It is so easy to get caught up in things, believe me I know. I started writing about The Hoodoo Tarot and next thing I know I’m researching my family tree and preparing to spit into test tubes to discover my ancestral DNA. But, sometimes you just have sit back and relax. So now I’m spending time with the inhabitants of Panda Kingdom as I slowly work my way through the add-on book. Reading about Pandalf the Magician and Panda Hercules brought a smile to my…
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The Hoodoo Tarot
The Hoodoo Tarot sits on my desk alongside my other “ancestral work” decks, The Relative Tarot, The Beloved Dead Oracle, and The Witch’s Shadow Work Oracle. The Rosebud Tarot sits on the bookshelf beside me. Having decided to spend some time studying this deck though, notions of cultural appropriation started surfacing and I started to wonder whether it was okay to do so. I knew I was drawn to the deck itself and that I loved the stories and the artwork. But, in reading Tayannah Lee McQuillar’s Introduction I questioned whether this was wrong since, as far as I am aware, I don’t have “a distinct lineage in North America”…
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The High Priestess: An intuitive approach
As I look at the Pagan Otherworlds High Priestess my focus is drawn to the open book. But why? I’m not sure yet so I just simplify things. How? By asking basic questions. What sort of book could it be? Since she’s the High Priestess I’m imagining it’s a book of secrets so I’m going to say it’s a journal. But why is she holding it like that? It doesn’t look natural. She’s gripping it. Is it someone else’s journal and she has just discovered something she wishes she hadn’t? Then a thought starts to form. How often do we go searching for truths that we don’t want to find?…
