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Getting to the Root of Healing with Tarot
I created a new tarot spread to help track the root cause of illness, injury, blockage, or other physical or energetic unbalance. Many people have reached a point where they’re ready to do more than just treat the symptoms of health issues. They’re ready to look at the base cause(s) and work on healing from…

Playing with Tarot Regular Gatherings
Join me on the 4th Fridays in January, March, May, July, September, and November for a tarot gathering focused on intuitive tarot reading skills in Hudson, MA. These gatherings are not focused on card-by-card teaching of ‘how tarot works’. Rather, we play with our decks in fun and intuitive ways, building our unique understanding of…

Playing With Tarot Workshop This Friday, May 5th, 2024
Curious about tarot? Already love it? Want to learn new ways to work with a tarot or oracle deck? I still have a few seats available at my Playing With Tarot Workshop which is happening this Friday in Hudson, MA! This 90-minute tarot workshop is designed to help you bond with your deck. No tarot…

How Does the Tarot Actually Work?
Even after 20+ years, I still wonder about this sometimes. Although I have a ‘technical’ answer, I’m still amazed at how spot-on the cards are. What’s the deal with that? There are actually a number of things going on that make tarot such an effective tool for divination and introspection. Overview of Tarot Structure The…

What’s the Difference Between a Tarot Deck and an Oracle Deck?
Above image: Cards from Art Through the Eyes of the Soul Oracle (upper), and the Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot (lower). Photo by Inkwood Healing. If you’re newer to tarot or divination you might be wondering what the difference is between tarot cards and oracle cards. The tarot is a specific system consisting of (generally) 78 cards divided…

Tarot Deck Review – The Shadowland Tarot
Some decks live up to our expectations better than others. I feel like I’ve had several decks fall short of my hopes recently, and have been approaching new decks with a more skeptical eye as a result. But the Shadowland Tarot happily far, far exceeded my expectations and skated right into my top 5 decks…

Processing an Experience Through Tarot
Have you ever been hit by an experience, good, bad, or otherwise, that’s left your head spinning and wondering what the hell just happened to you? Here’s a spread for when that happens, to help you figure out what you experienced, and what you can take away from it. The more difficult a situation, often the…

Tarot Deck Review – the Spacious Tarot, 2nd Ed.
I’ve had the Spacious Tarot deck on my deck wish list for the better part of a year, and finally was able to get a copy of the 2nd edition over the holidays, and am delighted to share and recommend it to you all! The artwork grabbed my attention as soon as I saw images…

How I Energetically Attune a New Tarot Deck
Any energetic or magical tool like a tarot deck ought to be cleansed and attuned to its owner in order to get the best results from it. No matter how awesome a deck’s creator(s) is/are, ultimately it still has to be printed, packaged, and shipped (unless you’re working with a print-your-own deck). And they acquire…

Productivity Tarot Spread
I created this spread to help me focus on what matters most for getting stuff done. It’s called the Productive Week Spread, but you can use it for any time frame (day, month, moon cycle) needed – enjoy!

Tarot Deck Review – The Brady Tarot, 2nd Edition
I have finally found my perfect tarot deck! (It only took 20 years…) I used the Morgan-Greer deck as my primary deck for 13 years, with the intent of eventually getting a deck that is a bit more suited to me, but had a hard time finding one that spoke to me. Last winter I…