The Tarot Underground

Hi there Tarot Friends, Leo Fest is still perking along, with new goodies being added every week. This week's gift is a free-form spread creator. Sunday was the Leo New Moon, with Mercury stationing retrograde the same day. That got me to thinking about how thoughts create reality (the Law of Attraction) and ways to use Tarot to help with the process. How to ferret out stinking thinking, and clear out head trash so your manifestation efforts work clear some head trash with the Daily...

2 Live Tarot Learning Events coming up. Scroll to the bottom for more info👇 It seems like this moment is particularly important to feel into with a Cancer new moon, and Mercury retrograde in Cancer. My daily draw seemed to reflect some of this new moon watery darkness. Hanged Man 6 of cups and the moon 🌕 I knew the moon would come up since the new moon is tomorrow. A day of soft focus and reflection. Don’t push. Remember. Mercury retrograde swimming in my brother’s community poolwatching...

Most people think a Tarot spread organizes the cards. I think it organizes your attention. It’s less like a layout... and more like an AI prompt. The spread tells the reading what kind of answer you’re looking for. What kind of information would actually help me? Many folks ask a question, slap down a few cards and hope for the best. That’s like when someone plops down in the chair in front of me at a party or event and says, “Tell me stuff.” Yes, occasionally people do that. Do you go to...

I’m currently making an oracle deck. Not because I need another deck, or I have some big artistic vision. I’m making one because I’m going through something. It’s been over a year now since I’ve been going through a Dark Night of the Soul or a Dark Night of the Ego. Maybe it’s my Chiron return rolling right into my Saturn return. Honestly, I don’t know.🤷♀️ What I do know is that when you’re trying to change your life, your habits, your beliefs, or even your sense of who you are, you need...

Throughout the years of learning Tarot and later astrology, I’ve often thought: I just need one more technique. One more deck. One more spread. One more approach. One more system. Then my readings will really take off. We assume that adding complexity creates better readings. The funny thing is, if you think back to the best readings you’ve ever received, they probably weren’t complicated at all. You didn’t walk away with ten action items. You remembered ONE thing. One insight. One sentence....

I guess it’s Uranus in Gemini, which is my 6th house of daily work and routines (and where my Moon lives)… But all the usual routines are NOT working for me —Newsletter included. So enjoy this week’s newsletter in the form of a zine. You’re welcome.😉 Me and the Knight of Swords on a Quest for air conditioning If you’d like to print up this mini-zine, here is the file. 👇 quest-for-air-conditioning-2026-06-09.pdf Note, if you print in black and white the images are too dark. So I advise...

Super rare, but I’ve been sitting all day trying to write this newsletter and I have drawn a COMPLETE BLANK! So I am republishing a newsletter I wrote back in April. Maybe you missed it.Maybe you forgot it.Either way, here it is.👇 I asked the Symbolon deck: What belief is blocking me around money that needs to be transformed? And I pulled a blank card. I didn’t even realize the deck had a blank card. But I’ve been reading long enough to know that when it comes to card reading, everything...

Most people think a Tarot reading starts with a question —which it does. Next, you lay down cards. DON’T SKIP THIS STEP Then comes the interpretation. Number 3 is the step a lot of people don’t bother to do. And when you skip this step, what you have is a bunch of cards talking all at once. And you, as the reader, get confused or overwhelmed. Found it on Pinterest - you don’t want the cards competing for your attention The question matters Think about it this way: When you go to the doctor...

Is he the Fool caught in a snare? Is he Odin hanging from the Tree? Is he the Buddhist principle of non-attachment? (If so how did that make it into the deck?) Is he the planet Neptune? or the Element of Water? Why is his face so serene? Why is he sometimes portrayed as Judas with bags of gold? Is he Major Tom lost in space forever? Why is he upside down and hanging from a single foot and not the neck? I’m asking these questions because, I, myself am stuck. And being stuck is a Hanged Man...

Somewhere along the line, people got the idea that learning Tarot has to feel like studying for the Bar Exam. Meanwhile the cards are over here trying to communicate through:✨ weird associations✨ symbolism✨ intuition✨ stories✨ jokes✨ emotional resonance✨ dream characters I want to hereby give you permission to stop studying and start PLAYING with the cards. Tarot started out as a game, after all. And there’s actually a reason for this. When you treat Tarot like sacred stone tablets handed...

Exclusively for members of Tarot Underground. Not a member? join for FREE 🍸🔮 Tarot Cocktail Party: Constellations & Chaos This month we’re throwing the Tarot cards into little social circles and seeing who they hang out with. Because apparently cards with the same number have things in common.Who knew.(Well… Mary K. Greer knew.) We’ll start with a couple playful warm-up exercises to loosen up your brain meats and get you out of “WHAT’S THE CORRECT MEANING?” mode. Then we’ll explore some...