Alec Satin

Timing in Tarot – The Courtyard Spread

Thumbnail image for Timing in Tarot – The Courtyard Spread

This entry is part 11 of 11 in the series Tarot SpreadsAs human beings we live in an exact time and space.  Yet most tarot readings are vague as to specifics.  Spreads like the Celtic Cross can give a lot of background, which is well and good.  Yet what is often needed is a spread [...]

This entry is part 11 of 11 in the series Tarot Spreads
Read more…

PoMo Tarot by Brian Williams

Thumbnail image for PoMo Tarot by Brian Williams

With so many tarot decks coming in and out of print, it’s easy to overlook a jewel like Brian Williams’s PoMo Tarot. Its accompanying 120 page book describes the PoMo Tarot as, “A postmodern deck for navigating the next millennium”. Eighteen years after its release in 1994, it remains a light-hearted deck with strength in its bones.

This entry is part 32 of 32 in the series Tarot Decks
Read more…

New Content is on the way

Hello dear reader.  Thank you for bearing with me through the long winter of no new posts.  I’m in the process of getting some new material together, and hope that you will find it worthwhile for your own personal journey. With kind thoughts, Alec

Read more…

Knight of Wands

Thumbnail image for Knight of Wands

While sitting early this morning at my regular table at the Jackson Heights, New York Starbucks, I started shuffling my beloved Noblet deck. Almost immediately 3 cards whipped out of my hands! The 3 flying cards were nowhere to be seen.  Unwilling to give them up as lost, I broadened my search.  They soon turned up lodged deeply in a nearby shopping bag!

This entry is part 8 of 18 in the series Tarot Card Meanings
Read more…

Ten of Cups

Thumbnail image for Ten of Cups

Someone from the Aeclectic Tarot forum once wrote that the 10 of Cups reminded them of the morning after a doozy of a party! The traditional meaning of this card speaks of recognition and contentment. Let’s take a brief look at the card and then use a five card spread to see what the tarot has to teach us.

This entry is part 3 of 18 in the series Tarot Card Meanings
Read more…