Let’s continue the theme of uncomfortable Swords cards.  Last month, we talked about the Three of Swords, that card of pain and isolation and betrayal.  If you haven’t read it yet, take a few moments now to do so.   In my opinion, there are two other Swords cards besides the Three of Swords that are not that much fun: the Five of Swords and the Seven of Swords.  The thing about the Five and Seven of Swords is that sometimes it is not easy to differentiate between them.  You know by now my method for dealing with this issue: break the cards down to their most basic ingredients.  …

This month, we are going to discuss a less pleasant card: the Three of Swords.  I will admit I groan with dismay each time I throw the Three of Swords in my daily spread.  It is my least favorite card in the entire Tarot, above the Nine of Swords, or Death, or The Devil, or even The Tower on my personal dread list, and those are cards that can certainly shake your confidence. The Three of Swords is more personal to me, more connected to daily events, and its effects seem to always sneak up on me more quickly because of this.   The Three of Swords is a Minor…

Last time, we talked about the Nine of Cups, a lovely card of possible emotional fulfillment.  If you haven’t read the last column, please take a moment to do so before continuing.  This time, let’s look at the Nine of Cups in a different way; let’s reverse it.   Not every Tarot Reader reads reversals, and some decks, such as the Shadowscapes Tarot, are not set up for reversed interpretations.  But most Tarot decks allow for reversals, and in fact, reversals can add depth and texture to a reading.  However, a reversed card does not always present itself in a manner that facilitates easy interpretation.  Like the Tarot in general,…

My name is Raushanna, and I am addicted to the Tarot.  From that moment in 2005 that I spread before me the cards from my very first Tarot deck, the Morgan Greer Tarot, I was hooked.  So many beautiful and frightening and serene and powerful and thought-provoking images, all packed into 78 cards!  So many symbols to understand!  Thus began a journey that has only intensified with each new deck I examine and with each spread I throw.  My efforts to understand how the elements and numbers and astrology and the Hebrew alphabet and the Tree of Life and the other components of the Tarot can all work together with…