A mystic and psychic event will open May 29 and 30 in the Coachella Valley, California at the Indio Performing Arts Center, 45-175 Fargo St. On May 29, the event opens from 12pm to 7pm, and on May 30, from 10am to 7pm. Healers, readers, psychics, tarot card readers, spiritualists (and even pet spiritualists) wil attend.
With images inspired by tarot cards, Mario Testino, well-known fashion photographer shot provocative images for a new Dolce & Gabbana fragrance campaign that are based on tarot inspirations. Featuring super model Naomi Campbell, who lent her images for a solid $2 million, the campaign is not about the tarot, so much as inspired by it.
Five Stars on Aeclectic Tarot Review by Solandia 
The Touchstone Tarot is the second deck from Australian artist, Kat Black. She and Kunati, the publishers of the mass-market edition, have done the impossible and equalled – even surpassed – the high benchmark set by the Golden Tarot. This is a thoroughly people-focused deck - its apt catchphrase is ‘78 friends you hold in your hand’. Drawn from historical portraits and Baroque and Renaissance paintings and melded into tarot scenes, the people are individual, immediate, and subtly expressive, displaying a range of emotion and instantly recognisable feeling. More on Aeclectic>>
First of all, let me admit that I don’t really have much interest in Tarot cards or fortune telling or Ouija boards or psychics or any of that. Several of my friends read Rob Brezsny, so once in a while I check him out, only for the notion of possibility that such mental trinkets suggest. For whatever reason, my only interest in this realm is metaphorical or mood-based. I do my fortune telling in the form of considering the horrible and wonderful unknown that is the universe. More>>
Corrine Kenner is one of four daughters born to Wayne and Corrine Kenner of Devils Lake, all of whom have been involved in the writing profession at varying levels.
Corrine, a 1982 graduate of Devils Lake High School, has worked for the Orange County Register in California, an LA weekly and the Pioneer Press in the Twin Cities.
Forget the scary crone in the darkened tent peering into a crystal ball and invoking the spirits with muttered incantations.
The 27th Spring Rota Psychic Fair and Festival was held this weekend in a clean, well-lighted place, the Monterey Fairgrounds' Monterey and Art rooms and provided,
"Reading the cards" is synonymous with fortunetelling in the minds of many people.
For centuries, people have turned to picture cards for answers, enlightenment and entertainment. The Tarot has inspired artists, mystics, philosophers, religious and ordinary people to create systems of belief and meanings tailored to it - and in the process create new views and versions of the Tarot to reflect their own beliefs about life and spirituality. The Tarot has been studied by some of the greatest (and most bizarre) minds in every generation. For some, it is a tool for personal enlightenment; for others, a key that unlocks the door to the future.
"Where do we go when we die?" This is a question that we may never know the true answer. Here are some thoughts/ideas as to what might be an "after life."
There are so many books regarding this subject or based around this topic. There is also a ton of movies, songs, poems (laments) and TV shows/websites. It is hard to imagine that when you die that life is all over and the great big nothing commences. Would you really want to live forever? More>>
He doesn't tote a pack of tarot cards or use a crystal ball.
A 27-year-old clean-cut Ottawa resident, Marc Jade doesn't fit the stereotype of a psychic medium. Read More>>
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Writing poetry, creating art or reading tarot cards — it all springs from the same source, said Wendy Videlock.
Videlock said she’s starting to see more people seeking guidance — in the form of tarot readings, which she conducts in the privacy of her comfortable, red-brick home in a mature, middle-class neighborhood near St. Mary’s Hospital.
By Lilly Scott,
Faeries never die in the combined worldwide cultures of this magnificent world -- and the equally diverse cultures of "otherworld" or never-never or the dimension of fairies. Yet, it seems, we don't hear much of faeries any more. Is this because the word associations of faery, associated with the charms of a perceptive child, or are we too grown up to care? The one magnificent element of faery magic that will never die is that starry, wondrous love we all have for the denizens of "otherworld" -- whether or not we believe they are real, tangible, visualized, imagined, moral fables brought to life, grim tales (Brother Grim), legends of childhood, or real companions on the road of life and magic.
