Beth Maiden | Older posts Creativity, courage, commitment: a tarot spread for the new moon December 11, 2015 Transformation + new moon in Sagittarius December 11, 2015 A Litany for the Many Dead – Rebecca Lynn Scott’s epic poem celebrates our ancestors December 10, 2015 Lessons from my cards: What the Eight of Pentacles is teaching me about work December 8, 2015 “draw a circle around me” – Danielle Perry’s poems are full of moon and shadow December 3, 2015 Shiny new things and last order dates for Xmas! December 1, 2015 Solopreneurs explore mental/health barriers and positive ways forwards November 30, 2015 Weekend reading + a beach in the city November 28, 2015 Dear Beth (full moon in Gemini) November 26, 2015 INTERVIEW: Queer punk bruja Cristy C Road on creating the Next World Tarot November 25, 2015 The Wild Unknown Tarot 2nd edition: What’s the difference? November 24, 2015 Temperance be my guide November 20, 2015 Weekend reading + off we go again November 15, 2015 Blog updates.. November 14, 2015 I need a dose of reality November 13, 2015 The blogs I follow and love November 9, 2015 Gorgeous new pictures from the Slow Holler Tarot November 4, 2015 Flax & Gold Astrology is live and wonderful November 2, 2015 Weekend reading + fixing + witching October 31, 2015 Simple ways to bring astrology into your tarot reading October 28, 2015 The present moment – Daughter of Swords October 26, 2015 Sunday Tarot Song: The Wheel of Fortune October 25, 2015 Weekend reading + an astrologer to watch out for October 24, 2015 Six more wonderful self-published tarot decks for your viewing pleasure October 22, 2015 OPEN THREAD: How can we build our confidence in reading tarot for other people? October 21, 2015 Weekend reading + not getting a thing done October 18, 2015 Get your Wild Unknown Tarot 1st edition before they’re gone for ever! October 15, 2015 Weekend reading + ups and downs October 10, 2015 How to make… a hand-drawn natal chart October 9, 2015 New deck alert: The Earthbound Oracle October 7, 2015 I made a mistake! The Network subscription charge is no more October 7, 2015 Sunday tarot song: Five of Pentacles October 4, 2015 Weekend reading + manifesting all of the things October 3, 2015 How to make… a tiny altar that will fit in your pocket October 2, 2015 However I damn well please – Nine of Pentacles October 1, 2015 Weekend reading + feeling feelings September 26, 2015 The dying of the light: An autumn equinox tarot reading September 24, 2015 Autumn equinox September 22, 2015 Weekend reading + tiny getaway therapy September 19, 2015 OPEN THREAD: How can we make time for tarot when we’re super-busy? September 16, 2015 All about you, and you…and yes, you too! September 15, 2015 Take Back Manchester: UK anti-cuts demo 4th Oct September 14, 2015 Weekend reading + …who really knows what September 12, 2015 Your top ten tarot decks September 11, 2015 Lots of lovely new things in the shop! September 11, 2015 Leah Lakshmi’s Dirty River released after ten years + Hard Femme Poetics…and more! September 7, 2015 Weekend reading + seven days of treats September 5, 2015 Looky-look! The Celebrity Goddess Tarot is here! September 4, 2015 Found on eBay: A vintage Rider-Waite-Smith tarot, “Pam B” September 2, 2015 Your top ten tarot cards September 2, 2015 New book! Little Red Tarot Spreads: 21 original tarot spreads + worksheets August 31, 2015 I interviewed the wonderful Barbara Moore! August 27, 2015 Scarcity, sand and soup August 26, 2015 Weekend reading + fewer things, deeper August 22, 2015 Herbs in the city August 20, 2015 Queen of Hearts August 4, 2015 On writing retreats August 3, 2015 Weekend reading + August + Aquarius moon August 1, 2015 Baking a loaf for Lammas July 31, 2015 Diversity points: Ashley & I talk queerness and blackness in tarot July 30, 2015 INTERVIEW: Leah Horlick on exploring trauma and transformation through