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Overcoming Fear and Anxiety Tarot Spread

Over the years, I have had to deal with many personal fears and feelings of anxiety, both in my own life and when reading for my clients. One of the best ways I have found to overcome those fears is with the RIA method: Recognize how you are feeling Identify what is causing you to feel that way Address the causes This method is helpful because it helps you to analyze your fears and why you are feeling them. Are your fears factual or fictional? How likely are they to actually happen? Have they happened before? What can you do to […]

Posted November 2, 2019
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The Hanged Man as An Important Part of the Growth Process

2019 is the Universal Year of 3, and the number 3 energies of creativity, communication, and expression have been strong this year. I have seen a dominance in the topics of expansion and growth – also energies of the number 3 – in general on social media, and in my own conversations with several clients and colleagues. Now the interesting thing is that the conversations I have had were not so much about steady or obvious growth and expansion, as I had initially expected. It wasn’t all about increasing forward movement, gradual growth, and so on, when my clients […]

Posted October 26, 2019
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Year of the Pig Tarot Spread

It all started in 2016 when I created the Year of the Monkey Tarot Spread for the Lunar New Year. I continued the tradition in 2017 for the Year of the Rooster Tarot Spread, and in 2018 for the Year of the Dog Tarot Spread. This year is the Year of the Pig, and keeping with tradition, here is the Year of Pig Tarot Spread. The Pig is easy-going, light-hearted, and always seeking fun. They are social animals; honest, expressive, compassionate, and generous with their affections. They are often seen as lazy, but they can be very diligent and have […]

Posted February 1, 2019
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Yule – Rituals and Tarot Spread

Yule Yule falls on Dec 21st and is also known as Yulefest, Yuletide, Christmastide. It is the Winter Solstice and marks the longest night of the year, when darkness is at its peak. After this day, light returns and the days start getting longer again, so it is not only a celebration of darkness but also the celebration of a renewal towards the light. The Goddess gives birth to the Sun God, and we celebrate this festival to welcome his return. The word Yule is said to have come from the Old English words ġéol or ġéola, and the Old Norse word jõl, which apparently […]

Posted December 17, 2018
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Samhain – Rituals and Tarot Spread

Samhain Samhain, pronounced sowen, falls on October 31st or November 1st in some cultures. It is more commonly known as Halloween, and is also called All Hallow’s Eve, All Saints Day, Day of the Dead, and Summer’s End. It is the third and last of the three Harvest Festivals – the Nuts and Berries Harvest, the first two being Lughnasa as the First Harvest – the Grain Harvest, and Mabon as the Second Harvest – the Fruit Harvest. Samhain is believed to be the time when the veils between the worlds of the living and dead are at their thinnest, […]

Posted October 29, 2018
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Mabon – Rituals and Tarot Spread

Mabon Mabon falls on September 21-22, and is also known as the Autumn Equinox, Fall Equinox, Harvest Home, and Harvest Tide. It is the second of the three Harvest Festivals – the Fruit Harvest, with Lughnasa as the First Harvest – the Grain Harvest, and Samhain as the Third and Final Harvest – the Nuts and Berries Harvest. Mabon is named after one of the gods of Welsh mythology, Mabon ap Modron, who is the Child of Light and son to Modron, the Earth Mother Goddess. However, it seems that this name is relatively new and was only coined in 1970. The spring equinox, […]

Posted September 18, 2018
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Lughnasa – Rituals and Tarot Spread

Lughnasa Lughnasa falls on August 1st, about halfway between the summer solstice and autumn equinox. It is one of the four Celtic “Fire Festivals”; the other three being Imbolc, Beltane, and Samhain, and it marks the beginning of harvest season. It is traditionally the First Harvest of three – the Grain Harvest, with Mabon as the Second Harvest – the Fruit Harvest, and Samhain as the Third and Final Harvest – the Nuts and Berries Harvest. It is also known by the names Lughnassadh, Lugnasad, Lunastal, Luanistyn, Frey Fest, and Lammas. The word “lammas” comes from the words loaf mass […]

Posted July 29, 2018
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Litha – Rituals and Tarot Spread

Litha Litha falls on June 21-22, and is also known as Midsummer or the Summer Solstice. It is the longest day of the year, a day that marks the peak of the Sun God’s power. Each day after Litha will start to get progressively shorter, but on this day, we celebrate the most powerful day of the Sun. The name Litha is said to have come from the Old English word Líða that translates to the months that roughly corresponds with June and July. On the longest day of the year, we celebrate the abundance of light and fire, its […]

Posted June 18, 2018
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Dark Fairytale Tarot – Deck Review

I received the Dark Fairytale Tarot as a birthday gift from some old friends about four years ago. I have used it often since then, and it is one of my go-to decks for reading events. I have a few other older decks, including this one, that I haven’t posted my thoughts on, so I thought I would catch up on some of my deck reviews for them. The Cards (Click on image to zoom in) The Major Arcana Minor Arcana – Wands and Cups Minor Arcana – Swords and Pentacles It is one of the darker tarot […]

Posted May 8, 2018
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Beltane – Rituals and Tarot Spread

Beltane Beltane falls on May 1st, about halfway between the spring equinox and summer solstice, and it marks the beginning of summer. It is one of the four Celtic “Fire Festivals”; the other three being Imbolc, Lughnasa, and Samhain. It is also known by the names Bealtaine, La Beltain, May Eve, May Day, Galan-Mai, Valpurgis, and Cetshamain. The Beltane bonfire rituals are symbolic of the sun’s fire and heat, and is believed to originate from the worship of the sun god Belenus – where the festival gets its name from. Beltane is a time of fertility, harvest, and sexuality, with the Maypole as […]

Posted April 26, 2018
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