Learning to Read the Hermit

Learn to read the Hermit using keywords, by putting the card in context with other majors, as well as by examining some of its visuals in the evocative Hermits of the Light Seer’s Tarot and Mary-El Tarot.

Learning to Read Strength, Lust, and la Force

Learn to read Strength, Lust, and la Force using keywords, by putting the card in context with other majors, as well as by examining some of its visuals in the evocative Strength from the Shadowscapes Tarot.

Tarot Spread: Healing the Wound

What card brings more pain to most querents (and readers) than the 3 of Swords? Let’s examine the wound so we can start to heal it.

Tarot Spread: When the Cups Are Draining

Since the 5 of Cups is one of the more difficult cards for many tarot readers to interpret and work with, I created a tarot spread for exploring the card and experience.

Tarot spreads / Oracle spreadsThomas the HermitSeptember 21, 2022tarot spread, minor arcana, 5 of cups, grief, sorrow, mourning, dirge, cups, five of cups, difficult tarot cards, loss, pain, disappointment, mars in scorpio, tarot cards Comments

Tarot Answers + Divination Quick Tips

I’ve created two new series to help those who want to learn more about reading tarot and divination and who want depth and quality but who may not be ready to dive into the deep end just yet.

Learning to Read the Chariot

Learn to read the Chariot using keywords, by putting the Chariot in context with other majors, as well as by examining some of its visuals in the heart-rending Chariot from the Linestrider Tarot.

Deck Interview: Wanderers' Tarot

The Wanderer’s Tarot by Casey Zabala offers a darkly feminine (and feminist) approach to the tarot with a more rough-and-ready connection to the moon, nature, and the divine.

Musings, Deck interviewsThomas the HermitOctober 25, 2021deck interview, indie deck, tarot interview, tarot cards, wanderer's tarot, divine feminine, feminist, dark work, moon magic, lunar, lunar magicComment

Deck Interview: Cosma Visions Oracle

As with its older sibling, the Prisma Visions Tarot, there’s something hard to articulate but easy to feel when reading the Cosma Visions Oracle. My interview with the deck is both paradoxical and completely coherent, and it’s very exciting to reconnect with it.

Musings, Deck interviewsThomas the HermitOctober 10, 2021deck interview, indie deck, tarot interview, tarot cards, James R Eads, oracle interview, oracle, oracle decks, cosma visions, cosma visions oracle, past lives, past life, reincarnationComment

Deck Interview: Pocket of Peers Tarot

The Pocket of Peers Tarot offers council for a variety of voices, including my own. I am so happy to be a part of it, and the real work of this deck is going to be learning to seek out and hear the voices of those many others so that I continue to grow.

Deck interviews, MusingsThomas the HermitMarch 9, 2021deck interview, Jamie Sawyer, tarot interview, tarot cards, tarot decks, tarot teaching, teacher, teaching tarot, learning tarot, learning, spiritual development, personal development, professional development, communityComment

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