tarot poetry July 30, 2015 REVIEW | She is Sitting in the Night: Revisioning Thea’s Tarot through a queer lens July 27, 2015 Weekend reading + having those conversations July 25, 2015 Over to you: The Little Red Tarot Lovely People Survey 2015! July 24, 2015 Tarot numbers: Zero = Hero July 22, 2015 I read ‘The 4-Hour Work Week’ so you don’t have to July 19, 2015 Weekend reading + alone time July 18, 2015 Beautiful new goodies in the shop (and more coming soon!) July 17, 2015 Apathy, action and the Four of Cups July 16, 2015 Just let’s not call these ‘productivity tips’ July 15, 2015 Weekend reading + sexy summer storms July 4, 2015 Follow Your Arrow: My new solopreneur series on Autostraddle! July 2, 2015 Song of water and fire June 29, 2015 Weekend reading + back in the tangled web June 27, 2015 Cristy C Road + Michelle Tea are making a tarot deck and it’s time we all got excited about it June 26, 2015 What do you call your court cards? June 25, 2015 Midsummer June 22, 2015 Weekend reading + who ate all the pies? June 20, 2015 I wrote a tarot-fuelled story! The Magic Key, pt 1 June 15, 2015 Weekend reading + the wisdom of Patti Smith June 13, 2015 The Magician, intention, poise, manifestation June 7, 2015 Weekend reading + not fighting my body June 6, 2015 The warm glow of hard truth: Interviewing The Fountain Tarot June 5, 2015 Future meets past meets right here, right now: A review of The Fountain Tarot June 4, 2015 Weekend reading + you are all special snowflakes May 30, 2015 Begin now, with what you have: A simple tarot spread May 28, 2015 What if you don’t have ‘one true calling’? May 27, 2015 Hour of the Wolf and other witchy Eurovision highlights May 24, 2015 Weekend reading + party party May 23, 2015 Let’s get together! May 22, 2015 A handmade bag for The Collective Tarot May 20, 2015 Checking in: Where I’m at and where I’m going May 19, 2015 Weekend reading + teeny tiny babies May 16, 2015 Is magic “magic” or is it psychological? May 15, 2015 Lots of great free resources for learning tarot May 11, 2015 Weekend reading + a bike without brakes May 9, 2015 Grab the blades – Seven of Swords May 6, 2015 An early peek at The Fountain Tarot May 5, 2015 A digital mystic in your pocket: eight+ tarot app reviews May 4, 2015 Weekend reading + back to school nerves May 2, 2015 The elements in our lives: earth and fire May 1, 2015 Your to-do list – Eight of Wands April 29, 2015 Home and dry, earth, feelings April 28, 2015 The best-dressed awards go to the Dreaming Way Tarot April 27, 2015 Sunday Tarot Song: Four of Wands April 26, 2015 Weekend reading + let’s make this a regular thing April 25, 2015 A window on the road April 24, 2015 “This divine fierce femme” and other highlights from the Queer Tarot Project April 23, 2015 True love – Two of Bottles April 22, 2015 Burn it all up – a new moon ritual April 19, 2015 Weekend reading: Stay in bed and read (or plan a new moon ritual) April 18, 2015 A beautiful Slow Holler Tarot video April 17, 2015 Four of Bones April 16, 2015 Art everywhere April 15, 2015 Death and the city April 14, 2015 Durham NC is secretly the best April 13, 2015 Not a full deck #2: Removing triggering tarot cards as an act of self-care April 8, 2015 Not a full deck #1: Removing ‘scary’ cards from your tarot deck April 6, 2015 Why is the Alternative Tarot Course so cheap? April 1, 2015 Not even scratching the surface: New Orleans LA March 30, 2015 Community link love extra: Can’t. Stop. Reading March 30, 2015 Sunday tarot song: Temperance March 29, 2015 They call it way too rowdy, we call it finally free March 28, 2015 Reading tarot on the road March 27, 2015 All the feelings in Texas March 26, 2015 Slow Holler: queer/Southern artists tell their stories through tarot March 25, 2015 Spring cleaning new moon equinox lunar eclipse! March 20, 2015 “And the moon rose over an open field” March 19, 2015 