The Biddy Tarot Podcast: Tarot | Intuition | Empowerment

Welcome back to part two of my podcast episode series on Birth Cards and Tarot Constellations!   We started the journey in Part 1 – or Episode 86. If you haven't listened yet, catch up via biddytarot.com/86. I showed you how to calculate your cards & what the first 6 combinations mean for you.  And in this episode, I'll go thru the remaining 7 and show you how to integrate the Birth Cards into every-day life.  You can also download your free guide to the Tarot Birth Cards, including a description of each combination and what it means for you.  This is such a powerful, yet simple, resource to help you discover your life purpose using just your birth date and the Tarot cards.  So let’s get into it! 

On today’s Biddy Tarot podcast, I’m speaking with Maree Bento, the creator of the Antiquarian Tarot.   The Antiquarian Tarot features handmade collage art with an antiqued aesthetic that brings together beautiful 19th century photographs & older artwork into a modern usable deck. Each card was lovingly and attentively crafted to form a functional working deck as well as an engaging work of art.     The deck includes two bonus significator cards and draws inspiration from both the traditional Rider-Waite deck and the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.  I met Maree at the Northwest Tarot Symposium this year and I just loved the unique look of this deck.   In this episode, you’ll learn:     All about the Antiquarian Tarot   The process for releasing this Tarot deck into the world  Maree’s journey as a Tarot reader & healer     Let's get into it.

Have you ever wondered about your purpose this lifetime and why you are really here? For many of us, our whole lives are spent trying to work this out. And day by day, we get closer and closer as we connect deeply with our inner wisdom and find our way forward on this spiritual journey.    In this two-part podcast series, I want to help you on your journey by sharing with you a powerful, yet simple, resource to help you discover your life purpose using just your birth date and the Tarot cards.  Now there's lots of juicy information in this series, so I've put together a handy Mini Guide for you. Download your free guide to the Tarot Birth Cards, including a description of each combination and what it means for you.  [INSERT CONTENT UPGRADE LINK]   Here’s what I’ll cover:  How to calculate your birth card   What birth cards mean   Meanings for all the birth cards  Now, let’s get into it!  

In this podcast, we chat with Dr. Lisa Freinkel, PhD, a professor, dean and vice provost at the University of Oregon who founded the University’s Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program. I first came across Lisa’s work at the Northwest Tarot Symposium where she taught a session on using Tarot to build a mindfulness practice.   I first came across Lisa’s work at the Northwest Tarot Symposium earlier on in this year, 2017. At the event, she taught a session on this topic. I was super, super fascinated by how we could incorporate more of mindfulness in our Tarot practice. And vice versa—how does Tarot help us become more mindful?  In today’s conversation, you’ll hear Lisa talk more about mindfulness and how you can bring the techniques of mindfulness into your Tarot practice. The really neat thing is it’s not complicated. It’s not complex; you don’t have to master all of these different steps or processes. It is, in fact, very simple and really about just bringing your attention back into the now.

This podcast episode is different from all the others I’ve done. Instead of having a distinct structure, I wanted to get real with you. I wanted to get into a space where I could share some of the thoughts that are prevalent for me right now.   This podcast is about coming ‘home’ to ourselves using the Tarot and reconnecting to our inner wisdom.   You see, before religions were invented, we HAD to rely on our own innate wisdom to guide us through life. But now, instead of learning how to trust ourselves, we’ve put so much of our trust into other people—our experts, our authorities, our religious figures, and so on.   And we can certainly see this in the Tarot space. We see folks going to Tarot readers and expecting to get all the answers or a silver bullet to solve their problems.   What I want is to bring that trust back into ourselves, reclaiming our own inner wisdom, and knowing that we have all the answers within us. And I think Tarot can certainly guide us in that way.   So join me in this ext

