simple witch.

Lisa, 26, she/hers. Pop Culture Pagan with a passion for simple witchcraft.Moon Phase: Full Moon Card of the Day: The Hierophant

[hungerwitch]

Affordable Tarot Commissions

Hello! I’m Lisa and I have decided to offer some cheap tarot readings. It would be nice to have a little bit of spare money to supplement my disability money and I’ve been wanting to do readings for a while.

Here is a list of what I’m offering. All prices are in Canadian Dollars, so it will end us being a little less in USD than listed. Payments will only be accepted through PayPal. Message me (instant message) with what you want and I will give you the link to my paypal. After your payment is made, your reading will be posted promptly, with a photo if it is a tarot spread. I will be using the Wild Unknown Deck.

Here is what I am Offering:

Tarot:

What to Do/What Not to Do Two Card Spread: $1

Three Card Yes or No Spread: $1

Three Card Past, Present, Future Spread: $1

Three Card Advantage, Challenge, and Outcome of a Decision Spread: $1

Other Three Card Spread: $1

Five Card Fiction Spread: $1

Five Card Love Spread: $2

Other:

Three Yes or No Pendulum Readings (Used all at once just so I make sure you get what you paid for): $1

“Your vibe” reading (based off your blog I will suggest which Hogwarts House you belong in, your Myers Briggs type I believe you are and an interpretation of your personality): $2

Thanks very much and consider reblogging to spread the word!

[hungerwitch]

Affordable Tarot Commissions

Hello! I’m Lisa and I have decided to offer some cheap tarot readings. It would be nice to have a little bit of spare money to supplement my disability money and I’ve been wanting to do readings for a while.

Here is a list of what I’m offering. All prices are in Canadian Dollars, so it will end us being a little less in USD than listed. Payments will only be accepted through PayPal. Message me (instant message) with what you want and I will give you the link to my paypal. After your payment is made, your reading will be posted promptly, with a photo if it is a tarot spread.

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Here is what I am Offering:

Tarot:

What to Do/What Not to Do Two Card Spread: $1

Three Card Yes or No Spread: $1

Three Card Past, Present, Future Spread: $1

Three Card Advantage, Challenge, and Outcome of a Decision Spread: $1

Other Three Card Spread: $1

Five Card Fiction Spread: $1

Five Card Love Spread: $2

Other:

Three Yes or No Pendulum Readings (Used all at once just so I make sure you get what you paid for): $1

“Your vibe” reading (based off your blog I will suggest which Hogwarts House you belong in, your Myers Briggs type I believe you are and an interpretation of your personality): $2

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Thanks very much and consider reblogging to spread the word!

[hungerwitch]

Witch Tip #2

Rub a black tourmaline stone over sore muscles to soothe the pain.

[peaceandcrystals]

Slightly messy and brief astrology cheat sheet! So interesting to learn about 🌙

[the-daily-diviner]

~ How to Do a  Shufflemancy Reading ~

Shufflemancy is this awesome form of divination in which you use songs/song titles as a method of divination. It is literally one of the easiest things I have ever done ,and is very good for diviners that need to divine on the fly!

Grab your  mp3 player, phone, tablet, or whatever else you’ve got with a lot of songs on it. Click on that button of yours that shuffles all the songs, and think of a good and specific question.

Now come up with the number of skips you would like to use to find the answer. Ask your question, aloud or in your head, and shuffle your songs as many times as you have planned. Once you’re finished skipping to the song, read the title and take a listen to it to find out what you should do/need to know about your problem/question :)

And that’s it. I’ve seen it get more in depth where the diviner will listen to the song until a certain set of lyrics feels right, and goes with those as the answer, but it doesn’t have to be that precise.

It’s a nice method for beginners and avid diviners alike, a fun and fresh way to do a quick reading :)

I personally have a lot of instrumental music on my playlists, so I often will use the energy they give me/meaning they are conveying as an answer, so that’s just a small little thing you can do as well ^_^

Hope I explained everything well enough so that you guys can try it out! :D Good luck ^_^

[ofcloudsandstars]

⚡Tech Magic things⚡

The moon texting your phone 

Hiding sigils and codes that can only be revealed under black light

Storing spell ideas or correspondences on your phones notes 

Using those breathing gifs/videos for centering 

Texting that weird witchy friend that fucks with weird spirits and your phone always glitches 

Witchy phone apps 

Your grimoire is on a flash drive so you don’t have to write down by hand thousands of pages worth of herbal and crystal knowledge complete with pictures like some medieval scribe. 

