Introduction As you work with a Tarot deck, it can accumulate energy from your readings, your thoughts, and the environment around it. To ensure it remains a clear and effective tool for divination, it’s important to periodically cleanse and clear its energy. In this post, I’ll be sharing some tips for cleansing and clearing your…
Author: Rowan
The Shadow Side of the Seven of Swords
Introduction The Seven of Swords is a complex and often misunderstood card within the Tarot, representing cunning, deception, and hidden motives. The card depicts a figure stealthily carrying away five swords while leaving two behind, suggesting a secret plan or a hidden agenda. Today, we’re going to delve into the shadow side of the Seven…
Mythology and The Tarot: The Fool’s Journey
Welcome to Mythology Monday! As yet another recurring Monday theme, the second Monday of each month will be Mythology Monday here at the Fool’s Bag. Mythology is one of my favorite topics, so of course I’m all over the connections between mythology and the Tarot! For this first post in the series, we’ll be looking…
Embracing the Full Moon with Tarot: Enhancing Your Intuition
Introduction The full moon has long been associated with heightened intuition, psychic abilities, and spiritual connection. Its powerful energy is believed to amplify our innate gifts, making it the perfect time to delve deeper into our spiritual practices. In this post, we will explore how to harness the full moon’s energy using Tarot as a…
The Two of Cups and Friendship
Introduction As Tarot readers, we often think of the Two of Cups as being mostly about romantic love. Indeed, I tend to think of The Lovers card as being more about choices and the Two of Cups being the one about love and romance. But really, this card can represent any sort of important partnership,…
Tarot and the Wheel of the Year Part 2: Beltane
Part 2- Beltane Welcome to Part 2 of our series on Tarot and the Wheel of the Year! Normally, the first Monday of the month here at The Fool’s Bag will be a focus on the subject of reversals, but since today is Beltane, we’re instead going to look at Beltane and the Tarot today…
Tarot and the Wheel of the Year Part 1
About This Series Monday is May 1st, which is Beltane to those of us who celebrate the Wheel of the Year. Starting with Beltane, The Fool’s Bag will be doing a series of posts looking at ways to integrate the Tarot and the Wheel of the Year. Though the Wheel of the Year is a…
The Hermit’s Guide to Mercury Retrograde
Welcome back! We’re talking about Mercury retrograde again today. Mercury went retrograde on Friday, and I was feeling it for a good week even before that. As the planet of communication appears to move backward in the sky, it can bring with it miscommunications, technology glitches, and general chaos. I decided it would be a…
The Monthly Spread: The Celtic Cross
The Celtic Cross Welcome to another regular feature at The Fool’s Bag—the monthly spread! The fourth Monday of each month will be dedicated to a specific spread, spread type, or something else specifically spread-related. As this is our first Monthly Spread (that really needs a more clever title—I’m working on it!), I figured we should…
Surviving and Thriving During Mercury Retrograde
Uh, oh… It’s that time of year again, that so many of us dread: Mercury is in retrograde. Three to four times a year, Mercury, the planet of communication, goes into retrograde, causing many to brace themselves for a period of miscommunication, technology glitches, and general chaos. Mercury retrograde can be a super sucky time….
Card of the Week: The Fool’s Guide to Taking Risks
Welcome to Wednesday! Wednesdays here at The Fool’s Bag mean Card of the Week. Every week we’ll take a look at one card from the deck and do a deep dive into one or more aspects of that card and its symbolism. We won’t be doing the cards in any set order, but we will…
Magickal Monday: An Introduction to Tarot Magick
Happy Monday, everybody! So, this post is going up before the official site launch, so you’re probably reading this after the fact, but regardless, welcome to our first ever Magickal Monday! The third Monday of every month, we’ll have a post dedicated to Tarot Magick. When most people think of the Tarot, they think of…