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Tarot Tuesday

  • Tarot Cards for the Wheel of the Year!

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s Tarot Tuesday post is a look at the Major Arcana Tarot card I find most exemplifies each of the eight Wheel of the Year holidays!    I have put a lot of thought into which Tarot card I think best aligns with each holiday,…

  • The Empress and Red Hair

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s Tarot Tuesday post is an examination of why the Empress in Tarot is often depicted with Red Hair.   It is probably well known to those of us who collect Tarot decks that certain features often appear in certain cards.  One of those major…

  • The Empress Archetype as the Summer Faery Queen

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.    Today’s post is about the Empress in Tarot as an archetype and how it relates to Faery Queen’s energy!    In particular, I will be focusing on the Empress and Summer Faery Queen’s energies, as the Summer Solstice is this week. The Empress is all…

  • The Judgement Card in Tarot

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is a Tarot Tuesday look at the Judgement card in Tarot, marking the final of my posts focused on individual Major Arcana cards!   The Judgement card is the twentieth card of the Major Arcana. The Judgement card is often depicted showing the…

  • The Hierophant Card in Tarot

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is about the Hierophant card in Tarot.    The Hierophant is the fifth card of the Major Arcana most commonly depicted as a religious leader or pope, like in the traditional Rider-Waite-Smith deck. The Hierophant card is often one that is misunderstood and…

  • The Emperor Card in Tarot

    Welcome to the final day of Tarot Week here at White Rose of Avalon my Darlings!   Today’s post is about the Emperor card in Tarot.   The Emperor is the fourth card of the Major Arcana.    He is the Divine Masculine in the physical realm, differing from the Magician as the Divine Masculine…

  • Announcing Tarot Week!

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is a short one to announce that I will be doing another theme week beginning tomorrow!   This time I have decided to spend the lead-up to Beltane, from the 24th through the 30th (which is Beltane-Eve), doing exclusively Tarot-themed posts.    This…

  • The Strength Card in Tarot

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.    Today’s post is about the Strength card in Tarot, but first a little backstory as to why I chose to write about this card now!   So, there was much said by astrologers and Tarot experts that last year aligned with the Chariot card because…

  • The Llewellyn Tarot Major Arcana Analysis

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is going to be another Major Arcana analysis and walkthrough of the Fool’s Journey.   This time the focus will be on The Llewellyn Tarot by Anna-Marie Ferguson.    Each of these Major Arcana cards is associated with different figures from Welsh myth…

  • The Sacred Circle Tarot Review

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is a review of my newest Tarot deck, The Sacred Circle Tarot by Anna Franklin, and illustrated by Paul Mason.    I purchased this most recent deck because it was the deck my herbalism teacher, Suzanne O’Gara used in a reading that she…