These days everyone is a pop psychologist. In the minds of the culturally over-stimulated, every egotistical high-achiever who exhibits the slightest lack of empathy is labeled a "narcissist," and any borderline misfit who ever harbors a dark thought is automatically branded a "sociopath." The fact that few of these assumptions would satisfy the medical definition … Continue reading Donald Trump’s “Quintessence” Profile
The Quick, the Dead and the In-Between: A “State of Undoing” Table
The fundamental quandary in any missing-person reading is whether the cards describe the absent party as alive, deceased or somewhere in-between (injured, ill, captive, physically abused, etc.) Most tarot professionals consider the very idea of contemplating physical death to be borderline unethical, but any extended missing-person scenario must inevitably confront the possibility, if only in … Continue reading The Quick, the Dead and the In-Between: A “State of Undoing” Table
What Happened to Ricky? – A Missing Person Reading
UPDATE: Ricky Perez was found safe by Londonderry police. As is typical in these cases, no additional information was provided, obviously in the interest of maintaining privacy. I'm counting this one as a predictive success based on the original pull. https://www.wmur.com/article/officers-need-help-finding-missing-boy/29377332 Original Post: Ricardo "Ricky" Perez, a 15-year-old youth from Londonderry, NH, went missing early … Continue reading What Happened to Ricky? – A Missing Person Reading
A “Rorschach Tarot” Example Reading
The "test throw" I included in my original post on this subject was in fact based on a legitimate question so I decided to use it to illustrate this method of reading. The situation centers on an upcoming gathering of a large group of people at the home of one of the parties, and the … Continue reading A “Rorschach Tarot” Example Reading
A Missing-Person Scorecard
Keeping track of the outcome of my missing-person readings has been challenging. Frequently, the authorities aren't forthcoming with information, either in the interest of protecting the integrity of an investigation or of preserving the family's privacy, and the local media outlets seldom publish updated articles on old cases. I'm generally left in the dark unless … Continue reading A Missing-Person Scorecard
Rorschach Tarot
Whenever I despair of coming up with fresh ideas for tarot spreads, I reach deep for inspiration. If I may say so, this one could be a winner for all the reasons I usually dismiss in spread creation: it's free-form and completely unstructured; it's nuclear rather than linear, resembling a "vortex" like the Lenormand Grand … Continue reading Rorschach Tarot
Big Fish, Little Fish, Old Fish, New Fish
Not long ago, after I was published for the second or third time in The Cartomancer and had made a few appearances in the American Tarot Association's monthly and quarterly publications, while at the same time seeing my professional reading career display tiny sparks of life (so what has changed?), my sister-in-law said to me … Continue reading Big Fish, Little Fish, Old Fish, New Fish
The Tarot Classic Deck Interview
Since many of you will have read my previous thoughts on the subject and perhaps some of the several "deck interviews" I've posted here, let me reiterate. I'm not one who believes that tarot decks have distinct personalities, nor that they possess speech other than what we endow them with through a convenient form of … Continue reading The Tarot Classic Deck Interview
And the Band Played On
Since the American political "stew," which has been at a steady simmer for a long time, appears to be about to come to a full, raging boil again, I figured I should take a look at the Democrats' chances for impeaching Donald Trump. I used my "Enemy at the Gates" vulnerability spread with my favorite … Continue reading And the Band Played On
Aristotle’s Theorem: A Situational Gestalt Spread
I've started creating spreads specifically for use with the Tarot de Marseille (but certainly not limited to it). Here is my most recent one, a sophisticated layout that can be read in whole or in discrete parts, three cards at a time or the entire 24-point tableau plus knighting. I built it around an industrial … Continue reading Aristotle’s Theorem: A Situational Gestalt Spread
Parsifal's Wheel Tarot & Astrology 