On Facebook I belong to a fun tarot group called Tarotholics Anonymous. The other day Tiffany Crosara shared an exercise that her friend Patricia Finney taught her.
It is very simple:
Draw a card in the morning, but don't look at it, put it away. At the end of the day, note any interesting events and guess which card it might have been - then see if you were right.
This is a great way to exercise your intuition and, if you are so inclined, your prediction skills.
What are some ways you use the Card A Day practice?
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Chakra Awakening, by Margaret Ann Lembo (Alternative Health & Healing Book Category)
Never Letting Go, by Mark Anthony (Spirituality/Alternative Science & Spirituality Book Category)
Spirit & Dream Animals, by Richard Webster (Divination Book Category)
The Healing Wisdom of Birds, by Lesley Morrison (General Interest/How-To Book Book Category)
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Okay. You've learned the basic rituals. You know the Tree of Life and its correspondences. You know which herbs to use in spells for any reason. You've got the basics down. It's quite possible that you have a question that bothers so many people. Where is all the advanced stuff? If you're looking for the answer to that question, you've probably already looked everywhere. In books, on the internet. Everywhere.
There's a story I remember about Aleister Crowley. I don't remember where I read it or the exact details, but it goes something like this:
They asked me for the secrets of magick, so I told them.
"But we want the real secrets of magick," they said. So I told them.
"But we want