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    Back to School Shopping – Tarot Edition!

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    How to Read a Tarot Spread

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    What Does the Knight of Wands Tarot Card Mean?

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    What does the Queen of Wands Tarot Card Mean?

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    What Does the Page of Wands Tarot Card Mean?

    June 1, 2023 Read More
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    Two Tarot Spreads Inspired by Taurus Season

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    How to Shuffle Tarot Cards: 3 Ways!

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    6 Tarot Spreads for Love and Relationships

    March 23, 2023 Read More
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    Two Tarot Spreads Inspired by Aries Season

    March 21, 2023 Read More
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    How to Use Clarifier Cards in Tarot Readings

    February 22, 2023 Read More
  • The Lovers Tarot Card in Modern Witch Tarot Deck

    How to Start a Daily Tarot Practice – from scratch!

    The best way to learn to read tarot and stay connected to your cards and intuition is to start a daily tarot practice. Here's how to start your own daily tarot ritual from scratch…

    January 31, 2023
  • The Star tarot card in the Major Arcana is ruled by Aquarius. Here is a quick and easy tarot trick to manifest the authenticity of the Star this Aquarius season

    Two Tarot Spreads Inspired by Aquarius Season

    Two super fun and simple tarot spreads to embrace the energy of Aquarius season - or for tarot reading any time of the year!…

    January 22, 2023
  • Rider Waite tarot cards fanned out with pictures facing up next to crystals and plant on wooden table

    How to Read Reversals in Tarot – 4 Ways!

    How do you read reversals in tarot? Here are four ways to interpret reversed tarot cards.…

    January 13, 2023
  • Pile of Tarot Cards from Moon Baby Tarot Deck

    Setting New Year Intentions with Tarot

    My step-by-step process for setting more authentic and aligned intentions and goals for the new year - with tarot cards!…

    December 30, 2022
  • Sun and Moon Candles, Pine Cones, Holly Berries, and Stars for Winter Solstice Decorations

    How to Celebrate the Winter Solstice: 6 Simple Ways!

    Wondering how and why to celebrate the Winter Solstice (or Yule)? Here are six ritual ideas for you to try this year.…

    December 20, 2022
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    3 Tarot Spreads to Reflect at the End of the Year

    I love a fresh start as much as the next girl. But before we dive head first into the new year, an end of year reflection is in order. In fact, tarot cards are…

    December 16, 2022
  • The Temperance tarot card in the Major Arcana is ruled by Sagittarius. Here is a quick and easy tarot trick to manifest the healing alchemy of Temperance this Sagittarius season

    Two Tarot Spreads Inspired by Sagittarius Season

    Two super fun and simple tarot spreads to embrace the energy of Sagittarius season - or for tarot readings any time of the year!…

    November 27, 2022
  • TAROT CARD MEANINGS: Difference Between LOVERS and 2 OF CUPS

    The Difference Between the Lovers and the Two of Cups in Tarot

    What's the difference between the Lovers and the 2 of Cups tarot cards? After this post, you'll never have trouble telling these tarot cards apart again!…

    October 1, 2022
  • High Priestess and Empress Major Arcana Tarot Cards from Moon Baby Tarot Deck

    Tarot Basics: The Difference Between the Major and Minor Arcana

    Learn more about the difference between the Major and Minor Arcana cards to deepen and enrich your tarot readings.…

    July 13, 2022
  • Have a Tarot Stalker Card? This Tarot Spread Can Help!

    If you have a particular tarot card that keeps showing up in tarot readings for yourself and you want to figure out what it means, this is the post (and video) for you!…