This week’s podcast episode is a popular one from our archives. It’s the only 3-card Tarot spreads you’ll ever need for your Tarot readings  When I first started learning to read Tarot, I felt overwhelmed by complicated Tarot spreads like the 10-card Celtic Cross or the 13-card Horoscope spread.   So I went on a mission to find the very best 3-card Tarot spreads to keep it simple, but also get deep insight into my life with Tarot as a guide.  In this episode, I’m going to share my very best, never-fail 3 card Tarot spreads. Plus, as a special treat, I’m going to do a couple of sample readings with these spreads so you can get a sense of how they work.  Here’s what I’ll cover:  How keeping it simple with just 3 cards can give even more insight than more complicated Tarot spreads  How to handle a general reading with ease and grace  How to uncover the dynamics of a relationship with just 3 cards  What Tarot spread to use when faced with a difficult decision    

Today, we’re speaking with Michelle Tea, author of the book Modern Tarot, Connecting with Your Higher Self through the Wisdom of the Cards. (Published by Harper-Collins). With her unique insight, inviting pop sensibility, and wicked humor, Modern Tarot is a fascinating journey through the cards that teaches how to use this tradition to connect with our higher selves.  Michelle and I share the same desire to bring a modern approach to Tarot. Whether you’re a committed seeker or a digital-age skeptic—or perhaps a little of both—Tea’s essential guide opens the power of tarot to you. Modern Tarot doesn’t require you to believe in the supernatural or narrowly focus on the tarot as a divination tool. Tea instead provides incisive descriptions of each of the 78 cards in the tarot system—each illustrated in the charmingly offbeat style of cartoonist Amanda Verwey—and introduces specially designed card-based rituals that can be used with any deck to guide you on a path toward radical growth and self-improvement. 

Tarot is for more than just divination. I also believe that the Tarot is a powerful tool for personal development.   In today’s episode, I’m sharing a powerful Tarot ritual that you can use for your own personal development and deep soul work. Each time I do this ritual, I have had such an enriching experience on a very personal level, so I wanted to share it with each of you.  In today’s episode, you’ll learn:   How I developed this personal development ritual when I was in Spain with my family   The exact process I take, and questions I ask when conducting this ritual   Ten ideas for how you can use this process for yourself   Additional Resources  Learn how to develop your own personal Tarot retreat  Learn the Five Simple Steps to Read Tarot with Confidence  Get free Tarot tips on the Biddy Tarot blog 

On today's Biddy Tarot Podcast, I'm talking with Siolo Thompson, the creator of the Linestrider Tarot. It was originally released on IndieGoGo back in 2015, but was recently picked up by Llewellyn, and now you'll find this deck in major bookstores and on Amazon, and in all sorts of amazing places.   Siolo and I have a chat about the Linestrider Tarot, but also about this journey she's been on from publishing the deck, and then being picked up by such a well-known publisher, and everything that goes with that – plus a lot of other fun stuff, like:  How Salvador Dali inspired Siolo to create her first Tarot deck  What inspired the Linestrider Tarot deck  Why a crowdfunding campaign was critical to the success of the Linestrider Tarot deck  The ins and outs of having your Tarot deck (or book) published by a publishing house  I think you'll really enjoy today's episode, so let's get to it...  Additional Resources  See the Linestrider Tarot at http://www.linestridertarot.com/   Check out Siolo's work

Today's episode is a special "Ask Brigit", where I dive into the questions our community has been asking about Tarot.   We're focusing today on questions that involve reading Tarot for others. We often see the same themes coming up in questions, so in today's episode, you'll learn:  Is it OK to ask your client questions?  How to keep your personal energy out of a reading  How to stay true to your style as a reader when your client has a different style or expectation  How to deal with nerves before and during a reading  How to communicate what's coming up in a reading, specifically as messages come up psychically  These are all skills that are important in learning how to read Tarot for others, with confidence.   Let's get into it...  Additional Resources  Online Tarot Course: Read Tarot with Confidence

