Ace of Wands
Ace of Wands from the Rider-Waite Tarot We have come to our last Ace! Moving alphabetically through the suits, the Ace of Wands rounds out our understanding of the Aces within the tarot, and the role that they serve in starting us off into the Minor Arcana. I hope that after this blog, and reading […]
Panther: The Wild Unknown Animal Spirit
The fifth animal from the Wild Unknown Animal Spirit deck is the Panther. As we have seen with the previous fifth animals in the other suits/elements, this animal is going to speak to change, challenges, obstacles, and overcoming unknowns or adversity. It makes sense that the animal that resides at this position is as ferocious […]
Ace of Swords
Ace of Swords from the Rider-Waite Tarot Next in the tarot deep dives is the Ace of Swords. So far, we have done a deep dive into the Ace of Cups and the Ace of Pentacles. I encourage you to go back and read those blogs, or listen to the podcast episodes, as you will […]
Lizard: The Wild Unknown Animal Spirit
The fourth animal from the Wild Unknown Animal Spirit deck is the Lizard. Coming after the Scorpion, with its fierce and fiery energy, we need to find some stability, which the Lizard encourages. There needs to be a bit of a metaphorical cooling off. With the Scorpion, we recognize how the spirit within (as we […]
Ace of Pentacles
Ace of Pentacles from the Rider-Waite Smith Tarot Next in the deep dives is the Ace of Pentacles. After covering the Ace of Cups, which you can read here, we will see how the Minors carry similar energies thanks to the numerology, but hold nuance because of the elementation with each different suit. At the […]
Scorpion: The Wild Unknown Animal Spirit
The third animal within the fire element of the Wild Unknown Animal Spirit deck is the Scorpion. It is a perfect time to write about this wonderful creature as we approach the Full Flower Moon in Scorpio. A quick recap: the previous card was the Hyena. The Hyena invites us to consider where laughter, comedy, […]
Ace of Cups
Ace of Cups from the Rider-Waite Tarot The deep dives are officially in the Minors, and the Majors have been completed. Now, we move on to the cards that meet us at the ground floor, and may be more immediately present or understood in our lives. If the Majors represent “As Above,” then the Minors […]
Hyena: The Wild Unknown Animal Spirit
Next up in our deep dive into the The Wild Unknown Animal Spirit deck is the Hyena, second in the suit of fire. The fire suit starts with the first animal, the Fire Ant. The Fire Ant invites consideration of how we are spending our energetic currency. Are we quick to anger? Are we spending […]
The World
The World from the Guardian of the Night Tarot We have now arrived at the final card in the Major Arcana. The journey that has been initiated with the Magician, and embodied through and through with the Fool, is evolving. We are ready to open the new door and step across the threshold. We are […]