The Art of Drawing Cards and The Tarot Aldegonde Perenna, The Polish Sibyl There’s nothing quite like this tarot book. The editors of this curious 1826 volume threw in every method they could find for reading and playing cards. Cartomancy in nineteenth century France was not a world without rules, but one with too many!…
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Irreverent Tarot 10
IRREVERENT TAROT 10 – Etteilla and Gender Essentialism Pride Month has me thinking about the ways that gender is encoded in the tarot cards in so many different ways. Looking at the Grimaud Etteilla here in Dundee, rather than Lo Scarabeo’s in Hudson. Fascinating that the booklet retains some artefacts from the past and dispenses…
Irreverent Tarot 4 & 5
It’s typical of me to have done all the things with the most recent episodes of Irreverent Tarot *except* actually posting them here. Episode 4: Surrealist tarot! Well, the Jeu de Marseille which isn’t technically tarot but tarot-adjacent for sure. episode 5: The amazing Xul Solar, surrealist, futurist, polyglot language creator, gamester and yes, tarot…
Irreverent #Tarot Ep3
The Three Ages of Tarot: from game to occult repository to more reflective modern uses for personal development and expression. Much of this informed by scholars of tarot history including: A Cultural History of Tarot by Helen Farley (2019) A Wicked Pack of Cards by Decker, DePaulis & Dummett (1996) which makes a quick cameo!…
Irreverent Tarot Ep2
Another #TarotTuesday flick up: this one takes a quick look at a strange 1911 tarot, Le Tarot de la Reyne which I came across at the Beinecke while looking for something else (what? who knows?! knee deep in figuring out a thing that remains a bit amorphous but deals with tarot history). The queen in…
Shortlisted!
I was delighted to be shortlisted for the College of Psychic Studies annual art competition — along with folks like the wonderful Hazel Florez. The winners: Ancestor (Shell) by Mimei Thompson @mimei_t 1st runner-up: Inner Fire by Virginia Shepley2nd runner-up: Elements of Nature in Earth by Tejas Patel Judges’ choices:Water of Life by Emma DugganPsychic Symphony…
Tarot @ Star+Splendor
TAROT READINGS! SUNDAY 8 Dec Star + Splendor 96 Congress Street Troy NY 11am-5pm Kick off the holiday season with a tarot reading to prepare you for the new year! I’ll be reading along with folks like pal Jen Simon as part of the Troy Victorian Stroll. So expect me to dress like an early…
Tarot Workshop Saturday!
Saturday will be magic: it’s always a busy season for witches but you need to take some time to reinforce your skills! Come to the tarot workshop at Universal Pathways (AKA Brigadoon) and learn from three instructors with a lot of years of reading behind them. Peg will tell you all about colour and symbols…
Tarot Workshop: 26 Oct 24
Join me, Peg and & Jen for all things Tarot just in time for Halloween shenanigans! Make use of the Samhain vibe to channel your creative impulses through the cards.
Write 4 a Day Sunday + Jen’s Tarot Workshop
Don’t you deserve at least one day to write? Write 4 a Day is a series of monthly one-day writing retreats in upstate New York. There is: no workshop no agenda no required activities no assignments no schedule no WiFi! Unplug. Write. Don’t write. Think. Daydream. Doodle. Outline. Come for the whole day or just…