Ashira al Siraj (Daughter of Torches)·Jun 15Daily Reading — The Veil(I said that I write about a lot of different things. I won’t post a daily reading here every day, but if you are interested in more of my…
Samuel DURAND·Jun 9Regarder une carte de tarot sans rien lui demanderOn a pris l’habitude de tendre une carte de tarot vers l’avenir, comme on tend la main à une diseuse. Posez une question, coupez le jeu…
Pierre Treuil·Feb 26, 2021Le tarot… un outil de manipulation ?On le sait la question du Choix intervient très tôt dans le Tarot :
Parsifal the Scribe·Jan 19, 2021The Cabbie at the Crossroads: Highway to Heaven or Hell?AUTHOR’S NOTE: This essay is aimed mainly at the Lover (the “Crossroads”) and the Chariot (the “Cabbie”) cards of the Tarot de Marseille…
Parsifal the Scribe·Jan 7, 2021Archetype, Archetype, Who’s Got the Archetype?Here are a few brief musings on the Medieval archetypes in the Tarot de Marseille trump cards, in contrast to their post-19th-Century…
Parsifal the Scribe·Dec 26, 2020The Alchemical Quest: Mind, Matter and SpiritIn his Tarot de Marseille book, The Way of Tarot, Alejandro Jodorowsky occasionally mentions what he calls the “alchemical quest: the…
Parsifal the Scribe·Dec 18, 2020Jodo and Me: A Comparative Examination of the Tarot de Marseille “Pip” CardsAs I re-read Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Tarot de Marseille book, The Way of Tarot, I’m finding it more compelling than I did the first time…
Parsifal the Scribe·Dec 16, 2020Over Under Sideways DownNOTE: This essay preceded my earlier post on the subject by almost a year and provides slightly different insights.
Parsifal the Scribe·Dec 8, 2020Wheels Within Wheels: Tarot de Marseille PatternsIn his Tarot de Marseille course material (later published in book form as Reading the Marseille Tarot), Jean-Michel David proposed laying…
Parsifal the Scribe·Nov 12, 2020A Joseph Maxwell PrimerI frequently speak of French tarot writer Joseph Maxwell in admiring terms, mainly for his numerological exploration of the “pip” cards of…A response icon1A response icon1
