The Hermetic Tarot is an esoteric, 78-card black-and-white Tarot deck created by Godfrey Dowson. It is based on the Secret Order of the Golden Dawn and features symbols reflecting mystical and practical matters. To read the cards, start with a basic three-card spread by laying three cards face down in a horizontal line. This will help you quickly read any Tarot card without memorization, get clear, accurate guidance from the cards, and read multiple cards together for detailed insights.
Reading the Tarot cards for yourself is the perfect way to tap into your intuition and get the answers you need. The Major and Minor Arcana are powerful but not inaccessible to beginners. Astrology.com offers a comprehensive guide on reading and properly using tarot cards, including choosing your first deck and simple spreads.
The Tarot 101 Course is designed for Tarot beginners, teaching them how to quickly and intuitively read the Tarot cards. The meaning of the Hermes Tarot card is that balance is restored, powerful celestial beings grant eternal justice, fairness, equity, and good luck. Eden Gray’s style and instructions on how to shuffle, cut, and read the tarot cards are also discussed.
When a Hermes card appears in a reading, it is time to pay attention to the sudden appearance of someone new in your life who will act as a catalyst. The key to the mysteries and secret doctrines of spiritual and metaphysical learning is the cards in a horizontal or diagonal line extending from the front of the significator (facing) represent the future. Utilizing the Tarot can offer a reading from the Greek Messenger God and God of Thieves, Hermes, with specific questions or a tarot spread to assist in talking with this God.
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Can I teach myself tarot?
Tarot reading is a powerful tool for understanding one’s relationship with the world around them. The deck consists of 78 cards, divided into 22 Major Arcana cards and 56 suits with different energies. Each card has a unique interpretation and takes on new meaning when combined with others. Professional readers can provide guidance on this journey, as everyone has their own tips. Keeping track of your tarot pulls can help identify patterns and themes to pay attention to.
As a professional astrologer and tarot reader, taking notes on your cards can help you identify patterns and themes that may be causing you to draw attention. Experts have provided tips for beginners and experts alike, ensuring a successful and enjoyable experience with tarot reading.
Should you pull a tarot card daily?
One method of establishing a practice of tarot is to pull a card each morning and record one’s thoughts and reflections on it in a journal. Additionally, touching the cards may prove advantageous. Nevertheless, a more elaborate configuration, such as an Instagram tarot spread, may offer a more visually appealing alternative. A well-executed morning tarot spread is an excellent way to commence the day with a tarot reading, instilling a sense of excitement and anticipation.
Can you self read tarot cards?
Tarot readings can be done by beginners, providing insight into current situations, honoring intuition, and forecasting potential outcomes. To begin, clean the energy of your space by burning herbs, ringing bells or chimes, taking a bath, or using crystals. A Selenite wand is a popular energy refresher that aids clarity.
Sit comfortably and close your eyes, focusing on the protective energy surrounding you. Take deep breaths, think about your question or needing guidance, and keep your mind and heart open to the answers that may come through the cards. Shuffle the deck, focusing on your desired query, and shuffle the cards in front of you. The pattern laid out is called a “spread”, and the meaning of each card in combinations builds up to the overall answer to your query.
Before beginning to shuffle, know which spread you will be working with. As answers come through, it’s important to draw additional cards for further clarity or start with a new question from a different perspective. Tarot readings can be a powerful tool for personal growth and understanding.
What questions to ask tarot cards?
Tarot cards are a powerful tool for self-discovery and guidance. They allow readers to draw one card per question, focusing on topics such as career energy, obstacles, and calling. The cards are not judgmental and can help resolve and understand various issues. Tarot readers can access answers to various topics, such as health, TV series, and career decisions.
Tarot cards work by forming a deeper connection with the universe, allowing readers to connect with their intuition, and providing a different perspective on situations they seek guidance on. They can also be used in therapy. Each card has associated keywords and meanings, and in a reading, the reader or you will interpret the symbols and archetypes of the cards. For example, if a reader asks a question about quitting their job, drawing the Death tarot card, which represents endings and new beginnings, might encourage the reader to continue their job search. Tarot cards can be a valuable tool for self-discovery and guidance in various aspects of life.
How to invoke Hermes?
A ritual involves lighting a gold or yellow candle and incense, and holding in mind the image of Hermes, the god of communication and media. The offering is a gift that gives both to Hermes and its recipients. The first offering is to consider someone you admire, such as an author, actor, or artist, or a public figure. The offering should be positive and not equivocate or criticize. The recipient should receive a testimonial or positive review on a platform like Yelp, Amazon, Etsy, or Goodreads, expressing gratitude for their work. The offering is a gift of the best, allowing the recipient to use media to bring light and happiness rather than pain and suffering.
What not to ask tarot cards?
Tarot card readings can be a powerful tool for interpreting the world around us. However, it is important to avoid asking questions that you are not ready to answer, as they may reveal messages you are not yet ready to face. Some common questions to avoid include questions that have already been answered, questions about your future, questions about others, medical-type questions, the same question repeatedly, yes-or-no questions, and future-predicting questions.
