LRT Archive

Face up Tarot and the Light and Shadow Series

 

I write two series over at littlredtarot. The Face-Up Tarot series is about the practice of consciously choosing cards rather than pulling at random. It often features tarot spreads or card pulls that explore the interpretations of the cards. The Light and Shadow series tackles difficult cards. Mostly the scary cards in a deck and some cards that have tired, one-dimensional, or problematic popular interpretations.

 

Below you’ll find a catalog of both of these series as well as the pieces that didn’t fit into either category and the worksheets that were paired with some of the posts. These posts will interest folks who are deepening their interpretations of tarot cards, who want real-life examples of interpretations, or who, like me, experience chronic illness, or any of the other myriad challenges I often write about.

Recent LRT Posts

Face Up Tarot: how to juggle wishes

Last month I tried to write some pieces in bulk to free up some extra time. No one ever tells you bulk writing can be dangerous. Maybe not for most, but for me, writing a ton at once to save the trouble of writing later comes with risk. Freedom has a cost and that...

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Face Up Tarot: the Devil’s recipes

I love journaling. Have since puberty. Night after night I’d clutch the binding of a journal and scribble furiously for hours. There were things I needed to say. It was my way to say them. I wasn’t always willing to talk to people. But I wrote until my finger joints...

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Face Up Tarot: holding space

Some nights sleep is a joke. You've been there, the place where you don't know what will ease you. Or even when you do know - the right snack, time to journal, conscious breath - knowing doesn't help you do these things. A few nights ago I lay under a dense layer of...

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Light and Shadow: The Tower

Aquarian Tarot by David Palladini Light & Shadow - A Fresh Look at #DifficultCards What happens when we pull difficult cards? By difficult, I mean cards with uncomfortable scenarios or challenging themes. Cards that inspire dis-ease. Responses to difficult cards...

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Face Up Tarot: Three Cups Reversed

Margarete Petersen Tarot, Osho-Zen Tarot, Tarot de St. Croix What is Face Up Tarot? When we lie face up, we are exposed. With our bellies facing the sky we lay open to whatever may befall us, be it travesty or ecstasy. With our backs against the ground we...

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pdfs

Face Up Tarot: Judgement – Trumpets, grief and getting woke
PDF  |  AUDIO

Face Up Tarot: Justice – When darkness arrives
PDF  |  AUDIO

Face Up Tarot: How to Juggle Wishes
PDF  |  AUDIO

Face Up Tarot: The Devil’s Recipes
PDF  |  AUDIO

Face Up Tarot: holding space
PDF  |  AUDIO

7 Major Points of the #tarotsowhite discussion & why I don’t agree
PDF  |  AUDIO

Light and Shadow: Seven of Wands, an oath of fire
PDF  |  AUDIO

Face Up Tarot: the Wickerwoman
PDF  |  AUDIO

Light and Shadow: The Emperor
PDF  |  AUDIO

Face Up Tarot: rope, flame, and feathers
PDF  |  AUDIO

Light and Shadow: The Hanged One
PDF  |  AUDIO

Food and Privilege: a free form face up spread
PDF  |  AUDIO

Light and Shadow: The Tower
PDF  |  AUDIO

Face Up Tarot: Three Cups Reversed
PDF  |  AUDIO

Mental Illness and Entrepreneurship – Owning Nonstandard Narratives 
PDF  |  AUDIO

Worksheets

The Trial Worksheet
The companion to the Light and Shadow: The Hanged One piece

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