Divination reveals inner secrets and whole new ways of thinking and seeing, as well as answers to not-so-simple questions. It can inspire deep reflection and thoughtful action. Here, I offer tips on reading tarot and other divination methods, new spreads to help open up special topics, interviews with some of the decks I own, and general thoughts on this work.
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I’ve never taken the time to get to know the Empress or her associations the way that she deserves. With my year of cultivating Temperance work behind me, it’s a good time to learn from the Empress and re-examine what it means to be creative and prosperous and abundant, among other of her many facets.
Read More… in which I reflect further on the shift in my practice over the past year. So much woo.
Read More… in which I reflect on the shift in my practice over the past six months, and I stake some claims.
Read MoreNow that I’ve conducted my initiatory work with the Spirit Keeper’s Tarot, it’s time to re-interview this deck and see what new lessons await. With power comes responsibility, and forewarned is forearmed.
Read MoreI’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.
Read MoreThis is a brief write-up of my experience for the first exercise of the Spirit Work in the Safecracker Challenge I created for Scorpio. This first exercise, where we ”find the door” and ”find the key” for ourselves, seems safe enough to share.
Read MoreFor a while I’ve used the same tarot deck interview spread, but I found that I could never get much useful information out of the oracle decks I interviewed, so I decided to make a new interview spread. Originally I was planning it for oracle decks, but it works for tarot decks too. Try it out!
Read MoreIt took me a little time to warm to the Spirit Keeper’s Tarot at first, but my appreciation for its creator’s other works and my own shifting beliefs about spirit guides made me give it a second look. I’m so glad I scooped one up before they were all gone!
Read MoreWhen it comes to personal beliefs, who better to ask than your self?
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