When You Haven’t Quite Landed (Yet)

The nights are starting to close in, and naturally at this time of year the pull to cosy up and take stock becomes stronger.Do you feel this pull to retreat within, to light the proverbial fire in the homestead and reflect?Or are you in a state of flux, like me, where...

The Tarot, the Decadents and Me

I love the tarot community; we’re an open, receptive, curious, arty bunch – and this month I met some of the academic side.  Following my May newsletter I had an invitation from the British Association of Decadence Studies (BADS) at...

Turning towards what is still here: the medicine of the Five Cups

April has been a month of change.Was it the same for you? At the March Tarot Gathering, we spent time with the Five of Cups. This card reminds us that while we have a tendency to focus on what we have lost, we can forget what we still have. If you have gone through a...

Let the Body Read the Cards

Spring has arrived, and for me the obligatory cold at the change of a season is here too. I’m not great at slowing down but my body has told me I have no choice. I wonder how often I ‘push through’ when my body is speaking to me to ease up? Somatic...

Working things through

Writing a newsletter about Tarot after a morning spent absorbing the world’s atrocities through my phone feels profoundly at odds. What’s happening in the world can’t be ignored, so how do we respond? Do you fight, hide, gather, lead? That will depend on your...