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…
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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…
How To Prepare For Your Tarot Reading
A beneficial, insightful and ultimately helpful Tarot reading will be an honest one. An essential part of preparing for a Tarot reading involves your own honest assessment of your willingness to know – your willingness to know and acknowledge information which might be confronting, and which may radically challenge your deeply held perceptions of a…
How The Tarot Can Help You Heal Your Body
As we have expanded our awareness of what the human physical body actually is – a beautifully coherent and sophisticated bio-energetic system – our concepts of what disease is have also expanded. We now are integrating the understanding that all disease and illness stem from the unresolved issues held in the emotional body. Disease and…
The Tarot of Spiritual Awakening and Lightwork
This topic is really very dear to my heart. I came to Tarot through my own spiritual awakening – I had myself received the deep healing and expansion of perspective that the Tarot helped provide. This brings up something I feel is critical for a truly effective and meaningful Tarot praxis: practitioners of Tarot greatly…