Return to Your Center this Virgo Season
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Return to Your Center this Virgo Season

Virgo Season lasts from August 22nd to September 22nd, bringing us a much-needed breath of fresh air following the recent eclipses. Virgo season brings themes of balance, cleansing, organization, energetic resets, self-care, and reflection on lessons. This post includes a tarot spread to help you center yourself and connect with the grounded energy of Virgo Season and ideas for Virgo New Moon rituals.

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How to Pick Your First Tarot Deck
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How to Pick Your First Tarot Deck

Choosing your first tarot deck can feel challenging. This comprehensive guide helps you pick your first tarot deck with confidence. It covers how to find a deck that resonates, where to shop, which decks are great for beginner readers, the best beginner tarot books, and what kinds of decks to avoid as a new reader. Start your tarot journey strong and find a deck you'll love to learn with.

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Jupiter Cazimi in Leo Manifestation and Ritual Ideas
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Jupiter Cazimi in Leo Manifestation and Ritual Ideas

The Jupiter cazimi in Leo brings us expansive energy to heighten our manifestation and empower our creativity. This transit encourages us to lead with our heart. This post covers the full astrological picture with ritual ideas for how to harness this energy for your spiritual practice. Get inspired with glamour magick, manifestation, creativity talismans, abundance altars, and more.

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Aquarius Full Moon Tarot Spreads: Transformation and Creating Change
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Aquarius Full Moon Tarot Spreads: Transformation and Creating Change

The Aquarius Full Moon conjunct with Pluto brings powerful transformative energy and deep personal reflection. This post covers the astrological picture of this full moon including the Jupiter-Pluto opposition and the tension between the Leo and Aquarius energies. Explore this lunation with three astrology tarot spreads focused on transformative change, owning your rebellious side, and creating bold change.

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Lughnasadh Tarot Spreads: Embracing Our Multi-Faceted Selves & Gratitude for the Land
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Lughnasadh Tarot Spreads: Embracing Our Multi-Faceted Selves & Gratitude for the Land

Lughnasadh is a late summer Harvest Festival that celebrates the blessings of the land. This sacred day comes from Irish Paganism, bringing themes of gratitude and balance with nature. Explore two seasonal tarot spreads. One spread pays homage to Lugh the Many-Skilled, and empowers you to explore your multi-faceted nature. The second invites you to explore your relationship with the land.

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Neptune Retrograde Tarot Spreads: Navigating Dreams, Illusions, and Self
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Neptune Retrograde Tarot Spreads: Navigating Dreams, Illusions, and Self

Neptune, ruler of dreams and illusions, begins its 2026 Retrograde in Aries on July 7th. This transit invites you to separate illusion from truth, evaluate your goals with clarity, and pursue your dreams with bold intention. This blog includes two astrology tarot spreads for exploring the lessons of this Neptune Retrograde. This transit is a powerful time for intuitive development and spiritual exploration, making it a perfect time for divination.

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How to Use Clarifying Cards in Tarot: Overcoming Challenges
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How to Use Clarifying Cards in Tarot: Overcoming Challenges

A precise clarifier card can deepen a tarot reading, but knowing when to use them makes all the difference. This guide helps developing readers learn how to make the most of clarifier cards, how to overcome common challenges, when not to pull clarifiers, and how to deepen your intuitive development. Learn when clarifying cards are a good idea and how to write powerful clarifying questions. Learn how to achieve empowerment and personal growth through your tarot practice.

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Queer Tarot Spreads: Happy Pride
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Queer Tarot Spreads: Happy Pride

Queer people have always been here and always will be. Pride is about resistance, community, and celebrating the full spectrum of queer identities. This blog includes personal reflections on pride and two LGBTQ+ tarot spreads. One spread connects you with queer history and the love of your queer ancestors, and one spread celebrates who you authentically are.

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How to Create a Tarot Spread That Rocks
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How to Create a Tarot Spread That Rocks

Whether you are building a custom spread for a client, creating a spread for yourself, or making a spread to post on social media, this step-by-step guide will help you confidently design tarot spreads that rock. Learn best practices for how to design tarot spreads that readers will love using.

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How to Interpret Angel Numbers
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How to Interpret Angel Numbers

Angel numbers are a popular form of synchronicity, but people often ask: what do these numbers mean? What is the message of this spiritual guidance? This article discusses how to make sense of these signs with four methods of interpreting angel numbers. Learn about numerology, divination, meditation, and holistic interpretation of synchronicity. I share examples from my own spiritual practice, discuss the importance of mindfulness, and include messages from my spirit guides.

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Summer Solstice Tarot Spreads
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Summer Solstice Tarot Spreads

The Summer Solstice is a powerful time to celebrate your accomplishments and reflect on your growth. Celebrate the solstice with two empowering tarot spreads. The first invites you to reflect on your accomplishments. The second explores what parts of you shine brightest and how to sustain that energy as we move into the second half of the year.

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How to Use Anchor Cards: Rediscovering Joy with the Six of Cups
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How to Use Anchor Cards: Rediscovering Joy with the Six of Cups

Anchor cards are a powerful tool to center the energy of a reading. They can help newer readers become confident in their ability to develop a story across multiple cards in a spread. This blog explores how to use anchor cards using an example spread focused on rediscovering joy. The Six of Cups invites us to remember joyful times. This spread is perfect for times when you need a reminder of things that bring you joy.

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Deeper Understanding of the Five & Six of Swords
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Deeper Understanding of the Five & Six of Swords

We unlock the power of tarot when we develop deeper personal interpretations of the cards. This blog explores nuanced interpretations of the Five of Swords and the Six of Swords. The Minor Arcana suit of swords holds power and strength, it brings us incredible opportunities to use tarot for shadow work.

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Developing an Ethics Statement as a Tarot Reader
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Developing an Ethics Statement as a Tarot Reader

Developing an ethics statement as a tarot reader is a valuable exercise in understanding yourself. Why is a tarot ethics statement important? What should you put on your ethics statement? This blog discusses these questions, provides an exercise to get started, and includes an example tarot ethics statement.

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Answering Yes or No Questions with Tarot
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Answering Yes or No Questions with Tarot

A common question that comes up is whether tarot can be used for yes or no questions. Experimenting with yes or no questions can be valuable for some readers. This blog post discusses how to explore this practice for yourself.

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