Reading with majors only is very prevalent in Europe with the TdM, including among professional readers. However I seriously question that reading with pips is only a new phenomenon because if that were the case I doubt the pips would have survived for so long as part of the tarot instead of being s...

I’m with the French on this. Positions are, in my mind, an unnecessary extra step that exists mainly as an artifact from the Golden Dawn and their descendants. Both Waite and Crowley were dismissive of the Tarot for divination, and intended their decks to be used for esoteric study/growth and for us...

Hi Merrick :) Apologies for the delay in submitting a question, but I've been thinking a lot on how to go about framing this. I usually refrain from asking any relationship questions, but here goes my desperation. There's this guy I've been chatting with for the last 2 years. We both live in differ...

It's possible to draw cards from different decks - that would prevent this problem. It might even be interesting to pick a different deck for each spread position. And what I nearly always do for deep insight readings is permutations. I move the cards from one position to the next. I always like to...

Thank you for trusting me with such an important question! I will do the reading soon and get back to you.

Well my friend, you always ask such good questions, I just hope my burgeoning Lenormand skills are up to the task!

Joan I’m sure your skills are far more formidable than mine!

I will get back to you soon with a question. Likely something from the Dune universe...

Hi iMoodyCrab! Thanks for reading for me. My question is work focused, specifically what will my work situation look like at the end of this pandemic? Seems salient these days. I’m an essential worker but not in healthcare. I look forward to seeing your reading!

Hello iMoodyCrab! I look forward to reading for you. Let me know your question when you get the chance.

Also, I have no data, but I just have the impression that historical decks aren't usually purchased in the metaphysical shoppes. I've bought decks in those places, but never a TdM or the like and, honestly, the reason I started focusing on TdM was, at least in part, because it felt removed from tha...

Merrick, I read your post yesterday and it reminded me of some extensive notes I made in my early tarot research. So I found the files and - goodness - all that poring through books of early woodcuts, emblems, oneirocritica, calendar books etc.etc.... The historical timelines, my imaginary reconstr...

I have the Ben-Dov as well! It is very readable.

I have five decks (five and a half if you count the triumphs-only Noblet set). Of those, two are Marseille (Noblet and CBD), one is a Minchiate, one is the RWS Centennial and the other is Thoth. I don’t read with Thoth, I just don’t gel with it (for now anyway). Of the decks I do use, the Minchiate ...

I think scepticism is always a good thing, and turning anything into a dogma makes me suspicious. I can't tell you how sick I am of reading again and again: start with RWS, all the books are about RWS, RWS is best etc. If you raise beginners on nothing but RWS, you get in the end dogmatics who don'...

Sorry for this longish post, much of what you wrote resonates with me. I regret that I have but one thank you button to click for this post! I think you’ve hit the idea I was trying to convey right on the head. I want to use the imagery as it would have appeared to people of the period, keeping in ...

Hi Kare! Looking forward to working with you on this.

My question is how do I work through the current emotional/energetic blockage I’m experiencing?

I look forward to seeing your reading.

I’ll join as well, sounds like fun!

Hello there RachelCat! I’m looking forward to doing this reading with you. Please let me know what question you have or what topic you’d like me to cover. I will be using my trusty Flornoy Noblet deck for this reading. A reminder on the spread for this month: This month, we'll tackle a full-deck ver...

Hi mods, please delete this post as I’ve decided to shelve my search for this deck at this time. Thanks!

In the last few months I have delved very deeply into the tarot waters. While my initial mission was to not have assigned meanings to each card, I ended up doing the opposite, accruing so many meanings to each card that I could pick and choose at will based on the question and the context of the oth...

Benebell did mention in a recent video that she is expecting to do a third edition but it won’t be until around 2023 IIRC and she said it would probably look quite different from the first two editions. I’ve also been seeking out a SKT without success yet (not willing to pay exorbitant extortion pri...

Pen wrote: ↑07 Apr 2020, 15:34 as far as I remember the I Ching gives quite specific answers, and the first time I used it the answer was a shock and I never touched it again.

In my experience the I Ching pulls no punches. I don’t use it for little questions.

I can see some yellowish wisps on the figure’s shoulders, is that what you mean?

I have less than 10 total. There are a lot of cool tarot decks out there but I try to only own ones I’ll actually use, and when I view a deck through that lens many that I think are very visually arresting don’t actually make the cut. There are some I would give my eye teeth for, but I don’t have un...