The Five Keys – Unlocking Meaning in Tarot Readings

Note: This wound up being more advanced than I usually address on this blog. It's aimed at those doing readings for others. I considered not posting it at all, then figured someone out there might be able to use it. Feel free to ask any questions in the comments below! There's more to reading Tarot …

Tarot Decks for Beginners

Let's say you've never touched a deck before in your life but want to learn Tarot. Or maybe you've been reading for years and want to know what to recommend to students. Please don't automatically reach for the standard Rider-Waite! There are better options! I know them are fightin' words for some of us, so …

Building Woo Spaces – Working Altars (Pt. 3)

While shrines are the backbone of a devotional practice, altars are the place magick happens. They are a physical manifestation of the energies with which we work, and as such are comprised of the tokens and tools we need to facilitate that working. Altars can be hugely elaborate or incredibly simple, depending on the use …

Building Woo Spaces – Personal Shrines (Pt. 2)

Personal shrines are the backbone of a devotional practice. They are a physical manifestation of the relationship between the Power and the person, and as such serve as a site for honoring, contemplation, meditation, petitioning, and connection. Not that you can’t do all of these things perfectly well without a shrine, of course. A shrine …

Building Woo Spaces – Altars and Shrines (Pt. 1)

I recently moved from Seattle to upstate New York. I’ve spent the last few months redoing a tiny house and replacing my furniture, so settling in has taken a bit of time. But as always, pride-of-place in my house is my altar/shrine (together known as my “woo space”, because I’m all about technical language). I …