Pinterest is your vision board 

Notifications for solstices and equinoxes so you don’t miss that shit! 

Sims characters as poppets

Making a colorful sigil art phone background to promote a certain type of energy in your life 

This: ✨

Doing a little spell when you check your phone and the hour is 12:34 or 11:11 (or banishing on 4:04)

Exasperation when other witches want to be ‘traditional’ and think your practice is less legit cause you use the modern tools that are around you. 

White noise nature mixers 

Having a plasma ball for fun but sometimes using it to charge things 

Emoji spells are a worse debate topic than modern politics or religion 

Playing music in the background to help promote a vibe during a ritual

Different electric tea lights colors instead of different wax candle colors (bonus: making it feel very witchy by placing them in a crystal grid) 

Chat room meet ups with witches

Air humidifier with essential oils instead of incense 

Your phone is sort of like an artificial servitor 

Being a huge nerd and making correspondences to things like electronic lights (since white light is achieved by RGB and R can represent the physical/material forms since it’s the lowest wavelength, G the emotional and B the mental and all together they make white that is everything and the spiritual). 

Shufflemancy

Easy hexing since you can just print out your enemy’s Facebook profile picture 

That Glow  a e s t h e t i c 

Knowing it’s cool how all digital devices with a processor rely on the energy of a quartz crystal to function

Infrared Wands for healing

Understanding that technology is a tool but it has been used negatively to force people to live a certain way but also you can decide how you want it to impact your life

[wicccaa-blog]

tarot tips

3 easy ways to cleanse your deck.

put the cards back in order from the fool to the king of pentacles: majors, wands, cups, swords & pentacles

keep the cards in a silk or bag with amethyst and smoky quartz

smudge them with frankincense, white sage or sandalwood

[orriculum]

Orriculum’s Spell Masterpost

(because i did not realize i had this many spells lol)

glamours:

shine like the sun - to be radiant like the sun

glow like the moon - to reclaim youth and past beauty

spectrum glamour - pop culture glamour to help with dissociation

glamour to attract comments - to help get comments on a selfie idk

rabbit heart - pop culture spell for courage and confidence

felix felicis - pop culture spell to bring luck and confidence

charlotte’s entrance glamour - spell to make an entrance

seductive words - lipstick/chapstick spell to make your words more persuasive

venus transformation - sailor moon spell to feel beautiful and powerful

love-related spells:

cosmic love spell - pop culture spell to lead you to your soulmate

howl love spell - pop culture spell to strengthen yourself before a confession

simple love attraction spell - to attract general love and romance 

unwanted lover spell - to repel unwanted lovers, to undo love spells gone wrong

amortenia tea - pop culture tea spell to bring or strengthen love

show me your love - to help your signif show their affections for you

rekindling spell - for relationships that have lost their “spark”

buried and decaying, we plant new seeds - to build new bonds over the breaking pieces

sweeten your feelings - simple jar spell to sweeten a bond

what kind of man - spell to help get away from a bad relationship

over the moon - full moon spell to bring love

the smoulder - glamour to spark “love at first sight”

greg and rose romance - to aid unconventional couples

once upon a dream - to share a romantic dream with someone else

communication spells:

conversation attraction spell - to encourage others to initiate conversations with you

no light no light - pop culture spell to help you confess or apologize when you don’t know the words to say

mind message spell - sending a mental message to someone

contact spell - to get that someone to text you first

tiny truth spell - ask a question and learn the truth

open your mouth, your heart - to stop someone ignoring you

see my feelings spell - a spell to help someone realize your feelings

veritaserum tea - a potion for spilling tea

friendship spells:

seeds for new friends - spell to attract new friends

bring us closer spell - to give you opportunities to make friends w/someone

cold shoulder spell - to break a friendship

empathy spell - a spell to let emotions/empathy flow between two people 

long distance spell - to preserve a bond even as the people are separated by distance

nostalgia spell - to resurface old, fond memories in someone else 

stay with me spell - to strengthen a bond and ensure communication

friendship fastening - hand fasting spell for close friends

stevonnie fushion - to meld with a friend for a short while

bindings:

