AUTHOR'S NOTE: For my purpose here I've tweaked the business-management definition of economy of scale to read: "a proportionate saving in effort gained by an increased level of organization." The idea is that - up to a point - the broader the range of facts presented for analysis, the more productive it is to identify … Continue reading Economies of Scale: A Lenormand Conundrum
The Tarot Reading As “Mind-Map”
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I've been juggling so many interesting essay topics lately that I had to look at the planets transiting my natal horoscope to see what's going on. As I might have guessed, it turns out that just as the Sun makes its ingress into dramatic Leo, transiting Mercury is also in Leo in the … Continue reading The Tarot Reading As “Mind-Map”
Knighting in the Spotlight
I learned something valuable about the oblique influence of knighting in a recent Grand Tableau reading. The male querent was interested in finding a new job, so I asked him if he wanted a specific career reading or a full "life-reading." He said he wanted "life." (I asked him "Life without parole? You're already married, … Continue reading Knighting in the Spotlight
Cards in Containment: A Lenormand Epiphany
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I recently commented online regarding a handful of Lenromand readings being offered for second opinions that sent me down this particular rabbit hole. In astrology there is the concept of "planets in containment," which examines the significance of a planet that sits between the zodiacal locations of two other planets without regard for … Continue reading Cards in Containment: A Lenormand Epiphany
The Unseen Map: “Here Be Dragons”
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I just came across the idea that an unpopulated tarot spread (prior to laying the cards) represents an "unseen map of the question" (this coming once again from Vincent Pitisci's Genius of the Tarot, my current "morning-treadmill" read). This squares well with my own premise that the spread positions represent "signposts" or "way-points" … Continue reading The Unseen Map: “Here Be Dragons”
“New Position” Gap-Analysis Spread
AUTHOR'S NOTE: One of the questions I encounter quite often on the web is whether anyone has a job-search or career-change spread to offer or recommend. I have several, but here I've created one that will be useful for any scenario where a current position must be compared to a proposed or potential new one. … Continue reading “New Position” Gap-Analysis Spread
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
“The End of the Innocence*”
AUTHOR'S NOTE: As I continue to carve a curmudgeonly swath through the "haze of woo" that modern tarot reading (and, I'm beginning to discover, a good many of the other mystical and shamanistic arts) has become, I feel a bit like an "Angel of the Apocalypse" in my clarion-call for a more disciplined (and by … Continue reading “The End of the Innocence*”
Context as “Master Key”
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I picked another random thought out of Vincent Pistisci's Genius of the Tarot that is worth contemplating. For most of us, the suit symbolism of the minor and court cards is the essential factor in determining their general "theme" (the specific images on the cards confer more precise anecdotal import). The "cameo" version … Continue reading Context as “Master Key”
The Lenormand Key: “This Is The Way”
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Here I'm pinching the motto of the Mandalorians from the Disney Star Wars expansion series to explain what the Key card in Lenormand means as an expression of "Yes." I've always found the interpretation of the Key in a reading to be awkward. OK, it means "Yes," but "Yes, what?" It seems to … Continue reading The Lenormand Key: “This Is The Way”
