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· 7 min read30-Day Tarot Challenge: Learn All the Basics in One Month
Start today: a 30 day tarot challenge with one small task a day, four weekly phases, and a five minute routine that gets you reading real cards.
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· 7 min readThe Real Story Behind the 78 Card Tarot Structure
Why are there 78 tarot cards? The documented answer involves a Mamluk card game, a polo stick, and a fifth suit invented to win tricks in Renaissance Italy.
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· 8 min readHow to Interpret a Tarot Card You Have Never Seen Before
Pulled a card you do not recognize? A five step method for how to interpret tarot cards from the picture itself, before you reach for the guidebook.
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· 9 min read50 Good Questions to Ask Tarot Cards
Stuck on what to ask? Here are 50 good questions to ask tarot cards, plus how to rewrite vague or yes-or-no questions into ones worth pulling for.
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· 8 min readSelf-Love Tarot Spread for When You Feel Stuck
Feeling stuck and out of patience with yourself? Try this five-card self-love tarot spread, with a plain-English guide to each position and next step.
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· 7 min readHow Tarot Cards Spread From Italian Courts to the Whole World
The real history of tarot cards: origin in 1440s Italian courts, how printing spread the deck, and where the ancient Egypt myth actually came from.
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· 8 min readHow to Store Your Tarot Cards
How to store tarot cards without ruining them: what actually causes damage, which containers work, and why the silk rule matters less than location.
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· 8 min readWhat It Means When You Keep Pulling the Same Tarot Card
Keep pulling the same tarot card? The odds are higher than you think. How to rule out your deck, your questions, and what a real repeat points to.
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· 7 min readHow to Read Year Ahead Tarot Spread
How to read a year ahead tarot spread: lay out the twelve months, read the whole wheel first, and turn each card into a question you can act on.
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· 7 min readCan You Read Tarot for Yourself?
Can you read tarot for yourself? Yes, and here is how to handle the bias problem, phrase better questions, and know when to put the deck away.
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· 8 min readWho Was Pamela Colman Smith? The Forgotten Artist Behind the Most Famous Deck
Who was Pamela Colman Smith? The story behind the Pamela Colman Smith tarot deck, why she went uncredited, and how to read her pictures more closely.
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· 8 min readCourt Cards Explained: The Easiest Way to Finally Understand Them
Tarot court cards explained the easy way: read the suit, then the rank, then decide whether the card points to a person, to you, or to an energy.
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