Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. Ten golden chalices create a rainbow in the sky suggesting happiness, fulfillment, and success. As a family celebrates their new home, the parents each raise an arm welcoming the symbolism of the rainbow in their lives. The man’s arm is…
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Exploring Tarot: Queen of Wands
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. The Queen of Wands sits on her throne holding a sunflower in her left hand and a staff (wand) in her right, her face either turned to something unseen or toward the future. A black cat, her guardian or protector,…
Exploring Tarot: 5 of Pentacles
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. The 5 of Pentacles depicts two people walking next to a building during a snowstorm. A shorter man (or boy) is using crutches with his head and one foot bandaged, while the other taller person (possibly a woman) is wearing…
Exploring Tarot: 8 of Pentacles
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. In the 8 of Pentacles, a craftsman sits on his bench focusing on creating eight golden pentacles, increasing both his experience and wealth. Five pentacles appear to be hanging either on a wall or a post for others to see….
Exploring Tarot: The Tower
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. The 16th card from the Major Arcana, The Tower represents change that is unexpected, transformative, and catalytic. A lightning bolt strikes and blows off the top of The Tower. Smoke and fire are visible and two people fall to an…
Exploring Tarot: 2 of Swords
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. In the 2 of Swords, we see a woman sitting on a simple stone bench. Her back is against the water with a dual line separating her from where she sits on the sand. Her eyes are blindfolded and her…
Exploring Tarot: The Chariot
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. Overall, the Chariot is essentially about balance. We see it expressed with various depictions within the card: two sets of castle towers, two wheels on the chariot, the uniting of positive (masculine) and negative (feminine) energies with the Shiva Lingam-like…
Exploring Tarot: Page of Swords
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. The youngest member of the Court, the Page of Swords stands on a small hill holding a sword in both hands wearing a tunic, tights, and knee-high boots. A flock of birds flies above billowy clouds in the sky. Pages…
Exploring Tarot: 8 of Wands
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. The 8 of Wands depicts a sense of swift energy or momentum as eight staffs or poles are thrown into the scene from an unknown source. A castle sits on a hill surrounded by green land and trees in the…
Exploring Tarot: Knight of Pentacles
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. The Knight of Pentacles sits atop a hill on his black horse in full battle attire under a golden sky. His visor is up, however, suggesting he’s there to protect instead of engaging in battle. He holds out a large…
Exploring Tarot: Strength
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. In card eight of the Major Arcana, Strength, a woman wearing a white gown with a flowered garland in her hair and another larger garland tied around her waist lovingly holds the head of a lion in her hands. A…
Exploring Tarot: 2 of Pentacles
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. A man wearing a tall hat and brown tunic over a red shirt and red tights stands on one foot as he juggles two large coins wrapped in a strap that is in a lemniscate or figure eight pattern. A…
Exploring Tarot: 6 of Pentacles
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. The 6 of Pentacles illustrates a man of means offering coins to one of two men, both of whom are holding their hands out while on their knees wearing tattered wraps or blankets. The man holds a scale in his…
Exploring Tarot: 6 of Swords
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. In the 6 of Swords, we see a man ferrying a woman and a child across a calm body of water. The woman and child are wearing winter cloaks and the trees and ground in the distance appear to be…
Exploring Tarot: Queen of Swords
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. The Queen of Swords is a wise and independent older woman in authority who doesn’t suffer fools or anyone who wishes to engage in deception. We see her sitting on her throne adorned by a sylph, butterflies, and two crescent…
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