To ensure a clear reading, it is essential to know the best practices for asking questions in tarot. Professional tarot readers share their favorite questions they hate answering, which can help you prepare for the best types of questions to ask in tarot readings. By following these guidelines, you can better prepare yourself for the insights and messages that come with a clear reading from tarot cards.
Is Hermes the god of divination?
Hermes, a Greek god, was associated with cattle and sheep protection, and was often linked to vegetation deities like Pan and nymphs. In the Odyssey, he appears as the messenger of the gods and the conductor of the dead to Hades. He was also a dream god, offering the last libation before sleep. Hermes may have been the god of roads and doorways, and the protector of travelers. Treasure was his gift, and any stroke of good luck was attributed to him. Hermes was Apollo’s counterpart, patronizing music and credited with the invention of the kithara. He was also a god of eloquence and presided over popular divination.
The sacred number of Hermes was four, and his birthday was the fourth day of the month. In archaic art, he was portrayed as a full-grown, bearded man, often wearing a cap and winged boots. He was sometimes represented in his pastoral character, bearing a sheep on his shoulders, or as the messenger of the gods with the kērykeion, or herald’s staff. From the latter part of the 5th century, he was portrayed as a nude and beardless youth, an athlete.
Is Hermes a good or evil god?
Hermes, a Greek god, is often depicted in literary works as both a protector and trickster. In Homer’s Iliad, he is called “the bringer of good luck”, “guide and guardian”, and “excellent in all the tricks”. In Hesiod’s Works and Days, he is depicted giving Pandora the gifts of lies and seductive words. The earliest known theological or spiritual documents concerning Hermes are found in the c. 7th century BC Homeric Hymns. In this hymn, Hermes is invoked as a god of many shifts, associated with cunning, thievery, dreams, and night guardian. He is also said to have invented the chelys lyre, racing, and wrestling.
The cult of Hermes flourished in Attica, with many scholars considering him a uniquely Athenian god. The region had numerous Hermai, or pillar-like icons, dedicated to the god marking boundaries, crossroads, and entryways. By the Classical period, Hermes was worshiped as the patron god of travelers and sailors. By the 5th century BC, Hermai were in common use as grave monuments, emphasizing Hermes’ role as a chthonic deity and psychopomp. Hermes was likely a late inclusion in the Olympic pantheon, as he was described as the “youngest” Olympian and was worshiped as a mediator between celestial and chthonic realms.
Is tarot card reading true?
Early French occultists claimed that tarot cards had esoteric links to ancient Egypt, the Kabbalah, Indic Tantra, or the I Ching. However, scholarly research reveals that tarot cards were invented in Italy in the early 15th century for playing games, and there is no evidence of significant use of them for divination until the late 18th century. The belief in the divinatory meaning of the cards is closely associated with a belief in their occult properties, which was propagated by prominent Protestant Christian clerics and Freemasons.
From its uptake as an instrument of divination in 18th-century France, the tarot went on to be used in hermeneutic, magical, mystical, semiotic, and psychological practices. It was used by Romani people when telling fortunes and as a Jungian psychological apparatus for tapping into “absolute knowledge in the unconscious”, a tool for archetypal analysis, and even a tool for facilitating the Jungian process of individuation.
What religion is tarot cards from?
This literature review examines the interconnection between Tarot cards and New Age religion, with a particular emphasis on their function within the context of the twenty-first-century New Age movement and their utilization by practitioners. It elucidates the religious import of Tarot cards and delineates the various methods through which they can be employed.
📹 Thoughts on Santa Muerte, Hermes Playing Cards, and Rackham Oracle
Here’s a look at and some thoughts on three new decks in my collection, along with some thoughts on energy and, of course, …
I’m so sorry for your loss. I understand what you mean about how we’re bad at death. My Mom passed last year and she made it easier as their was no service, no wake, no flowers, cremation and burial at sea. Keeping it short and sweet also helped my grieving. I don’t know that I could have handled the “traditional” death ceremony. The Hispanics have such a beautiful reverance for their ancestors which is something we sadly lack. I’ve seen so many discard family members because they are old, sick or frail. It’s horrifying. I love my Santa Muerte deck! They are having a Dia de los Muertos celebration here and I’m going to attempt to get some footage for my website. You are thoughtful and insightful, as always. Much love!! ❤️❤️❤️
Yay! I agree with the art of the Santa Muerte being digital but painterly and I agree, I think that the energy of this deck is one full of life and a healthy understanding of death being part of that experience, love it! I took another look after some posts thinking, am I just missing it, but it just solidified that I really love the energy of this deck. (still perusal). The Hermes is definitely on my list as well, gorgeous! I love the Rackham Oracle, love it, but I agree about art and older books, I am NOT a fan of censoring or destroying these things, they are there for dialogue and to learn from and I find it equally shocking when people won’t read, say Tom Sawyer, versus read it and discuss the history behind it. At the same time, as you said, we don’t want just bring images forward that are problematic and think they are okay just because they are old. Definitely important conversation!
