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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Cycles in the Tarot: From Personal Growth to Universal Patterns

Tarot reflects life's natural cycles, from the Fool's journey of personal growth to the subtle rhythms in each suit. Discover how understanding these patterns can add depth to your readings and perspective to your path, turning your deck into a map of life's natural ebbs and flows.
Tarot reflects life's natural cycles, from the Fool's journey of personal growth to the subtle rhythms in each suit. Discover how understanding these patterns can add depth to your readings and perspective to your path, turning your deck into a map of life's natural ebbs and flows.

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Doing the Work: Turning Tarot Wisdom into Action

Transform tarot insights into real-world changes with practical steps to overcome resistance, implement wisdom, and create lasting personal growth - without getting stuck in analysis paralysis.
Transform tarot insights into real-world changes with practical steps to overcome resistance, implement wisdom, and create lasting personal growth - without getting stuck in analysis paralysis.

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Unveiling Hidden Truths: Using Tarot to Explore Your Personal Myths

Ever caught yourself wondering why you always seem to end up in the same situations, despite your best efforts to change? You might be living out a personal myth without even realising it. These hidden narratives control us like invisible puppet strings, often leading us down familiar, if not always pleasant, paths. Let's explore how tarot can be your trusty torch, illuminating the shadowy corners of your subconscious and helping you understand the personal myths guiding your life's journey.
Ever caught yourself wondering why you always seem to end up in the same situations, despite your best efforts to change? You might be living out a personal myth without even realising it. These hidden narratives control us like invisible puppet strings, often leading us down familiar, if not always pleasant, paths. Let's explore how tarot can be your trusty torch, illuminating the shadowy corners of your subconscious and helping you understand the personal myths guiding your life's journey.

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Tarot as a Tool for Self-Care and Emotional Wellbeing

Discover how tarot can be a powerful tool for emotional wellbeing: Let's explore the amazing ways that it can aid in emotional processing, mindfulness, and therapeutic storytelling, offering practical exercises, spreads and advice to enhance your mental health journey.
Discover how tarot can be a powerful tool for emotional wellbeing: Let's explore the amazing ways that it can aid in emotional processing, mindfulness, and therapeutic storytelling, offering practical exercises, spreads and advice to enhance your mental health journey.

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Narcissism in Tarot (Part 1): Recognizing and Addressing Narcissistic Traits Within Ourselves

Ever caught yourself basking a little too long in the glow of a compliment? Or perhaps you've wondered why some people seem to make everything about themselves? We all have moments of self-absorption, but when does healthy self-esteem cross the line into narcissism? Let's explore how tarot can help us recognize and address narcissistic traits within ourselves.
Ever caught yourself basking a little too long in the glow of a compliment? Or perhaps you've wondered why some people seem to make everything about themselves? We all have moments of self-absorption, but when does healthy self-esteem cross the line into narcissism? Let's explore how tarot can help us recognize and address narcissistic traits within ourselves.

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