Portland, Oregon March 18, 2015 You, Me & Us: A relationship tarot spread March 16, 2015 Community link love: part 4 March 14, 2015 The sword in the stone: Meeting the Dreaming Way Tarot March 13, 2015 What I learned from two days of tarot workshops March 11, 2015 A simple, affordable self-published tarot deck March 7, 2015 Soul work: Knight/Son of Pentacles March 6, 2015 Setting off / a reading March 5, 2015 We interrupt this programme… March 4, 2015 Selling your art, visibly, online March 2, 2015 Witchy Queers: Woo-woo resources for queer folks February 26, 2015 Asserting your boundaries – Four of Feathers February 25, 2015 The Northwest Tarot Symposium – 6-8th March 2015 February 24, 2015 Ta-road trip: Weaving my route February 23, 2015 A polyamoury tarot spread February 18, 2015 Love is Strange February 16, 2015 Places you can buy tarot decks that aren’t bloody Amazon February 13, 2015 Press PLAY! The Sun February 11, 2015 Meeting the Tarot of the Cat People February 10, 2015 Earth, self-care and a studio February 9, 2015 Community link love: part 3 February 7, 2015 Ta-road trip #1: Dreaming up a tarot road trip February 6, 2015 Hold fast – The Star February 4, 2015 Design tips for tarot bloggers February 2, 2015 (Re)announcing the Queer Tarot Project! January 30, 2015 How to protect your boundaries when reading tarot for your friends January 29, 2015 Imbolc, sabbats and moon dates for your diary January 28, 2015 INTERVIEW: Trung Nguyen on personal narratives in tarot and art January 27, 2015 Write for Little Red Tarot January 26, 2015 Birthday reading with Tarot of the Cat People January 23, 2015 A happy birthday tarot spread January 22, 2015 Happy birthday! A present for you January 21, 2015 Sunday tarot song: Page of Swords January 18, 2015 Shine (a reminder) January 16, 2015 Losing Billie January 15, 2015 Finding lessons among the swords January 14, 2015 What ‘sacred’ means to me January 13, 2015 How I do email tarot readings January 12, 2015 Seven beautiful new tarot decks for your delectation January 9, 2015 My resolutions, your resolutions 2015 (and a free tarot reading for you!) January 8, 2015 Ace, Two, Three of Wands: idea…focus…go! January 7, 2015 Five business lessons I learned last year January 5, 2015 Sunday Tarot Song: Seven of Wands January 4, 2015 Over 40 exercises for tarot blog inspiration January 4, 2015 Goodbye 2014… a simple new year ritual December 31, 2014 2014: The year that… December 30, 2014 What do tarot readers do all day? December 29, 2014 Create your own tarot spread December 26, 2014 Sunday Tarot Song: Judgement December 21, 2014 Winter solstice and a new moon December 19, 2014 Let’s make a queer tarot deck!! December 17, 2014 Community link love: part 2 December 16, 2014 Proactivity vs reactivity – a new year’s resolution December 15, 2014 Sunday tarot song: Six of Cups December 14, 2014 A little numerology: Find your tarot birth card! December 12, 2014 Magic stars: In praise of Pentacles December 10, 2014 Community link love: part 1 December 9, 2014 Sunday tarot song: The Hanged Man December 7, 2014 Infographic! Me and you and everyone we know December 5, 2014 I want doesn’t get. Oh wait – yes it does. December 5, 2014 Truth or fantasy? Two sides of The Moon December 3, 2014 Let me introduce myself December 2, 2014 Q&A: How to take your first steps into professional tarot December 1, 2014 Sunday tarot song: Eight of Cups November 30, 2014 Buy Nothing Day and anti-capitalist tarot cards! November 28, 2014 Ten things about you that probs aren’t true November 27, 2014 A tarot spread for Thanksgiving, Christmas & other family gatherings November 26, 2014 Back to our roots – reinterpreting The Hierophant November 25, 2014 Sunday tarot song – The Empress November 23, 2014 All about you (and win a prize!) November 22, 2014 INTERVIEW: Radical Tarot Reader Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha