Episode 49: How to Read the Tarot de Marseille, with Sherryl Smith

Episode 54: The Tarot Readers of Amsterdam

For this week’s episode, we present something completely different for the Tarot Podcast! We recently traveled to Amsterdam and decided to do an episode on the tarot scene there. We interviewed three readers: Trippy, Melanie Webb, and Giulia Castagna. Trippy and Melanie are readers at the Embassy of the Free Mind, a Hermetic library in the heart of Amsterdam. Both Trippy and Melanie are Jungian-influenced archetypal tarot readers, and you can visit them on Thursdays and Fridays at the Embassy. Our third interviewee, Giulia Castagna, is an Italian tarot reader and astrologer who is based in Amsterdam. She currently gives readings at Black Moon Botanica, in the charming Spiegelgracht neighborhood. Stick around for the end of show! where Trippi and Melanie do readings for me—and I do one reading in return. ALSO: Be sure to catch this week’s Patreon bonus content [http://patreon.com/thetarotpodcast], a video short of a terrific collection of tarot decks housed in Fabula Rosa, in the Jordaan district of Amsterdam. The owner, David Schors, kindly permitted  us to look around and examine some very unusual and beautiful decks he’s acquired over the years.   Giulia Castagna * Website: https://lunaticanocti.com * Upcoming courses (in Italian): https://elenaronzio.socialacademy.com/pages/corsi-di-tarocchi * Instagram: @lunaticanocti Melanie Webb Melanie takes her audience into a world that is not usually seen, but deeply felt — a place suspended between dream and reality. Having grown up with Tarot cards, she developed an intuitive and playful connection to visual language from an early age.       During her twelve years at the Academy for Applied Astrology in Amstelveen, she developed a strong interest in the relationship between Jungian psychology and Western astrology. Tarot formed an additional module within this astrological and Jungian curriculum, allowing her to interpret the cards through the archetypal frameworks and psychological theories of Carl Jung.      With her Tarot cards, she not only reads what lies beyond but also unpacks the signs that are present all around you. A reading with Melanie allows you to pause, take a breath, and look again: at yourself, the moment, and everything that moves beneath the surface. In her sessions you can expect imagery, intuition, and silence to come together. A session with Melanie allows you to sink into the moment and gain a truly unique perspective. Trippy Trippy has been reading Tarot for more than thirty years. Her connection with the cards began in childhood, shaped by early mystical experiences that opened her sensitivity to the unseen.      For the past nine years she has read regularly for Thuishaven, where clients often describe her readings as clarifying, grounding, and deeply supportive. Her work blends intuitive insight with years of exploration in esoteric and meditative traditions, including the Tarot study with Kenton Knepper on Meditations on the Tarot, as well as her ongoing Jungian exploration inspired by the works of Marie-Louise von Franz.         Trippy’s style is warm, compassionate, and direct. She aims to help people reconnect with their inner guidance and leave each session with a renewed sense of clarity and empowerment. * The Embassy of the Free Mind http://embassyofthefreemind.com [http://embassyofthefreemind.com] Keizersgracht 123, 1015 CJ Amsterdam, Netherlands Museum: open Wednesday through Sunday Tarot readings: Thursdays and Fridays Events & workshops: All year! Hermetic text viewing: by appointment __________________________________ * Become a Tarot Podcast member! patreon.com/thetarotpodcast [https://patreon.com/thetarotpodcast] * Shop for Tarot Podcast MERCH! & cool stuff made by your host! etsy.com/shop/tarotista [http://www.etsy.com/shop/tarotista] * Sign up for readings and explore books and classes! thetarotpodcast.com [https://thetarotpodcast.com] * Continue your tarot journey with The Living Tarot book [https://www.amazon.com/Living-Tarot-Connecting-Everyday-Readings/dp/0738772259] and/or The Living Tarot online class [http://tsusanchang.com/class] (discount for class available if you purchase the book!) 😊 And...don't forget to like, rate, subscribe, and share!! 😊

