AUTHOR'S NOTE: The art of correctly divining the course of large-scale human events (as opposed to purely natural phenomena) on the world stage is one that has intrigued fortune-tellers since Elizabethan astrologer William Lilly predicted the Great Fire of London in 1666. In my own work, these occasions are primarily sociopolitical in scope, and the … Continue reading “Through A Glass Darkly” – Predicting World Events
Tarot Readings
Lunar Month Look-Ahead for October-November 2023
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I intend to perform a New Moon reading promptly for every month in which I remember to do so, but I don't always succeed; so here is my slightly-delayed personal Lunar Month forecast for the cycle that began with the New Moon on October 14, 2023. I'm using the latest version of this … Continue reading Lunar Month Look-Ahead for October-November 2023
The Actors and the Plot: The Dramatis Personae of the Tarot
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I've always felt that the purpose of working with the tarot on a regular basis is to acquire wisdom and thus to become more savvy day-by-day. Our daily experiences are often a product of our mental state, except to the extent that we're in thrall to the agenda of someone else, either individually … Continue reading The Actors and the Plot: The Dramatis Personae of the Tarot
The “So What?” Moment
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I'm indebted to a fellow r/tarot contributor for expanding my vocabulary of exclamatory responses to the surprising things I encounter in tarot readings (although this one may be more routine than exceptional and will understandably evoke a dismissive "Ehh"). We've all heard of the "Aha!" moment, the instant during a reading when an … Continue reading The “So What?” Moment
Another Missing Person Case and A Fascinating Convergence
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I won't go into the anecdotal details of this missing person case, but I wanted to mention the fact that three different assessments of the situation - a revealing horary astrology projection and two tarot readings - produced remarkably consistent results. A teenager has been missing for nearly two years and the search … Continue reading Another Missing Person Case and A Fascinating Convergence
Syncretic Cartomancy: A Threefold Divination*
*Syncretism: The union of different practices whose features may be synchronized to good effect. AUTHOR'S NOTE: In the past I have occasionally dabbled in two-phase readings using cards from different disciplines in a single spread, usually tarot and Lenormand or an oracle deck. As I spend more time and effort looking into traditional cartomancy while … Continue reading Syncretic Cartomancy: A Threefold Divination*
Lunar Month Look-Ahead for August-September 2023*
* This reading is for the lunar month beginning on the New Moon of August 16, not the calendar month of August. AUTHOR'S NOTE: In this reading I'm incorporating the most recent changes to the Lunar Month Look-Ahead spread that I've developed over the last few years. It reflects both an update to my lunar-month … Continue reading Lunar Month Look-Ahead for August-September 2023*
The “Mandala of Revealing” Decision-Making Spread
AUTHOR'S NOTE: This is another "mixed-media" spread that uses tarot cards and a single six-sided die as a "pointer." Instead of just posting the spread and following up with an example reading tomorrow, I combined the two in this post. (The images are from the Magical Tarot of the Golden Dawn by Pat Zelewski and … Continue reading The “Mandala of Revealing” Decision-Making Spread
Harmony’s End: A Lenormand Perspective
AUTHOR'S NOTE: This is a grim subject that may distress some readers. I have a number of Lenormand and tarot essays stacking up in the queue but I wanted to get this one out while the topic is still current. As a follow-up to my recent post on the use of the Lenormand oracle for … Continue reading Harmony’s End: A Lenormand Perspective
Rethinking the “Four Winds” Spread
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I've come across examples of the "Four Winds" spread in more than one publication. Its premise is that the classical "winds" that blow from the four quarters of the Earth can be equated to the four aspects of the human psyche, Spiritual, Intellectual, Emotional and Physical. (The inspiration for "rethinking" this spread came … Continue reading Rethinking the “Four Winds” Spread
