Even the most painful cards can bring healing.
As I've worked with Petronella Phillips Devaney on our workshop materials, I've constantly found myself returning to the earlier traditio...| mandorlatarot.blogspot.com
Nine of Wands. From the Son Tarot| Sacred Tarot
Five of Wands, from the Son Tarot| Sacred Tarot
XIII - Death. | Sacred Tarot
Back in 2008, I was privileged to have my first deck published by Kunati Inc. Although that publishing house was to prove short lived, the same deck and book set - conceived and written by Kay Stopforth and illustrated by myself, was soon re-published in a revised second edition by Lo Scarabeo. | Sacred Tarot
Back in 2005, two days before my 38th birthday, I began work on what would become the Son Tarot. Of all my projects, this was the most life changing and it attests to the healing power of the Tarot. As I created the Son Tarot, I had to meditate deeply on what it would mean to put myself 'inside' each card. By doing this progressively for each image as I designed the deck, I emerged from a dark period of depression which had lasted several years, as well as dealing with my self acceptance issu...| Sacred Tarot
Apart from my longstanding interest in tarot, I've also been working for sometime with the cartomancy system named after Marie Anne Lenormand, the celebrity fortune teller of the Napoleonic Era and personal sybil to the Emperor himself.| Sacred Tarot
The first advance copy of my new deck and book set, the Healing Light Tarot has arrived! Have a look with me as I browse through the cards. The deck will be published by Lo Scarabeo on May 25th 2017.| Sacred Tarot
A full moon rises between tall and ancient towers, casting its rays over a dark expanse of water. On the near shore, two dogs howl at the rising sphere whilst a crayfish emerges from the depth and swims towards it. When it reaches the shore it must crawl onto dry land, journey between the towers. with the Moon as its guide and reach the Mandorla gateway, for this healing portal is its journey's end.| Sacred Tarot
Facilitating a tarot workshop is daunting and exciting in equal measures. It's always good to share something so close to my heart and in presenting my personal take on the Tarot, I'm also sharing a large part of my own inner journey. That said, it's also nerve wracking to stand in front of a group of potential strangers in the hope that what you have to offer will be worthwhile to them. | Sacred Tarot
The Mystic. From the Son Tarot | Sacred Tarot
XXI - THE WORLD. | Sacred Tarot
Ten of Pentacles from the Son Tarot | Sacred Tarot
It's wonderful to announce my new tarot deck and book set is to be published by Lo Scarabeo in 2017! | Sacred Tarot
"Why a specifically 'gay' themed tarot"?| Sacred Tarot
Whilst searching the net this morning, I found the following definition for the virtue of Prudence on Dictionary.com | Sacred Tarot
As I write this, we are a few days away from giving our first Sacred Tarot Workshop in London (6th June), and the choice of card for this blog entry is important to us both. The Queen of Pentacles is of great significance to myself but especially to Petronella, who identifies personally with her. Furthermore, this Queen and Mother of Earth has been our guiding principle as we've put together our Sacred Tarot collaboration and planned this first workshop. I knew last week I would blog about he...| Sacred Tarot
Strength has always been one of the more enigmatic cards of the Major Arcana sequence for me and across the ages of Tarot history it has assumed a number of guises. In one of the earliest decks, a man is shown violently subduing a lion with a club. By contrast, another early deck depicts a female figure carrying a broken stone pillar, allying the card more closely with the cardinal virtue of Fortitude.| Sacred Tarot
I first read Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien in my teens. It| Sacred Tarot
My phone rang the other night and to my surprise, I heard the voice of a friend I hadn't seen in over a year. If I'm really honest, my first response was a trifle indignant, my inner tape recorder telling me I'd been picked up, then dropped and was now being picked up again for whatever reason.| Sacred Tarot
What on earth, you may ask, are unrequited opportunities? The phrase arose a few weeks ago in the lively little poetry| Sacred Tarot
Until recently, I've hardly used reversals in my tarot activities, preferring instead to consider the light and shadow aspects of each card as they appear. Over recent weeks however, I've been fortunate enough to learn a little of the Enneagram system of personality classification and my attitude towards reversals has begun to change, particularly where the court cards are concerned.| Sacred Tarot
I've just returned form a ten day stint in community with the Albion Faeries (an LGBTQ collective) and to say it was a life changing experience is an understatement. I've experienced community living before, having lived in a young people's community when I was twenty. A couple of years later I worked for a hotel chain and as a live in member of staff I became a community member by default. | Sacred Tarot
The mandorla is a symbol of inner healing that many have been| Sacred Tarot
As I've worked with Petronella Phillips Devaney on our workshop materials, I've constantly found myself returning to the earlier traditio...| mandorlatarot.blogspot.com
Quantum Tarot 2.0. The Fool and the Phoenix. Back in 2009, I experienced one of the greatest disappointments of my career. Kay Stopfort...| mandorlatarot.blogspot.com
