Tea-break Tarot School

A little time to ground before we begin today.  Take three deep breaths.  Come back into your body, feel the seat, allow a few moments to become aware of sounds around you, sensations in the body.  Listen to this and pause… Now set the intention that you are safe, protected and much loved.  If you…

This has the feel of something vintage, a concept that’s considered outdated.  The temperance movement came to be about “not doing”, something strident, and angry, prohition. Thou shalt not.  We often shy away from such absolutes in more modern and liberal times. Look at your card; what do you notice? I see: cups liquid snakes…

Open the doors and windows.  Let the light shine in.  Shake your body.  Take a deep breath.  This card comes to wake us up.  In class today you’re going to sit with your fellow students, share your cards.  You’re going to share stories of endings and beginnings.  You might notice images of bones, of shadowy,…

What is it like to let go? What does it feel like to surrender, not as a victim, as an act of power, a choice? Let’s get immersive. Exercise 22 Find yourself a quiet space.  Sit, or lie down. Listen to this. As you do so clench your fists and then open them, consciously letting…

We’re coming to a challenging series of cards.  At this point the archtypes we met in the first part of the Major Arcana are replaced by cards representing in some ways states of being or experiences which lead us into growth. This is a card I find difficult.  I am a liberal thinker.  I took…

Morning and hello, how’s things in your neck of the universe? I am getting to noticing something which feels unusual on one level, but on another, totally to be expected.  I’m working with the cards in a new way.  Taking one each day, spending some time with it, pondering.  Increasingly the cards are becoming a…

A lesson with a difference. In the spirit of experiential learning… Exercise 19 Take your Hermit card with you. Go and spend ten minutes on your own. Go into the garden, lock yourself in the bathroom, drive to a quiet spot and just sit, take yourself into a church or library. Be in your own…

Today I’m standing at the front of the class and reminiscing.  For me to talk about this card begins with what it isn’t… On the day we started at secondary school they sat us in the hall and told us about Douglas Bader.  Like him we were to reach for the skies.  There were no…

Hey there lovely tarot types.  How are you doing today?  I hope today will bring you some sunshine in one form or another wherever and whenever you are. Let’s begin. Sit on your chair with your feet flat on the floor.  Breathe and imagine that breath making its way down your spine and into your…

Hey there lovely people.  I imagine you all trooping into class ready to learn. I want to encourage you today, and for the next few days, to get out there and play. Play with your cards, paint, sketch, find ways to bring the energy of your birth card or year card into your daily.  Or…