Is Anything But Cranky November 21, 2014 DIY or die: make your own tarot deck! November 19, 2014 Using oracle decks in tarot readings November 17, 2014 Sunday tarot song: Page of Wands November 16, 2014 What’s your element? November 14, 2014 Tarot deck review: The Gorgon’s Tarot November 12, 2014 Tea and tarot with Dolores Fitchie, creator of The Gorgon’s Tarot November 12, 2014 An interactive tarot installation (and deck): Wheel of Fortune November 7, 2014 Interviewing the Collective Tarot November 5, 2014 Are you a tarot reader? Looking for a website? November 3, 2014 Sweet spirit buns October 31, 2014 Giving thanks to Pamela Colman Smith October 30, 2014 Honouring our ancestors – a Samhain feast October 29, 2014 Draw near to the hearth – Eight of Bows October 27, 2014 Challenging structure – The Collective Tarot October 25, 2014 Things you should read (or hear) October 24, 2014 The Wild Unknown: help provide healthcare resources in Camaroon October 23, 2014 Manatees October 22, 2014 Finding new ways of working October 20, 2014 Why I’m taking a break from social media October 19, 2014 Handmade tarot bags to make you swoon October 18, 2014 A strange place: between The Mirror and The Guardian October 15, 2014 Seeking an astrologer-writer! October 15, 2014 Understanding the tarot court cards October 14, 2014 Q&A: “It’s barely a tarot deck” October 13, 2014 Honeymoon supermoon October 2, 2014 All change September 28, 2014 Empowering The Tower September 2, 2014 The elements of the year August 30, 2014 Ten gorgeous tarot tattoos August 29, 2014 Seasonal shift – fire into water August 15, 2014 Creation of a tarot deck: The Fountain Tarot August 11, 2014 Starting a tarot group August 8, 2014 Kayla’s air necklace giveaway August 7, 2014 A kinder Two of Swords August 6, 2014 Meet the makers of my four elements jewellery August 5, 2014 Deck creator Jen Kruch on the Frau Grand Duchess Tarot August 1, 2014 Do you have a tarot tattoo? July 28, 2014 The Frau Grand Duchess Tarot is kinky and I like it July 28, 2014 Summer herb workshop July 21, 2014 You bring out The Devil in me July 18, 2014 Gift tarot readings! Back by popular demand July 16, 2014 Feel the love – Three of Bottles July 14, 2014 Why I don’t ‘do’ reversed tarot cards July 7, 2014 Good cards, bad cards July 4, 2014 Let it be – Nine of Cups July 2, 2014 A holiday tarot spread July 1, 2014 A holiday tarot reading July 1, 2014 The ‘Go Get Her’ tarot spread June 17, 2014 The Wild Unknown Tarot is now in stock! June 13, 2014 From the ground up – the Knight of Disks June 13, 2014 Puffball circus filled my heart with love June 10, 2014 Filling the well June 9, 2014 15 exercises for your tarot journal June 5, 2014 30-Day Tarot Pic Challenge June 4, 2014 Finding your mojo – a quick tarot spread May 30, 2014 More joy, less shame – Ten of Wands May 29, 2014 How queer is the Steampunk Tarot? May 23, 2014 A full moon tarot reading May 15, 2014 Tapping into your confidence – a tarot spread May 12, 2014 Let the soft animal of your body love what it loves May 8, 2014 How to ask a tarot question May 7, 2014 Now also on Autostraddle! May 7, 2014 Learning to commit – Knight of Pentacles May 7, 2014 Four elements jewellery May 7, 2014 Beltane: fruit and fools May 1, 2014 Slow it right down – The Hanged Man April 16, 2014 Six brilliant tarot blogs April 15, 2014 How to read court cards as couples April 14, 2014 You don’t always have to chop with the sword of truth. You can point with it too. April 13, 2014 Tarot for relationships April 12, 2014 Penny’s knitted tarot bag April 5, 2014 Ten of Wands: All those musts and shoulds and have-tos March 26, 2014 Alternatives to ‘outcome’ cards in tarot spreads March 24, 2014 The Fool. AKA my first selfie March 24, 2014 When you need a little discipline – The Emperor March 24, 2014 On going grey, making lists and the Seven of Cups