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    Five free online resources for learning tarot

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    There are a zillion sites on the interwebs for learning tarot, and I think I’ve probably visited more than half of them in the past few months. (There are so many, in fact, that it made me wonder if there…

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    Tarot reading: The future of her business in these strange times

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    I thought I’d share a few readings I’ve done recently to show an example of my style. Ashley (not her real name) asked, “I am curious about how my business will fair during social distancing.” For this question, I did…

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    Tarot books: Kitchen Table Tarot

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    One of the first tarot books I read was Kitchen Table Tarot by Melissa Cynova. I had had very little exposure to tarot, and knew practically nothing about the cards, their meaning, or how to read, and found it an…

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    When the Tower comes to call

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    By far, the most anxiety-inducing card in the tarot deck is the Tower. A lightning bolt slams into a tower, shattering it and sending poor hapless folks plummeting to what looks like certain death.  It’s generally read as a harbinger…

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    Quote of the day: Good Omens

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    My favourite book of all time is Neil Gaiman and Sir Terry Pratchett’s Good Omens. I’m sure I’m on my fourth or fifth reading by now, and I’ve watched the series on TV and even made my own pilgrimage to…

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Hi, thanks for stopping by. I’m DaniGirl, a photographer, storyteller and tarot enthusiast based in Ottawa, Canada. Welcome to my space!

