As the 2 of Swords indicates, sometimes it is hard to make a decision because sometimes part of us wants something, part of us wants something else. This simple spread helps you identify the concerns and/or desires of your various aspects. Looking at them clearly, individually and collectively, might help you to make a decision with more confidence. 1. What your mind wants 2. What your heart wants 3. What your body wants 4. What your spirit wants To modify this spread, you can select a card from the deck that represents the decision you are facing and see how each of the other cards interacts with that card. Card image from Ciro Marchetti's Legacy of the Divine

Since this deck won't be available until May, it might be too early to start discussing it. But it is available for pre-order (HERE), and I am really excited about it. Some of you may know my tendencies as a reader. I am a serial monogamist. Although I own and appreciate hundreds of decks, I usually only consider one (at most, two) decks my "primary reading deck" at a time. I stay faithful to that deck until...I don't really know what happens. We grow apart. A new deck catches my soul. Sometimes my stint with a deck will be months; sometimes, years. The Anna.K Tarot was self-published. I heard an interview of Anna on a radio show and was intrigued, so I ordered her deck. For several

Here is a round up of useful tarot techniques that I've written about in the past. I've been writing for a long time and was surprised by some of the entries I'd written but forgotten about: Jumping Cards Using the Aces Tarot Journals (part 2, but with a link to part 1) Outcome Cards      

UPDATE: Through the wonders of the internet, I've been reconnected with the creator of this incredible method: Barbara Chaitman, who can be found HERE. I was going through some old notes and found this method of reading reversals. I know it was sent to me by a reader, but all I have noted for her name is “Babs.” Since these notes were 2009, I cannot remember who sent this idea to me. If Babs reads this…or if anyone recognizes the method, let me know so I can properly credit this idea. Because it is really interesting. I don’t know why it languished in a pile of notes and ideas for so long. Associating the numbered cards of the Minor Arcana with specific Major Arcana cards