Category: Storytelling

Lenormand Challenge: Identify the cards

I found something on Facebook (posted by The Smart Witch) that I thought might be a nice one to practice Lenormand on. How much of what is written below can you see as Lenormand cards? I’ll do the first 2 points below to demonstrate what I mean. Do leave your feedback in the comments section....

Happy World Tarot Day!

Today is World Tarot Day, and the gifted Jillian Healand wrote this wonderful poem on the Tarot Professionals Facebook group to mark the day. Thank you Jillian! (posted with permission.) Please go over to her Facebook Page where you can win a tarot reading (today only) or book a reading with our fabulous Jillian. The...

Tarotelic: Ten of Wands

The most striking thing about this image in the Universal Waite deck is the heavy burden that the central figure is struggling to carry, it seems almost too heavy to bear. In the background we see a village, symbolizing the community that he is serving, and the ploughed fields that testify to the progress of...

Tarotelic: Five of Swords

This card speaks of dishonourable gains, and thus the story of Helen of Troy and the Trojan Horse comes to mind. According to Myth Helen, queen of a Greek king, left him for someone named Paris of Troy. Helen was the most beautiful woman ever created, and her husband the king was enraged! The Greeks...

Tarotelic: King of Cups

When Napoleon Bonaparte arrived in France in his early childhood, the French Revolution was in full swing. Peasants had wrestled control away from the nobility, and everyone was addressed as ‘citizen.’ The former hierarchy was no longer recognized. In fact, if former nobility referred to themselves by their noble titles such as Baron or Judge...

Tarotelic series: 6 of Cups

This week I examine the Six of Cups in my current Tarotelic series; focussing on the playful element of the card as well as the slightly more sinister aspect of the card, namely issues from the past. True to the Tarotelic style of weaving relevant tales from history and myth into the card of the week,...