wrapped around your finger - for signifs flirting with others online

to bind a bully spell - to keep them from harming you

know what you have done spell - to prevent them from doing it to others

unfollow them spell - for signifs flirting/following others online

tongue tying spell - for signifs to stop flirting with others in general

lapis water binding spell - to bind someone to a place they cannot escape

self care spells:

arms of the ocean - pop culture spell to comfort you and give you strength

hurricane drunk - pop culture spell to turn pain into invincibility

what the water gave me - pop culture spell to relieve burdens of the mind

queen of peace - pop culture spell to bring peace when you are stressed

shake it out - pop culture spell to shake off anyone/spirits bothering you

dog days are over - pop culture spell to bring happy days and self love

lumos spell - pop culture spell to bring light where there is none

obliviate spell - pop culture spell to help rid embarrassing memories

wash him out of your hair - a spell to help forget bad memories 

paper wish spell - simple spell for wishes 

shake it out - pop culture spell to shake bad things off

spell to break bad habits - spell that utilizes mundane methods

cecil voice charm - radio spell to aid sleep

stars guide me home - for when you need guidance

lover to lover - for a fresh start and reassurance 

rose quartz healing tears - simple ritual to heal emotions

bubble your feelings - to hide away feelings that are causing you harm

amethyst home spell - to make things feel like home

spell for personal freedom - pre-done spell, just draw the sigil

seawitch renewal spell - bath spell to renew one’s energy

respect jar spell - simple jar spell to help gain respect

go to the ball cinderella - to help you go out and have fun when you’re not feeling it

garnet’s gauntlets - to give you personal strength

career/wealth spells

alohomora spell - pop culture spell to unlock opportunities

job prosperity spell - to help find a better job 

dandelion wish spell - a tech wishing spell 

wait for it - to gather and prepare you for the right moment

sea witch money spell - a money spell with shells

protection spells

pumpkin wards - seasonal spell to protect your space

steven universe shielding spell - pop culture spell to protect your feelings

expelliarmus - to disarm a witch from cursing you

dark dome close sailor pluto spell - to shut bothersome things down

expecto patronum - to summon your patronus to protect you

plutonic protection spell - to invoke pluto/hades’ protection

dog park ward - to keep you from going into harmful areas

curses:

breezeblocks curse -  to affect someone you resent for leaving

your heart in my hand -  to curses someone with nightmares and to feel a general sense of being lost in life

bad moon rising curse - a revenge curse, general misfortune for a month

pumpkin head curse - seasonal curse to “burn” those who wrong you

cerberus curse - attacks what hurt’s anything under the plutonic protection spell

thorn in my side - a curse for abusers

misc:

spring spell - silly spell to help spring come

storm spell - emoji spell to bring storms and rain to you

waiting for the bus in the rain - night vale spell to make the bus come

fire writing spell - written spell charged with flame

babylon candle - a spell to help travel, physically or emotionally

hail the glow cloud - to attract paranormal events to you

[thequeersecularwitch-blog]

“Sleep finds me easily”

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[hungerwitch]

Witch Tip #1

A pen makes an excellent wand. (Feel free to substitute markers, pencils, crayons, etc.)

[wyntercraft-deactivated20190812]

Different types of Divination:

So this is delayed, like, really delayed, and I really truly apologise. It’s been a rough week, please excuse my crappy writing and grammar aha. As always, you should take divination with a grain of salt, and remember that outcomes change.

Let’s jump in :D

Keep reading

[hungerwitch]

Spell for More Spoons!

If you’re unfamiliar with the Spoon Theory, there’s a really helpful post here!

Things You Will Need:

A single spoon (A literal spoon this time. Plastic works just fine but can be fancier if you choose.)

Your own energy.

The Spell:

Optional Opening: Ask a deity of your choice. “(Deity’s name), give me more spoons!”

Incantation: Say the following three times, after each time flick the spoon (gently or it might hurt.)  “I have more metaphorical spoon. I have more energy and can better cope and deal with what comes my way.”

Charging: Wave that spoon about like crazy. Feel the energy from your environment and from yourself go into the spoon.

Optional Closing: “(Deity Name), I believe in your great power and thank you for this gift.”

What to do with the Spoon: At the end of the spell I like to kiss the spoon for a sense of completion. You can carry the spoon around with you in your pocket or bag, or what I do is leave the spoon on the altar. When I need a quick charge, I simple do the waving the spoon around part until I feel it working and kiss the spoon and put it back on my altar.

