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05 Aug

Kris Waldherr and the Goddess Tarot iPhone App

Posted by lucyd     Category: Card Art, Interview, Other Forms of Divination, tarot

Today is the 3rd astrological eclipse of the year and a special day for me: Today OnlyTarot was chosen to be the second stop on Kris Waldherr’s blog tour to celebrate the release of the most beautiful (and quite practical!) application for the iPhone: The Goddess Tarot

kwaldherrKris is a prolific artist having created and published 3 decks – going on five! We spoke about a number of subjects including the first time she drew images of the Tarot, all of the technology she brings to her work online, those who inspire her, and so much more.

I thoroughly enjoyed our conversation, and I’m sure you will, too.  In twenty minutes, we cover a lot of ground!

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AND NOW THE CONTEST!!

Win the Newest, Most Beautiful iPhone Application Yet:

The Goddess Tarot Application

Listen to our interview, and post a comment on what you thought of any part of it.  Every entrant who listens to our conversation and posts a comment regarding the content will automatically go into the hat for the drawing.

Get DOUBLE points for posting and linking back from YOUR blog!!!

Get DOUBLE points for tweeting and posting the timecode and your Twitter name!!!

Win The Goddess Tarot iPhone Application! Contest ends Wednesday, August 12. I’ll post the winner here!

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The Winner of The Goddess Tarot iPhone App is …. NOA!

Thanks for your entry, Noa – I hope you have a lot of fun with it!!

And thanks again to Kris Waldherr!

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23 Mar

Mini-Tarot Readings Online — Free Will, Time and Reality

Posted by lucyd     Category: About LucyD, Card Art, Developing Psychic Abilities, How To/How Do?, Interview, in General, tarot

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Last Sunday my friend, Peggie Arvidson, of “Awaken Your Soul This Week” interviewed me live, online. It was really a great hour and I did several readings during the course of our conversation.  Take a little time out to listen to my thoughts on free will, the nature of time and reality itself!

And just a side note, at the end of the show I gave an incorrect web address for Aeclectic Tarot.  The correct address is http://aeclectic.net

Also, a final note to new readers looking to practice: consider joining the American Tarot Association. There, you can practice on strangers — a most important part of learning, yet the one most difficult to arrange. Listen to my interview for more information on how to become a tarot reader.

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17 Jan

The Fairy Tale Tarot

Posted by lucyd     Category: Card Art

Whether you read Tarot cards or have just riffled through a deck to admire the art, chances are the thought has crossed your mind: “I wonder what it takes to create a Tarot deck?”

Of course, knowledge of the basic cards and their meanings is required — the more in-depth your knowledge is, the more creative you can get.  But still, most Tarot deck creators stick close to the benchmark deck, The Rider-Waite Tarot for guidance.

Every so often you’ll encounter an artist/Tarot-lover who will put a new spin on the ideas behind the images — the actual engine of the Tarot — and their meanings.  Sometimes those associations are so obscure that a reader can have a lot of difficulty making the connections.

But sometimes, a deck is an inspiration to those who use it — and there is a new deck in production now that I’d like to tell you about: The Fairy Tale Tarot, scheduled to appear in the fall of 2009.

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The artist who created it is Lisa Hunt, and the link above takes you to the deck’s website, but not to its homepage — instead I’ve linked you to the gallery so you can see even moreso how the images were conceptualized, including photos of real people on whose poses the cards were based.

But for me, the most important quality of this deck is that the cards are all based on fary tales from around the world.  This is what brings the depth to the cards.  When you look at the Tower card in most every other Tarot deck, you will find the message that all your ideas, plans and things put into motion are on notice — if not already crumbling, to make way for the new.

In The Fairy Tale Tarot, the Tower card is the Emperor’s New Clothes.  It’s perfection! When the emperor walks out of his caslte to have his subjects admire his new clothes, his folly (among other things!) is exposed and his credibility crumbles.  Time to make way for the new!

There are many familiar fairy tales depicted, and some that are not so familiar.  I was pleased to see The Snow Queen represented, because it’s one of my favorites, and there is a really deep story in that fable. There are also stories from other cultures and countries that you may not know.

Think about it — if you know the story, you cue into the deepest meanings of the card used to represent it.   That can bring a depth to a reading that memorizing a book full of card-meanings can never do.

And it’s fun!  Remembering the stories from your childhood, and learning some new ones, too.  The universal tales of man are told in every corner of every country on earth….sometimes in fairy tales, sometimes in myth, and sometimes with the tarot.

If you’re thinking you’d like to give Tarot reading a try, this deck might be the right place to start.  After all, the stories in fairy tales and the stories in the Tarot are the stories of mankind.  You’re already way ahead of the curve!

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