AUTHOR'S NOTE: It's a foregone conclusion among modern diviners that attempting to predict someone's death is a forbidden topic from both an ethical and legal standpoint. But it wasn't always so. Historically, astrologers - particularly horary practitioners - routinely forecast the "time of decumbiture" at which an ailing individual retired to his or her bed, … Continue reading “Checking Out” – Is It in the Cards?
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Prepping the Celtic Cross for Elemental Dignities
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Before I begin, I should mention that my personal version of the venerable Celtic Cross (CC) spread is based on Eden Gray's model from her 1960 book, The Tarot Revealed, and not on A.E. Waite's Christian-inflected design from The Pictorial Key to the Tarot. Gray made a couple of significant changes that alter … Continue reading Prepping the Celtic Cross for Elemental Dignities
Grooming the Significator
AUTHOR'S NOTE: The classic Celtic Cross spread requires the use of a court card to represent the person for whom the reading is being done (the querent, seeker or sitter) or any other card that is appropriate to the subject of the inquiry. This is the first card placed on the table, and all of … Continue reading Grooming the Significator
The Power of “Past Prediction” in Tarot Reading
AUTHOR'S NOTE: The simple "past-present-future" predictive reading is such an integral part of the tarot practitioner's toolbox that we usually perform it without thinking too much about exactly what we're doing. In practical terms, examining events and circumstances that have already transpired and can no longer be affected by our active intervention would seem to … Continue reading The Power of “Past Prediction” in Tarot Reading
Parsifal's Wheel Tarot & Astrology 