Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Melissa Cynova, author of the new Kitchen Table Tarot. I've been reading cards for nearly 30 years, and I've found over the years that tarot readers get into trouble when they decide that there is only one way to learn the cards. One way to study, or teach, or interpret the cards. Once you start knowing something for sure instead of wondering or gaining a new perspective, your capacity to bring in new ideas and new flavors to your readings stops cold. This can only limit you as you read for different people, engage with new communities, and read with new decks. I've learned more about my cards by reading books, studying the imagery of

Bringing the Tarot to Life In my many years of acquiring books and decks for Llewellyn, I’m always looking for something that is new and unique but not just gimmicky. It’s not easy to find ideas that are clever and actually useful to learning tarot. Scott Martin is one of those rare people who brought an idea that was so unique and at the same time such a great fit with tarot. Having been involved in New York theatre for many years as a teacher and director, Scott is very familiar with the exercises that actors use to help them get to know the character they are to portray on the stage. As a tarot enthusiast, he knows that being activity involved with the cards is the best way to

Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Penny Billington, author of The Path of Druidry and The Wisdom of Birch, Oak, and Yew as well as co-author of the new Keys to the Temple. "One day, you will be old enough to start reading fairytales again," wrote C. S. Lewis to his god-daughter. Hopefully we have all reached this stage, for magic demands the openness of the child. Unfortunately, our life experience teaches us to button up, raise a shield, to avoid, avoid, avoid… Until we fall in love, and learn that to be vulnerable and open to relationship is worth the risk. Then we get hurt and close down a bit more even though we know it's a retrograde step…and so the merry-go-round

Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Patricia Papps, author of Heal Yourself with Angels and the new Angels of the Zodiac. Lead a happy and fulfilling life with your own special zodiac angels who work in conjunction with the ray of your zodiac sign. Zodiac angels have a special power and a deep love that will raise your consciousness to a higher spiritual level, enabling you to embrace life in all its glory and face any problems with courage and faith. My book, Angels of the Zodiac, will show you have to use the power of these angels to enhance your life and sort out any problems that you are experiencing. They bring an understanding of the reason for this particular incarnation