Tarot Visions

Have you ever thought about using a stage name as a Tarot reader?  Did you think of going by the name Madame Ezmerelda or The All-Seeing Zoltar?  In this Episode Rose Red and Charlie (who have both used stage names before) talk about the pros and cons of having a nom de plume.

Rose Red gives us her report from this year's reader's Studio!

What do you do with your new deck?  Rose and Charlie talk about the various blessings, rituals and readings they have done with fresh decks once they have them in their hot little hands.  

You may know when to draw a card - but do you know when to draw the line?  Rose and Charlie talk about a touchy topic: when and how to say know to querents for your safety and sanity.

Well... what's on Your Tarot Table?  Rose Red and Charlie the objects - both functional and decorative - they like to keep at hand when reading the cards for others.  Share pictures of your tarot table on our Facebook page.

Brrrrrrrrrr! Today we are talking about cold reading. No, that isn't when you do readings in a supermarket freezer section, it's a practice used by con artists to scam people with fake readings. Why are WE talking about it? Because it's very easy for legitimate readers to fall into cold reading techniques without realizing it. We will discuss what to avoid at all costs.

We finally bring our series on the courts to a close with a look at the Kings.  Rose and Charlie describe their methods for reading each of those jovial gents.

"Party of two, your Tarot table is ready!" What to do when not one but two clients sit before you? In this episode, Rose shares her favorite relationship spread for couples and how to dynamically involve them in the card selection. Try it out the next time you're reading for two.

This week, Rose Red and Charlie test drive a spread based on the characters from the hit Pixar film Inside Out. Grab your cards and find out what your own inner team of Joy, Sadness, Fear, Anger, and Disgust are trying to tell you.

Rose Red and Charlie continue their tour of terrific Tarot techniques (say that five times fast) with the Wanless 7 Card Action spread.  Hear our hosts battle it out over just what constitutes and action and then test it out for yourself.

In the latest episode of Tarot Visions, Rose Red and Charlie engage in a bit of blasphemy by testing out a much-edited version of the Celtic Cross that they found much easier to read than the classic spread.Rose and Charlie encountered this version of the Celtic Cross in this video posted by TheMereCat: http://bit.ly/1ZHzdV8  

It's time to take a look at a few decks that will be published in 2016.  Check out the below names and follow along.Major PublishersPagan Ways Tarot Modern Spellcaster TarotKickstarterPagan Otherworlds Tarot by UusLunar Fire TarotVudu TarotTarot of Brass and SteamIndependentMotley Tarot Tarot Apokalypsis Bone fire

Happy New Year, everyone!  Once again, Rose Red and Charlie take a look at what decks will be published in 2016. For Part 1, we have a special preview of two decks coming out in the Spring from Llewellyn. Here to introduce us to these new offerings is none other than Barbara Moore - the hardest working woman in Tarot writing. Check the links below for a look at the cards from these two soon-to-be-published Tarot decks. The Animal Totem TarotThe Linestrider TarotAnd stay tuned for next week when we take a broader view of more decks hitting Tarot tables this year.

Happy Holidays Tarot Readers!  For this episode of Tarot Visions, we are joined by new Tarot author Angelo Nasios to talk about his forthcoming book Tarot - Unlocking the Arcana. Angelo discusses his process for creating this epic volume of Tarot knowledge and what he hopes his readers will learn from it.For more from Angelo, check out his YouTube page. You can also pre-order Tarot - Unlocking the Arcana from Amazon, or Schiffer.

We're baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!  Did you miss us?  In this quick episode we continue our court card series and look at the Queens - especially those of the Rider Waite Smith deck.

Step into the parlor and join us for some fun with the Gypsy Witch Fortune Telling Cards, the Lenormand's spooky American cousin.  We explore the history of the deck, discuss a few of the controversies surrounding it and try it out for a reading.  *Disclaimer* We recognize that the word gypsy is considered in the modern day to be racist and we discuss this in the episode - but we apologize to anyone who is offended by its use.

Oh, dear.  Rose Red and Charlie are just about at wits end in their adventures with the Tarotnomicon.  While it's all fun and games to summon Tarot celebrities from the dead, they may have gotten themselves into more trouble than they can handle.  Perhaps the "Wickedest Man in the World" Aleister Crowley can help them out... if he's in the mood.Special thanks to Nathan Wetzel for this one!

Rose Red and Charlie just cannot seem to leave well enough alone, can they?  Despite the fact that their sanity seems to be ready to give way, they once again make use of the dread Tarotnomicon to summon the ghost of a departed figure from Tarot's past.  This time they have chosen to speak with Pamela Colman Smith (Pixie to her friends... and therefore not Rose and Charlie).  Will she reveal the information they are seeking?  Will Rose and Charlie learn not to mess with dark forces they can't comprehend?  Probably a no on both accounts.Many thanks to the lovely Thena MacArthur for her help with this one!

In what is probably an ill-advised move, Rose Red and Charlie have decided to once again use the Tarotnomicon to summon forth the spirit of a Tarot luminary.  This time their chosen departed diviner is Arthur Edward Waite, creator of the famed Rider Waite Tarot Deck. What will this long-dead master of magic be able to tell them about his deck and the Tarot in general?  It remains to be seen.Special Thanks to Rydell Downward for this episode.

Egad! Rose Red and Charlie have happened upon a copy of the Tarotnomicon, a legendary spellbook of untold dark powers, and without a second thought have chosen to use it to conjure forth the spirit of a long-dead Tarot luminary. For their first foray into the necromantic arts, they have summoned Bianca Maria Visconti, for whom the first known Tarot deck was a wedding present. What will they learn? What secrets has she kept hidden within her grave?  Will they survive the experience with their minds intact? Will you!?!Major thanks to our friend Anastasia Haysler for this one.