The Wheel of Fortune Key is one of the reasons I so love Tarot! Fraught with symbols from several world beliefs, this Key tells us that the Universe is always in motion and is always watching over us and guiding us, if we just pay attention! The wheel in the center of the key has three concentric [...]
The Hermit is one of my favorite Keys in Tarot. He represents guidance, direction, and light. He stands on a snow-covered mountain, bearing in his right hand the Lamp of Truth, with Light shining within it in the form of the six-pointed Seal of Solomon, representing wisdom. The Seal also represents a balance of male [...]
A woman holds the mouth of a lion - is she opening or closing the lion's mouth? We don't know, but we do know that her actions require courage and trust! She wears a garland of flowers, indicating a zest for life, coupled with her white gown of purity of thought and emotions. Around her [...]
The theme of finding balance in one's life continues in Key 4, The Emperor. He sits on a throne flanked by rams' heads, symbolizing Mars energy. In his right hand (the active, male side of the body) is the Egyptian ankh, also called the Cross of Life. The ankh also is a symbol of Venus, [...]
The Empress is Mother Earth. She is fertility, pregnant with new life, new creativity, new pathways to intuition. She is the High Priestess coming into her own. She represents Venus, the Goddess of Love. She is Isis unveiled. Wearing the white of purity and the red of passion, she is Mother of balance and harmony. [...]
The High Priestess is the first of the Major Arcana cards to clearly be male or female. She is the virgin daughter of the moon, representing the potentiality of the Divine Feminine. She is the manifestation of Isis in her maiden, or untried, form. She is spiritual enlightenment, inner illumination. Where The Fool and The [...]
Welcome to my Tarot Blog! Using the Rider-Waite Tarot Deck, we'll work our way through all 78 cards (or keys, as they are correctly named). After that - who knows where Tarot will lead us! In traditional Tarot, the 22 cards of the Major Arcana tell the story of The Fool's journey to enlightenment, thus [...]
