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Why Reading Tarot Cards Like A Book Doesn’t Work

January 11, 2010 · 19 comments

Image: The Knot of Eternity. If you stare at the centre without moving your eyes all the colours disappear.
Reading Tarot cards is not the same as reading a book, or a newspaper, or a magazine.
Normally, when we read something, we start at the beginning and work our way towards the end. A similar process [...]

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A Simple Method for Interpreting Two Court Cards

January 6, 2010

Throughout the course of this blog, I’ve recommended interpreting the Court Cards primarily as individual people, and not as a reference to psychological states. Although I still think this is absolutely the best way to learn, I want to share with you a very simple approach to interpreting two Court Cards in a Tarot spread.
This [...]

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Beyond The Celtic Cross: Secret techniques for taking Tarot to an exciting new level

December 18, 2009

Beyond the Celtic Cross: Secret techniques for taking Tarot to an exciting new level, is a book that’s been co-authored by Catherine Chapman of Tarot Elements and Paul Hughes-Barlow of Supertarot.
Before this book went to press, I was asked by Catherine and Paul if I would like to write a Foreward for this book. Apart [...]

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How Long Does It Take to Become a Great Tarot Reader?

December 5, 2009

Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person.” – Albert Einstein
Have you ever wondered how long it takes to become a truly great Tarot reader? I know I have!
Back when I first started [...]

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The Complete Guide To Using Elemental Dignities In A Tarot Reading!

November 12, 2009

This is a collaborative work between Catherine Chapman of Tarot Elements and myself, and is part of the Elemental Dignities Compendium series.
…from the Marriage of Heaven and Earth. The Tao produced one; one produced two; two produced three (Tao Te Ching).
Have you been confused by Elemental Dignities? There was a time when I was; most [...]

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Exciting New Competition: You Could Win a $50 Divination Teleseminar for Free here at Tarot Eon!

November 8, 2009

Would you like to win a $50 teleseminar on Divination for free? All you have to do is email me through the contact page to be entered.
Let me explain a little bit more about what you could be winning before we talk more about the specifics of what you need to do to win!
A [...]

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Predicting The Future: Why A Tarot Reader Must Make A Decision!

November 6, 2009

Painting by Edvard Munch: The Scream, 1893.
“The Instant of Decision is Madness” Kierkegaard
Have you ever noticed how difficult it can be to predict the future using Tarot cards?
I’m sure you all know the score: the reading is going well, you’ve identified key information from the client’s current and past circumstances, then…well, it’s decision time. What [...]

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Tarot Surgery! How Come I Can See Things In The Cards Quickly and Other Times I Can’t?

November 2, 2009

Image: William-Adolphe Bouguereau’s La leçon difficule (The Difficult Lesson).
How many times have you dealt out a combination of cards only to find you haven’t got any idea what it means?
Sure, we’ve all got experience of doing “great” readings. We’ve all got experience of flowing with the cards, of trusting our intuition, of connecting really well [...]

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October Contest Winners Are Announced

November 1, 2009

At midnight, last night, I took a picture of the top commentators before the list reset itself back to zero. The people in this picture are the winners of this contest
On the 1st of October, I announced that I would run a contest where the person who wrote the most comments on Tarot [...]

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How to Create Client Profiles and Turbo Charge Your Tarot Study!

October 30, 2009

Have you ever noticed how doing a Tarot reading for yourself can be..well, difficult?
I can tell you all right now that everyone experiences this from time to time. Whether you’re being paid to read the cards for someone else or are just reading them for yourself, in general, for whatever reasons – confidence goes!
Reading [...]

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Killing The Tarot Spread: How and Why I Ditched Positional Layouts

October 27, 2009

I’ve declared independence from positional layouts in Tarot spreads.
After more than 10 years of experimenting with hundreds of different Tarot spreads, of creating different spreads with different positional meanings, of trying to figure out why the card that represents the client’s past seems to hint towards their future, of trying to understand if the outcome [...]

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Tarot Surgery: Why Objectivity Will Help Your Tarot Readings!

October 23, 2009

Do you have a burning question that you’d like to know the answer to?
Do you have an obstacle that interferes with your ability to read the Tarot? Would you like advice, guidance or support to help overcome it?
I’m launching a new category at Tarot Eon called, Surgery. This category will be used to help [...]

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What You Can’t See: Why Focusing On The Cards That Aren’t There Is Important!

October 22, 2009

As Tarotists, what do we focus on when we read for our sitters? Speaking from my own experience, I focus on providing a flowing narrative based on the cards in front of me. At all times, I aim to provide accessible, meaningful interpretations of the cards in the spread for my sitter so that by [...]

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Crazy Tarot Card Interpretations: What You Were Saying!

October 20, 2009

In a post called, A Lesser Known Tarot Secret: Why Using This Can Fast Track Your Intuitive Readings, Today! I invited people to share some of their crazy Tarot card interpretations and I was blown away by all the responses.
This post will list all those crazy, cool, insightful and awesome Tarot card meanings that people [...]

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A Lesser Known Tarot Secret: Why Using This Can Fast Track Your Intuitive Readings, Today!

October 19, 2009

Have you ever wondered why some Tarot readers can pull a complex prediction out of thin air? Have you ever felt defeated because you said that only the truly Psychic could do this? I’m going to share with you a secret for fast tracking your intuitive readings.
This secret will completely turbo charge your Tarot readings [...]

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Attitudes of Approach

October 16, 2009

“Those meticulous researchers who insist upon tying up a medium until the poor creature resembles a fowl trussed for roasting, or who glare their suspicions at him before the lights are lowered, do not realize that they are like people who add moisture to gunpowder and then expect to explode it. They ruin their own [...]

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The Hierarchy of the Court Cards: Why Rank Really Does Matter

October 15, 2009

Do you find it difficult to judge someone based on first impressions?
None of us like the idea of judging someone, especially as this “judging” can lead to gross simplifications and “stereotyping”. However, when we read Court cards, we are being asked to judge.
The Human Experience
There is always going to be someone more attractive than you, [...]

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