Faeries are not just beloved of the European traditions
They might be known by many names, but faeries are common to every culture. The Irish sidhe, the gnomes of Europe, the elves of merry old England, the foxy spirits and
Learning about Tarot is a journey. You'll find many writings refer to it as that. And like any journey - you should begin by making a plan. It should be a loosely defined plan with lots of room for adjustment, because as you continue on your path, many new ways of travel will come into focus. Start at the library. There you'll find many books about Tarot, the history, philosophy, reading, etc. Look for the parts that really interest you, this will help light your path. There is a vast amount of information on the internet. Do a little homework before buying your first deck. It will light so many other avenues of study for you. Ultimately, it's the study of the cards that give them so much power. More>>
Feature by Jennifer Garraty
For many Tarot experts, a “reading” does not suggest so much “reading” or “telling” the future as “reading a story.” In the same way great story-tellers (writers) shy away from “telling” narrative, preferring to “show” what happens to involve the reader — and making the read directly experiential — the great readers of cards experience the story rather than try to look up meanings.
"Looking Up" Card Meanings is Similar Conceputually to Crib Notes or Cheat Sheets
There’s no experience involved for a Tarot “reader” if the first destination is a reference book with a myriad of formulated definitions. This brings the tarot reading disturbingly close to superstition rather than magick, not much above the level of wearing a lucky charm.
A genuine reading should be involving. Which direction do the characters on the cards face? Are they walking away from each other, towards each other. Are they antagonistic or friendly? It may be irrelevant that the MOON card is associated with various keyword interpretations, when the true story is being told in the image of the moon itself, or the water in the foreground which sets the mood of the story, or the images of Anubis on a Thoth deck (for example) which might actually represent wolf or coyote. In a keyword description, the sentence structure can become nonsense.
Shaman’s Drum a Vehicle to Other Dimensions
By Diane Franklyn
Shaman Drums are arguably the most exotic form of “transportation” ever “invented.” The sound of drums take countless journeyors to far off places: alternate realities, other consciousness worlds, even other dimensions. Through the journey by sound, shamans have a proven track record in healing, divination and other seemingly miraculous events. While this might be a journey of mind to greater mind, or consciousness to other consciousness, or world to world, it is a journey on sound waves at a core level.
Sound a Power in Any Tradition
How can sound have so much power? In Buddhist belief, the three cores of existence (or ultimate existence, but that’s another topic) are mind, voice (sound) and body --with sound as the most important. From sound, in Dzogchen Buddhist belief, is the root of all, with the most important sound being the letter “A.” In forms of Hinduism, Buddhism and many other believes, the three elements of practice again are sound (mantra), mind (visualization, concentration) and body (mudras).
Traveling with Sound
Shamans and Buddhists and virtually all core belief systems could be described as “travelers” with sound:
Commercial psychics say the recession is changing their business. Channelers and tarot-card readers say their clients no longer ask about love or lottery numbers, just jobs and money. Read More...
From CKCO TV— Psychics say more people are turning to the crystal ball...but they're not looking for love.
Fortune tellers are turning tarot cards to forecast their clients' financial futures. Read more...
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Method by Hajo Banzhaf and Elia Hemmerlein
— Jennifer Cahill
Years and years of Celtic Cross readings. Who knew? I recently started using Banzhaf and Hemmerlein's innovative TARO reading method, and I've been just Wowed by the results. Four simple cards, mapping out the key things that I generally want to know, and so astonishingly "accurate" when combined with their interpretations. For querents I don't always use it, but for myself I certainly do.
Waite-Smith — I - The Magician
The Magician evolved from the "trickster" in Renaissance decks to the loftier idealistic Magus of today. The transformation generally occured around the advent of the Golden Dawn. The Magician has become synonymous with wisdom, creative energy, activity, strength of will, vitality.
Ace Wands Rating!Rider-WaiteTM, the original 1971 North American card edition should more properly be known as Smith-Waite or Waite-Smith to give credit to the creators. As difficult as it is to appraise a venerable and traditional deck in use by, perhaps millions, Wise TarotTM still evaluates this deck as an ACE of WANDS because of the ultimate archetypal power of this nearly 100 year old deck. Ultimately, all other decks reviewed here will be relative to this deck, the market leader with a commanding 8.8% market share. Both novice and professional can still take a lot away from this splendid deck embued with tradition, the power of accepted archetypal imagery and Pamela Colman Smith's wonderful underrated art.