[hungerwitch]

I feel fine sigil. Use for a sense of physical wellness. Helps relieve headaches, nausea, stomachaches, pains, etc.

[tarot-sybarite]

Tarot Master Post

Bringing this back ‘cause it’s been a while.  I’ve removed dead links and updated with a new section on LeNormand. A while back I went online to gather the best—IMHO—free resources I could about tarot for use by them as wants to learn.  Below are the fruits of my labor.

Quick Methods of Learning Tarot

Learn Tarot in 7 Easy Steps (PDF)

Learn the Tarot in Two Hours - Part One and Part Two, by Ben Lucas (YouTube)

The Symbolist: A Simplified Guide to Tarot Symbols and Terms, by Corrine Kenner

A quick and dirty chart to tarot cards and their common meanings

Minor Arcana Quick Reference Chart - thetarot.co.uk

Learning Tarot

What Every Newbie Tarot Reader Should Know by Mary K. Greer

Easy Tarot Lessons with Dusty White (YouTube) - Part One

How to Read Tarot by Bonnie Cehovet - PDF from AclecticTarot.com

Simply Learn Tarot by Andred McGregor - free PDF book for download from his website

Learning the tarot (PDF - 19 lessons) by Joan Bunning.  The complete course is also online for free here.

Tarot Worksheets for Download and Study (PDFs)

Trainee Tarot Course by The Four Queens (Youtube)

Tarot Oracle’s Complete Tarot Course by the Tarot Oracle.  Part One is here,  and there are 15 hours in total (YouTube)

the Aeclectic Tarot Forum’s Cards masterthread (multiple links to articles on all 78 cards)

The Socratic Method of Tarot Reading by Jeanne Fiorini (YouTube)

How to Shuffle Tarot Cards by Kate Madison (YouTube)

Learning Tarot - Reversals

Reversals, and What to Do if All of the Cards Are Reversed, by Christiana Gaudet (YouTube)

The Wacky World of Tarot Reversals - ThatIsTotallyTarot.com

Learning Tarot - Court Cards

Why You Can’t Read the Court Cards, by Marcus Katz. Unpublished material from Tarosophy: Tarot to Engage Life, Not Escape It by Marcus Katz.  PDF.

Understanding the Tarot Court by Mary K. Greer and Tom Little, via ChinaTarot.com (PDF)

Learning Tarot - the Thoth Deck

Tarot: Mirror of the Soul.  A Handbook for the Aleister Crowley Tarot by Gerd Ziegler (PDF)

TarotTown: Thoth for Beginners - a Worksheet that breaks down a few of the complicated aspects of the Thoth tarot deck. (PDF)

Doing Readings

the Aeclectic Tarot Forum’s All About Reading masterthread (formulating questions, reading techniques, and more)

Gaining Confidence in Your Tarot Readings by Teresa Michelsen/TarotMoon Press

How to Read For Others - the Tarot Sybarite

Overcoming Reader’s Block from TarotMoon Press

When the Cards Just Make No Damn Sense - the Tarot Sybarite

To Rephrase or Not to Rephrase from TarotMoon Press

Working With Vague of Complex Questions from TarotMoon Press

Interpreting Large Readings from TarotMoon Press

Asking Questions (For Those Seeking Readings)

How to Phrase Tarot Questions - The Free Reading Network

How to Phrase a Question for a Tarot Reading - PlanetWaves.net

Effective Tarot Questions - The Tarot Reader Blog

What NOT to Ask the Tarot- BiddyTarot

The 37 Best Tarot Questions - Alec Satin (posted on Reddit.com)

Public Domain Tarot Books (PDFs) via EsotericOnline.net:

Pictorial Key to the Tarot, by A. E. Waite

A French Method of Fortunetelling by Cards by A. E. Waite

An Introduction to the Study of the Tarot, by Paul Foster Case

Oracle of the Tarot, by Paul Foster Case.  Keyed to the Knapp-Hall Tarot

What is the Tarot? by Ouspenpsky

Book T, by MacGregor Mathers  Intro the the Golden Dawn system of tarot interpretation.  Very dense reading, not keyed to the Rider-Waite-Smith deck, and not for beginners

Tarot of the Bohemians, by Papus.  References the Tarot de Marseilles and the Oswald-Wirth Tarot.

A History of the Tarot, by Dame Gabby

The Qabalistic Tarot by Robert Wang

Printable Tarot Decks (Public Domain Art)

Color Your Own Rider-Waite-Smith Deck via tarot-cards-reading.net. Coloring a tarot deck is a great way to fix the colors of the card in your mind, and help you understand the symbolism of the colors.

