The Devil's Bargain: Understanding Attachment to Victim Identity
Sometimes, the most powerful insights come from the cards we least want to see. The Devil, with its imagery of chains and bondage, often prompts an immediate negative reaction. Yet, like all cards in the tarot, it carries wisdom - if we're willing to sit with its uncomfortable truths. Today, let's look at a particular type of chain: the attachment to victim identity, and how what begins as protection can become its own form of imprisonment.
Sometimes, the most powerful insights come from the cards we least want to see. The Devil, with its imagery of chains and bondage, often prompts an immediate negative reaction. Yet, like all cards in the tarot, it carries wisdom - if we're willing to sit with its uncomfortable truths. Today, let's look at a particular type of chain: the attachment to victim identity, and how what begins as protection can become its own form of imprisonment.
Finding Your Space: A Tarot Reader's Guide to BlueSky
Social media for tarot readers shouldn't feel like pulling the Tower card every time you open the app. Here's why BlueSky might be the platform you've been waiting for, and how to make it work for you.
Social media for tarot readers shouldn't feel like pulling the Tower card every time you open the app. Here's why BlueSky might be the platform you've been waiting for, and how to make it work for you.
Them vs. You - Dealing with People Who Dictate How You Should Read Tarot
Someone’s probably told you you’re reading tarot wrong at some point: whether it’s about reversals, deck cleansing rituals, or which spread to use, unsolicited advice seems to come with the territory. Let’s talk about maintaining confidence in your practice while handling criticism with grace.
Someone’s probably told you you’re reading tarot wrong at some point: whether it’s about reversals, deck cleansing rituals, or which spread to use, unsolicited advice seems to come with the territory. Let’s talk about maintaining confidence in your practice while handling criticism with grace.
Beyond Resolutions: Tarot Practices for Year-Round Growth
New Year's resolutions have the staying power of a chocolate teapot. Instead of adding to that graveyard of abandoned gym memberships, discover how tarot can support sustained personal development throughout the year.
New Year's resolutions have the staying power of a chocolate teapot. Instead of adding to that graveyard of abandoned gym memberships, discover how tarot can support sustained personal development throughout the year.
The EQ Deck: Using Tarot to Build Emotional Intelligence
If you've ever wondered why some readings leave you with profound insights while others barely scratch the surface, emotional intelligence might be the missing piece. Let's look at how tarot can help develop our emotional understanding, both of ourselves and others - without turning into amateur therapists or fortune-tellers.
If you've ever wondered why some readings leave you with profound insights while others barely scratch the surface, emotional intelligence might be the missing piece. Let's look at how tarot can help develop our emotional understanding, both of ourselves and others - without turning into amateur therapists or fortune-tellers.
The Ethics of Reading for Others: When to Say No
While saying "yes" might feel like good customer service, sometimes the most ethical - and helpful - response to a tarot query is a firm but gentle "no." Understanding when and how to decline readings is as important as mastering card interpretation.
While saying "yes" might feel like good customer service, sometimes the most ethical - and helpful - response to a tarot query is a firm but gentle "no." Understanding when and how to decline readings is as important as mastering card interpretation.
When Cards Tell Conflicting Stories
Sometimes tarot readings feel like hosting a dinner party where half your guests are having an argument. The Tower and The Star sit at opposite ends of the table, barely speaking, while the Five of Cups keeps crying into its soup. Learning to handle these moments of contradiction isn't just useful - it's where the real magic of interpretation begins.
Sometimes tarot readings feel like hosting a dinner party where half your guests are having an argument. The Tower and The Star sit at opposite ends of the table, barely speaking, while the Five of Cups keeps crying into its soup. Learning to handle these moments of contradiction isn't just useful - it's where the real magic of interpretation begins.
Tarot Through the Rough Nights: An Austrian Winter Tradition with Cards
During the twelve Rough Nights between Christmas and Epiphany, Austrian tradition speaks of a time when the boundaries between worlds grow thin and omens abound. Discover how to blend tarot with this ancient custom, creating a meaningful practice for the darkest nights of winter.
During the twelve Rough Nights between Christmas and Epiphany, Austrian tradition speaks of a time when the boundaries between worlds grow thin and omens abound. Discover how to blend tarot with this ancient custom, creating a meaningful practice for the darkest nights of winter.
The Enshittification of Spirituality: Finding Authenticity in Modern Tarot Practice
In our journey to find meaning and personal growth, have we accidentally turned spirituality into content? Discover how the modern spiritual marketplace strips profound practices down to marketable aesthetics, and more importantly, how to preserve what matters in your own practice. It's time for an honest conversation about maintaining authenticity in an increasingly commercialized spiritual landscape.
In our journey to find meaning and personal growth, have we accidentally turned spirituality into content? Discover how the modern spiritual marketplace strips profound practices down to marketable aesthetics, and more importantly, how to preserve what matters in your own practice. It's time for an honest conversation about maintaining authenticity in an increasingly commercialized spiritual landscape.
Getting to Know Your Deck: The Tarot Deck Interview
You've just got your new tarot deck home. It's sitting there on your table, all pristine and full of possibility. Now what? While some might suggest sleeping with it under your pillow (hello, neck pain) or blessing it under a full moon, I'd like to suggest something rather more practical: why not sit down and have a proper chat with it?
You've just got your new tarot deck home. It's sitting there on your table, all pristine and full of possibility. Now what? While some might suggest sleeping with it under your pillow (hello, neck pain) or blessing it under a full moon, I'd like to suggest something rather more practical: why not sit down and have a proper chat with it?
