I am the manager of the Santa Barbara Tarot Circle, a Meetup group that meets once a month in Santa Barbara. I am also a professional tarot reader. Many times, people have questions about the process of reading for yourself or others. They want to know where the answers are coming from. Is it a… Read More »
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Can Tarot Predict the Future?
We explored this question at a recent meeting of the Santa Barbara Tarot Circle. We meet each month in Santa Barbara and discuss tarot related topics and read cards. I manage the group. This article comes from my notes for this meeting. Some quotes from Albert Einstein concerning time: “Time and space are not conditions… Read More »
Near Year Spread – Rise and Fall 2021
It’s a new year, and it’s time for some clean cuts. I like the martial arts metaphors of Camelia Elias in her tarot practice. She describes it as such: “There’s hardly a single piece of writing or instruction from my hand that does not emphasize cuts. Three divination books and some 500 free essays online… Read More »
Shadow of a Flag
Shadow of a Flag Forced from the garden And cast out into the world All for an apple Napoleon discovered That men will die for ribbons Our lives sold for a trifle ________________________________ The poem form is a tanka, a Japanese poetic form similar to the haiku. The entire quote attributed to Napoleon is… Read More »
Avenge the Crows – Tarot in Film
I was reading a post by Tarot by Seven, LLC where Tsura Nuri (Seven Stars) mentioned the 2017 film Avenge the Crows – The Legend of Loca. A special edition of her Deck of the Bastard was used in the film. By chance, or not, I had put this film in my Amazon Prime cue… Read More »