The Tarot Court Cards are a pain. I'm not even going to pretend like they're easy to read because they're not. However, there are plenty of different ways you can start to get into the groove of interpreting them. In this episode of the Energetic Tarot Podcast, I give you a little Court Card Tarot lesson to help you find your way around the Kings, Queens, Knights and Pages. There's also a little three-card Tarot spread at the end that you can use to practice Court cards more regularly. Card Positions 1) How would this past version of yourself have dealt with this situation? 2) How would the p ..read more

Happy Samhain/Halloween! Today I wanted to record a special Samhain episode that tells you all about why divination is such a big part of Samhain, why we read Tarot on this day and how we can make the most of this Samhain energy for our readings. In the episode, I'll be chatting all about different forms of divination as well as how we can use Tarot specifically. Plus there's a nice little 5 card Tarot reading at the end to give us a closing-out message for this current cycle. As well as all of this, there is a big announcement about the upcoming Energetic Tarot Membership that I hope to be ..read more

This week on the Energetic Tarot podcast, I'm reading listener Melissa's letter and helping her to find clarity and understanding through a five-card Tarot reading. Find out what wisdom the cards offered Melissa after she went through a divorce that forced her to up-sticks and move her whole life to a new state. Listen as we chat through the fears and blocks that might be standing in her way of starting fresh and how prioritising her ideas and instincts could be the way to a more focused future. Melissa's Tarot Cards Past: The Lovers Present: The Hanged Man Future: Knight of Swords Conflict ..read more

Tarot vs. Oracle Cards - Which one offers you the most support? On the Energetic Tarot Podcast this week I wanted to chat about the differences between Tarot and Oracle cards, why you might use one over the other and also how you can use both Tarot and Oracle cards together. Discover how you could deepen your Tarot practice by adding in an Oracle card now and again and learn more about the Oracle decks that are out there on the market. Tarot & Oracle Task First of all, we’ll need four Tarot cards and one Oracle card, so I’m going to choose them now.  Then I want to lay them out ..read more

This week on the Energetic Tarot podcast I am offering a reading for podcast listener Trish. Trish wrote in to ask for guidance from the cards after a huge life change, right on the eve of retirement. Through Trish's open and honest letter, we discuss topics such as ageism, limiting beliefs, retirement and starting your own business. I'll use the Pamela Coleman Smith Tarot Deck to do a five-card Tarot reading for Trish, talking through the cards and what messages they have to offer. If you are going through something similar, you can even imagine I'm talking directly to you! Five Card Tarot R ..read more

How do you create your own unique way of Tarot reading? That's what we're tackling in today's episode. We'll be exploring the different avenues we can take in order to read in a way that feels personal to us and that feels like our own unique take on the cards. At the end of the episode, we'll do a task that aims to help you get started to explore your own Tarot reading style and explore the different elements you can incorporate into your own style. Task For Episode 49 Shuffle your deck and choose a card  Think of the main keyword you associate with that card  Start creating ..read more

This is our first dalliance with The Moon Tarot card on the Energetic Tarot, but it's a definite deep dive into this card and the work you can do with it. At the episode, there is a nourishing, guided meditation to help you fully tap into the energy of The Moon Tarot card. So make sure you're somewhere you won't be disturbed and sit back ready for some deep subconscious exploration. Post meditation task After you’ve completed this meditation I want you to start journaling about what you found in those depths. What was it that you pulled out? Was it an object? In which case, what memories ..read more

In this episode of the Energetic Tarot podcast, we are looking at how we can create a narrative in our Tarot readings. This is a bit different from what we usually do, but hopefully, this will help you explore what is needed to create narratives in your readings that you can use to deepen understanding. Prompts for Episode 46 Either use the 3 act structure or go for the conflict or partnership technique.  Always try and make your interpretations snappy. This means you take the first intuitive feeling or message that comes to you. Don’t try and control the narrative, just let it flow ..read more

Using The Lovers Tarot card and the Eight of Swords, we chat about how to need to be wanted or needed by others can stop us from loving ourselves fully. I chat a little about my own experiences and how I overcame them and touch on how The Lovers and the Eight of Swords can help us better understand this need and where it comes from. Prompts for Episode 45 Prompt 1: Ok so now for the good part, the journal prompts. We’re going to start with the biggy, The Lovers. I want you to write down all the behaviours you exhibit when you are needing to be wanted. Whether it’s during a crush on someone ..read more

How can you use the wisdom of the Tarot cards to help you choose optimism in those hard times? I'm back and I'm accompanied by the Wheel of Fortune and Page of Wands Tarot cards, to tackle the subject of conscious optimism. I chat about my own struggles as a naturally pessimistic person, to make the decision to be optimistic in times when I really didn't want to. Prompts for Episode 44 Prompt 1: Think about a time in your life when you have felt a crushing disappointment. Write it down in as much detail as possible, how did it make you feel, what thoughts did it create, what was involved wha ..read more