When I first started reading tarot for other people, I was actually surprised at how many wanted to know about love.   I thought I would be answering different types of questions about spiritual journeys and personal transformations.   But I quickly realized how important relationships are to people, and how much is at stake when we are talking about love, commitment, loyalty and companionship.   Some of the hardest questions I’ve had to answer as a tarot reader had to do with relationships.   They can be really complicated. Especially if the people invo ..read more

How are you? October was a big month for me. After the stillness of the last few years, this autumn has felt like life has really come roaring back in so many ways. I had the opportunity to read tarot at some great Halloween parties, and also at the closing party of Likely General, a shop where I read every Sunday for two years. I loved having that residency and loved part of the community that had grown around that store. Likely General closed its doors at the end of October, and I’m glad I could be there one last time to offer a few tarot readings as we all said goodbye to the space. One of ..read more

I’ve been knee-deep in one-on-one readings this month and it’s been a wonderful state to be in. Reading tarot isn’t always easy, though: It takes a lot of concentration and care. Readers see and hear a lot. We help to move energy in people’s lives. It takes a lot of time to sit with it all, but there is also great gratitude that comes with this path. One of the things I have come to learn through my work is that tarot isn’t always pushing you towards a big change. Often, clients come in for readings expecting to hear that something major is about to occur. Or that they have some kind of big op ..read more

“What does this card mean?” If you read tarot, chances are you’ve asked this question more than once along your path. But one thing I’ve started to discourage tarot students from asking is that very question: “What does this card mean?” Why? Because if figuring out a card meaning was the only thing standing between you and your tarot reading, you wouldn’t even have to ask that question. Card meanings are everywhere. You can Google any tarot card and come up with all kinds of answers. Or you can get a guidebook and look it up. Or you can watch any number of videos on social media where people ..read more

One of the most common questions I get asked in my tarot classes is, “Should I be pulling a card a day for practice?” I don’t assign daily draws and sometimes that makes people nervous. The practice has become so common that a lot of newer readers are under the impression that it’s a universal habit. This isn’t to say I’m against daily draws entirely. I, too, was given the advice to pull one card a day, and did for a good long time when I was first learning tarot. I still have journals that I kept from that period, where I would record my daily card and the thoughts and ideas it inspired withi ..read more

What is the hardest question you’ve had to answer as a tarot reader? In the time that I’ve been reading for other people, I’ve had my fair share of difficult questions. Difficult, of course, is subjective. Some people find questions like, “Is my ex coming back?” challenging because they are yes or no questions with an emotional charge to them. Others find predictive questions difficult because their tarot reading style is less focused on the future and more on the present. Tarot readers are always defining the boundaries of their work, and determining the best ways they can use tarot. When I w ..read more

How do you know you’re ready to read tarot for others? How do you know you’re ready to start charging for your readings? How do you know you’re ready to accept that invitation to read at your friend’s party, or to give a talk about tarot at your local bookstore? These are all questions that you will likely have about tarot at some point in your journey. When I started learning tarot, I knew I wanted to be able to read for other people. I didn’t know right away that this was something I wanted to do professionally (that came later), but I did want to be able to give readings that were intuitive ..read more

When you start reading tarot for other people, you quickly realize that a lot of questions people have revolve around the same few categories: Work. Relationships. Money and security. Focus and contentment. And just as often, we can find ourselves asking variations of these same questions when we’re reading on our own. It’s something that I’ve been asked about a lot over the last few years: “How can I take my readings deeper? What else should I be asking about?” And, “What can I do to get my querents thinking differently, too?” I used to feel the same way. But I’ve come to appreciate these “mu ..read more

Before I get into this week’s newsletter, let’s take a moment to check in: How are you doing? There is such a whirlwind of energy in the collective right now that it’s been feeling hard, for me at least, to pinpoint where a lot of us are at. It seems many of us are cycling through contradictory bursts of feelings and thoughts moment by moment: Optimistic one minute, worried the next. Life feels brimming with possibility in so many ways. As people return back to more in-person events and community gatherings and travel plans, there is a sense of gaining momentum. And when there are things to lo ..read more

Tarot and intuition seem to go hand in hand: At least that’s what a lot of us are told when we start working with the cards. But finding the synergy between an intuitive hit and following the cards as you’ve learned them can be a steep learning curve as a tarot reader. Maybe you’ve found yourself wondering that very thing: “When should I go with the basic meaning, and when should I go with my first impression instead?” Sometimes what sits behind this question is the fear of getting a reading wrong by going too off track with your interpretation. I don’t think there’s a perfect answer or pat so ..read more