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27 Apr

How to Get a Free Tarot Reading

Posted by lucyd     Category: About LucyD, Contest Winners, How To/How Do?, Interview, Other Forms of Divination, tarot

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Yesterday, I had the great pleasure of appearing on Tarot Talk, an internet radio show hosted by my two friends, Raven and Georgie. I really enjoy their interviews because they are Tarot readers themselves, and consequently, ask the best questions.

In this interview, we covered the Viking Runes and talked about the interviews that I do here on my blog.

If you’ve never had your cards read – and you’re curious about how it goes, listen to the second half of the program in particular.  That’s when I do free mini-readings. Usually, in this type of situation I’m supposed to turn over only one card, but I actually give each caller a full 10-card Celtic Cross so I can be as thorough as possible in a short time.

Speaking of Free Readings, I was never able to connect with the people whose names I drew out of the hat for a free half hour reading with me in April.  Consequently, I’m giving away TWO free readings in May, so watch your inbox.  The subject line of the winning emails will say: “NOT SPAM! You Won a Free Tarot Reading with LucyD of OnlyTarot.net

GOOD LUCK!! and enjoy the show below. Just press on the little triangle to “play”:

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19 Feb

Then Along Came Mary

Posted by lucyd     Category: About LucyD, Interview, tarot

When I met Mary, I was a mixed-up reader.  I was trying and trying with all my might to infuse life into the cards, but all I ever got was a stilted mix of cardboard meanings read from a book.  I was absolutely sure that there was no hope for me as a reader because there was no flow, no grace when I tried to read the cards.

THEN ALONG CAME MARY

and everything changed.  Find out how I got my Tarot on, and how you can, too if you’re struggling with making the leap from student to professional.

INTRODUCING MY FRIEND, MARY

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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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