Philosophy, Spirituality, and Mysticism
As a Tarot reader, you will likely eventually face the well-known problem of how to reduce the infinite meanings potential within a Tarot card into a simple yes or no answer. I humbly offer this post as a complete guide to Yes/No Tarot Card Readings. Before I get into different methods for producing yes/no answers … Read more
Ahh, reversals. A perennial topic among Tarot nerds. As someone new to Tarot you might be wondering: should you use reversals in Tarot or no? Is one method or another better? No. Reversals are largely a matter of personal preference. But to help you decide which method is right for you, let me first dispel some … Read more
Are Tarot cards supernatural? This common question is surprisingly difficult to answer and takes us into some pretty deep philosophical territory. First, what does it mean for something to be “supernatural”? It’d be nice if we had a readily available definition of “supernatural” but defining it is pretty tough. We might start with the idea … Read more
If you’re new to Tarot (or cartomancy in general), a common question is: what’s the difference between Tarot vs oracle cards? If you’re completely new to all this, I can imagine where the confusion stems from. An “oracle” is someone who predicts the future, and Tarot cards are known for supposedly being able to predict … Read more
Why do Tarot cards fly out as we’re shuffling? The simplest answer is that shuffling is an imperfect process and human hands are prone to clumsiness when doing something that requires eye-hand coordination. But the more important question is: what does it mean? These cards are often called “jump” cards or “jumpers” in the Tarot … Read more
The most persistent Tarot myth of all time, besides it being of ancient Egyptian origin, is that you should be gifted your first Tarot deck. I’ll cut to the chase: should you buy your own Tarot cards? Absolutely! Waiting for someone to gift you a deck might take forever This is probably my biggest problem … Read more
If you are new to cartomancy, you might be wondering: how do I get started with Tarot? Well, this post will give you a complete guide on how to learn Tarot. I will nnot be teaching you Tarot itself. Learning Tarot is a lifelong endeavor. Instead, I would be teaching you how to learn Tarot. … Read more
Can Tarot cards predict love? Ahh, wouldn’t it be nice if we had a decisive answer to this question. How much wisdom we would gain about perhaps the most popular questions put before the Tarot cards. Can Tarot cards predict my love or that of another? First, there is a quotidian and normal, non-mysterious sense … Read more
This is the first question any reasonable person should have when first thinking about Tarot: Are Tarot Cards BS? For X to be BS means that it is not true. That it is a lie. A myth. Does not correspond to the world. Does not do what it claims to do. Is a sham. Load … Read more
Readers of this blog know that I am open to non-reductionist theories of Tarot. In other words, I don’t necessarily think it’s possible to reduce the operation of Tarot reading to just “psychology.” Nevertheless, I believe that having a solid grounding in the psychology of Tarot is necessary for understanding possibilities beyond psychology. Addressing skeptics First, when … Read more