Giving relevant and useful readings is easier to do if we are not bogged down by our own biases. This exercise, from Your Tarot, Your Way, is a good way to start identifying your own blind spots. Once you've done that, you can work on healing your relationship to that archetype so you can see it more objectively. Love, Hate, Neutral Go through your Major Arcana cards and divide them into three piles: ones you love, ones you hate, and ones you are neutral toward. Do this quickly and without a lot of analysis; just go with your first reaction. Keeping the piles separate, shuffle each one, and randomly draw one card. So now you have one card from each pile. Get out your

Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Melanie Barnum, author of several books, including Psychic Abilities for Beginners, The Book of Psychic Symbols, Llewellyn's Little Book of Psychic Development, and the new Intuition at Work. When was the last time you intentionally used your intuition at work? Do you know? Can you remember? If you're like so many others, it may be hard to put your finger on it. However, chances are you have utilized your gut instincts, it just may be that you haven't recognized it as such. The good news is that that can be easily remedied—whether you are the boss or the employee. When we are young, we learn we can be anything, do anything, and have

Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Granddaughter Crow, author of the new Wisdom of the Natural World. Here is my list of 10 reasons why I consider myself a full-blown Pagan! You are encouraged to be who YOU are. In some belief systems, followers are taught that they need to change their authentic self and follow like sheeple. This is so damaging for so many reasons. If I am told to change who I am, I will tell others to do the same—a vicious cycle of non-acceptance. I do not ask my cat to behave like a dog. Be yourself. You are allowed to ask questions. In some belief systems a question is a sign of lack of belief or as a lack of respect—a challenge. However,

Back in my early days of learning tarot, many readers used reversals consistently. But the last few decades ushered in an era where many readers do not use reversals or use them to indicate states of being, such as blocked energy. Many of the newer books do not include reversed meanings because the authors do not use them. If you are someone interested in a book that gives almost equal attention to the reversed meanings as the upright, you'll probably really enjoy Tarot Plain and Simple. Here's an example, using the High Priestess, a favorite of most readers.   2, The High Priestess Juno, The Papess, The Female Pope, La Sacerdotisa Upright: Intuitive