AUTHOR’S NOTE: I once described divination in fanciful terms as “running my mental fingers through the warp-and-woof of the fabric of reality, trying to tease out...
Do you know what the expression “entre chien et loup” or “between a dog and a wolf” means? Llewellyn’s Black and Gold Tarot – fragment...
AUTHOR’S NOTE: I’ve known for some time that those who prefer classical decks like the Tarot de Marseille to the esoteric reveries of the post-Occult...
I love the idea of a really comprehensive New Year tarot layout, one that would act almost as a template for the next yearly cycle....
AUTHOR’S NOTE: Here I’m using the analogy of a telescope to examine the transition between the three consecutive “lights” of the Major Arcana. As the...
An issue came up on one of the forums about which is the best book from which to learn about the Crowley-Harris Thoth deck. The...
AUTHOR’S NOTE: The High Priestess is above all a paragon of fidelity. Sallie Nichols describes her archetypal mission, in part, as “obedience to true spirit,”...
On the morning of October 14, 1947, pilot Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier. According to PBS’s Nova program it marks a major milestone in...
AUTHOR’S NOTE: I’ve yet to meet a tarot beginner who hasn’t agonized over whether an emotionally unsteady state of mind will improperly bias the outcome...
AUTHOR’S NOTE: The Wheel of Fortune is a card that is passed over lightly by many tarot writers, and by most readers who think they...