I am so excited today to be talking with Raven Mardirosian. Raven dreamed of being a missionary, a vet, or an English teacher, and becoming a professional Tarot reader never crossed her mind.   However, she went from being a staunch, born-again Christian and promising academic to life in the woo-woo world. Since become a professional Tarot reader, and she’s authored thirteen books, and many of them include Tarot. She currently offers her gifts through Tarot and Reiki sessions, consulting, and classes on her website at ShivayaWellness.com.  I think so many of us can relate to being reluctant Tarot readers.   And if you’ve ever had that question on your mind about whether Tarot and Christianity can come together, or if they are really poles apart, Raven has certainly gone through that experience firsthand, so you’ll love to hear her perspective on how those two relate.   In this podcast episode, you’ll learn:  How a nun at a Catholic retreat introduced Raven to the Tarot  The intersection – and sepa

One of the biggest trip-ups in Tarot readings is knowing how to deal with the court cards. Is the court card a person? Who is it? Is it you or someone else? If it's not a person, what else can it be?  I cannot tell you how many people I talk to who are learning Tarot who say, "Brigit, I've got no idea with these court cards. Help me interpret them!"    Today, I want to share with you one of the easiest ways you can interpret the court cards in your Tarot readings. It's really important to keep it simple, and I'm going to walk you through it, plus a few other tidbits along the way to help make it nice and comfy for you when you see a court card in your next Tarot reading.   In this episode, we'll cover:  Keeping it simple with the court cards  Asking better questions to get more clear answers  Understanding the energy of reversed court cards  Getting to know  your court cards on a deeper and more personal level  Now, of course if you are really digging getting into knowing the court cards, then ma

Today, we’re diving into the Biddy Tarot Podcast archives to bring you the best and most popular podcast on Tarot. Today’s archive episode is our first interview. It was an interview I was very excited to do, and it’s with Tarot grandmaster Mary K. Greer.  In this interview, Mary Greer talks a lot about the science of intuition, and specifically, we talk about:  How intuition really works in a Tarot reading  The difference between psychic and intuitive   Why when we think that we’re being highly intuitive, we can sometimes be a little bit off track  The response that we had after this podcast was huge, so I wanted to bring it out of the archives again and replay it for you so that you can get all of the benefits from this juicy conversation with Mary K. Greer.  Additional Resources  Mary K. Greer’s Tarot blog  Learn the Five Simple Steps to Read Tarot with Confidence  Check out the Biddy Tarot blog

Have you ever done a Tarot reading where you were completely thrown by a Tarot card?  Don’t worry – you’re not alone. Even I have done readings a professional where I felt completely stumped about what a card means for that particular reading.   That’s why today I want to give you my top strategies for interpreting any Tarot card in any reading.    In today's episode, you'll learn:  Why reading from the heart instead of the book creates more powerful readings  How - and why - to tell the story of the card   See the Tarot cards as energy expressed in different ways  How asking powerful questions leads to more impactful readings  Now, if you want to go deeper and learn how to truly master the Tarot card meanings, then you’ll want to find out more about my Tarot training program. In my online Tarot course, Master the Tarot Card Meanings, I’m going to show you how to build a personal connection with the Tarot using simple yet powerful techniques for interpreting the Tarot cards.    I’ll teach you all t

On today’s podcast, I chat with Melissa Cynova, author of Kitchen Table Tarot.   When Melissa was 14, a kid in her class gave her a deck of tarot cards for unknown reasons. She's been reading ever since. In addition to being a prolific tarot reader over at littlefoxtarot.com, she teaches classes at her kitchen table and at tarot conferences. She lives in St. Louis, Missouri.  Her book, Kitchen Table Tarot, was published by Llewellyn and came out in early April.   In this podcast episode, you’ll learn:   All about Melissa’s book Kitchen Table Tarot Melissa’s style of Tarot reading, which is accessible and real, and approaches it from where we are right now How Melissa found her Tarot Tribe Additional Resources  Check out Melissa Cynova at Little Fox Tarot  Purchase Melissa’s book, Kitchen Table Tarot  Learn how to become an intuitive Tarot card reader with my signature program, Master the Tarot Card Meanings 

