✦ Practical Magic 101 ✦
If you’re just starting out with the cards, here’s what you need to build a solid foundation for your tarot / oracle practice.
What are pip-style tarot decks and can they be a good fit for you as a tarot reader? We investigate.
If you feel like you’re headed into a Tarot Reading Rut© , here are a few things you can try to shake things up. Incorporate some freshness back into your tarot reading routine and see how you can work around and work through tarot boredom.
Are your tarot and oracle cards a whole lot of nonsense just because you have no “proof” that they do anyone any good? PM dives into what makes tarot readings effective, important, and valid.
Tarot is still seen as some underground, rebellious, weird practice. It’s cachet intrigues people and draws them in, but also tends to drive them away when they panic about what the cards could possibly reveal.
Abbey Sy and I talk tarot and oracle cards, and how our card practices help us live more creative lives.
Intention-setting in tarot readings gives your cards and whatever insight you glean from them more focus, more importance, and fingers crossed more meaning.
You could look at your tarot deck as mystical, all-powerful, and omniscient, but the good news for most of us is—you don’t have to. I’m bringing some practical wisdom to these typical tarot myths, in the hopes that debunking them will help you connect to your cards quicker and more easily.
Open yourselves up to the experience of learning through process, discovering through research, and creating a tarot deck all your own.
Whether you’re a newbie with your first deck of cards, someone who’s card-curious and doesn’t know where to begin, or a long-time reader whose relationship with the cards needs a bit of a refresh, these simple how-to’s can make your initiation (or journey back) into the practical and magical world of oracle just a little bit easy-breezier.
The right tarot reader is out there for you, you just have to be good about knowing what you’re looking for.
Tarot reading, to me, is more about asking the right questions rather than getting the “right” answer.
If you haven’t heard the news, I just launched a brand new, Filipino-themed Practical Magic tarot deck! Say hi to Pinoy Practical Magic.
Birthday tarot readings are a great way to mark another turn around the sun. They help you reflect on your life thus far and assist you in figuring out where you want to end up over the next 12 months too.
If you want to start a tarot practice but don’t know where to start when it comes to finding a deck, here are a few tips to help you narrow down your tarot deck choices.
The tarot may be the last thing you’d associate with Miss Manners, but I feel that the rules of etiquette still apply to tarot reading, however freewheeling and hippie dippie this art is.
I don’t think there’s any shame in bringing self-care back—especially these days. The world is having such a tough go at it, if there was ever time we needed to take care of ourselves, it’s now.
I like using multiple decks in my tarot readings because they provide layers of meaning, and many windows for interpretation. Multiple decks by the same artist also means you come up with a super gorgeous spread!
Here’s a quick rundown of tarot exercises to help you study the cards, give yourself a mindfulness check-in, or simply keep your head out of the fog even just for a few minutes.
What do tarot cards in reverse mean? Do they even matter? Find my thoughts on the topic in this post. Disclaimer: they may be just a little bit biased ;)
Everyone has a very individual path when it comes to going pro, but here are five questions to ask yourself if you want to transition from tarot enthusiast to professional tarot reader.