The strangest tarot reading I’ve ever done was many years ago at an event I was working at in downtown Chicago. It was one of those casual walk-up situations where a venue paid me to provide readings to their customers. A young couple sat down, and the gentleman told me he wanted a reading because […]
Surprise! Like this image, interpreting a tarot card is like trying to unlock a riddle. Or a Rubik’s cube. You twist the card over in your brain and you look at it from every angle. Taking in all its sides, you start to see patterns emerging and unlock the puzzle by seeing how everything […]
Life is freaking hard. There are moments when it becomes surreal–situations that seem stranger than fiction are suddenly staring us down. Or, we experience tremendous loss, heartache, and pain. During intense moments of grief, when I’ve felt betrayed or shocked by life, I’ve asked myself these things: How can this person treat me this way? What […]
The Hanged Man tarot card is the poster child for tarot reversals. This card reminds us that sometimes yielding action is the best action, which is, of course, completely terrifying. Most of us want control all the time. I know I do! It sucks when things don’t go according to plan. Or when we recognize […]
It took me a long time to get love right. I was always drawn to the absolute wrong people. It was the ones with the insane charisma, the folks lighting up the room, that I drifted towards. I was like a moth to a freaking flame. How predictable. After many heartbreaks, I realized the folks […]
We talk about the Major Arcana cards as the cards of spirit or soul, and the Minor Arcana cards as our day-to-day. But what does it mean to have cards that represent the soul? The soul is in constant flux, and the Major Arcana cards show us the place our spirit’s been hanging out. I […]
We all want to know what the future holds. Even I’ve sought out psychics to get a glimpse of what’s around the bend. (Unfortunately, I can read for everyone but myself! I, too, seek out experts.) The challenge is that the future is shaped by the now. And what is happening now can tell you […]
Recently I got to thinking about tarot and trauma. We all know that tarot is a great wellness tool. It shouldn’t replace therapy, but working with tarot can be a powerful visual aid to healing. We talk a lot about the tarot as a spiritual tool, but I rarely hear people talk about tarot and […]
What a fallacy control is. I was raised to believe that if you worked hard and were a good person, life would reward you. It was also instilled in me that you had the power to change your life and control your path. While I do believe we have free will and choice, the reality […]
The spiritual community often talks about energies being of a high or low vibration. High-vibration energies are considered to be connected to Spirit, the Divine, Gods, Goddesses, and the Higher Self (to name a few). Tarot readers, reiki healers, and all manner of spiritual practitioners sometimes talk about raising their own vibrations in order to […]