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Tarot
John's writing on the Tarot, most of it from 2023 and 2024 while he was writing his book on it. The Minor Arcana suit by suit, four of the Swords and the Horseman of Wands one card at a time, and a tour of the world of decks and books.
10 essays
- The Minor Arcana of the Tarot: Cups and SwordsOctober 27, 2024The number of this card is 66, which is 3 X 2 X 11, and 3 + 2 + 11 adds up to 16. So this card carries an energy of Mars (The Pyramid, Arcanum XVI), meaning that it can bring up conflicts that we need to work with…
- Minor Arcana: The Suits of Wands and CoinsOctober 5, 2024Ace of Wands – simplicity , because this disencumbers us to move forward. To maintain simplicity do not allow details to snag or detain you, or the negative attitudes and opinions of others to deflate you or slow you…
- The Five of SwordsNovember 24, 2023Saturn rules obstruction and so can the earth element. And so the Five of Swords can be an extremely obstructive card. This means it’s all about what’s in your way.
- The Four of SwordsNovember 22, 2023Jupiter wants to grow and expand, but earth is slow, it tries to hold Jupiter back, slow it down, but Jupiter keeps moving forward.
- The Ace of SwordsNovember 18, 2023The earth element is the one that moves and changes the slowest, because it is the most stable of the four, and since all the Aces can bring about transformation, the transformations signified by the Ace of Swords can…
- The Three of SwordsNovember 14, 2023This card signifies the refining (3=Neptune) of the physical realm. This means such things as physical detoxing and any sort of purifying that cleans the material world.
- The Horseman of WandsNovember 12, 2023The number of this card is 33. All of the Horsemen are fiery in nature, and as the suit of Wands is the fire suit, this is the most fiery card of the Minor Arcana.
- The Gigantic World of Tarot Decks and BooksOctober 10, 2023If you’ve looked at all into the tarot decks and books that are out there, you probably know that there are literally hundreds of them.
- My New Book and What it's AboutOctober 8, 2023My new book, Soul Journey through the Tarot, is coming out on November 15th, and I want to tell you a little about it. Firstly, this is a book which speaks of the relationship between the Tarot and numerology.
- AstrologyFebruary 26, 2022Hi Everyone, I'm doing more private teaching over the phone these days. If you are interested in taking classes from me in either Astrology, Flower Essence Therapy or Tarot you can go to my website, johnsandbach.net ,…