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James Battersby and Christine Aguiar from TarotCollectibles.com have just released their latest deck The Spring Waite Tarot! Replete with bunnies, butterflies, and rainbows, this re-imagining of the Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot adds color, whimsy and themes of rebirth to this iconic deck.
Watch my unboxing below:
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In the 1970s, Wonder Woman (played by Lynda Carter) inspired many girls--including me. In this episode of the Pop Tarot Podcast I fly solo (in my Invisible Jet!), sharing different aspects of this iconic TV show...and how they connect to various Tarot cards.
Listen in below:
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Message in a Bottle, Roxanne, Don't Stand So Close to Me, Spirits in the Material World, King of Pain--if you grew up in the 1980s, you probably know these songs.
Fronted by Sting, the British post-punk/reggae/pop trio The Police produced many an earworm.
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Maybe because the Sun is in my 7th House of relationships (and collaboration), I thrive on co-creating with others.
I've done this with other podcasts (co-hosting with various shows like Tarot Bitches), but they all felt like "work", to be honest.
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I can't believe it's been 15 years since my first Tarot book was published! Holy cow...
Here's a flip-through of all 5 print Tarot books I've written, as well as their backstory:
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So what IS a Tarot deck, exactly? How many cards are there? What's the difference between Major Arcana, Minor Arcana and Court Cards? In the latest episode of my Say It With Tarot Podcast, I break it down for you:
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When pagans want to learn divination, especially cartomancy (cards), they are faced with hundreds (if not thousands) of choices.
It can be overwhelming, I know! Here’s a broad overview to help get you started.
Tarot consists of 78 cards: 22 Major Arcana, 40 Minor Arcana and 16 Court Cards. It’s become a complex, esoteric system of cartomancy. The Major Arcana contains familiar images like The Fool, The Lovers, The Wheel of Fortune and The Sun. They are considered by most to be the “big picture” cards spanning universal archetypes.
The most recognized Tarot deck is the 1909 Rider-Waite-Smith (RWS). Rider refers to the publisher (Rider & Son). Occultist Arthur Edward Waite commissioned the deck that Pamela Colman Smith illustrated. The Tarot de Marseilles (TdM) style decks feature static Minor Arcana cards (i.e. 4 of Cups shows four actual cups, 10 of
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