Tarot Spreads are a method of dealing out the tarot cards into positions that have meaning to help the tarot reader understand the client.
Fifth Operation: Conclusion of the Matter The Tree of Life Spread is the final stage of the Opening of the Key Tarot spread, and gives the Tarot reader the opportunity to analyse the depth of the situation, and point to potential solutions. The deck is shuffled but...
The first stage of this tarot spread involves cutting the deck into four piles as shown below. These four piles represent the four elements and the four Qabalistic Worlds, Atziluth, Briah, Yetsirah and Assiah. Apart from the use of Elemental Dignities, Counting and...
Introducing the Opening of The Key Spread The Opening of the Key Spread lies at the heart of the Golden Dawn system, and using Elemental Dignities really brings the whole system to life. This spread really is the greatest, the most powerful of all Tarot spreads. If...
From a Jungian perspective the manifestation from the unconscious to the conscious in a tarot reading is something that has not been explored. Shuffling the unconscious Consider a tarot reading. The client shuffles the cards, cuts them and the tarot reader deals out...
To create a Tarot deck is a non-trivial exercise, although many go through such a process. As a professional Tarot reader I have happily used the same deck for nearly 30 years. There is no reason to change... I use the same Tarot spread too - and with every reading I...
Dropped tarot cards happen when the client is shuffling the deck and one or more cards get ejected and fall on the table or the floor. There are several approaches as to what to do next. Ignore dropped tarot cards The cards are picked up and placed back in the deck...
A great video of my talk of my experiences with spirit, the Thoth Tarot and the Opening of the Key Spread with Tony Guy Parker on his Psychics and Healers Live webinar https://www.facebook.com/tonyguy.parker/videos/2180107042015082/
Your ally is a powerful spiritual being who has been with you all your life, but you never knew. When you finally recognize your ally the experience is of overwhelming love and bliss, but this is only the start. When the real work starts, you learn your ally's name,...
Elemental Dignities is a very simple and powerful method of tarot divination. I love elemental dignities. I use the system in every tarot reading reading I do for clients. Court cards can be scary for tarot students and some tarot teachers, but with ED’s the court...
There is no tarot card that represents the Abyss or Daath, but if the Tarot is truly representative of spiritual and magical realms, we need to find a solution. First of all, does the "false sephirah" Daath exist? Magicians and occultists consider Daath as a...
Tarot history is a tricky subject. There are three unanswered questions on the history of tarot: What was the origin of the suit card symbols, and what did they stand for?What was the source of the trumps, and what was their original import?When and why did people...
Suicide and suicidal thoughts are quite common and come up in a reading. This is one example of a tarot reading on the subject. One thing the Opening of The Key Tarot spread is good at is representing the circumstances in a client's life, in a way that is...