Desert Oracle

I have been collecting Tarot and oracle decks for about 20 years, and amassed a collection of around 650 decks (a small collection by some standards!). They were kept on 5 bookshelves, and eventually began rising from the floor in various stacks. Mass market, independently published decks, limited editions, signed and numbered, and OOP decks [...]

A few weeks ago, I attended the 20th anniversary of the Bay Area Tarot Symposium (BATS), sponsored by the amazing Thalassa and her minions, the Daughters of Divination. It is a two-day festival celebrating all things Tarot, and offers workshops and lectures by the crème de la crème of Tarot authors and deck creators. This [...]

On Friday, October 29, a group of 30-some Tarot aficionados gathered at the beautiful Audubon Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico for the first Land of Enchantment Tarot Symposium. The theme was Day of the Dead, and most of the presentations reflected the theme in some way or other. Friday night’s presenters were two local [...]

Marcia McCord loves postcards. Antique postcards, from 1900 to 1909, inspired by her mother’s antique shop. So it was only natural that Marcia would create her first Tarot deck using antique picture postcards. And, I have to say, it is just amazing! Marcia carefully went through hundreds of picture postcards to select those that conveyed [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Carrie Paris – Co-founder carrieparis1@mac.com Land of Enchantment Tarot Symposium Santa Fe, New Mexico – The Land of Enchantment Tarot Symposium (LETS) will be held October 29, 30, 31, 2010 in Santa Fe, New Mexico.  It is the first tarot conference in the southwest and promises to be exciting, with Mary Greer [...]

Where has the summer gone? I spent a fantastic month of vacation in sunny southern California, visiting my partner. We played tourist, sampled new restaurants, and went to the beach and the theatre. Nothing Tarot-related, although I did find a copy of the mass-market edition of Ciro Marchetti’s Tarot of Dreams. Of course I bought [...]

The only deck I am really looking forward to receiving is the limited edition, 78-card Gaian Tarot, which, according to its creator is very much on track for an early March delivery. There are a few others decks I have been considering, and some I have my eyes on. But when I was approached to [...]

It’s the morning of Christmas Eve, and I have decided to look ahead at the New Year. The year 2010 will be an Empress year (2+0+1+0=3); adding in my birth day & month (10/1) gives me a Hierophant year (2+0+1+0+1+0+1=5), underscored by the Empress. So, more teaching and learning to come, in a more relaxed [...]

I have just finished an amazing book, Matrix Energetics:The Science and Art of Transformation, by Richard Bartlett, DC, NC.  I have been discussing the book and the “system” on a discussion forum, as I am a Reiki practitioner, and Matrix Energetics (ME) is an energetic healing technique. ME draws upon the field of quantum physics, [...]

As we approach the season of Samhain/Halloween, I have just received the new All Hallows Tarot, created by Robyn Tisch Hollister and published by Leisa ReFalo of the Tarot Connection. It is a delightful look at the denizens of this dark time, a great treat for the eyes! The deck arrived wrapped in orange and [...]