Color-Your-Own Marseilles Deck via tarot-cards-reading.net - The Tarot de Marseilles is one of the oldest known tarot decks, and is the basis for the Rider-Waite-Smith deck. Click here to download a full-color Marseille Tarot Deck

VintagePrintable has a tarot deck from Venice circa the 1500s for print.You can also print the Bodet cards from 1739 by clicking here.

DarkTarot.com has another printable traditional deck available for personal use. Please note the copyright.

Once you’ve decided which deck(s) you want to print, save the printable tarot cards to your computer. Avoid printing directly from the browser as you might end up with some weird and unwanted results (trust me on this).  

Print out the tarot cards on your chosen paper. Make sure that you print them in the standard tarot deck size. If you’re not sure that the size is right, do a test print of one card so you don’t destroy the entire paper. If you printed the images on regular paper and want a good backing, then you need to use spray adhesive to glue the paper to the actual cards.

Carefully trim the edges of the cards - some people like rounded edges, so make sure you have enough place for the borders. Once the cards are printed, let them dry and then seal them with a varnish spray.

After that, run them through a laminator. These days laminators are pretty affordable, and if you find yourself creating lots of tarot decks, you might want to invest in one.  You can also take the files to office supply stores (such as Office Depot in the USA) for printing and laminating.

Tarot Spreads:

Creating Tarot Spreads (PDF) - tarotguild.com

Divination Spreads (PDF)

Three Card Spreads (PDF)

Three Card Yes-Or-No Spread (PDF)

Popular Spreads with Interpretive Charts from MyTeaCup.com (PDF)

KMilliron’s Free Tarot Spreads eBook (PDF) - a poster over at AeclecticTarot’s forums collected all of his spreads into a PDF for sharing via MediaFire

41 Quick Tarot Spreads For Reading Any Situation - JeanneMayell.com

Original Tarot Spreads - TarotMoon Press Aeclectic

Tarot Forums’ Tarot Spread 

Tarot Spreads Archive - LittleRedTarot.com

hellboundwitch’s tarot spread tag

TarotSybarites tarot spread tag

Tarot Journaling

Creating Your Own Tarot and Oracle Card Journal by owlmoon (YouTube)

Free Printable Tarot Journal from eadeverell.com

Tarot Journal Template from tarot-study.info

Tarot & Astrology

Tarot and Astrology by Hajo Banzhaf.

Stars and Cards: the Astrology of Tarot by Amelia Quint

Simple Astrology Spread (PDF)

Tarot & Numerology

Secrets of Tarot Numerology by Gary Meister: Lesson One, Lesson Two, Lesson Three, Lesson Four, Lesson Five, Lesson Six, Lesson Seven, Lesson Eight, Lesson Nine, Lesson Ten, Lesson Eleven, Lesson Twelve

Issues in Tarot

Ethics When Reading For Others by Dixie Vogel (YouTube)

Ethical Tarot Reading by BiddyTarot

Setting Boundaries and Developing a Code of Ethics from TarotMoon Press

What A Tarot Reading CANNOT Do For You by Mita Bhan

Third Party Readings by BiddyTarot

Your Tarot Reading Made the Client Mad!  What Now?! by Dixie Vogel (YouTube)

The Peril of Practice - Unhappy Clients from TarotMoon Press

Are There Any Clients That You Would Refuse to Do A Tarot Reading For? via TarotWisdomReadings.com

Going “Pro”

Becoming a “Professional”: How To Know When You’re Ready to Charge For Your Tarot Readings by Biddy Tarot.  See also her article How Much Are Your Tarot Readings Worth?

Becoming A Professional Tarot Reader - What You Need to Know by DailyTarotGirl

Suggestions for Becoming a Professional Tarot Reader by Mary K. Greer

Charging Fees for Readings by Madhavi Ghare

Why I Do Not—And Will Not—Do Free Readings by idanceitarotiart

Mary K. Greer: Tools for Recording Your Readings

Getting Experience:

Join the Free Tarot Network where you perform free Tarot readings via email, with the support of a Tarot mentor.  See also biddytarot’s Seeking Feedback from Your Online Clients

The following is NOT free, and some of the information on the Internet is dated, but the bulk of information contained within is outstanding: Christine Jette’s book Professional Tarot.  Highly, highly recommended.

