Tears threaten to come to my eyes when I say,"I honestly believe that we did justice to this very old and very worthwhile practice that day."
Who is Interested in Tarot and Why?
A Little Sample Reading for Everyone!
The messages of the 78 cards and their limitlessly complex inter-related narratives (informed by randomness, the source of synchronicity) can help everyone understand their lives.
The World Upside-Down: The Case for Reading Reversals
These multiple possible interpretations offered by reversals simply enrich and deepen the vocabulary of card meanings that you can use to construct a coherent narrative for the querent. I read reversals because I feel they give greater depth, nuance, and clarity to the reading.
The Tarot Skill of “Confabulation”
Our intuitive knowledge, whether it comes from latent thoughts, unconscious mental machinations, or even the psychic realm, needs an outlet through which it can come to be known. Confabulating a narrative with the cards that appear allows a reader to do just that.
The Majestic and Magical Meaning of the Tarot
Sometimes, we need an external object—and something as beautiful as a deck of Tarot cards is ideal—in which to see beauty and wisdom and whatever the two of them can synthesize together.
What Tarot Teaches Me
Just as having the faculty of language can make abstract concepts more “real” (if we can talk about them, we can do something about them!), the Tarot provides an amazingly versatile and limitless vocabulary for understanding the human experience.
A Reading and Reflection for Myself
Does the Tarot work? I figure at the very least, they put you in a positive relationship with your own unconscious mind (I like to draw cards and journal to myself about how they apply). But what I drew tonight was kind of miraculous.
TODAY’S TAROT: Key XIV: Temperance
To temper” comes from the Latin for “to mix well.” Temperance is about taking the necessary ingredients of anything and mixing them in the right proportions.
TODAY’S TAROT: The Star Reversed
Today's message isn't sunshine and rainbows. Today's message--even on a Holiday--isn't a good one. But there is always hope! On Thanksgiving we see the Star Reversed. Family that lets you down. Sadness when you should be experiencing happiness.
Ballet and the Tarot: Structuring the Self
It is in the interaction between the internal and the external, between the old and the new, between convention and chaos, that we find our realities and our selves. This is why I find ballet and the Tarot to be fundamentally akin and why I find myself so enigmatically and profoundly drawn to each.
Jesse's Journey: Reading the Tarot, Living the Life 