Tarot Readings

What is a Tarot reading and what kind of medicine can it offer?

Tarot is a divinatory tool, just like astrology. However, in Tarot, rather than finding divinatory insights from a natal chart, those insights come from Tarot cards pulled from a deck, which are then laid out in different spreads. Some popular spreads that may be familiar to you include the Celtic Cross spread, or a three-card spread. Depending on the nature of your inquiry, I will select a spread most fitting to your specific needs. For general inquiries, "What do I need to know right now?” for example, I use a lemniscate spread, which arranges the cards in the shape of an infinity sign. This spread allows us to see the dynamic interaction between past, present, and future, with opportunity to find unexpected linkages, parallelisms, and reflections.

Tarot medicine has been used for centuries as a way to connect with oracular wisdom and channel it into our everyday lives, informing important decisions we may be making, gaining insight about particular topics in our lives, and sometimes simply to ask for guidance and orientation during a difficult time period. Because it works in images, Tarot also has the unique ability to work on more unconscious levels of perception and integration. At their best, Tarot readings are interactive, and you will be invited to look at the assortment of images along with me. You know the most about your own life, so you are always encouraged to share anything that you see in the images, anything that they remind you of, no matter how seemingly minor or trivial the detail. A color, a texture, the porosity of a border, the expression on a figure’s face, the energies you feel coming off the cards, are all prescient insights that can strengthen the reading.

In a reading, you are given a signifier card based on your preferred gender, age, and your Rising sign in astrology. For example, if you’re a 30-year old woman with the Rising sign of Scorpio, you would likely be assigned the Queen of Cups in a reading. However, in certain cases, that determination may shift depending on the nature of your question. If your inquiry is aspirational, for example: How can I heal from my past trauma?, you may be assigned a Major Arcana card such as The Star. The signifier card acts as a magnet around which the other cards converge, so I take great care in selecting it to ensure that the reading is as accurate as possible.

Tarot medicine can be diagnostic: helping you to determine what to focus on, where your opportunities for growth are, and drawing your attention to a certain dynamic in your life. It can also be predictive, giving you the context and conditions that can assist you in making decisions, assessing relationships, career paths, and so on. Tarot is also a wonderful ongoing medicine when used for daily meditation. After your reading, you will be given access to the images on the cards that you can then incorporate into rituals, meditation, or even just placing the cards in your work-space during the day and letting their energies seep into your consciousness.

What kind of deck do you use for readings?

I have multiple decks that I can use, including the standard Rider-Waite. But the one I generally prefer is a more abstract deck created by a German artist called Margarete Petersen. The images are evocative, immersive, and mesmerizing, with a focus on textures, borders, and undulations. I prefer this deck because it does not include any figures or scenes that are easily identifiable. Sometimes these can be off-putting if clients can’t see themselves or their lives in the imagery. That being said, if you have a strong desire to have your reading done on the standard Rider-Waite deck, I am always more than happy to accommodate such requests. Ultimately, what matters most is what resonates with you: the querent and the client. You can see some images from my deck on this page.

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