As you celebrate the solstice, Yule, Christmas, the full moon, New Year’s, or whatever else is coming up, consider which of your rituals are habitual and which are intentional. Then consider why.

Musings, Tarot tipsThomas the HermitDecember 20, 2023rituals, habits, intention-setting, setting intentions, magick, Qabalah, reading tarot, practical reading, practical magicComment

The May Flower Oracle Divination Challenge

Spend the month working with sixteen self-reflective questions for tarot or oracle readings (or journaling with no cards), inspired by meaningful May flowers.

Musings, Divination challengesThomas the HermitApril 26, 2023divination challenges, flowers, language of flowers, correspondences, sympathetic magic, magick, magic, oracle, questions, self-reflectionComment

Working with Spirit(s)

I don’t talk about the spiritual part of my work a lot, but I should.

MusingsThomas the HermitNovember 5, 2022spirituality, spirits, religion, magic, magick, witchcraft, tarot reader, spiritual developmentComment

Tarot Answers + Divination Quick Tips

I’ve created two new series to help those who want to learn more about reading tarot and divination and who want depth and quality but who may not be ready to dive into the deep end just yet.

Correspondences + Awakening the Court Cards

Correspondences offer a simple way to access real magic (or personal psychological effects) in order to direct specific forms of energy as you want. For me, it’s a key part of awakening the court cards.

MusingsThomas the HermitOctober 29, 2021correspondences, magic, magick, sympathetic magic, tarot magic, awakening, court cards, persona, personal de, psychic development, spiritual development, personal development, sigilsComment

Realignment with a Re-Interview of the Wayward Dark Tarot and Lost Hollow Tarot

I sometimes get asked how long I wait before interviewing a deck again. Honestly, I almost never do. But sometimes relationships change, as with the Wayward Dark Tarot and Lost Hollow Tarot.

Deck interviews, MusingsThomas the HermitAugust 24, 2021wayward dark, lost hollow, lost hollow tarot, wayward dark tarot, deck interview, tarot interview, reinterview, pixel occult, occult, magic, magick, power, responsibility, risk rewardComment

Crafting Sigils

Have you seen a weird symbol that looks geometric but definitely looks as if it has letters in it? It’s probably a sigil. Some are subtler than others, but the power is in the crafting.

Musings, My decksThomas the HermitMarch 12, 2021sigils, spellcraft, spellworking, spells, magic, magick, everyday magic, symbolism, art Comments

A Magical Experience with the Spirit Keeper’s Tarot

I’ve finished my 22 weeks with the SKT, but before I dig into a new interview with it, I want to share a magical experience that I had with it recently. It’s a long story, and it’s focused on me, so it might not seem interesting, and it’s definitely self-indulgent, but it’s important to how I view my intuitive and magical work.

MusingsThomas the HermitJanuary 17, 2020spirits, spirituality, spirit keeper, spirit guides, spiritual development, spirit, magic, magick, witch, witchcraft, reflection, self-reflection, personal development Comments

Deck Interview: Wayward Dark Tarot

I’ve admired several decks by the artist known as PixelOccult, but the Wayward Dark Tarot is my first. It’s beautiful and unsettling, although less in a creepy teeth kind of way and more in a potentially demonic way. (I kid. Or do I?)

Deck interviews, MusingsThomas the HermitNovember 7, 2019deck interview, tarot interview, Thoth decks, Thoth tarot, wayward dark, magic, magick, occult, esotericComment

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