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As above, so below #ottawatarot As above, so below #ottawatarot
Hello winter, where have you been? #Manotick #wats Hello winter, where have you been? #Manotick #watsonsmill #snowboi
In today’s journey through the major arcana as i In today’s journey through the major arcana as illustrated by #22doctorwhotarotquotes we’ve reached The Chariot, a card about agency, willpower, and self-determination. I’m personally invested in this card as it is my birth year card – which probably explains my life-long control issues. 😉 The Chariot is about action through harnessing the divergent forces in your life (intellect vs emotion, work vs play, ego vs others, etc) and mastering the energy so that it’s working for you instead of against you. Sometimes, though, you need to do a little fake-it-’til-you-make-it to get yourself moving in the right direction, and that’s why I chose this quote from Matt Smith’s Eleventh Doctor: “Do what I do. Hold tight and pretend it’s a plan!” You don’t need to be an expert, you don’t need to be 100% sure it’s the right path or the right plan, sometimes you just need to gather the reins and your wits and move. When the Chariot comes up, it’s time for action. Grab those reins and get yourself in motion, and trust that the plan will fall into place when you need it. #tarotcards #tarotreading #doctorwho #doctorwhoquotes #thechariot #tarottribe #tarotreadersofinstagram #manoticktarot #learntarot #eleventhdoctor
We’re now six cards in to #22DoctorWhoTarotQuote We’re now six cards in to #22DoctorWhoTarotQuotes, our voyage through the tarot cards, linking up wisdom gleaned from Doctor Who quotes with each card of the major arcana. If you subscribe the major arcana as the Fool’s Journey, the Lovers represents the spot where the Fool takes the what they learned from family (parental figures of the Emperor and Empress) and structured education and community (the Hierophant) and moves off to begin their own life. The Lovers represents on the surface romantic love and life partnership, but it also has a traditional meaning of choice: the Fool comes to a place where they must choose between the family that raised them and beginning a new family. You can see a shadow of this choice in the appearance of most of the companions in the “new” Doctor Who (Doctors 9 through 13) where a companion must choose between an exciting new adventure with the Doctor, or the structures and traditions of the life they’ve always known. For the purposes of today’s quote from Doctor Who, I’ve chosen to go with the romantic love and partnership aspect of The Lovers, and this quote from David Tennant’s 10th Doctor from the episode Fear Her: “There’s a lot of things you need to get across this universe. Warp drive… wormhole refractors… You know the thing you need most of all? You need a hand to hold.” (Yes, I have a typo on the illustration - it was definitely 10 and not 11 who said this. Extra poignant when you think about the theme of loneliness so prevalent in his seasons.) What do you think? Do you agree with this interpretation? As always, I'd love to hear your thoughts. (A longer version of this post appears on my blog - link in bio.) #DoctorWho #tenthdoctor #quotes #tarotcards #majorarcana #thelovers #22doctorwhotarotquotes #tarottribe #tarotreadersofinstagram #ottawatarot #tarotreading
Today’s draw on the #28daylockdowntarotproject i Today’s draw on the #28daylockdowntarotproject is the Page of Swords. This Page is a harbinger of growth and new ideas, and its optimism follows my own transition out of the anxiety I’ve been mired in these past few days. A new opportunity? Like a friend ordering three new year’s tarot reading as gifts for friends? That works for me. Time to start making big plans for 2021! #learntarot #tarotcards #pageofswords #tarotreadersofinstagram
We are nearly on the eve of a new year. 2021 is a We are nearly on the eve of a new year. 2021 is a Hierophant year: 2+0+2+1=5. There are lessons to be learned in the coming year. Are you ready to learn them? To find a quote representative of the Hierophant, the fifth major arcana in my ongoing #22DoctorWhoTarotQuotes project I’ve gone way back to the beginning, to the First Doctor and first season of Doctor Who: “As we learn about each other, so we learn about ourselves.” The Hierophant is a complicated card, one of the more challenging ones for me when it comes up in a reading. It’s about teaching and mentorship, traditionally from the perspective of spiritual learning, rituals, conformity and tradition. Perhaps not so coincidentally, the First Doctor of all the Doctors was perhaps most like the traditional reading of the Hierophant: a teacher who keeps slightly separated from others, they are the keeper of knowledge, and share it at their prerogative. I tend to favour a reading of the Hierophant that focuses more on learning as something we do throughout our lives, especially as it relates to community and society, and about establishing a spiritual practice that helps us to be mindful. The Doctor, an alien time lord who is centuries old (or millennia, depending on where you pick up the story,) may begin as an authoritarian source of knowledge and wisdom, but you can see them evolve as they learn from their companions over the years. And, as the Doctor learns from the experiences shared with their companions, so the companions do, too. On the Fool’s journey, as we move from the structure and rigidity of the Emperor’s worldly domain, the Hierophant encourages us to work with a mentor or spiritual leader to begin to develop our belief systems. We need to rely on others on our journey, as the First Doctor observed, to learn about each other so we can learn about ourselves. #doctorwho #quotation #tarotcards #tarot #tarotreadersofinstagram #firstdoctor #tarottribe #ottawa #ottawatarot #theHierophant #majorarcana #doctorwhoquote
Today’s #tarotcard for the #28daylockdowntarotpr Today’s #tarotcard for the #28daylockdowntarotproject is the Nine of Wands. At first I thought it an odd card for only day 3 of a 28 day lockdown, as it usually means you are nearing the end of the cycle, battered and bruised but still on your feet. But since it is Dec 28 we are definitely nearing the end of 2020, if not this particular lockdown. So I’ll read this card as advice to look back at the choices I’ve made to get here - were they the right ones? We’ve made it through, but at what cost? And most importantly, what lessons can I bring with me into the next cycle so I don’t have to take such a beating the next time around? #learntarot #dailytarot #tarotreadersofinstagram #tarot #ottawatarot
For day two of our 28 day pandemic lockdown, I dre For day two of our 28 day pandemic lockdown, I drew a card early to set my intention for the day and pulled the Knight of Coins. A steadfast worker, this Knight isn’t afraid of hard work and takes pleasure in a job done well. He is telling me that the road ahead is difficult but not insurmountable, and that my focus should be on patience and diligence. #28daylockdowntarotproject #learntarot #ottawatarot #tarotreadersofinstagram #knightofpentacles #knightofcoins #tarotofthedivine #dailytarot
