In the Tarot de Marseille, two of the trump cards are missing something that the others have. One card, the Madman, has a name but no number; it exists outside of the numbered sequence of the trumps. Meanwhile, there’s another card that has a number but no name. This is the thirteenth card in the […]
Read more "Death and the Madman"As we draw to the end of my year-long project with the TdM, I thought I would do another sample reading—about my career, because that’s my top concern of late. I had a job interview earlier this week, and it went really well. The company seems interesting, they seemed to like me, and on the […]
Read more "A Year of Tarot de Marseille: Another Career Reading"My year-long adventure with the Tarot de Marseille has been a bit rocky. There have been lots of stops and starts, as I’ve tried one thing, realized it wasn’t working for me, gone back to my starting point, tried something new, encountered another obstacle, and started over again. And again. I’m really trying to feel […]
Read more "A Year of Tarot de Marseille: Finally Hitting My Stride"I’m picking up this tag from Benebell Wen, who in turn got it from Kelly Bear. It’s originally a YouTube tag, but Benebell did it as a blog post and I’m going to follow in her steps (although my post won’t be nearly as aesthetically pleasing). The challenge: To list 5 Tarot decks you love, […]
Read more "#54321Tarot"In my previous post on the Tarot de Marseille, I admitted that the system I was building wasn’t working for me and I wanted to start all over. Since then, I’ve been working my way through getting to know the deck again, using Camelia Elias’s book Read Like the Devil as a guide. And honestly? […]
Read more "A Year of Tarot de Marseille: Three Career Readings"For those of you who have been following along at home, I’ve committed myself to exploring the Tarot de Marseille in depth in 2023. I’m interested in this project for a couple of reasons, which I explored when I first began it: TdM is the system of Tarot that I’m least familiar with, and as […]
Read more "A Year of Tarot de Marseille: Rebooting"I’ve now worked my way through all of the numbered cards in the Tarot de Marseille, exploring their meanings through the lens of the trump cards that are numerologically associated with them. Having done that, I turn my attention to the court cards. In RWS-style Tarot reading, the personalities of the court cards are affected […]
Read more "A Year of Tarot de Marseille: The Courts, Part I"It’s been a while since I’ve posted an update in my year-long Tarot de Marseille project, but I haven’t forgotten about it! I’ve just been harried with work. Today, we return to the TdM and cap off our exploration of the pip cards with the Tens. These cards take their numerological meaning, I suggest, from […]
Read more "A Year of Tarot de Marseille: The Tens"We’re drawing near the end of our exploration of the suit cards in the Tarot de Marseille. Today, I’m looking at the Nines, which take their meaning from the Hermit and the Sun among the trump cards. The theme that strikes me with both of these cards is one of illumination. The sun is, well, […]
Read more "A Year of Tarot de Marseille: The Nines"Picking up where we left off in my project on the Tarot de Marseille, we come now to the Eights. These cards take their meaning from two of the trumps: Justice and the Moon. At first glance, these two trump cards really don’t seem to go together; Justice is rational and ordered, whereas (in RWS […]
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Jack Chanek 