Tarot & divination
Major and minor arcana, spreads, runes, I Ching and geomancy as symbolic languages.
Justice, Strength and Temperance: the cardinal virtues in tarot
Justice, Strength and Temperance in the major arcana: the legacy of the cardinal virtues, the missing Prudence, the different order in decks and their meaning.
The Celtic Cross in tarot: the ten positions explained
The Celtic Cross tarot spread: the origin of the layout, the meaning of the ten positions, how to read cross and staff together and a complete example reading.
Arcanum XIII, Death: endings, transformation and renewal
Tarot arcanum XIII, the card with no name: the scythe, the field and the severed heads. Why Death signals transformation rather than an event to fear.
The Devil in tarot: chains, desire and inner freedom
The Devil, arcanum XV: the horned figure, the two bound creatures and the loose chains. How to read attachments, dependencies and desires in tarot spreads.
The Elder Futhark runes: history, three families and meanings
The 24 runes of the Elder Futhark: the origin of runic writing, the three families of eight signs, traditional meanings and a simple way to consult them.
The Empress and the Emperor in tarot: two faces of power
The Empress and the Emperor, arcana III and IV: sceptre, shield, eagle and throne. How to read creative fertility and structuring order together.
Geomancy: the sixteen figures and the shield of mothers and daughters
Geomancy as a divinatory tradition: Arabic origins, the sixteen figures and how to build the shield of mothers, daughters, witnesses and judge.
The Hanged Man in tarot: seeing the world upside down
The Hanged Man, arcanum XII: from shaming paintings to the suspended initiate. Symbolic meaning of suspension, surrender and a change of perspective.
The High Priestess in tarot: the book, the veil and silent wisdom
The High Priestess, tarot arcanum II: the open book on her lap, the veil, silence and the symbolic meaning of inner knowledge in tarot spreads.
How to ask the tarot a question: the art of asking well
How to phrase a question for the tarot: open and closed questions, common mistakes, examples of rewording and a five-step method for clearer readings.
The I Ching, Book of Changes: hexagrams, lines and consultation
The I Ching explained clearly: yin and yang, the eight trigrams, the sixty-four hexagrams, changing lines, and the coin and yarrow-stalk methods.
Tarot in the Italian Renaissance: trionfi, courts and painted decks
The Italian origins of tarot: the game of trionfi, the painted Visconti and Sforza decks, the Bolognese tarocchino, minchiate and the false Egyptian myths.
Judgement and the World in tarot: awakening and completion
Arcana XX and XXI: the angel with the trumpet, the awakening figures, the dancer in the wreath and the four living creatures. Meaning and symbolic reading.
The Magician in tarot: the table, the tools and the beginning
The Magician, first major arcanum: the table of tools, the gesture of the hands, the figure-eight hat and the symbolic meaning of the card in spreads.
Marseille tarot and Rider-Waite-Smith: differences and choice
Marseille tarot and Rider-Waite-Smith compared: history, order of the arcana, pip cards, symbols and practical criteria for choosing a deck.
Numbers in the minor arcana: from Ace to Ten, a journey
How to read the tarot pip cards from Ace to Ten: the symbolic meaning of each number, how it combines with the suits and how different decks compare.
The four suits of the minor arcana: cups, coins, swords and wands
The suits of the tarot minor arcana: the origin of playing cards, correspondences with the elements, the themes of each suit and examples of symbolic reading.
Cartomancy with Neapolitan cards: suits, figures and reading
Folk cartomancy with Neapolitan cards: the forty cards of the deck, the symbolic value of suits and figures, how the cards are laid out and examples of reading.
Reversed tarot cards: whether to read them, and how
Reversed tarot cards: where the practice comes from, four ways to interpret them, when not to use them, and examples with major and minor arcana.
The Star, the Moon and the Sun in tarot: three lights on the path
Arcana XVII, XVIII and XIX: the Star pouring water, the Moon with dogs and crayfish, the Sun with two children, and how to read them in sequence.
Tarot court cards: Page, Knight, Queen and King
The sixteen tarot court cards: the roles of Page, Knight, Queen and King, how to read them as people, attitudes or phases, and practical reading examples.
The Fool in tarot: the zero that opens and closes the journey
The Fool in tarot: why the card has no number, what the bundle, staff and dog tell us, and how to read this arcanum in symbolic tarot spreads.
The three-card spread: six variations for reading the tarot
The three-card tarot spread: past, present and future plus five other variations, how to read the dialogue between the cards and complete practical examples.
The Tower in tarot: the collapse that sets you free
The Tower, arcanum XVI: the Marseille Maison Dieu, the lightning bolt, the falling figures. Symbolic meaning of sudden collapse and liberation in spreads.
The Wheel of Fortune in tarot: cycles, chance and the still centre
The Wheel of Fortune, arcanum X: Boethius's legacy, the rising and falling creatures, the crank. Symbolic meaning of cycles and how to read it in spreads.