Episode 53: How Do I Care for My Cards? with Barbara Moore

In today’s episode, we take on a totally practical question for both new and experienced tarot readers: How do I take care of my tarot cards? The care and maintenance of a metaphysical object is just different from the way you deal with your ordinary household items. Whether or not you feel your cards are actually sentient (and some people do!) they deserve special consideration. And Tarot Podcast favorite Barbara Moore is back! to walk us through some of the tarot community’s most common physical, metaphysical, and ritual practices around card care.   Barbara Moore (Saint Paul, MN) has been in love with tarot for over thirty-five years. She has shuffled her cards and taught tarot all over the world. Now she embraces her Hermit self by writing books and creating decks. Her Steampunk Tarot, Good Fortune Tarot, and Trick or Treat Tarot are among her favorites.   Links for this episode: * Barbara’s website: https://barbaramooretarot.weebly.com/ [https://barbaramooretarot.weebly.com/] * Magician’s Fanning Powder [https://www.amazon.com/MilesMagic-Fanning-Ellusionist-Theory11-Cardistry/dp/B0DF6JN3YH]! * Barbara’s author page at Llewellyn: https://www.llewellyn.com/author.php?author_id=3396 [https://www.llewellyn.com/author.php?author_id=3396]   * Become a Tarot Podcast member! patreon.com/thetarotpodcast [https://patreon.com/thetarotpodcast] * Shop for Tarot Podcast MERCH! & cool stuff made by your host! etsy.com/shop/tarotista [http://www.etsy.com/shop/tarotista] * Sign up for readings and explore books and classes! thetarotpodcast.com [https://thetarotpodcast.com] * Continue your tarot journey with The Living Tarot book [https://www.amazon.com/Living-Tarot-Connecting-Everyday-Readings/dp/0738772259] and/or The Living Tarot online class [http://tsusanchang.com/class] (discount for class available if you purchase the book!) https://www.amazon.com/Living-Tarot-Connecting-Everyday-Readings/dp/0738772259 [https://www.amazon.com/Living-Tarot-Connecting-Everyday-Readings/dp/0738772259] https://tsusanchang.com/class [https://tsusanchang.com/class]   😊 And...don't forget to like, rate, subscribe, and share!! 😊

Episode 52: Jumpers, Stalkers, and Holdouts—Cards with an ATTITUDE!

It’s the ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY of the Tarot Podcast! and have I got a show for you! Today we’re having a look at three Unexplained Card Phenomena that every tarot reader faces at some point or another.  They are: * Jumpers: Cards that fall out when you’re shuffling. * Stalkers: Cards you always get. * Holdouts: Cards you never get. What do they MEAN?  What message is your jumper card trying to send you?  WHY are you getting that stalker card again and again? And why are your holdouts keeping their distance? Discover the secrets that these attention-seeking cards are trying to share! Also: the miracle of card tracking! To gain access to T. Susan’s card tracking template, sign up as a member at the Fortuneteller level www. patreon.com/thetarotpodcast/membership [http://www.patreon.com/thetarotpodcast/membership] . (It’s also available in the Living Tarot online class www.tsusanchang.com/class [http://www.tsusanchang.com/class] .)     * Become a Tarot Podcast member! patreon.com/thetarotpodcast [https://patreon.com/thetarotpodcast] * Shop for Tarot Podcast MERCH! & cool stuff made by your host! etsy.com/shop/tarotista [http://www.etsy.com/shop/tarotista] * Sign up for readings and explore books and classes! thetarotpodcast.com [https://thetarotpodcast.com]  * Continue your tarot journey with The Living Tarot book [https://www.amazon.com/Living-Tarot-Connecting-Everyday-Readings/dp/0738772259] and/or The Living Tarot online class [http://tsusanchang.com/class] (discount for class available if you purchase the book!)

