We first met - DarkWing, Diana, firemaiden and I - at the end of 2002. It was a different world. A kinder time... but more than anything it was a time of burgeoning curiosity. For the first time, what had been for most, a niche or solitary interest suddenly blossomed into a world-wide web of like-mi...

I voted 'little' - but I'm not sure I have the space to sign up this month.

In a reading, L'Amoureux can lead me to widely varying interpretations depending on question and context. But essentially it concerns matters of Love. I can't, however, discard the notions of 'choice' and 'crossroads entirely. To explain... On occasion, the Pope, the Lover and the Chariot form a pro...

I have to ask (not being argumentative, I really want to know). Can someone define the “negative energy” they’re trying to remove from a tarot deck by knocking on it, storing it with a crystal, purifying in ‘moonlight’, or smudging, etc.? Light, is the result of the alteration of matter (I'll allow...

Valet D Dinies (jack of coins)+ 10 of coins: There is quite a bit going on here, a lot really. It looks like you have a lot of ideas, many nuggets of creates inspiration that seize you, that come to you but you seem to want to distill all these ideas into one. It's almost as if you are looking for ...

Thanks for the feedback, Charlie Brown. Glad the reading was of some use... although the King and World dancer at Vegas is boggling my mind - not sure I'll ever be able to unsee that

Wonderful to see you here, Dan!

A fascinating reading Qndynes, thank you!
I want to take awhile to mull it fully before giving feedback. But in the meantime, thank you.

Just pondering... ... about how adaptive Water can be. Whatever the ambient temperature it will change its form to conform, chameleon-like. ... and about how different the qualities of its different forms are. Like the riddle of the dead body in a locked room lying in a shallow puddle of water - the...

The idea of applying keywords to the TdM feels like an oxymoron to me. I mean the Major arcana speak for themselves with their keywords already attached. I've never thought of the card titles being keywords. The titles are descriptors, not a compressed meaning. Keywords are merely a starting point t...

These four elements are not all equal. Which goes against a lot of what I used to believe – that there is no hierarchy in the four suits. I didn’t want to accept that there was no hierarchy. But when one examines these elements, it seems not to be the case. I believe that the Water element is the m...

6) The instruments have a configuration... ... with only minor variations in the suits of swords and batons. In the suits of cups and coins the configuration of the instruments from two, three, four to five is the same - understandably so - to keep the instruments the same size, there are limited co...

Sorry about the poor photos and messy layout - still learning

Hi Charlie Brown, Your question concerned a family trip, and you asked what you should look for in a destination. We discussed the key card. I rejected the Fool because ‘destination’ was central to your question and, for me, the Fool has no destination. You suggested the suit of Cups, perhaps indica...

Hi Qndynes, and thank you. My question concerns a lack of creative focus. I've had fallow periods before, but rarely as long as this. I'm also not sure why I'm feeling so vague and uninspired. I guess I'd be interested to know why, and what I might do to find direction. As for the key card, I suppos...

Hi Charlie Brown, I'm presuming that this would be a holiday... a break without a specific purpose other than leisure? As for the key card, the obvious might be the Fool, but I don't feel it's an appropriate fit for the question. I think a Cavalier - one who journeys on behalf of his 'family' - migh...

Thanks, Charlie.
Would you prefer I use the Noblet, Grimaud or Conver repro?
I've re-read the instructions thread and think I understand.
Do you have your question?

Count me in, please

I think this dates back to the drawing of the Waite Colman Smith deck, conceived less than a decade after the death of Queen Empress Victoria. That Pamela Colman Smith drew the Empress - in her Laura Ashley nightie - the height of bohemian fashion, I see as very much a revolt against the stultifying...

Such a fascinating thread, thank you. It's interesting that both Golden Dawn and Crowley regard the 6 of Cups as a particularly positive card. The Golden Dawn speaks of 'accomplishment'; Crowley says it is the Lord of Pleasure, and that the 6s represent their elements at their practical best. But I'...

There’s a wealth of material at Aeclectic - www.tarotforum.net
See Tarot Special Interest > Thoth Tarot.
The ‘sticky’ index is at the top.

I've used the Convos deck - a more recent TdM by the Swiss artist Otto Spalinger. I made a thread about this deck and how it came into being. How lovely to have a deck signed by the artist. It looks relatively small? One of the reasons I like the Noblet is that its smaller than average and thus eas...

Y'know, there are two things that have always sat uncomfortably with me in the online tarot-world... advice-giving, and the claim 'I've been reading longer than anyone else'. They make me wince. There's something so utterly un-self-aware about such proclamations. And I kinda expect tarot readers to ...

Thank you, Diana. There’s so much that resonates. The horses! You wouldn’t have known that I’m afraid of horses - not phobic, just extremely wary of their size and unpredictability. And that’s a perfect metaphor for my feelings about these people. There’s a lot of them, and they’re so open and welco...

PS - I’m struggling with typing on the iPad. It might be that I need to come back to our conversation at the weekend. In the meantime... ~whispers... I’ve never seen The Matrix