Tarot and Soul

two people tarot reading The first time I read tarot for someone else, I was twenty-three years old and three years into my practice. I had spent those three years reading for myself — learning the cards, building my relationship with the deck, developing the kind of quiet attention that a daily practice requires. And then a friend asked me to read for her. And everything I thought I knew became, suddenly, much more complicated. Reading for yourself is one skill. Reading for another person is a different one entirely. Not because the cards change — they don't. But because the relationship changes. The responsibility changes. The way you use what you see changes in ways that took me years to fully understand. After twenty years of reading for others — in private sessions, at events, across thousands of individual readings — here is what I've learned about how to do it well. Why Reading for Someone Else Is a Different Skill When you read for yourself, you are the only person in t...

tarot cards emotions People come to tarot for many reasons. For clarity on a decision. For insight into a relationship. For a sense of what's coming, and whether to trust it. But in twenty years of readings, one of the most consistent things I've witnessed is this: people come to tarot asking about their circumstances, and what they find — if they're willing to look — is something about themselves. Specifically, about what they're feeling. Tarot is one of the most precise emotional mirrors I know. Not because it's mystical — but because it asks you to project meaning onto images, and what you project is almost always true. The card you pull, the interpretation that resonates, the detail your eye goes to first — these things are not random. They are a reflection of what's already happening inside you, surfaced in a form that's easier to look at than the feeling itself. After twenty years, I've come to believe this is one of the most important things tarot...

single tarot card morning Of all the tarot practices I've developed over twenty years, the daily pull is the one I would give up last. Not the big spreads. Not the Celtic Cross. Not the in-depth readings I do for others. The single card, pulled every morning, that has become as much a part of my daily routine as coffee and quiet. I didn't start my practice this way. For the first few years, I used tarot the way most people do — for big questions, at significant moments, when something felt urgent enough to warrant a reading. And it was useful. But it wasn't until I started pulling a card every single day that I began to understand what tarot is actually capable of. Here is exactly how I do it — and what it's taught me. Why I Pull a Card Every Single Day The most common thing people say when I mention a daily tarot practice is: "But what if nothing significant is happening? What if it's just an ordinary day?" That question contains the misunderstanding I mo...

tarot cards spread There is a particular kind of question that comes up in almost every career and money reading I do. Not "what does this card mean?" Not "what is the energy around my situation?" But something much more direct: will this work out? Should I do this? Is the answer yes or no? After twenty years of readings, I've come to have a great deal of respect for that kind of question. People who ask it aren't being impatient or unsophisticated. They're being honest. They have a decision to make. They need real information. And they want to know if the cards can actually give it to them. The answer — after two decades — is yes. With conditions. And with a particular way of reading that most people haven't been taught. Here is how I actually do it. Why Career and Money Questions Are Different Career and money questions have a quality that sets them apart from most other readings: they are almost always attached to a real decision with real consequ...

The High Priestess  Of all the cards in the Major Arcana, the High Priestess is the one I find most consistently misread — not because she's mysterious, but because people mistake her mystery for vagueness. She is not vague. She is precise. She is simply speaking in a language that most of us have been taught to distrust. After twenty years of readings, I've come to believe that the High Priestess is one of the most practically useful cards in the deck — once you understand what she's actually saying. And what she's saying is almost never what people expect. What the High Priestess Card Actually Looks Like The imagery of the High Priestess is deliberate in every detail. She sits between two pillars — one dark, one light — at the threshold of a temple. Behind her hangs a veil decorated with pomegranates, obscuring what lies beyond. She holds a scroll in her lap, partially hidden. On her head, the crown of Isis. At her feet, a crescent moon. Everything about this image is...