March 23, 2014 Princess Mononoke’s Forest Spirit and the Stag of the Wildwood Tarot March 22, 2014 Spring Equinox and The Archer March 19, 2014 ‘Gypsy’ is not a kooky tarot reader’s costume March 18, 2014 My top ten tarot spreads March 18, 2014 Little Wolfie – my Page of Pentacles March 16, 2014 A spring cleaning tarot reading March 11, 2014 One – Nine of Pentacles February 26, 2014 Start a fire – Queen of Wands February 21, 2014 Bull by horns – The Fool February 17, 2014 The ‘Why I Am Totally Awesome’ Tarot Spread February 13, 2014 Darkness prevails, but spring is coming February 12, 2014 Move in the right direction – Eight of Cups February 10, 2014 Find your missing element – an exercise February 8, 2014 Mercury Retrograde – tarot cards to get you through February 7, 2014 Business elements – a business tarot spread February 6, 2014 Tarot cards for protection and boundaries February 5, 2014 Lightening strikes – Knight of Wands February 4, 2014 Community building – Three of Pentacles February 4, 2014 Master your emotions – King of Cups February 3, 2014 Challenges: Tarot fives January 28, 2014 Hot milk for the cockles January 27, 2014 Queering up the Ten of Cups January 27, 2014 I feel the weight of winter January 26, 2014 Self-care and healing – Fives of Cups and Pentacles January 26, 2014 Head down – Five of Cups January 26, 2014 Making sense of the ‘Mars Effect’ January 25, 2014 Give and take – Six of Pentacles January 23, 2014 The Chariot – the heart and soul in your work January 20, 2014 The Chariot January 15, 2014 A boatwarming present January 12, 2014 No resolutions please January 7, 2014 Tying up loose ends – Eight of Wands January 6, 2014 A return January 4, 2014 Post-holiday blues reading April 16, 2013 Nine of Swords and the big wide world April 6, 2013 Spring cleaning tarot spread March 23, 2013 Moving house and the Seven of Pentacles March 15, 2013 Birthday reading with Mary-el January 21, 2013 Tuning in – interviewing the Wild Unknown Tarot January 21, 2013 Grounded January 20, 2013 Resolutions, revolutions January 2, 2013 Magic wands January 2, 2013 Roots / memories – Six of Cups December 22, 2012 A new year tarot spread December 17, 2012 Can’t see the wood for the wands December 15, 2012 Synergy – Two of Cups October 28, 2012 Don’t lose heart – Queen of Cups October 1, 2012 Don’t get me wrong September 30, 2012 Constancy within change – Temperance September 25, 2012 Thought into action – Two to Three of Wands August 6, 2012 Big respect for the Queen of Swords August 5, 2012 Elemental truths – interviewing the Mary-el Tarot August 5, 2012 Riding hard – the Ten of Cups August 4, 2012 The gate, the key, the passage – the Gateway tarot spread July 24, 2012 Healed hearts/damaged livers July 21, 2012 ‘The Bridge’ tarot spread July 10, 2012 I love my life June 30, 2012 Tarot against the cuts June 3, 2012 Spiritual gold – a new Nine of Swords June 2, 2012 Equinox/Ostara reading March 19, 2012 Hiatus March 11, 2012 Get to know your strengths as a tarot reader: The reader’s tarot reading February 27, 2012 SWOTting up – a business tarot spread February 13, 2012 All under control – The Chariot February 13, 2012 This is me – Seven of Wands February 9, 2012 Cheesecake and Cherry B – meeting the Steampunk Tarot February 8, 2012 Sweet memories – Six of Cups February 5, 2012 Snow and green shoots – an Imbolc tarot reading February 2, 2012 Poetry, forgiveness and Judgement January 29, 2012 Doll parts January 28, 2012 Taking a risk – Ace of Pentacles January 28, 2012 All grown up January 25, 2012 Shining in the darkness – The Star January 25, 2012 Uptight all night – Nine of Swords January 6, 2012 Sense of community January 2, 2012 New year in the Magical Forest January 2, 2012 DIY tarot spreads December 29, 2011 Choosing to love – The Lovers December 27, 2011 Valuing friendship December 27, 2011 Craft boy December 24, 2011 