Learning the Cards – Untangling Tarot

Intermeadiate, Interpretation, Learning the Cards, Major Arcana, Music

Judge-y Cards (Justice and Judgement)

Wren

Justice and Judgement might be the most-frequently compared (or questioned) pair of cards in the majors. What I see them having in common is (the potential for) clear sight. True…Continue readingJudge-y Cards (Justice and Judgement)

Building Blocks, Intermeadiate, Interpretation, Learning the Cards, Major Arcana, Overview

An Alternative Order for the Majors

Wren

One of the most interesting tarot things I’ve learned in the last month is how the majors were not originally numbered. (That link includes the typical list, 22 cards numbered…Continue readingAn Alternative Order for the Majors

Learning the Cards, Major Arcana, Overview, Readings

Major Arcana – the fifth suit

Wren

These are the archetypal and original storytelling cards of the tarot. The oldest majors have people (or humanoid) forms, even if the rest of the deck – the minors –…Continue readingMajor Arcana – the fifth suit

Cups, Intermeadiate, Interpretation, Learning the Cards, Major Arcana, Minor Arcana, Music

Pairing – comparing The Lovers and 2 of Cups

Wren

The Lovers is the sixth card in the Major Arcana. The 2 of cups is from the minors (one of the four suits I talk about here). The main distinction…Continue readingPairing – comparing The Lovers and 2 of Cups

Cups, Interpretation, Learning the Cards, Minor Arcana

2 of Cups (comparing examples)

Wren

2 of Cups Like the Lovers card, the 2 of cups can refer to a couple, cooperation, a pair. But there is also a constancy here that may be absent…Continue reading2 of Cups (comparing examples)

Interpretation, Learning the Cards, Major Arcana

The Lovers (comparing examples)

Wren

My first set of cards to contrast are The Lovers and the 2 of cups. Each of these cards portrays a happy pairing, and is generally considered a fortuitous card…Continue readingThe Lovers (comparing examples)

Basics, Interpretation, Learning the Cards, Minor Arcana

The Four Suits – The Four Elements

Wren

Here’s a bit of context for some of the terms you’ll see in a lot of discussions about individual cards: Minor Arcana, suits, and elements. The Minor Arcana make up…Continue readingThe Four Suits – The Four Elements

Interpretation, Learning the Cards, Music, Wands

Using Music as a Tarot Study Tool – A New Series. (Suggestions for a cool name accepted.)

Wren

One of the ways I explain tarot to the curious (or nervous) is to describe it as a picture book for grown-ups. That the whole of the human condition is…Continue readingUsing Music as a Tarot Study Tool – A New Series. (Suggestions for a cool name accepted.)

Building Blocks, Decks, Interpretation, Minor Arcana

Two of Wands (10 examples)

Wren

I always say that the deck a reader chooses is as much a part of the reading as the cards that are pulled. There are many decks that have a…Continue readingTwo of Wands (10 examples)

Basics, Learning the Cards

What is Tarot?

Wren

The basic answer begins with the physical deck itself. A tarot deck is made up of 78 cards, 52 of them analogous to the 52-card deck you are familiar with…Continue readingWhat is Tarot?

Category: Learning the Cards