Category Archives: Announcements

How To Be A Better Candle

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A group of wonderfully talented Tarot Bloggers have banded together to create a tarot blog train. We all agree to blog on a specific topic and post on the same day. We all link to the post before us (perhaps you arrived here through the Blog Hop!) and after us (so when you are done here, go on to the next!). It is a complete circle, so no matter where you start, you can continue on and see all the posts). What great idea, don’t you think? Please do visit the others by clicking the links at the top and bottom of this post!

Practical Tarot’s Quick Start Guides are Here!

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While you are waiting for Santa, give yourself a little treat…or consider a Quick Start Guide and a deck of cards would make the perfect gift for someone else!

You know that I like things practical, easy, clear, and effective. And while I love books that delve into the cards and new techniques, I also like guides that get you up and running quickly.

One of the best ways to become a good tarot reader is to read the cards. But so often people make it harder than it has to be. They tell themselves they have to understand every nuance before they can begin. They get a little paralyzed. The Quick Start Guides will, I hope, give people a sturdy enough foundation that they feel secure and enough confidence that they will just shuffle their cards and start reading!

The Tarot Game!

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Last night, six friends and I played The Tarot Game by Jude Alexander. None of us had ever played it before; I had read through the instructions twice. Four of the other players have quite a bit of tarot knowledge (even though they say they don’t). One has a better than average familiarity with the…

Gift With Purchase

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Like a fancy cosmetics company, I’m offering a gift with purchase this holiday season! If you book a 60 minute reading with me, you get your choice of one of three items (US only, while supplies last!). The reading can be in person, via Skype, or over the phone. The gifts you can choose from…

Another Pre-Order Opportunity!

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  Many of you know how excited I am about my forthcoming Steampunk Tarot. If you do not, take a side-trip over HERE. (above: 8 of Pentacles, Queen of Cups, King of Wands) While the deck isn’t technically out until May, I know it will be available in April, because we’re going to have it…

Tarot Spreads available for Pre-Order!

Tarot Spreads: Layouts & Techniques to Empower Your Readings is now available on Amazon for pre-order. The release date is April 2012. I’m so excited about this book. It is different from any other tarot spread book on the market. I really do think that, for several reasons. One reason is that the book analyzes…

A Long Winter’s Nap?

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2 BIG Projects 2011 has been a very busy and productive year. I’ve worked on two major projects, both releasing in April 2012. These have both been long in the making and I’m glad that, mostly, my part is over. Now my mind and schedule is cleared so I can focus on some other projects…

Win a Nigel Jackson Tarot

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Here’s the scoop. I have a spare Nigel Jackson Tarot deck. No box, no book, just the cards. You can see some images here: About Kiva Kiva.com is a site where people can donate to small businesses or entrepreneurs all over the world. And donate isn’t really the right word. It is micro-investing. You can…

Tarot Spreads Cover Design

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My next book, Tarot Spreads: Layouts & Techniques to Empower Your Readings, will be out in the winter. But here, right near the summer solstice, we have the final cover design! I remember at the launch meeting, where I meet with a committee that includes the cover designer, and we kick around ideas and give…

Multi-media Gal

Audio and Visual Barbara! While I am busy working on my next blog post (it’s going to be very, very awesome, I promise), here are a few items to keep you entertained. Visual (well, technically audio, too) First, here is a little video in which I talk a little bit about candle magic. Audio Second,…