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March 2026

March 15, 2026

Sometimes You Just Have To Trust Yourself

Sometimes you can’t see what’s coming. Sometimes you can’t plan your way around trouble. Sometimes...

January 2026

January 01, 2026

Divination For 2026

We can move through life mindlessly and end up getting hurt. We can be afraid...

December 2025

December 26, 2025

The 4 Best Posts of 2025 You Didn’t Read

Divination, reincarnation, the divinity of Nature, and the need for life-long learning. These are topics...

November 2025

November 02, 2025

The Metaphysics of Divination

You do not have to be born with 90th percentile psychic skills and intuitive abilities...

July 2025

July 02, 2025

The Wheel of Fortune and the Limits of Divination

A recent Tarot reading was overwhelmingly positive… except for the Wheel of Fortune, which warned...

January 2025

January 01, 2025

Divination For 2025

2025 will be a year of moving on. Your victories, your heartbreaks, your grand narratives...

December 2024

December 01, 2024

Where Are The Gods In All This?

Is there a spiritual war going on? The forces of Oppression and Conformity certainly think...

September 2024

September 18, 2024

Reading Tarot – How I Interact With Clients

Someone asked “what is your reading style?” I gave a brief response (“calm and focused...

September 01, 2024

Reading Tarot For Wisdom And Guidance

Good divination begins with a good question – vague questions lead to vague answers. But...

January 2024

January 01, 2024

Divination for 2024

The reading for 2024 is quite positive, but also quite challenging. This is not a...

November 2023

November 06, 2023

Sharpening Your Tarot Skills

Too many people set their cards down because they have no pressing need. Then when...

September 2023

September 20, 2023

5 Non-Traditional Tarot Decks

Tarot decks can be addictive. Here are five relatively new Tarot decks I find interesting....

July 2023

July 02, 2023

2023.5 – How’s Your Year Going?

It seems impossible that we’re halfway through 2023. Still, here we are at the first...

February 2023

February 19, 2023

6 Reasons Why Your Tarot Reading Was Wrong

It’s important to celebrate our successes. It’s also important to examine our failures, so we...

January 2023

January 01, 2023

Divination for 2023

2023 is not going to be 2020 Part IV. It brings different challenges and new...

September 2022

September 04, 2022

How Divination Works

We need not have a robust theory of divination to use it effectively. But I’m...

April 2022

April 19, 2022

The Two of Swords – Choose Wisely

Let’s examine the consensus meaning of the Two of Swords at a deeper level than...

March 2022

March 10, 2022

The Ethics of Divining World Events

No one gets every reading right. That’s OK – it’s not unethical to be wrong....

January 2022

January 01, 2022

Divination for 2022

What we accomplish in 2022 will not be done with flash and dramatics. It will...

December 2021

December 26, 2021

The 4 Best Posts of 2021 You Didn’t Read

While I’ve come to accept that sometimes the Pagan community just doesn’t care about something...

November 2021

November 11, 2021

You Know My Voice

Healthy doubts keep us honest and humble. Unnecessary doubts hinder us from having the deep...

November 09, 2021

When You Rely Too Much on Divination

Divination is one skill for navigating the future. Don’t overuse it to the point you...

September 2021

September 09, 2021

Tarot: Standard Meanings or Intuitive Interpretations?

Twitter has been arguing about standard meanings vs. intuitive readings in Tarot readings. Rather than...

May 2021

May 02, 2021

Why I Read Tarot For Divination

There are many divination systems – you should pick the one that’s best for you....

March 2021

March 28, 2021

Read Like The Devil

A review of Camelia Elias’ new book on reading the Marseille Tarot… or really, any...

March 07, 2021

Skills and Strategy are Better than Foreknowledge

If you knew this time last year what you know now, what would you do...

February 2021

February 23, 2021

Interpreting Dreams, and Why I (Probably) Can’t Do It For You

While I do my best to answer spiritual questions, I rarely have much to offer...

January 2021

January 26, 2021

In Defense of the Celtic Cross

I’ve had good results from the Celtic Cross. And while I’m not an evangelist for...

January 01, 2021

Divination For 2021

I wish I could show you a bright and happy future for the coming year,...

October 2020

October 29, 2020

Reading the Current Omens and Signs (and there’s a lot of them)

A lot of people are having unusual dreams or seeing odd signs in Nature. So...