Organizations That Support/Promote Tarot

Tarosophy Tarot Association - “We teach methods of Tarot to divine your life, and make your way better through it – understanding more along the way.”  This organization runs TaroCon US, TarotCon Australia, and TarotCon UK.

American Tarot Association - “The American Tarot Association is a professional and social organization for Tarot enthusiasts, students, scholars, and readers. We promote the study and appreciation of Tarot by supporting a variety of educational programs.

”Tarot Association of the British Isles - “TABI is a not-for-profit association run by unpaid volunteers with a passion for Tarot and the esoteric. We were formed in 2001 to provide support, information and resources for Tarot enthusiasts of all levels.”

Tarot Guild of Australia - “The TGA represents a community of Tarot enthusiasts, readers and teachers from across Australia and worldwide.”

Tarot Publishers

Tarot Media Company - “…our goal [is] promoting the work of Tarot authors, artists, and scholars to make their creations available to the Tarot public and to support them in their goal of right livelihood.”

US Games Systems - Publisher of classic and contemporary tarot decks, Rider-Waite, Crowley Thoth, divination and oracle decks

Lo Scarabeo - Born in 1987 in Torino, Italy, Lo Scarabeo is now a leading international company in the mind, body and spiritual health publishing, with a main focus in Tarot publishing. Lo Scarabeo is one of the most important Tarot publishers in the world.

The Game Crafter - “the world’s first web-to-print game publishing company and offers a print on demand game publishing service…The Game Crafter gives designers an easy-to-use system to make a board game, card game, or custom playing cards. TGC offers templates, instructions, videos, and proofing tools to help designers create a quality product”.

Shopping For Decks

TarotGarden

If you’re browsing decks on AeclecticTarot, you can usually click a link on the deck’s page and be taken to a web site to order.  Those affiliate links usually help the site, too.

Tarot Card Games

Wikipedia’s article on tarot card games

Simplified Rules for The Game of Tarot, via Mary K. Greer’s blog.  

For a copy of the rules of French tarot, see here. Rules for Games Played with Tarot Cards via Pagat.com.  There are literally hundreds of rules variations out there, here’s a handful of them.

Emperors, the fortunetelling betting game played with Tarot cards by copperbadge

Theoricus Poker by Frater B.T. - a fun way to learn correspondences from astrology, etc., with the different tarot cards.

Arcanus Major - A Tarot Roleplaying Game

Tarot History

Take a look at this graphic for some quick facts about tarot

Thomas L. MacDonald’s detailed, excellent series on the history of tarot cards.  MacDonald is an editor over at Games magazine.

For a shorter overview of the history, you can look at tarot author Mary K. Greer’s blog post What Every Newbie Tarot Reader Should Know About the History and Myths of Tarot

History of Women’s Tarot - Tarot as a keystone of the Women’s Spirituality movement branches off in a different direction from the mainstream in the mid-1970’s.

Make sure you do some reading about Pamela Coleman Smith.  Smith is the artist who designed the artwork for the Rider-Waite-Smith deck (the world’s most popular tarot deck, and the one most people think of when they hear the word “tarot”) in 1909.  

One thing to keep in mind about Pamela Colman Smith is that she made a deliberate decision to reduce or eliminate the Christian imagery found in the early tarot decks.  For example….

The Hanged Man image comes from the medieval Italian practice of hanging traitors upside down (Fun Fact: at the end of WWII, Mussolini was hanged upside down to mark him as a traitor; and please be warned that link is GRAPHIC and TOTALLY NSFW).  That practice was inspired by the death of Judas Iscariot in the Bible, where Iscariot is described as falling “headlong” (Acts 1:18). In the earliest tarocchi decks, the Hanged Man is depicted with bags of money, or with coins falling out of his pocket, a reference to the infamous thirty pieces of silver Iscariot was paid for betraying Jesus Christ.

The World card can be seen in many churches and ancient Christian manuscripts, usually showing Christ ascending into heaven surrounded by symbols of the Four Evangelists.

Smith’s High Priestess replaced La Papessa (the Papess, a female ‘Pope’ figure) in the deck. Lots of folks assumed that this image was inspired by the legend of Pope Joan, but evidence suggests that the image is a female allegorical figure for the Roman Catholic Church (which claims the title ‘The Bride of Christ’)

General Cartomancy

Origins of Playing Card Divination - Mary K. Greer’s Tarot Blog. An illustrated presentation of theories and research on the origin of playing cards.

