Sevens in the Minor Arcana The sevens can be interpreted as aspects of ᛃ (Jera): You put in the work, and this is your reward. The rewards are very different in each suit, however, and the amount that ᚦ (Thurisaz) appears varies from suit to suit as well. . The cards from the Rider-Waite Tarot […]
Sixes in the Minor Arcana There are two pairs of sixes, rather than a single, unifying theme. The Six of Cups and the Six of Pentacles fall under ᚠ (Fehu). Both show someone handing something to someone whose head is lower, but they show opposite circumstances of that giving. The Six of Wands and the […]
Fives in the Minor Arcana For all the talk of how depressing runes are, there is no Rune of sadness. The Fives are cards of ᚦ (Thurisaz) and ᚾ (Naudhiz), but only because there isn’t a rune that really captures the longing and despair of the cards. I will discuss the cards in chronological order, […]
The Fours have this sense of anticipation to them. They are like Isa and Othala, but with a little bit of Kenaz and Naudhiz burning underneath them. I will discuss the cards in the order of the ages of the people in the pictures. The Four of Cups shows a young person, who gets married […]
The threes are about looking to the horizon, at that which could be.
Twos in the Minor Arcana All of the Twos in the Minor Arcana have a bit of a ᛏ (Tiwaz) or ᚷ (Gebo) feel to them. They are all about the balance and equality of exchange. I will discuss the cards in order from left to right, as shown in the image above of the […]
What Will We Discuss Today? Today, we will discuss the Aces of each suit and, by extension, the meanings of the suits. I will include a selection of many versions of each card to hopefully give you a better idea of the card’s underlying meaning than any one deck will provide. What Are the Aces? […]
A Brief History of Tarot No two Tarot decks are exactly the same, but most modern-day decks are pretty similar. Tarot got its current most common structure in the late 19th century, with the writings of A. E. Waite, famous for the Waite-Smith tarot deck (sometimes called Rider-Waite, omitting the artist, Pamela Smith, while including […]
Who Am I? I fell in love with the runes the first time I saw them: the Younger Futhark, right there on the page, a system developed by the Vikings to encapsulate their mythology in a magical writing system. I found the Elder Futhark years later, and taught myself all of these new (far older) […]