These four powerful femmes have 'done the work', and they can help you to do it, too!
Category: The Shadowscapes Tarot
Your top ten tarot decks
In my 2015 survey I asked readers for their favourite tarot decks. 150 decks were mentioned, and here are the top ten, voted by you!
The Magician, intention, poise, manifestation
This is about working with intention. Intention is will. And will is magic. And that is The Magician.
The agony and ecstasy of choosing a new tarot deck
"Even if you see a deck you absolutely must have, you can still have some concerns, and finding a deck that “speaks” to you can be trickier than it sounds." Elisabeth explores a common dilemma.
Truth or fantasy? Two sides of The Moon
Everything looks different in the moonlight: details you’d never seen before, faces, voices, symbols that are invisible in the daylight. This is one spooky card.
Back to our roots – reinterpreting The Hierophant
What even is a ‘Hierophant’? This is a question I’ve been asked a few times now. Well, to quote from Wikipedia: A hierophant is a person who brings religious congregants into the presence of that which is deemed holy. A hierophant is an interpreter of sacred mysteries and arcane principles. In the Rider Waite Tarot deck and …
You bring out The Devil in me
The Devil isn't always doom, gloom and terror - in fact sometimes, a dose of this wicked energy might be just what you need.
Nine of Swords and the big wide world
Eek. That’s it. I’m officially floating free. I handed in my notice a few weeks ago and, with the clearing of a desk and the drinking of several pints of very dirty cider, I’m gawn. Shame about the hangover! And about the fact that the casual work I had lined up for this weekend has …
Can’t see the wood for the wands
Burnout - we've all been there. Saying yes to every exciting opportunity that comes along, feeling busy and excited and stimulated and yes, a bit important, a bit needed...and then, boom. Suddenly it's all too much,...
Thought into action – Two to Three of Wands
Daily draw - 6th August 2012 Since my daily draw produced the ever-present Two of Wands today, I decided to blog about both this card and its follower, the Three of Wands. For me, the two are inseperable - they both explore different moments in th...
Healed hearts/damaged livers
I've been avoiding this blog for a good while now, for a few reasons. The first was sensitivity - having just been through a break-up it didn't feel right to carry on blabbing my feelings about life and the universe all over the internet (well oka...
All under control – The Chariot
Daily draw - 6th February 2012 I find The Chariot such a powerful card, particularly looking at images such as the one below by Stephanie Law. The winged charioteer stands masterfully in her carriage, looking incredibly self-assured as she charges...
Sweet memories – Six of Cups
Daily draw - 5th February 2012 It's amazing how the soft, silent blanket of snow that covers the town and absorbs the white noise of normal life seems like it can suspend time - in my mind at least. It seems to create a special sub-time, where reg...
Fighting for air – Three of Cups
I wanted to come back to the Three of Cups in light of the way that it's appeared in several readings I've done recently. I wrote a couple of weeks ago about this being the card of friendship and community support - and I still find that to be the...
Eight of Cups – learning to let go
Daily draw - 5th June 2011 I like this card very much - it has a good, wise resonance. It came up in the reading I've just done for myself, and begs a little further exploration. The Eight of Cups from the Phantomwise Tarot, by Erin Morgenstern Th...
Moving on, moving home
I had a question for the cards - a small question for a big situation. My partner and I are about to return to the place we used to live, but left because of an emotional situation which just wasn't healthy. Two years have passed, feelings have ch...
Passivity and activity – The High Priestess
Just, like, sat on the bus, pondering those age-old masculine and feminine attributes, activity and passivity. The masculine Sun energy and the feminine Moon mystery. The dynamic and the receptive, the rational and the irrational. Yawn. At first. ...
Page of Pentacles – the time is now
Daily draw - 2nd May 2011 (Page of Pentacles, from the Shadowscaps Tarot by Stephanie Lau) Funny. Was just thinking how I'd not drawn any Pages yet in my daily draws. This Page is a fun one. She looks like she's offering me somthing; there's a bal...
The Moon – staying true to yourself
Daily draw - 18th April 2011 (drawn on 25th March) It's funny - this half-started post has been sat in my drafts for ages while I just...wrote about other things instead. But tonight is a full moon, so I'm coming back to confront it and finish it ...
Queen of Pentacles – a practical awareness
Daily draw - 11th April 2011 I didn't draw this card at random...I chose it because I wanted to spend some time with it. It came up in a reading I did earlier, and I couldn't just clear it away afterwards. The image from the Shadowscapes deck is b...
Springtime assessment – a dark moon tarot spread
Firstly - a big credit for this spread, which I found via Melia Suez's wonderful blog. Thank you Melia! xx Secondly - what and when is the 'dark moon' time? Also known as the "dead" Moon, this is the time when there is no solar reflection, leaving...
A distant reading
A friend in a far-off land asked me for a reading. He texted me the question and the deck I should use. The question was: What does the coming year hold for me? Sheesh. I've never done one this big-feeling for someone else (and none at all for som...
A tarot spread for balance
I found this spread in the companion book for the Shadowscapes Tarot - it's designed to help look at the different things you're balancing - whether they are creative projects, work, commitments, emotional things... and identify the different fact...
Two of Swords
Daily draw - 24th March 2011 I've always loved it. I love the symmetry in the card, the balance of the swords and of the calmness of the woman at the centre. I'm drawn towards the still sea behind her and the quiet night sky. To me, the card sugge...
Five of Wands
daily draw - 20th March 2011 Not so much about conflict as about fighting my own corner...and having fun with it. I thought about work - my small team - we share the same goal, but our paths to reach this are so different...I've been feeling this ...