Scarred, but not bleeding – Three of Swords December 23, 2011 Surprise new love – the Tarot of the Magical Forest December 23, 2011 Wolves December 23, 2011 Holding something back – Four of Pentacles December 10, 2011 Make it happen – The Magician November 7, 2011 Fighting for air – Three of Cups November 7, 2011 Death and rebirth November 6, 2011 Your own personal compass November 6, 2011 Taking a leap October 13, 2011 Waxing and waning – a full moon tarot spread October 11, 2011 On friendship – Three of Cups October 4, 2011 Stillness as a means of moving forward – The Hanged Man October 1, 2011 Wheat from chaff – Seven of Bows September 21, 2011 Busy kicks and bending tricks – Two of Pentacles September 12, 2011 To need and be needed – Six of Pentacles September 5, 2011 Satisfaction and denial – Nine of Cups September 4, 2011 A little more each day – Eight of Pentacles September 3, 2011 Getting shit done – trying out the Procrastination Conversation spread August 15, 2011 Lead us not into procrastination August 14, 2011 A different view – tarot card reversals August 13, 2011 Right about now – Ace of Swords July 30, 2011 Cause and effect – Justice July 18, 2011 The well of love – Page of Cups July 3, 2011 You are precisely my cup of tea – meeting the Anna K tarot June 25, 2011 Say goodbye June 14, 2011 Sharing the love June 9, 2011 The Guardian of shadows – Wildwood Tarot June 6, 2011 Eight of Cups – learning to let go June 5, 2011 Moving on, moving home June 5, 2011 Reading the tarot court cards like a soap opera May 29, 2011 Page of Swords May 28, 2011 Passivity and activity – The High Priestess May 28, 2011 The Tarot and I: What I believe about tarot May 25, 2011 Tarot aces = opportunities May 21, 2011 Building blocks – a three-tier tarot reading May 19, 2011 The Empress May 18, 2011 Searching for Hecate – Panakaeia journal May 16, 2011 Eight of Swords May 15, 2011 A little more knitting.. May 14, 2011 The integrity of self-reading May 13, 2011 A knight and a poem May 13, 2011 Four of Wands May 13, 2011 At what cost? The Five of Swords May 6, 2011 O Wildwood – what can you teach me? May 3, 2011 The Ancestor – the heart of the Wildwood May 3, 2011 The Knitted Goddess – a Queen of Wands May 2, 2011 Page of Pentacles – the time is now May 2, 2011 A forest menagerie – the court of the Wildwood Tarot May 1, 2011 Alternative approaches to the Ten of Cups April 29, 2011 King of Stones (Wildwood Tarot) April 28, 2011 The Hermit April 25, 2011 Judgement April 21, 2011 Eight of Wands April 19, 2011 Howlin’ at the Moon – a full moon tarot reading April 18, 2011 The Moon – staying true to yourself April 18, 2011 Three little cards April 17, 2011 How to make your own knitted tarot bag April 16, 2011 Turning ideas into plans – Two and Three of Wands April 15, 2011 Five of Cups – reach out April 14, 2011 The High Priestess April 13, 2011 The Wheel of Fortune / King Lear April 12, 2011 Queen of Pentacles – a practical awareness April 11, 2011 Springtime assessment – a dark moon tarot spread April 11, 2011 Two cards – the ‘challenge’ spread April 9, 2011 Nine of Pentacles April 9, 2011 Strength – I am responsible for my own feelings April 4, 2011 What does ‘outcome’ really mean? April 1, 2011 Ten of Swords – pull yourself together March 30, 2011 A distant reading March 30, 2011 A spread for moving forward – test drive March 29, 2011 Two-card tarot readings March 27, 2011 A tarot spread for moving forward March 27, 2011 Mapping the Six of Swords March 27, 2011 Fighting for what matters – Nine of Wands March 27, 2011 A tarot spread for balance March 25, 2011 Two of Swords March 24, 2011 Four of Pentacles – coalition cuts March 23, 2011 Knight of Pentacles March 21, 2011 Life in free-fall – The Tower March 21, 2011 A simple tarot spread March 20, 2011 Five of Wands March 20, 2011 Mapping tarot cards – the major arcana March 19, 2011