As promised, I’m going to share some ideas about extrapolating the painting over journal pages technique to tarot readings. These are just ideas and I’ve not really worked with them enough to know which ones (if any) will prove useful. But that’s the great thing about a public forum, isn’t? We can share ideas and lots of people can play with them—and hopefully share their results and insights. I’ll keep you posted on my progress and hope you’ll do the same. For our experiment, let’s say you’ve done a five-card reading and are dissatisfied with the outcome. We’ll assume a belief that the “outcome” cards in a tarot reading are true if all things remain as they are.

Like many people I keep a journal. I may be inconsistent, but throughout my life there has always been a journal either being actively used or gathering dust. Tarot books almost always expound the benefits of keeping a tarot journal. But I really don’t know what percentage of tarotists actually do this. Because I do and because I think it’s a great magical tool, particularly for tarotists, I’d love to know if you do or don’t and why. Feel free to leave a comment to that effect. Until about 8 months ago, all my journaling has been exclusively written. In February, I took a class on visual (or art) journaling. Visual journaling and tarot are a great marriage and I cannot