    June 19, 2022
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If you are just diving into the wonderful world of reading tarot, particularly for yourself as a tool for self-discovery and reconnecting with your intuition, swipe through for 5 essential tarot tips! In case you can’t read them in the images, I’ve summed them up below:⁠
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1. Start with the Rider-Waite-Smith or derivative tarot deck. Working with that deck is like working with the answer key, so learning can be much easier!⁠
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2. Get to know your tarot deck by studying the cards. Notice patterns, sequences, and how certain tarot cards make you feel.⁠
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3. Draw a single tarot card for yourself each day and try to interpret it yourself by describing what you see. Then read the meaning. You’ll be surprised at how close you can get to the traditional tarot card meaning, and this process makes the meanings stick more than rote memorization!⁠
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4. Keep a tarot journal to track your tarot reading progress. Review and reflect on older entries and watch your tarot readings improve!⁠
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5. Read tarot books and follow helpful tarot accounts (❣️like this one❣️) for more tarot tips and tricks.⁠
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BONUS TIP: Join a tarot challenge! 📣 My next 10-day tarot challenge starts 6/26! It’s the Inner Space Tarot Challenge 🚀 and it’ll be open to all of my paid Subst4ck su8scr|bers. DM me if you have questions. If you’re already a pa1d sub$criber, you haven’t a thing to do! Just stay tuned! ⭐️
A clarifier card is an additional tarot card that A clarifier card is an additional tarot card that is drawn to help further explain - or clarify - the meaning of a tarot card you have already drawn in a tarot reading.⁠
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There is nothing inherently wrong with drawing a clarifier card. In fact, there are certain tarot cards that I often will draw a clarifier card for!⁠
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But if you find yourself frequently pulling a clarifier card, and then just one more, okay and then maybe just one more, now just one final clarifier to be extra super duper sure? That’s getting into less productive territory. Because the reality is that more cards will often REDUCE clarity, which is the exact opposite of what you want.⁠
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Here are 3 things I try - in this order - while reading tarot for myself BEFORE resorting to drawing more tarot cards:⁠
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1. Meditate on the tarot card.⁠
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2. Write in your tarot journal.⁠
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3. Look up the meaning in a trusted tarot dictionary and compare it with your interpretation.⁠
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Honorable mention: Step away from the tarot reading for a few hours or even days and come back to it with fresh eyes.⁠
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How do you use clarifier cards in your practice? Let me know below!
My nephew is a preschool graduate! At his darling, My nephew is a preschool graduate! At his darling, exuberant, barely comprehensible recital, we were told the story of Noah’s Ark over and over again - in song, in dance, in memorized recitations in languages I can safely guess were Armenian and English - by four different preschool classes dressed as animals, angels, and I want to say vegetables carrying umbrellas.

The myth of Noah’s ark - and the countless other flood myths that exist in mythologies around the world - is one of obedience first and foremost. But what strikes me is the unshakeable trust and faith that is required for such obedience. 

Noah and the other protagonists of flood myths trusted God and went straight to work. They followed their commands until there was no turning back. 

In tarot, this threshold moment is represented by the Chariot. 

Read more in this week’s tarot newsletter! If it’s not in your inbox already, you know where to go to join the party! 👉🏼🔗🪪@thetarotprofessor👈🏼

(Feel free to peruse the archives while you’re there!)
The positive energy of the 6 of Wands tarot card c The positive energy of the 6 of Wands tarot card can feel particularly elusive when we are feeling self-doubt or imposter syndrome, or doing a little too much comparing (the not so great side of social media, am I right!? 🥸) ⁠
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So swipe through for some 6 of Wands goodness today. I am all about what certain tarot energy might actually LOOK LIKE in our daily lives, and how we can manifest more of it instead of just sitting back and hoping it randomly shows up for us. ⁠
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Let me know what you think and what you might add to this list! 💜
Happy June, tarot besties! Your June tarotscopes a Happy June, tarot besties! Your June tarotscopes are ready for you (check your email or go to the 🔗 in my 🪪 to sign up!) and this month, they feature the newly released Wise Earth Medicine Tarot by Lalania Simone (@the.cosmicseed). If you’re into vibrant colors and animal symbolism, this vivid deck of animal wisdom is the tarot deck for you. Just look at these LUSCIOUS LUSCIOUS colors. 🤩
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The reason tarot has the power to tap into our unc The reason tarot has the power to tap into our unconscious and activate our intuition is because it’s a SYMBOLIC language.⁠
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Images, colors, and symbols speak to us in a way words can’t. In fact, archetypes - although we necessarily describe them in words to be able to express and discuss them - are actually, by definition, based on indefinable and abstract ideas that we FEEL and INSTINCTIVELY RECOGNIZE.⁠
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That’s why sometimes we turn over a tarot card and can identify with it or resonate with the picture we are looking at so deeply even if we have trouble articulating the message in words at first. That’s tarot communicating to our unconscious.⁠
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We then (at least this seems to be the order for me) turn to our intellect to translate, organize, and communicate the message in a way our conscious mind can understand as well. Studying tarot more traditionally allows the cards to activate this intellectual part of our minds as well, which is why a single image in a tarot card unlocks such a vast treasure trove of information! 🤩⁠
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If this intuitive AND intellectual study of tarot resonates with you, my tarot newsletter ✨Office Hours with The Tarot Professor✨ is for you! Learn more at the 🔗 in my bye-o!
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