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FROM BUILDING A SELF TO GOVERNING A SELF The First Septenary gives you the architecture of personhood: intention, receptivity, embodiment, structure, belonging, choice, and agency. It is the drama of self-birth—how a coherent “I” forms and learns to move in the world. But once the Chariot rolls forward, something sobering becomes obvious: the self you…
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FROM HISTORY TO THE DEVELOPMENTAL MAP In the previous chapter, we treated Tarot historically: a living artifact that moved through courts, printing presses, occult revivals, and modern psychological reinterpretations. That history matters—because Tarot is not a timeless oracle dropped from the sky. It is a human invention that accumulated layers of meaning as cultures changed.…
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INTRODUCTION This chapter focuses on reading technique and pragmatics. In the 3×7 developmental model, these skills correspond primarily to the First Septenary and culminate in Chariot-level reading competency. It offers focused guidance on five core moments in a reading: Throughout, the emphasis is practical: what supports clarity, containment, ethical collaboration, and usable insight. The chapter…
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THE READER’S CHARACTER AS THE FOCUS Most Tarot education assumes a straightforward formula: memorize card meanings, learn a handful of spreads, practice often—and competency will naturally improve. That approach works—to a point. But sooner or later you discover a sobering truth: the difference between a merely adequate reading and a truly transformative one is not…
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AN INTERPRETIVE CROSSROADS A problem confronts every serious Tarot reader sooner or later, and it is especially sharp for those of us who work with the Rider-Waite-Smith deck. The numbered Minor Arcana from Ace through Ten can be read in two very different ways. One approach treats each Suit as a continuous developmental arc from…
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CIRCLING BACK TO CHAPTER 1 AND THE MINOR ARCANA Having completed our deep dive into the meanings of the 22 Major Arcana cards, it’s time to circle back to the Minor Arcana and expand on what we learned in Chapter 1. In that opening chapter, we learned that Tarot’s map of the human journey comes…
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THE IMPORTANCE OF HISTORICAL CONTEXT THE “FLIGHT TO EGYPT” Does it make sense to say that historical context matters when trying to understand something? Let me offer a joke (because sometimes comedy teaches what argument can’t). A teacher asked her Sunday School class to draw a picture of a Bible story. One child held up…
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REAL-TIME POSITIONING VS. MAP DATABASE BEING FOUND As suggested in the Quick Start guide, people’s usual interaction with Tarot is to bring it questions, in search of answers. In this respect, Tarot is just like Apple Maps, Google Maps, Waze (or whatever GPS navigation system you use) in showing us where we are and suggesting…
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A PLACE TO BEGIN, OR BEGIN AGAIN This chapter offers a way to begin reading Tarot that is simple, grounded, and immediately usable. You do not need prior knowledge, special gifts, or belief in anything supernatural. What you do need is a willingness to slow down, to listen, and to take responsibility for how you…
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