Tarot 101 Kim Huggens To learn more, click HERE. Fate vs Free Will This is a very important and sometimes controversial topic. Kim Huggens shares some of her wisdom in Tarot 101: The issue of fate vs. free will is one that every Tarot reader must face in the course of their development. Your view on the matter dictates your reasons for reading and your approach to delivering a reading. Do we act freely from our conscious decisions? Are we influenced by something else—other people, our genetics, our upbringing, God? And to what extent do these influences affect us? Some people believes that a destiny or fate has been planned for us or given to us at birth, or that it

Recently, I've begun to think that maybe the Mayans—or more accurately, some interpreters of the Mayan calendar—were right. I've seen a great deal of personal loss this year. Musically, I learned that a guitarist I had played with had died. Before we worked together he had played with the early group, The Music Machine, and had one hit, "Talk, Talk." Later, he had played with Ike and Tina Turner, and claimed to me that it was he who had convinced Ike to play "Proud Mary." More recently, the far-better known Jon Lord, keyboard player for the original Deep Purple, passed on. His playing had greatly influenced my own. More personally, several people, including relatives, have passed on

Today I thought I'd share a bit from one of my favorite chapters in Tarot Spreads. The chapter is Techniques to Add to Any Tarot Spread. Playing the Hand You Are Dealt Usually when we do a reading, we shuffle and deal the cards off the top of the deck into their positions. In this way, tarot (or perhaps fate) determines not only what cards we get but where they land. This practice has definite philosophical connotations. Consciously or unconsciously, it accepts the idea of a predetermined future. Many readers emphasize that we are reading the energies present, no definite outcomes. The technique of playing the had that you are dealt assumes that the querent has more control over the

One of the things I have continuously suggested is that before doing any practical magick you should perform a divination. For example, should you perform a magickal ritual today to get a new job? Well, if you're unhappy with a current job, it would seem like this is a no-brainer. Why bother doing a divination? Well, it might be that your magick to get the new job is successful but the new company closes in a couple of months while the old company was about to offer you a better position that would have resolved all of your problems. A divination would give you insight into whether or not to stay with the current job or go for something else. Fate or Free Will? This seems to imply that