Daily Draws

Most books I’ve read, if not all, that teach the psycho-spiritual (Golden Dawn) approach to Tarot recommend pulling one card a day. They encourage recording your observations about that card’s energies and how they manifest in your daily experience in a journal. I did this practice for years and found it very informative. Those inContinue reading “Daily Draws”

Oracular Tarot: The Ninth Gate Effect

Just as a reminder, here is a blurb from my Oracular Tarot series introduction where I briefly discussed the Ninth Gate effect in tarot: “My first area of exploration in this series will be what Gordon White of Runesoup.com coined the “Ninth Gate Effect.” Which is the literal manifestation of the Hermetic principle “as aboveContinue reading “Oracular Tarot: The Ninth Gate Effect”

Oracular Tarot Series – Approaches and Styles

In the introduction to this series, I mentioned a quote from Arthur Waite, he said “The true Tarot is symbolism; it speaks no other language and offers no other signs.” Despite my choice to move away from the Rider Waite Smith (RWS) system of reading I must admit I think that Waite is correct, atContinue reading “Oracular Tarot Series – Approaches and Styles”