There are lots of different kinds of joy Tarot says we can experience in life.
Let’s have a sneak peak at them, starting with the image above. The card that fits the joy of a family letting themself be silly on a glorious sunshiny day is this one…
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Ah, The Lovers card.
Who wouldn’t be excited to see this turn up in a spread?
We all love love.
Here we have an image of a naked man and woman. The epitome of sexy times. Romance. Intimacy.
This card’s energy is activated in adolescence. The first stabs of puppy love are its calling card. The trial and error of this period in our lives, as we explore different experiences, legal or otherwise, are its canvas.
But there’s a mismatch in the picture above. Whilst the man gazes adoringly at the woman, she’s not looking at him in return but fixated on an angel in the heavens above. Puts me in mind of that old saying: Men love women, women love children, and children love dogs.
There’s a subtle message beneath this image.
We each get to choose what we focus on.
Who we spend time with.
Who we choose to be in relationship with.
What to do with our lives.
Which temptations to succumb to and which to resist.
Just as Adam got to choose whether or not to eat that wicked apple in the Garden of Eden. Eve didn’t force it down his throat. Nor did the snake winding around the limbs of the tree.
The lesson in this card says that love is a choice, not a pre-determined fate.
Would you agree or disagree with that?
Housework isn’t Friday Night Fun – so definitely don’t do any!
But just for a lark, I’ve been pondering the Tarot of household drudgery.
There’s a few possible cards that could represent it.
The first one that popped into my mind was this…
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Anyone else talking to their ‘higher self’ on ChatGPT?
It’s a thing.
On Tik Tok.
Tagged under this section…
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The British SAS have a motto: Who dares wins!
Now, if you’ve watched the TV show about the SAS origins like I have – Rogue Heroes, lotsa fun – you’ll know that this organisation started off as a very dodgy bunch with an extremely cavalier attitude towards human life, so perhaps we should take their motto with a grain of salt.
However, Tarot preaches a similar message in Life Lessons Tarot (aka Major Arcana).
To read this message the cards need to be arranged like this…
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Ah, another Mother’s Day has come and gone.
That beautiful day when mums get to sleep in and their children bring them toast with a little bit too much Vegemite* spread over the top and gift presents bought at their school Mother’s Day stall, such as chocolates they actually want to eat themselves.
Mums are, of course, represented by this Tarot card…
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An unusual report appeared on a space weather site this week.
It read as follows:
FARMERS, DID YOUR TRACTORS JUST GO CRAZY? Many modern farmers use GPS-guided tractors to plant and tend their crops. Last weekend, some of them veered off course. We’ve received a report of “dancing tractors” on Easter Sunday (April 20, 2025) apparently due to unusual GPS errors. The same thing happened on hundreds of farms last May during a severe geomagnetic storm. However, there was no geomagnetic storm on April 20, 2025, so we’re looking for confirmation.
I’d file this event under this Tarot card…
The Moon: Deeper forces at play
Do you get impacted by space weather?
The number of a Tarot card helps you understand its meaning. Generally speaking, the higher the number, the more intense or evolved the experience.
We’re going to focus on the Everyday Tarot section of the deck in this conversation, aka the Minor Arcana. Numbers in Life Lessons Tarot (the Major Arcana) are a whole other ball game.
1: This is usually a card of beginnings but in Tarot the one cards are Aces. And that’s how this card can also feel. Ace. Akin to hitting a hole in one. Being given a gift. Cherish it.
2: Dealing with Duality: Weighing your options (Wands). Partnering with others (Cups). Keeping all the balls juggling through the air (Pentacles). Taking time out from others when you feel overwhelmed (Swords.)
3: Growth: Of skills (Wands). Of friendships (Cups). Of achievements (Pentacles). Of heartache (Swords).
4: Building a solid foundation: Being successful (Wands). Saving money (Pentacles). Feeling sure of yourself (Cups). Keeping yourself mentally healthy (Swords).
5: Struggle street: Competition (Wands). Heartbreak (Cups). Arguments (Swords). Feeling poor (Cups).
6: Changing your attitude: Feeling like a winner (Wands). Trying not to live in fantasy land (Cups). Letting go of sorrows (Swords). Being open to good fortune and accepting when it isn’t your turn (Pentacles).
7: Being strategic: Stopping to take stock of where you’re at (Pentacles). Choosing wisely (Cups). Persevering against the odds (Wands). Or just straight out taking an opportunity when it presents itself (Swords. Some may call it stealing, ha!)
8: Recommitting to goals: Because you’ve finally made inroads into achieving them, yay, and now you need to take the next step (Wands). Because you got waylaid by the wrong relationship/job/personal style but now you’re ready to go after the right one (Cups). Because you’re like the tortoise, committed to the destination; you just keep on keeping on (Pentacles). Fighting the negative self-beliefs that are holding you back (Swords).
9: Holding on to achievements: This can be earthly riches (Pentacles), feeling self-satisfied (Cups), defending territory to your dying breath (Wands) or letting your fears overwhelm you (Swords).
10: Going as far as possible: Whether that be pushed to your physical or mental limits (Wands and Swords) or finding your place at home and in society (Cups and Pentacles).
Does knowing these meanings help you understand the cards better?
Just like the joker in a playing card pack, The Fool lies outside the two parts of the Tarot deck: Everyday and Life Lessons Tarot (aka the Minor and Major Arcana).
It represents the soul before birth.
A spirit preparing to dive into a body.
It exists outside the Earthly experience.
Is part of God Itself.
And if God is everything, surely It contains both male and female elements.
In that case, would The Fool be non-binary?
What do you think?
I’ve written before about how Tarot contains a holy book that charts the journey of a human soul through all the stages and experiences of life. I call these cards Life Lessons Tarot, although they’re better known as the Major Arcana.
These lessons are divided into three parts.
We’ve already looked at the first two parts in recent weeks: Childhood & Adulthood.
The third volume is a guide to becoming not just a functioning adult, but a mature one.
These last seven cards of Tarot’s Holy Book are the most intense to live through. They will shake, rattle and roll your world. But if you can manage their energies in a positive way, you get to hit the jackpot. You get The World!
They can be described as follows…
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