An interesting 3-card tarot reading
The following reading, which illustrates the usefulness of astrological associations in tarot, was done using the Llewellyn Classic Tarot deck. The querent is a high school senior who…
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Foreign Language Editions
Recently I received a copy of one of my tarot books that had been translated into Japanese. The…
Wednesday, 02/09/2026
The 5-card tarot spread of Péladan
Recently I’ve been looking through the tarot literature in Spanish and Portuguese, and I came across a popular…
Wednesday, 02/09/2026
The Péladan Spread with Ordinary Playing Cards
Recently I’ve been experimenting with divination using standard playing cards to see how they differ from a Tarot…
Wednesday, 02/09/2026
A Pleasant Surprise
On 4 February 2020 I received a surprise in the mail. Llewellyn Publishers sent me copies of my…
Wednesday, 02/09/2026
Tarot suits and social class
Our modern tarot deck appears to have its origins in a playing card deck used by the Mameluk…
Wednesday, 02/09/2026
A ‘thank you’ to the readers of my books
Every once in a while I check how my books are doing on Amazon.com. This morning I was…
Wednesday, 02/09/2026
The Moon and the Two of Swords in Tarot
The Moon appears on several cards in the Rider-Waite-Smith tarot deck, which is based on astrological associations with…
Wednesday, 02/09/2026
Tarot and Racism
Traditional tarot decks tends to have white European characters depicted on their cards. Only recently have decks appeared…
Wednesday, 02/09/2026
Elemental Dignities in Tarot Readings
Recently someone asked about the use of elemental dignities in tarot, a topic which I addressed extensively in…