Temperance – Tarot Card Meaning

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Temperance Sagittarius Keywords: Balance, emotion vs rationality, moderation, virtue, liminality, transition from material to spiritual and vice versa, journeying, intentionality, alchemy Tree of Life – Path of the Arrow – in the Middle Pillar Rider-Waite-Smith In the RWS we see an angel standing at the edge of a body of water, with one foot on … Read more

53 Tarot Quotes about the Tarot

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If there’s one thing I love it’s when Tarot writers get reflective and write about the Tarot: what it is, what it means, why it’s important, its history, significance, esoteric nature, psychology, and contemporary relevance. I love it! To that end, I have compiled 53 of my favorite Tarot quotes about the Tarot from some … Read more

101 Daily Tarot Spreads for Your Daily Practice

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Most experienced Tarot readers agree: developing a daily habit of reading the Tarot is not only the best way to learn the Tarot but also a fantastic way of turning your Tarot practice into a spiritual practice. Even if you take a secular approach to the Tarot, a daily Tarot ritual is so important for … Read more

68 Three-Card Tarot Spreads

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Isaac Newton once said, “Nature is pleased with simplicity.” The same goes for the Tarot. This is especially true when it comes to Tarot spreads. So often we are tempted to do these huge ten-card spreads like the Celtic cross and then wonder why we can’t make heads or tails of them. Sometimes simplicity is … Read more

Tarot Card Cheat Sheet with Major Arcana Guide

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The aim of this post is to create the ultimate Tarot card cheat sheet and make it available for free, right here in this post. The Cheat Sheet Includes: A full-length guidebook for the Major Arcana, including keywords, correspondences, and esoteric explanations. Rider-Waite-Smith and Thoth explanations included A cheat sheet for the Minor Arcana, including … Read more

How to Shuffle Tarot Cards: A Complete Guide

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One might think that shuffling Tarot cards has little importance compared to interpreting Tarot cards but, in fact, shuffling is an extremely important, and often overlooked, part of the Tarot ritual. This is my complete guide on how to shuffle Tarot Cards. The Importance of shuffling Why is shuffling important? First off, the most important “function” of … Read more

Should You Cleanse Your Tarot Cards?

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Often you will see Tarot readers knocking on their Tarot cards. Or bathing them under the light of a full moon. Or letting some kind of herbal smoke pass over them. These are all techniques for “cleansing” your Tarot cards. But that begs the question: should you cleanse your Tarot cards? Is it even necessary? In this … Read more