The Ultimate Guide to the Rider Waite Tarot by Johannes Fieberg & Evelin Burger Fieberg and Burger present lots of interesting tips in their book, many of which can apply to decks other than the Rider-Waite-Smith. For example, they share this: A good way of achieving independence in interpreting the cards within a short space of time is to concentrate on the four suits. And when we regard the court cards as personalities that helps us to understand these four elements more fully. Each court card represents an ideal type, a person who has complete and sovereign command over the element in questions. The individual court figures within a suit display specific character

Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Nick Redfern, author of Chupacabra Road Trip and the new Nessie. The Loch Ness Monster: almost everyone has heard of it. More than a few say they have seen it. And many claim to have photographed or filmed it. But, what is it? Or, perhaps, more correctly, what are they? The answers are as controversial as the mystery itself. Loch Ness is a huge body of water situated along Scotland's Great Glen Fault, and is 22.5 miles long and 744-feet deep. Reports of strange creatures within the dark waters of the ancient loch date back to the year 565. And, although sightings of the monsters are rare, the enigmatic beasts show no signs of going away

Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Natalie Zaman, author of Magical Destinations of the Northeast. One of my favorite sections of Magical Destinations of the Northeast is Magical Monuments. I've always loved cemeteries. They're museums and gardens, historical records and ancestor altars on a grand scale. If you know where your ancestors are buried and can visit their last resting places you can make a special memento to honor them at Samhain (and all year round). Gravestone rubbings are easy to make and require only a few materials. You'll need: Heavy paper on a roll, like butcher or mailing paper Crayons (The fat ones are best or, fun this, make your own unique wax

Psychic Tarot by Nancy Antenucci and Melanie Howard In Psychic Tarot, Antenucci and Howard tell us that integrating the wisdom from a reading is the biggest challenge of divination. They say it is the most challenging because it requires change (breaking patterns and forming new habits)…we humans aren’t great at that. Here is their advice for facilitating integration: In truth, you may begin to lose some of the insights you were given almost as soon as the reading is over. Shortly after a reading, capture the essence of what initially rang true for you. First impressions are always important. What surprised you? Might you feel, think, or act differently with these new