Episode 51: Five Questions with M. M. Meleen + the Tabula Mundi Tarot

The tarot deck known as the Tabula Mundi is a modern tarot masterpiece, a memory palace, and a love song to esoteric tarot. Its creator, M. M. Meleen, is known for her work producing Thoth-inspired cards, as well as for co-hosting the Fortune’s Wheelhouse esoteric tarot podcast with me. In today’s show, we explore the interlocking astrological intricacies of the Tabula Mundi, and its origin story. And we have a close look at the Tabula Mundi Devil card, in all its muscular blue-skinned glory. As always, there’s a patron reading, using the deck, at the end of the episode. We also have a few more readings, offered as Patreon bonus content for the week.  If you’d like to submit a question for a reading on the Tarot Podcast, sign up as a paid member [https://patreon.com/thetarotpodcast/membership]! You’ll find out when readings are happening on Patreon or Discord and be able to share your question then! M. M. Meleen is the artist and creative force behind four modern esoteric tarot decks: Tabula Mundi Tarot, Rosetta Tarot, Pharos Tarot, and the latest work of talismanic and decan magic, Telos Tarot of 777. She is the author of Book M: Liber Mundi, Book of Seshet, Spectrum Fari, and Scions of 777: Vol. I, Six-and Thirty Decans, and Vol. II, Forty-two Truths. She also co-hosted and co-created the Fortune's Wheelhouse tarot podcast, and co-authored Tarot Deciphered, both with T. Susan Chang. For info on past, present, and future works of love and will visit tabulamundi.com. The decks and the books can be found at www.tarotcart.com [http://www.tarotcart.com].   Links for this episode: * tarotcart.com [http://www.tarotcart.com] for Mel’s books and decks and to subscribe to her newsletter. * tabulamundi.com [http://www.tabulamundi.com] for Mel’s blog. * patreon.com/fortuneswheelhouse [http://www.patreon.com/fortuneswheelhouse] for the Fortune’s Wheelhouse podcast * Tarot Deciphered: Decoding Esoteric Symbolism in Modern Tarot [https://www.amazon.com/Tarot-Deciphered-Decoding-Esoteric-Symbolism/dp/0738764477], by T. Susan Chang and M. M. Meleen ________________________________ * Become a Tarot Podcast member! patreon.com/thetarotpodcast [https://patreon.com/thetarotpodcast] * Shop for Tarot Podcast MERCH! & cool stuff made by your host! etsy.com/shop/tarotista [http://www.etsy.com/shop/tarotista] * Sign up for readings and explore books and classes! thetarotpodcast.com [https://thetarotpodcast.com] * Continue your tarot journey with The Living Tarot book [https://www.amazon.com/Living-Tarot-Connecting-Everyday-Readings/dp/0738772259] and/or The Living Tarot online class [http://tsusanchang.com/class] (discount for class available if you purchase the book!)

Episode 50: The 10 of Wands in Real Life

Tarot IRL is back! with the final installment of our numeric minors in the Wands suit. In this episode, we examine how the mighty—but exhausting!—10 of Wands shows up in the lives of ordinary folks. It could be called the Triumph of the Will, capable of channeling human ambition into extraordinary achievement and astounding brutality. The Lord of Oppression will demand everything you have, and more. What you make of that crushing pressure, however, is up to you. When you draw the 10 of Wands, look out for the following themes: * Responsibilities * Grit * Trees/Sticks/Wood * Endings/Achievements * Maximum people/Maximum things * ADHD/AuDHD * Fascism For decan basics and examples, see episode 39 (Decan Basics [https://youtu.be/j85pKiVmMLE]) and 40 (Decan Deep Dive [https://youtu.be/KDsKKFUsUs4]) with Mary Greer: ✨To share your stories about the Page of Wands for the next Tarot in Real Life segment - please join as a Patreon supporter of the Tarot Podcast [http://www.patreon.com/thetarotpodcast/membership]! You can also write in to the show at thetarotpodcast.com/about, [https://thetarotpodcast.com/about,] using the contact form at the bottom of the page. More resources: * 36 Secrets: A Decanic Journey through the Minor Arcana of the Tarot [https://www.lulu.com/shop/t-susan-chang/36-secrets/paperback/product-zzrd79] (Amazon link [https://www.amazon.com/36-Secrets-Decanic-Journey-through/dp/1716325099] if you must!) * Shop for cool stuff [https://etsy.com/shop/tarotista]made by your host!  * Dreaming the Decans webinar [https://www.thetarotpodcast.com/shop/p/dreaming-the-decans-webinar] (yours free with Soothsayer-level membership [http://patreon.com/thetarotpodcast/membership]!) * Become a Tarot Podcast member [http://patreon.com/thetarotpodcast]! * Sign up for readings and explore books and classes! https://tsusanchang.com [https://tsusanchang.com] * Continue your tarot journey with The Living Tarot book [https://www.amazon.com/Living-Tarot-Connecting-Everyday-Readings/dp/0738772259] and/or The Living Tarot online class [http://tsusanchang.com/class] (discount for class available if you purchase the book!) 😊 And...don't forget to like, rate, subscribe, and share!! 😊