Reading Tarot from the book only gets you so far. When you read Tarot from the heart and trust your intuition, your readings will be deeper, more meaningful, and more fun.   In this episode, here's what I'll cover:  How to set your intention to read Tarot intuitively  Putting the book down  How to read the cards intuitively  Interpreting the cards instead of memorising them  Journaling with the cards for a more significant connection and understanding  Want to take this further?  I'm hosting a FREE training: How To Quickly Read Any Tarot Card Intuitively Without Memorising All 78 Cards.     At this free workshop, you'll learn:  Why you don't need to memorise the Tarot cards to be a fantastic Tarot reader  The simplest way to let your intuition interpret a Tarot card accurately and reliably  Keys to master the Tarot card meanings quickly!  How to stop doubting your interpretations and understand the story the Tarot cards are telling you – whether it's one card or a combination  Register at www

I think it’s beautiful when people use Tarot to heal themselves and to tap into their inner wisdom. Holly Whitaker, founder of Hip Sobriety and co-host of the HOME podcast, is a great example of that.   Whether you’re on a healing journey yourself, or you're simply seeking to connect more deeply with your intuition, I think you're going to really love today’s conversation. It truly resonated with me, and I loved hearing how Holly has been able to take the healing power of the Tarot cards and bring it into her daily practice in a beautiful way.   In this episode you’ll learn:   How Holly got sober her own way – using Tarot and other spiritual tools to help along the way  How to use Tarot as a tool for healing  How to use Tarot to connect with your intuition when you’re doubting yourself  Additional Resources   Learn more about Holly at http://www.hipsobriety.com/ Listen to Holly’s podcast http://www.homepodcast.org/  Check out Hip Sobriety School: TheHipSobrietyProject.com Download a free Ta

Stop letting your Tarot cards collect dust, and learn to read Tarot with confidence from day one.     In this episode, here's what we'll cover:  Getting to know your Tarot cards  Daily practice, with an easy One-A-Day spread  Tarot basics to help you better understand what each card represents  After this episode, you may be ready to go deeper and learn how to truly master the Tarot card meanings, then you'll love my Tarot training program.  In my online Tarot course, Master the Tarot Card Meanings, I’ll show you how to build a personal connection with the Tarot, using simple yet powerful techniques for interpreting the Tarot cards.  I’ll teach you the ‘must know’ systems that sit behind the Tarot cards that make learning Tarot super easy.  And together, we’ll walk through the 78 Tarot cards so you can master each and every one of them, once and for all.  I’ll also let you in on a few ‘insider secrets’ from my 20 years’ experience as a professional Tarot reader.  By the end of the Master th

On this podcast episode, I am super excited to interview author and photographer Susannah Conway to talk about Tarot for guidance and creativity. Susannah is probably best known for her books, This I Know: Notes on Unravelling the Heart and also London Town: A Photographic Tour of the City’s Delights. Susannah has inspired people like Brené Brown and Danielle LaPorte, as she helps other people to remember their true selves, using creativity as the key to open the door. She is an amazing woman who is maybe best known for her writing and photography, but she is also incredibly passionate about Tarot, and she’s been reading the cards for over 20 years. In this podcast episode, you’ll learn: How Susannah uses Tarot for guidance, creativity, and inspiration on a daily basis. Susannah’s tips for intuiting into the cards How to integrate Tarot into creative work Additional Resources Find Susannah Conway online and on Instagram Check out Susannah’s Tarot courses, 78 Mirrors and Daily Guidance Learn how to Master

Today's archive podcast episode is the very first episode of Biddy Tarot, and it's What I Wish I Knew When I First Started Reading Tarot. It's also the most popular download we've had, with over ten thousand downloads since it was published just over a year ago. The reason that I chose it for today is because what I share in this episode is so relevant and important, and in fact, it might just be that thing that helps you go from, "Oh, I'm not sure about Tarot," to "Yes! I can't wait to do more Tarot." It's all about busting some of those myths about Tarot and really giving you the confidence that reading Tarot can be a wonderful, enjoyable experience, and that really, anybody can read Tarot. In this episode, I share my personal journey with Tarot and what I wish I’d known when I first started to read Tarot, to encourage you on your own journey with Tarot. In this episode, here’s what I’ll cover: How one spur-of-the-moment Tarot reading ignited my life-long passion for the cards How I learned how to master