Did you see that Camelia Elias’ class on playing cards has opened for registration this week and she will start teaching on saturday? Ryan Edwars is a major student of her’s and dedicated his lenormand to her… I’ve been looking forward to this class of her’s as much as I look forward to your book 😉
I loved….3 decks that joined my collection? It sounds like they knocked at the door and asked can we join your collection? But we ALL deck-addicted that won’t happen…unless we get them as a gift. I watched Kelly’s article, fortunately that’s a deck style that never thrilled me. Thank God, I just don’t need any more decks “knocking at my door”!
Thanks for continuing to speak out about racism, sexism, and homophobia in the Tarot world. It’s really important to speak out about these things. It’s not ok to take old art that is offensive and say oh we don’t mean this to be offensive….. ok but it is offensive and they should not be using it now. I will not buy from this publisher and I’ll write them to say why. Keep speaking out about this, Ben! You have the support of many.
You should take a look at the “Ask A Mortician” website. She looks st the way our handling and treatment of our dead have changed over the years. She also studies and talks about how other cultures handle their dead. And it’s not at all a macabre creepy website like you’d expect. Not to mention she’s very funny. Just thought you might be interested as you talked about it sort of near the beginning of the article.
hmmm…I didn’t get a box like that…or maybe i did but threw it away so fast I don’t remember even getting a box. (Rackham Oracle) Personally, that’s the only deck I’ll ever own from Duck Soup Productions (of decks they have todate) It’s all about the money, obviously. As far as speaking up…bravo! However…remember to choose your platform wisely. 😉 They (Duck Soup) does have quite bad (wrong) taste in what they sell as ‘humor’ in their decks and I don’t care for the themes they are stuck on…my pocket book is thankful for that. I know some people who collect distastful (on many levels) decks…it’s out there, just like porn. I thank and salute you for your expressions and I, personally, will never get tired of you ‘mentioning’ or talking about ‘all white’ decks or ‘not enough diversity’ decks…because you do it in a humane and focused way without going on and on and making a mess of it. Thanks again, for a high quaility show & tell of some awesome decks. I highly recommend you…lol…5 Stars!
Loved this article! And so much YES to saying what you are called to say. I get it and I’m glad you are going to stop apologizing for saying it, because you are right. Much respect and love to you for acting on your conviction. That said, dang… The Rackham oracle has been on my wish list for a loooong time and I’m kinda jealous that you got your copy before you had to make an ethical sacrifice. No such luck for me now. 😉 I’m so on the fence about the Santa muerta. You descibed perfectly what I mean when I say I like to see happy skeletons in death cards.
The Santa Muerte Tarot looks incredible compared to his previous deck the Night Sun Tarot. Not that the Night Sun Tarot is a bad deck by any means but you can definitely see a bit more cohesiveness with this deck. The Rackham Oracle is such a great deck to read with. Although this deck demands me to use at least 3-5 cards when I use it, it seems. Love the clean look of the Hermes Playing Cards. It looks very versatile.
Love this discussion in the article about racism sexism and how things were. About how one can feel unsafe. As a woman of color I am not offended by all white decks at all. I am drawn to RWS and its an all white deck I understand it for its time period. However when I am reading professionally I don’t read gender at all but instead energies with court cards as I am the proud sister of an openly Gay brother. The mother of a bisexual daughter. Best friends with a non confirming nonbinary they showed a whole new perspective on gender and sexuality. I try to always be sensitive to everyone. However there are decks I won’t buy who I feel disrespect or Europeanize a deity that for example is from my path which is African and indigenous based from my heritage. Theres a deck I won’t mention the name but they took an African deity and made her white. When she’s African and comes from African. That hurt not because I feel that that particular deity can’t be honored outside our culture but it hurt becuase my ancestors were killed beaten during slavery for worshipping their deities. Its a tradition we still work hard to keep. There are also cartoons that my children have been forbidden to watch as they were out right racist which Some still call classics. That’s just my opinion my mother was a civil rights activist and so this discussion hits home. Anyway sorry for the long rant. Great article and discussion.
Awe (blushing) Thank you for mentioning me. I’m glad you like it. I had already ordered it, and the next day I received one in the mail as a gift from a friend. So when the new one arrived I thought it would be nice to pass it on to somebody that I think is awesome to watch on YouTube who may also be going to explore the WildWood Tarot! this winter. Cheers!
Hi Tom, thanks for another great article,I really like your delivery, you ramble…I ramble along with you and learn a great deal in the process. I think I know the deck you talked about that is so insulting. I was astounded when perusing the site and saw this deck. You know I can’t even bring myself to say the title of the deck. I did not buy anything and will not in the future. I am going to write a letter of complaint. Please don’t apologise for being a decent human being Tom…We should never apologise for that.