My tarot cards never fail to amuse me, because the My tarot cards never fail to amuse me, because they never fail to call me out. We started a 28 day pandemic lockdown today, so I thought I’d turn it into a mini-project: a card a day for each day of the lockdown. Let’s call it the #28daylockdowntarotproject. Of course my first draw is the Eight of Swords - is there a more appropriate card for a 28 day lockdown? Trapped for sure, but those swords - am I making it worse than it really is? We’re safe and healthy in our bubble. I’d better take that blindfold off so I can see where the real peril is. Meanwhile, I’ll rely on my instincts and follow the water to feel my way forward. Want to play along? Please join me! #learntarot #ottawatarot #tarotcards #dailytarot
On today’s stop in the journey through #22Doctor On today’s stop in the journey through #22DoctorWhoTarotQuotes, the major arcana as framed by quotes from Doctor Who, we’ve reached the Emperor, a card of authority, of order, of leadership and structure. Did you know that we’re in the waning days of an Emperor year? It may have seemed a chaotic one, but think of the conflict around exertion of control through the rules and lockdowns put in place by governments, and (at least here in Canada) how the government has stepped in to protect those most at risk. It has been a year exemplified by the struggle for societal order to contain the perils of the “natural” world – in this case, the spreading virus. My quote for the Emperor was uttered by two Doctors, and echoed by a third. In the 50th anniversary special, David Tennant’s 10th Doctor responds to Clara’s question about his name being a promise: “Never cruel or cowardly.” The War Doctor adds, “Never give up. Never give in.” And then, several seasons later, the Twelfth Doctor echos the sentiment in the farewell speech I quoted last week: “Never be cruel, never be cowardly, and never ever eat pears!” In a lot of ways, the Doctor is like the Emperor. A natural and powerful leader, he encourages you, like the Emperor, to stand up for what is right, to assert leadership and respect order (as it applies to timelines, at least.) He is a defender to those without power, asking loyalty in return. Of course, the Doctor has a wildly chaotic side – the Emperor would not condone stealing a TARDIS for a joyride that lasts for millennia. And the later Doctors, in particular Twelve and Thirteen, have stepped away from the bombastic universe-leading president-of-the-world style to a more quiet, behind-the-scenes enabler, so the humans (and others) can save themselves with the Doctor’s benevolent mentoring. But that, too, is a powerful form of leadership. I'd love to know what you think - do you agree that this quote exemplifies the qualities of the Emperor? (See my blog -link in bio - for a Gallifreyan font version of the title quote.) #tarot #learntarot #doctorwho #doctorwhoquotes #22doctorwhotarotquotes #majorarcana #theemperor #tarotreadersofinstagram #tarottribe
It's time for another #22DoctorWhoTarotQuotes, my It's time for another #22DoctorWhoTarotQuotes, my collection of quotes from #DoctorWho that illustrate or align with traditional interpretations of each tarot card of the major arcana. We’ve reached #theEmpress. To illustrate her, I’ve chosen a snippet of a longer quote: “Remember – hate is always foolish and love, is always wise. Always try to be nice, but never fail to be kind.” These words are spoken by the Twelfth Doctor in the moments before he regenerates in the Christmas special “Twice Upon a Time.” He’s talking to his future self (who the audience knows but he does not is about to regenerate into female form) but also trying to reassure his current self, I think. I like this quote for the Empress for a lot of reasons. The Empress is about abundance, generosity, and kindness, and tells us that our needs will be met. The Empress is a maternal figure, and this advice to be kind is indeed very motherly. Certainly, as a mom to three, I’m most concerned that they grow up to be kind humans first and foremost. The Empress is about nurturing and looking inward for grace, something the Doctor is doing as he passes the baton to his next iteration, exhorting his next regeneration to be a better version of himself and also showing himself kindness and respect and love. And, most interestingly for me, this quote is spoken from a male incarnation of the Doctor who has learned through his travels how to be not just clever but kind as well, and he has learned that largely through the females in his life: Clara, and River, and Bill. And then with these words he regenerates into the first female Doctor in the storied 50+ years of the franchise. As an aside, I truly loved watching Capaldi’s Doctor and his preoccupation with goodness and being kind. You can see this evolution from his query to Clara (“Am I a good man?) and Clara writing him crib notes on how to be nice to his stirring exhortation to Missy to “just be kind” to his regeneration muse to his future self. I was truly fascinated by the way the Twelfth Doctor’s sojourn explored gender issues. But what do you think of my link between 12’s interest in kindness and the Empress? I’d love to know your thoughts!
Next up on our journey, visiting all the major arc Next up on our journey, visiting all the major arcana tarot cards through the lens of quotes from Doctor Who, is the High Priestess. Last time, we looked at the Magician, who is all about manifestation and taking action. By contrast, the High Priestess is about stillness and the things that we cannot see. She exhorts us to embrace our spiritual side. Where the Magician makes things happen by doing, the High Priestess makes finds her power by being still and paying attention. It’s this sense of things known and unknown, tangible and intangible, that made me find this quote from the Fourth Doctor to be representative of the High Priestess: “Never be certain of anything. It’s a sign of weakness.” Certainty is not what the High Priestess seeks or offers; instead, she is the keeper of secrets, explorer of the unconscious mind, and her strength is her intuition. She is an enigma. The symbols on the Rider-Waite-Smith version of the High Priestess card illustrate her links to that which is uncertain: the Moon, the veil behind her, her hidden right hand, and the pomegranates on the veil are all symbols of that which is unknown. She is the embodiment of mystery, and tells us to look beyond the obvious to what is hidden and obscured. I’d love to hear your thoughts. Do you think this quote is a good link between the Doctor and the High Priestess? Why or why not? Why does the Doctor think certainty is a sign of weakness? Can certainty be a weakness in a tarot reading or tarot reader? #learntarot #22DoctorWhoTarotQuotes #tarot #doctorwho #theHighPriestess #majorarcana #tarotreadersofinstagram #tarotcards #dailytarot #tarottribe #fourthdoctor #ottawa #manotick
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