

The Norns, time, and Tarot
As I finally commit to teaching an in depth rune-wisdom course I am spending a lot of time reflecting on how I use the runes and Norse...


Do you have a “blocking” card?
I do, and it’s the Moon. Often the moon will crop in a reading linked to fears, shadows, psychic connection, hormones or sleep issues....


As a Tarot pro- what I have learnt about love..
#1 Don’t make assumptions. I need to be honest. I grew up in a small rural, white, middle class community. I grew up thinking an adult...


Using Tarot as your life coach....
I often find my use of Tarot cards morphs into using them to offer a “life coaching” type of reading, and I recently explored this in a...


Journeying to work with Frigg
I have long resisted teaching a “rune-lore curriculum” because I am very aware that my experience of certain runes is far deeper than...


Tarot for difficult days- the 3 of swords
I have a genuine fondness for the 3 of swords. I find the image a really satisfying one, and exploring the imagery with a client is a...


Tarot for difficult days… The 2 of swords
Wen I’m having a bad day I often reach for my tarot deck for a little comfort and guidance. But it is all too easy to get lost in anxiety...


Rune chants to heal the chakras....
When I do shamanic healing for clients using chanting (or Lokk-Seidr) via Zoom I often use particular rune sounds to clear each of the...


Stepping away from Burn Out...
I work full time as a Tarot reader and shaman, and my working hours can be long. Clients often ask if I find my work draining or...


Balanced between the 8 and 10 of wands, burnout.
I love the story between the cards, and the story within each of the suits can tell us so much about the individual cards. Recently I...


“That Bloody book”
I took a break from blogs with the idea that I would “collate my notes” to write and publish a book on Tarot. It started well, early...


The only type of reading I will never touch.
I recently taught a zoom session on Tarot Taboo topics, those topics so many people say “shouldn’t” be read for. Health, money, legal,...


On working with Vidar
As a seidrkona (using chant/a lokk to connect with the Norse deities) I have tended to stick with those deities I work well with (mostly...


Odin and the magical suit of swords
My working day is spent in one of two ways- shuffling and reading Tarot cards, or working with the Norse pantheon as a Seidrkona (roughly...


Using tarot for effective planning.
One of the first things I often tell clients is “the future is not fixed, but our minds often are. Think of tarot as a living map-...