Get to know… Siobhan Rene (plus a beautiful closing poem)
October 29, 2018“I learned while writing for Little Red Tarot how powerful it can be for people to know that they aren’t the only one to have an experience and to receive empathy.” Catch up with Siobhan, and find out how to follow her work beyond LRT. Read more
MOONWORK: somatic practice for queers
September 10, 2018“MOONWORK is a practice of making home in self, others, and the present moment, as perfect-for-now experiences that include past & future.” Hannah Harris-Sutro introduces her new online class. Read more
See the Cripple Dance | The sparks that build The Tower & then burn it down
August 21, 2018On the weight of the wreckage of the loss of love during recuperation from surgery. Read more
A roundup of LRT blog goodness for your delectation
July 16, 2018Y’know, we have some seriously brilliant columns running on Little Red Tarot at the moment. Here’s a roundup of all our current series! Read more
Heal & Harm | Mothering Myself as the Queen of Swords
June 20, 2018To cut off abusers is to be the Queen of Swords. To take care of ourselves by cutting off communication, and not necessarily dramatically. Sometimes there is nothing more to be said, and the most powerful statement is said with silence. Read more
The Numinous Tarot: The love we need to grow
June 19, 2018The Numinous Tarot places hope at the heart of the revolution. “We may have to build this place ourselves, but we are worth the effort, the space, and the care of doing so.” – Noel Heimpel Read more
May Sunday Spread | Sustainable Resourcing
May 6, 2018It’s productivity season and our healing projects can be just as alluring as any other. This month we utilize tarot to guard and manage our sacred energy, even from ourselves. Read more
Composting Consciousness | Temperance in reasoning: Black and/versus white
May 1, 2018What does it mean to raze consciousness in order to raise consciousness? Read more
Heal & Harm | The ethics of retreat, part 2
April 29, 2018People retreat to ‘get away from it all’ and I think it is worth magnifying this ‘it’ – what exactly is being escaped? Read more
See the cripple dance | The Wheel of Fortune: Learning to accept good luck
April 10, 2018When good things happen to you, what are your first thoughts? When your wishes come true, do you tell anyone? Read more
Heal & Harm | Getting permission to die
April 3, 2018Death shows us what happens when you come out the other side – pain, hope, transformation. Read more
INTERVIEW | Egan & the Delta Enduring Tarot: A deck for the queer and enduring
March 12, 2018“Levees go up. They come down. But the Mississippi and her people always endure. I wanted to pay homage to that.” Read more
See the Cripple Dance | Nine of Wands, migraines, & living a creative life
March 2, 2018Maranda discusses believability & environmental illness, asking if sickness can be liberating. Read more
Fat Tarot | Queering tarot in a fat liberation perspective
February 16, 2018How can bodily norms inform the way one might queer tarot? And what does queer actually mean to me as a fat tarot reader? Read more
Heal & Harm | Releasing trauma with little rituals
February 15, 2018I fear that I would be physically unsafe were I to press charges. So what do I do? Where do I turn? Witchcraft. Read more
Creating Communities of Care | Myths & facts around exposing abuse
January 22, 2018“It is important to remember that the work of ending rape and abuse is going to be messy.” Read more
The Moon: All is not what it seems
October 23, 2017It is scary to see what is normally tucked away inside, out in the open, using its voice. But it is liberating, too, to give space to that untamed, unsocialised nature. To let your wolf howl. Read more
“I’m scared I’ll end up alone”: On boundaries and grief
September 28, 2017Many of us struggle to set the boundaries we need because we are scared we’ll upset people and end up alone. In this piece andi explores how grieving can help us move from shame and guilt towards authentic connection. Read more
Queering the Tarot: Six of Swords
September 12, 2017“I suffered for probably three years … Until one day someone said to me ‘Why don’t you just leave?’ They weren’t being kind, but it was the best thing anyone has ever said to me to this day.” Read more
Many Moons: Full moon in Pisces
September 6, 2017Sarah Gottesdiener shares reflections and ritual ideas for September’s full moon in Pisces. Read more
Queering the Tarot: Five and Seven of Swords
August 2, 2017These two difficult cards show us different faces of trauma, both personal, and collective. Read more
What #vanlife has taught me about grief, boundaries, Saturn and letting go
July 13, 2017“She told me that Saturn helps bring out the gold in all of us. And she’s right. Saturn has been weaving gold through me.” Read more
Queering the Tarot: Two, Three and Four of Swords
July 4, 2017The Two, Three, and Four of Swords make more sense if we read them as a group and see a narrative of decision-heartbreak-rest that so often plays out in LGBTQ+ lives. Read more
Reframing the Emperor
June 29, 2017Though the Emperor represents society or ‘the system’, it necessarily contains within itself the potential for something better. Read more
Queering the Tarot: Ace of Swords
June 6, 2017Cassandra explores themes of LGBTQIA+ mental health, sobriety, sexual exploration and more in the Ace of Swords. Read more
See the cripple dance: Bruises as a sign of healing, lilac season, and becoming nobody
May 30, 2017Maranda explores the Three of Swords, access intimacy, and the emotions of inaccessibility. Read more
How not to help anxiety: An anti-list
May 25, 2017Ever pull a card and have no idea what it is? Siobhan shares an impossible Marseille reading and how not to help someone with anxiety. Read more
See the Cripple Dance: On the urgency of writing, borderline dreamscapes, and feelings hidden behind the prolific
May 2, 2017Maranda explores BPD, sleeping pills, and the prolific with the Six of Swords and Daughter / Queen of Swords. Read more
See the Cripple Dance: Finding agency and autonomy through isolation and grief
April 4, 2017Do you know crip-time? Do you know crip-grief? Maranda presents a sick and disabled re-imagining of the Eight of Cups. Read more
See the Cripple Dance: Witchcraft for crazy people
February 21, 2017Maranda Elizabeth introduces themself as Little Red Tarot’s newest contributor in their column See the Cripple Dance. Read more
Acid Church: Using tarot as a container for therapeutic psychedelic exploration
November 3, 2016Andi Grace shares their experiences of using psychedelics alongside tarot cards for personal exploration. Read more
Asian American Tarot: a mental health project
July 28, 2016Andi interviews Mimi Khúc, guest editor of Asian American Tarot, on a majors-only deck in the making for a 5-part Asian American mental health project. Read more
The Empress in Taurus
May 24, 2016A slow and gradual shift. As much time as I need, and all the love I want. Intentional, practical, and most importantly forgiving. Read more
Solopreneurs explore mental/health barriers and positive ways forwards
November 30, 2015Mental health, illness and disability are rarely discussed in the clamour of entrepreneurship blogs. Enter you guys! Here are four entrepreneurial stories which dearly need telling. Read more
Mental Illness & Entrepreneurship – Owning Nonstandard Narratives
November 16, 2015[Guest post] “Living with mental illness gives me an awareness of the separation between my beliefs and actual reality. I think this is an advantage.” Read more