A few days ago, determined to have a blog come to fruition, I sat down in front of my altar for a fresh start and a new draw. I picked a few of my favorite decks and after meditating a bit started shuffling and seeing what cards decided to pop out and waited for a story to present itself. And as always, the cards blended together nicely, as if on purpose, and the story that lay in front of me was one about getting out of the invisible realm of thoughts and being fully alive in the present. ..
Coffee & Tarot #8 – Hero’s Novella
Sometimes tarot cards in a spread can tell a story, if you give them a moment. Today’s spread did just that for me. In fact, it contained the oldest story plot formula in use: the hero’s journey. Okay, I don’t know if that’s actually the oldest plot formula in use, but lets pretend it is,... Continue Reading →
Coffee & Tarot #7- Tower Power
Top two cards, left to right: The Wandering Star Tarot Deck, Santa Muerte Tarot Deck: Book of the Dead Deck. Middle cards, left to right: The Tarot of Curious Creatures Deck, The Thoth Tarot Deck . And the bottom card: Tattoo Tarot Deck. Every time I thought about writing another Tarot & Coffee post, the... Continue Reading →
Coffee & Tarot #6: My Card of the Year – “Failure”
At the beginning of each year, I draw a tarot card with the intention of thinking and meditating on the card for the whole year. My attention span usually doesn’t last that long. However, I will certainly give the card a good week or two of my brain space. This year I sat down at... Continue Reading →
Coffee & Tarot #4 – Old School
Oh, the irony... Drinking tea in my coffee tarot cup. There was coffee in it earlier though! Today I went old school and decided to use the Rider-Waite deck. I’m not sure why I didn’t write my first tarot post using this deck, it’s sort of the obvious choice. Here I am, finally getting around... Continue Reading →
