It has always seemed to me that the Hanged Man gets a bad rap. After all, patience is a virtue and in my experience the “sacrifice” almost universally applied to interpretation of this card often means relinquishing time or initiative rather than irretrievable loss of anything more concrete. Inaction can even be the most prudent … Continue reading Hangin’ Out
Month: August 2017
“Double Whammy” Yes-or-No Sample Reading
I performed a test reading with the "Yes-or-No" spread posted earlier, using the Fournier Tarot de Marseille. I asked a simple question about whether an upcoming activity would turn out well. (Note that where the cards are bi-directional, I consider them to be upright). Card #1: 10 of Cups - Cups = Yes; Upright = … Continue reading “Double Whammy” Yes-or-No Sample Reading
The “Double Whammy” Yes-or-No Spread
This is an intense little spread that is more complicated than it looks. It uses only the 56 suit cards and also two standard dice, and is designed around the astronomical Earth-Sun-Moon cycle. The waxing lunar cycle builds toward "Yes" and the waning cycle fades toward "No." The idea is to first lay out the … Continue reading The “Double Whammy” Yes-or-No Spread
2017 Solar Eclipse in the Sibly USA Chart
I just compared the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse chart to the Sibly USA birth-chart. The degree of the eclipse in the USA 9th House is opposed the USA natal Moon within a little more than one degree. Looks like a time of great emotional unrest (but also awareness), hand-wringing and gnashing of teeth. It will … Continue reading 2017 Solar Eclipse in the Sibly USA Chart
2017 Total Eclipse Event Charts
Here are the event charts I cast for the Total Solar Eclipse tomorrow. I used John Halloran's Astrology Deluxe Report Writer. For the first chart, I applied a time of 19:30 British Summer Time at Greenwich, England. It matches the AstroDienst chart erected for 18:30.06 UT at London, England. The second chart provides the map … Continue reading 2017 Total Eclipse Event Charts
Eclipse Mania
There are two ways to look at transiting "sky events." The more common one is to see how they relate to the natal chart positions of a person, organization, country, etc. If there are no meaningful contacts, there are usually no events (and quite often there are no events even when there are such contacts; … Continue reading Eclipse Mania
The “Fool’s Insight” Spread
This spread uses the Fool card from a second deck as a kind of impartial observer of the situation described in the reading. It represents an archetypal Inner Fool “holding up a mirror” ( the cards in the spread) to reflect the querent's wisdom or folly in the matter at hand. The idea for the … Continue reading The “Fool’s Insight” Spread
Location is Everything
As most experienced tarot readers know, the cards are less than stellar at identifying where an event forecast in a reading is likely to take place. Locations determined solely from the images are often far afield from the reality of the querent's circumstances. A related question is where a missing item has concealed itself. I … Continue reading Location is Everything
“Cheap Shots” #12: Running on Empty
Must be time for another cheap shot at something. I'm running out of things to rant about. Let's see . . . how about the disappearance or "mainstreaming" of New Age bookshops? It's not just the relentless rise of Amazon; it seems to me the "blush is off the rose" more than just a little. … Continue reading “Cheap Shots” #12: Running on Empty
The “Truth vs. Lies” Conflict-Resolution Spread
This spread weighs whether the true or false aspects of the querent's situation and environment will have the upper hand in determining who comes out on top in a conflict. (As I like to say when performing divination, "The good guys don't always win.") It has the feel of a "trial by combat" to it. … Continue reading The “Truth vs. Lies” Conflict-Resolution Spread
Parsifal's Wheel Tarot & Astrology 