Here is a summary of the essential differences between more traditional [Tarot] readings, and therapeutic intuitive counseling – the latter being the type of counseling I practice (and advocate!). These guidelines are not limited to intuitive work with Tarot, but are generally applicable to all sorts of intuitive work, including astrology.
Category: Tarot
The High Priestess: A Framework For Intuitive Counseling & Client-Therapist Interaction
The lunar symbols on the High Priestess’s crown and at her feet reflect an ancient association with the moon and psychic receptivity. By psychic, I refer not only to abilities such as ESP and clairvoyance. Psychic means “of the soul.” -Paul Quinn The High Priestess is the quintessential archetype pointing us in the direction of…
Intuitive Readings: Frequently Asked Questions
Tara, are you the right intuitive counselor for me? My readings/counseling consultations are really focused on therapeutic insight (insight and information that has therapeutic value), meaningful guidance, helping the person I work with get some perspective on their situation, and helping them to come away with more clarity and a sense of being empowered to…
Shadow Work: Healing on Behalf of the Collective
The Moon archetype in the Tarot helps us to understand our individual and collective relationship with the Shadow: the Moon cues us into the location of our shadow material – where we can find it, and how it makes itself known. Much like the crayfish emerging from the water on the Moon card, the shadow…
The Spiritual Elegance of Surrender – The Hanged Man
Two Sundays ago my stepdad called to say that his dear friend, a woman whom I had known only for a few short months, passed away on Good Friday. He was shocked by the sudden news of her passing, but I was not.
Is my reader “psychic enough”?
Last week (it looks like my blog posts are increasingly inspired by the interactions I am having!) I met someone who asked how “specific” I was as a reader, and whether I would be able to identify whether someone had “cancer.” I proceeded to explain to him that identifying details such as “cancer” or “leukaemia”…
Revisiting the relationship between Tarot and “the future”
Last week I attended an event and met someone who said to me that she was reticent about tarot readings because of an experience she had: she had a reading, and nothing the reader predicted “came true.” Because of her experience she was not only disappointed, but skeptical about the value a Tarot reading could…
Relationship Readings: Working with the Tarot
Readings on relationships are one of the most significant kinds of readings a Tarot practitioner performs. Catalysts of our evolution, development and awakening, romantic intimate relationships cannot but be paid the highest attention in the human collective experience. I decided to brainstorm the ways in which the Tarot can help us improve our experience of…
Your Tarot Reading: Three Things To Keep In Mind
Your Inner Being, your Higher Self, your Spiritual Entourage, will raise what is most important. Here’s the thing: your Inner Being/Higher Self/Higher Mind/Spiritual Entourage calls the shots during the course of your Tarot reading. Your Inner Being has one single priority: to communicate the message that you MOST need to understand and assimilate at the…
Talking Tarot: Interview with Ashley Oppon of Dreadlock Tarot
It has been my absolute pleasure to get to know Ashley Oppon, of Dreadlock Tarot. Based in New Jersey, Ashley is an intuitive counselor who works with the Tarot, Lenormand, and Spiritual Response Therapy (SRT). (I was also really intrigued by Ashley’s cool way of naming her Tarot reading offers). We got to chatting in…