The New World Witchery Guide to Cartomancy by Corey Hutcheson (PDF)

Secondhand Souls: Cartomancy - Guide to learning cartomancy. Includes a brief history, discusses cards, and gives spreads.

Playing Card Meanings - Serena’s Guide to Divination

Sarena’s Tarot: Using Regular Playing Cards - A guide to using regular playing cards for divination.

A Manual of Cartomancy, Fortune-Telling, and Occult Divination by Grand Orient, published 1909 (PDF) via the Wayback Machine

A French Method of Fortune-Telling by Cards , by A.E. Waite, published 1912, via Hermetics.org

Fortune-Telling By Cards by Prof. P.R.S. Foli, first published 1915 . PDF via labirintoermetico.com

Cartomancy: History and Legend of a Prophetic Art via associazioneletarot.it (PDF)

Arcana Arcanorum: The Playing-Card Oracle - A personal system of playing card divination is presented with card meanings and layouts.

LeNormand - Another Popular Card-Divination System

Learn LeNormand in Five Minutes - MeilissaJoHill.com

An Introduction to the Le Petit Jeu Lenormand for Tarotists - Jason Lenzini

The meaning of Britta`s Cards 36 cards - Brigitte Kienle

Getting Started with LeNormand - lesvieuxjours.com

Free Printable LeNormand Deck - wanderingoracle.com.  Instructions for printing are here.

Printable version of the LeNormand 1892-1931 Altenburger Spielkarten & Co deck (public domain) for download - tarottaxi.com

A Free Holiday (LeNormand) Deck - carrieparis.com.  Free printable LeNormand decks.

List of LeNormand Card Combinations - LearnLeNormand.com

Choosing Your First Lenormand Deck - divinewhispers.net

World LeNormand Association

Other

A Glossary of Tarot Symbols from TarotMoon Press

the Difference between Oracle and Tarot Cards by hellboundwitch

World Tarot Day

Tarotpedia, the Online Encyclopedia of Tarot

Tarot Reflections Archives Back Issues of the newsletter of the American Tarot Association

Tips For Reading at Psychic Fairs by Teresa Michelsen

Reading at Charity Events by the Tarot Sybarite

Have fun, and good luck!

[orriculum]

no one’s a perfect witch 🌙

🌙 spells wont always work, and that’s okay. one failed spell, or even ten doesnt mean your power has left you completely, it just means you need to re-center yourself and rediscover it.

🌙 how often you do something witchy does not make you more or less of a witch. taking time for you is okay. missing full moons for spells or pagan holidays is fine, they are not mandatory

🌙 there will always be more to learn, don’t feel pressured to learn it all, especially if it’s not something you’re interested in. go at your own pace.

[hungerwitch]

Okay, so I’m back on this blog and I fixed up my tag system. I’m going to set up a queue and eventually hopefully post a small masterlist of my tags.

I’ve got an Intuos Pro Tablet now so I’m going to redraw the sigils I’ve already posted here and do some more this week. Also hoping to get to some readings this week but they aren’t open quite yet!

[ocarinawitch]

I … I think I had a bit too much fun making this in gimp.

Anyway, The Princess Bride. If you’ve never read or seen it, all you need to know is that true love is the best thing in the world, next to cough drops, but also that life is pain, and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. Fortunately, this spread prepares you for both! Use it to test the strength of your current relationship, or as a forecast for possible things to come. Or whatever. I’m not your boss.

1) Once upon a time – the beginning of your relationship. This might represent one of you, both, all, or it could be referring to the circumstances that brought you together.

2) The Foundation – what your relationship is built upon, what gives the relationship strength.

3) The First Trial – Relationships have their ups and downs. This is a down, and you might want to prepare for it.

4) The Mask – An aspect of your Love(s) that you may not be aware of.

5) The Prince – A person, persons, or perhaps just an unfortunate set of circumstances, that pose a threat to your relationship.

6) The Second Trial – Another issue you might want to prepare for. The issue will likely be connected to the Prince card.

7) The Friends – Unlike the Prince, this card represents the forces that help keep your relationship together.

8) Happily Ever After – Where will this relationship end up?

I tested this spread on the main characters – Westley and Buttercup, and got a hilariously accurate result, so hopefully the spread will do good by the rest of y’all, too.