I have an idea for a beginners course tarot using bible stories. It is hard to explain in English, and to be honest, also in Dutch. What follows is a part of it. I want to practice the swords cards wit a spread. The spread is meant to interpret the bible story. Each person in class pulls one card from his/her swords cards. Each one has a different ( Read more... )

I have pulled a card to look back on the day. My card is Six of Swords from the Tarot of Saints.


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The story about saint Colman and his helpful companions, which inspired the reading I am doing here, ends with their death. Colman misses them and is very sad. He writes to his friend Columba, abbot of Iona. Columba then replies that to him the rooster, the fly and the mouse were as precious as jewels. He encourages Colman to rejoice in the fact ( Read more... )

I’ve pulled a card for the second position of the Midsummer’s Dream spread. It is titled Future Trends of Freedom and Liberation. It indicates future scenario’s based upon the influences right now. Do I obtain my heart desire, or am I setting up the wrong life? My card is Sword Six. The ship on the card appears mysteriously after many challenges ( Read more... )

Just as the day before yesterday I have pulled a card that I am not sure I understand. I read the story of the sick man at Betheseda. In that place is a pool. The one who is the first in the water when the water ripples, is cured of his illness. The sick man is never fast enough to be the first at the pool. Jesus cures him. He says to him: “Stand ( Read more... )

The fifth day in the Twelve Days of Christmas is called “Bringing in the Boar”, after an old English tradition. Probably in earlier days a boar was slaughtered in this time of year for meat, but also as an offering for a happy new year.


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Today Deborah, warrior, prophetess and judge was guest in my virtual sukkah.


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Today I have pulled the last card in the Lammas spread by Christine Jette from her book Tarot for all Seasons. The posistion is called Fruition and depicts achievements, maturation, satisfaction and success. Things that are right; things to be thankful for. If it is a challenging card, the card reveals a an opportunity for growth.

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Today I have pulled the second card of “A Fresh Perspective of Disease”, a spread by Christine Jette from Tarot for the Healing Heart.

The spread consists of four cards.
Card 1: Represents me, right at this moment.
Card 2: My past (what needs to be healed from the past).
Card 3: (After in meditation talking to a ‘Wise Being’ about my purpose in ( Read more... )

I had a dream last night as a response to the card that I had pulled yesterday evening. It was a response to the Six of Swords card, that symbolized the ‘big bad wolf’, the threat that I experienced.


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