Card Talk

Today on CARD TALK, I’ll cover:
-what it means to have someone else do a tarot reading for you
-benefits to different reading formats
-tips for receiving a live reading
-tips for receiving a recorded reading
-reminders for processing your reading after it's over

Check out my "your first tarot reading" CARD TALK episode for more on finding a tarot reader that aligns with your values.

For more on Meg,...

Today on CARD TALK, I’ll cover:
-why we follow rules (and why it's not always bad)
-why we challenge rules
-pages as the tarot's rebels
-which page are you?
-questions for deeper reflection

Recommended resources:
pages, patterns, and everyday rebellions essay on devils & fools
Ocean’s 16 workbook
Order in the Court series
Spiraling Through the Wisdom Year workshop with Bee Scolnick

Fo...

Today on CARD TALK, I’ll cover:
-recurring cards & messages in readings
-unclear answers in readings
-answers that keep changing
-tips for making your way through

Resources mentioned:
-tarot spreads to try: understanding your recurring card / dazed & confused / so you’re uncomfortable / curiosity & connection
-confusing tarot readings CARD TALK episode
-next level tarot lecture series
-tar...

Today on CARD TALK, I’ll cover:
-what can spark feeling disconnected from the cards
-why it is super normal to struggle with making readings personal
-four essential reminders
-tips and prompts to help you approach this challenge with compassion

Suggested resources:
-intro to meg / deepening your tarot practice / reading tarot while stressed CARD TALK episodes
-card connections in the 3am.tarot conservatory

Today on CARD TALK, I’ll cover:
-a quick intro to this new mini series
-roles in social movements, and how they can connect to the minor arcana
-using archetypes to find your place
-a tarot spread for affirming daily commitments
-a simple journaling exercise for checking in with the self

Resources mentioned:
-calculating your birth card
-10 ways to be prepared and grounded now that Trump has won from Wagi...

Today on CARD TALK, I’ll cover:
-court cards & personalities
-four methods for interpreting court cards in readings
-tips for calming down if court cards stress you out
-resources for further study

Resources mentioned:
-order in the court and card connections, both available through the conservatory membership program
-tarot spread archive

For more on Meg, check out 3amtarot.com, and order your copy of Fin...

Today on CARD TALK, I’ll cover:
-what court cards are within the tarot
-the four ranks
-elements and personalities
-additional correspondences
-thematic keywords to keep in mind

For more on Meg, check out 3amtarot.com, and order your copy of Finding the Fool through Bookshop.org or your favorite local bookstore.

Find episode transcripts and more over on the CARD TALK website. And as a special thank you for CARD TA...

Today on CARD TALK, I’ll cover:
-a quick personal update & new scheduling moving forward
-why court cards can be challenging for people
-how working with court cards can help us connect with others
-prompts for getting to know court card personalities better

Recommended resources from the episode:
bee scolnick: getting sick as the empire falls
five days of offerings essay series // consider comm...

Today on CARD TALK, I’ll cover:
-why the pips are great, actually
-four ways to interpret these cards in readings
-suggestions for getting comfortable with pips

Resources mentioned:
Next Level Tarot lecture series
3am.tarot conservatory membership

For more on Meg, check out 3amtarot.com, and order your copy of Finding the Fool through Bookshop.org or your favorite local bookstore.

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Today on CARD TALK, I’ll cover:
-what the minor arcana is
-pips vs. court cards
-why "mundane" isn't exactly the same as "boring"
-ways to understand these cards
-ways to get to know these cards
-basic keywords for elements and numbers

Additional resources:
Call Your Coven podcast
Devils & Digits and Card Connections through the 3am.tarot conservatory
Free el...

Resources mentioned:
urgency in white supremacy culture
ten things to do if trump wins
pulling cards in an uncertain world
grieve first.
new ways to work with me
grief support resources

A few folks to follow: juliet diaz; lane smith; cyree jarelle; tehlor kay

Previous CARD TALK episodes you might find helpful:
ways to use the tarot (beyond readings)
reading tarot while stressed
tarot (books) for co...

Today on CARD TALK, I’ll cover:
-on the importance of self-care
-three ways to work with the cards during periods of high stress
-an election day survival spread
-resources for support and distraction

Resources to get you through:
pulling cards in an uncertain world: newsletter essay
solar returns, favorite things, and a gift for you: newsletter roundup
CARD TALK: starting with tarot spreads epi...

Today on CARD TALK, I’ll cover:
-the reality that major arcana cards can feel scary
-why majors show up in our readings
-what majors can offer us in readings
-resources for building relationships with these cards
-questions to ask yourself when majors show up in readings

Recommended resources:
-Archetype Medicine lecture: work with an individual archetype for the kind of support you need, right now<...

Today on CARD TALK, I’ll cover:
-recommendations for other CARD TALK episodes if you’re a beginner
-four ways to look at the major arcana
-why archetypes are medicine
-three ways to identify an archetype that you might want to work with
-starting an archetype study

Overview of the major arcana's story
Life path number calculator
Life path number info
Astro.com for birth chart
Major arcana ast...

content warning: brief mention of depression and suicidality

Today on CARD TALK, I’ll cover:
-the potency of grief as a universal experience
-different ways that grief can look and feel
-my own experiences with grief
-three simple ways to use tarot for supporting your grief
-resources to help

Free tarot spread archive
Grief & hope workbook
Archetype Medicine lecture
Magician’s L...

Today on CARD TALK, I’ll cover:
-the many things that "deepening your practice" can mean
-three habits that can help to expand and deepen your relationship with the tarot
-suggestions for resources that can support your work

For resources on deepening your practice:
CARD TALK episodes on collaborative readings and correspondences
3am.tarot Conservatory for a variety of resources including Card...

Today on CARD TALK, I’ll cover:
-what personal tarot card meanings are
-when in your practice to start expanding your understanding of individual cards
-three of my favorite methods for developing personal meanings
-how long it'll take you to develop a full library of meanings

For journal prompts to help you make your own meanings, check out Card Connections, a new resource available exclusively in the...

Today on CARD TALK, I’ll cover:
-ways to think about hope as a practice
-questions for thinking about what feeds your hope
-insights into my own relationship with hope
-a simple way to start exploring hope with your tarot deck
-an upcoming live course for activating hope & resources

If your sense of hope is supported by expansive imagination, envisioning new possibilities, and changing your perspect...

Today on CARD TALK, I’ll cover:
-the great debate between traditional & intuitive card meanings
-how i define "traditional" and "intuitive"
-why i prefer the term "standardized" meanings
-where my own meanings come from

Tarot history resources:
Everything by tarot scholars Mary K. Greer, Rachel Pollack, and Robert M. Place
Women of Tarot by Cat Willett
78 Acts o...