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 extra special podcast episode, where I talk about this concept of coming ‘home’ to ourselves and how we can use Tarot and our own inner wisdoms to guide us in life. 

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. 

In this podcast episode you’ll learn:  

• Michelle’s philosophy on modern Tarot and how it can become more mainstream 
• Her vision for Tarot in the future 
• Her process for writing her book Modern Tarot

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 at http://www.siolothompsonart.com  

Find Siolo on social media at www.instagram.com/siolothompson 

Buy The Linestrider Tarot Deck on Amazon

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 separation – of Christianity and Tarot, religion and spirituality 
• Why Raven feels like the reluctant Tarot reader – despite being a successful Tarot author and teacher 
• The 3 keys that make Tarot readings simple and easy to do 

Additional Resources 

Check out Raven Mardirosian and Shivaya Wellness  

The Reluctant Tarot Reader  

Learn the Five Simple Steps to Read Tarot with Confidence 

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 make sure you check out my online training program “Master the Tarot Card Meanings.” In this program, I show you exactly how to build a personal and intuitive connection with the Tarot using simple yet powerful techniques for interpreting the Tarot cards. I’ll show you all of the must-know systems that sit behind the Tarot cards, and I also give you an amazing amount of different exercises that you can do to really embody the cards’ energy and bring the Tarot to life so that when you go ahead and you do readings for yourself and for others, it’s as if the stories just lift up out of those cards, and you go way beyond just what you can read in a book.  

By the end of the “Master the Tarot Card Meanings” program, you're going to know how to build a deep and personal connection with the Tarot cards, plus you’ll know how to intuitively and confidently interpret the Tarot cards without ever having to memorise meanings or rely on your books. Ultimately, this program is designed to help you become more confident and intuitive as a Tarot reader, and use the Tarot to transform people’s lives and make a real difference.  

It’s a really special program, and you can check it out at BiddyTarot.com/MTCM. Now, if the program is closed, make sure you jump on the wait list so that you’re the first to know when the program is open again.   

Additional Resources:

• Free Workbook: 5 Simple Steps to Read with Confidence
• Blog Post: The Easiest Way to Interpret the Court Cards

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

Struggling with memorising the meanings of all 78 Tarot cards? 

Doubting that you can fully trust your intuition, when it comes to Tarot? 

Then I invite you to check out my signature online training program, Master the Tarot Card Meanings. 

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Let me show you how to build a deeply personal connection with the world of Tarot, using simple yet powerful techniques for interpreting each card. 

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Say YES to allowing me to teach you the system of symbols, numbers, and stories that give structure to your Tarot card deck, so you can interpret the cards quickly and accurately. 

Say YES and together, we’ll walk through all 78 Tarot cards so you can master each and every one of them, once and for all. 

It's all waiting for you in Master the Tarot Card Meanings. 

Master the Tarot Card Meanings is an interactive and practical online course. It's neatly organised into more than 10 hours of in-depth (and fun!) Tarot classes, a Workbook jam-packed with fun, hands-on activities, and much more. 

By the end of this course, you will have a built a deeply personal and intuitive connection with the cards and you will have mastered the Tarot card meanings, ultimately becoming a more confident Tarot reader. 

This means you will be able to read Tarot for yourself, or others, easier and more skilfully than ever before. 

Be quick – doors close on May 27. Enrol now! 

Click the link to enrol in the program ➡ www.biddytarot.com/mtcm