The Wanderer’s Tarot by Casey Zabala offers a darkly feminine (and feminist) approach to the tarot with a more rough-and-ready connection to the moon, nature, and the divine.

Musings, Deck interviewsThomas the HermitOctober 25, 2021deck interview, indie deck, tarot interview, tarot cards, wanderer's tarot, divine feminine, feminist, dark work, moon magic, lunar, lunar magicComment

Deck Interview: Cosma Visions Oracle

As with its older sibling, the Prisma Visions Tarot, there’s something hard to articulate but easy to feel when reading the Cosma Visions Oracle. My interview with the deck is both paradoxical and completely coherent, and it’s very exciting to reconnect with it.

Musings, Deck interviewsThomas the HermitOctober 10, 2021deck interview, indie deck, tarot interview, tarot cards, James R Eads, oracle interview, oracle, oracle decks, cosma visions, cosma visions oracle, past lives, past life, reincarnationComment

Deck Interview: Southeast Asian Myths & Stories (SEAMS) Tarot

The SEAMS Tarot takes myths and stories from the various cultures of Southeast Asia and helps bring out the mythic potential of the everyday using a refreshing new set of cultural references.

Deck interviews, MusingsThomas the HermitSeptember 10, 2021deck interview, tarot interview, fairy tales, myths, legends, fables, stories, Southeast Asia, seams tarot, mythic, epic Comments

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

Deck Interview: Small Spirits Oracle

My initial reaction to seeing a deck of insects and arachnids should have told me one lesson I needed to learn, but the Small Spirits Oracle doubled down to provide a clear and coherent interview through surprising messengers.

Deck interviews, MusingsThomas the HermitJune 13, 2021deck interview, oracle interview, oracle, insects, small spirits, small spirits oracle, arachnids, spiders, spirit animals, spirit guidesComment

Deck Interview: Inner Witch Oracle

I was surprised by how directly I connected to the Practical Magic-inspired Inner Witch Oracle, and not even because I am a fan of the movie (and book) that inspired the deck.

Deck interviews, MusingsThomas the HermitJune 1, 2021deck interview, oracle interview, oracle, herorise, practical magic, inner witch, witch, spells, spellcraft, witchcraft, spellworking, magicComment

Deck Interview + Tarot Spread: Spread Machine Cards + Oracle

The Spread Machine Cards + Oracle deck is an oracle and a spread crafting tool, and through this “interview” I create a spread (or two and a half) through some fun remixing!

Deck interviews, Tarot readings, Tarot spreads / Oracle spreadsThomas the HermitApril 21, 2021custom spreads, tarot spreads, spread pattern, golden dawn spread, oracle interview, oracle decks, deck interview, oracle, Fables Den, Kimberly M. Tsan, Kim Tsan, shadow work, shadow workerComment

Deck Interview: Pocket of Peers Tarot

The Pocket of Peers Tarot offers council for a variety of voices, including my own. I am so happy to be a part of it, and the real work of this deck is going to be learning to seek out and hear the voices of those many others so that I continue to grow.

Deck interviews, MusingsThomas the HermitMarch 9, 2021deck interview, Jamie Sawyer, tarot interview, tarot cards, tarot decks, tarot teaching, teacher, teaching tarot, learning tarot, learning, spiritual development, personal development, professional development, communityComment

Deck Interview: HeroRise Masculine Archetypes Deck

The HeroRise Masculine Archetypes Deck encourages us to write our own futures through the lens of five Jungian archetypes (each one has seven facets) and the twelve steps of Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey. Although it’s a healing tool to counter toxic masculinity, it can be like other archetype decks for other areas of inquiry.

Deck interviews, MusingsThomas the HermitFebruary 4, 2021deck interview, oracle interview, oracle, archetypes, archetypes deck interview, masculinity, masculine archetypes, father, hero's journey, jung, campbell, heroriseComment

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