Inspired by SanTarot over on YouTube, I decided to do a reading with three decks blended into one. I used three of the four Chris-Anne decks I own – The Muse Tarot, The Tarot of Curious Creatures and The Light Seer’s Tarot – because I knew colour-, size- and energy-wise they would blend well. They did and WOW! The logistics of working with blended decks Before I get into the reading, let me start with the logistics. I have big hands and I shuffle decks every day, and truth be told I managed to hold all three decks in my hand at once, but then I had no idea what…

An exercise that strengthens your ability to use a single tarot card to answer questions and to think creatively.

I have an English degree but that’s not to say I only used tarot for my creative writing tasks. Tarot helped me with my sociology and history academic essays as well. That might sound a tad strange but it’s true nevertheless. Tarot can help with and inspire ideas for all forms of writing. Though as a writing aid for creative writing it excels. These are the five suggestions covered in this post: So let’s get started. 1. To get you over a “where to now?” moment As someone who writes daily, I have found tarot great for getting me over the “where to now” moments. This applies whether I’ve been…

I see The Hermit in many ways however I don’t really associate him with the “dark night of the soul” that I’ve heard others suggest. At his core, for me he represents going within to uncover and discover the inner wisdom we all possess. Wisdom that develops when we integrate knowledge with experience, hindsight, and our core values. It’s The Hermit that encourages us to spend time alone in order to connect with ourselves and reflect upon our thoughts, actions and beliefs. For me, he defines the philosophy of the Into the Lonely Woods oracle. Sometimes, I would suggest more often than we allow ourselves, we need to spend some…

When it comes to highlighting tarot cards, The Hierophant may seem like a strange choice, but, that is the very reason I chose to start with this card. I feel many people aren’t a huge fan of The Hierophant because of how it’s represented in some decks. That’s a real shame because there is so much wisdom to be gained through a deep dive, hey even a shallow dive, into the messages contained within. Barbara Moore writes of The Hierophant in Tarot In Wonderland: The Hierophant doesn’t represent how to think as to the importance of what to think.’ She adds, ‘What we accept as the “truth” about the world…

The short answer to why I don’t like yes/no tarot questions is that I find them disempowering. The slightly longer answer is that in asking the cards whether I should or shouldn’t do something, or whether something will or won’t happen the way I want it to, gives the cards an extreme amount of power over me. I love tarot cards but I don’t use them to tell me what to do. To do so is a dangerous practice. I don’t believe the cards should rule my life. Nor do I believe that’s their purpose. I believe they can be used to guide us, enlighten us, encourage us, inspire us,…

Imagine opening an email and rather than seeing someone trying to sell you something or another email from the boss, you saw insights into a situation that has been bothering you. That’s one of the many benefits of email readings. We communicate via email and in written form in general now because it crosses distance barriers and because it ensures that those involved have something tangible to refer back to. This for me is the greatest benefit of tarot readings delivered via email. All the information is laid out in front of you and you can take it in as, and when, you are ready. Research shows that we can…