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Tarot Foundations by Brigit Esselmont
self-published
$37 via Paypal

There are a lot of good tarot books out there that teach tarot. Tarot Foundations is one of them. Styled as a workbook, it gives you daily small focused chunks of learning tarot card meanings, spreads, and interpretations. While it’s for those who know nothing of tarot, even us more experienced can find something inside to try and test out. Brigit Esselmont, owner of Biddy Tarot, shares her years of experience with readers and takes the scary out of learning the card’s system.

I love workbook style formats. Esselmont does a great job breaking down the bits of tarot and leading readers through a step-by-step format of knowing the cards She stars with the basics, and then moves into the cards by group, before finally showing you how you can read and start your own tarot reading service. There are a lot of activities in this book and it may take readers more than 31-days to finish the work herein.

It took me a lot longer to finish Tarot Foundations than I expected. With this being an eBook, there are also lots of links to Esselmont’s blog and other sites. Some of the links are not working but that doesn’t deter from the content. She’s even included charts and worksheets that you can use to record your own explorations. My biggest problem was wanting to play with the cards after every day.

BOTTOM LINE: If you are intimidated by tarot and want a safe and steady way to learn the cards then give Brigit Esselmont’s Tarot Foundations a try.

I have big news. Yesterday I was invited to star in my first Google Hangout on Air show. One of the hosts of A View from The Edge contacted me about my interest and I said, “heck yeah!” to trying this out. This morning this morning I attended a 2-hour pre-screen where me and the hosts spoke in length about Tarot, my life, my passions and general geekery. The hosts are scattered globally and this is going to be a real fun treat for me, and for you.

My show airs at 8am Portlandia time THIS THURSDAY. So come join in on the Google Hangout where I’ll be talking about myself, tarot, and answering questions from the hosts as well as you, the audience. If you’ve ever wanted to know something about me, this is your chance to ask AND get it recorded.

If you’re not able to catch the hangout, I’ll be posting a link to the show once the show’s been processed.

For more information, visit the Google Plus Event page. I’m looking forward to getting to know my followers.

World Tarot (and Towel) Day and come and gone and I had a fun time! The card I drew for the day was the King of Swords. This court card, shows the King sitting and thinking. He’s on the top of his game, mind full of ideas that are grounded and ready for manifestation. He is a great teacher, ready to pass his knowledge on to those who are willing to listen.

Last year I was at Baycon, being a presenter of writing and editing. This year, carrying on the teaching tradition, I found myself in front of a handful of wonderful intuitive women who were open and curious about Tarot. That’s right, I taught my Tarot for the Curious Intro class.

The ladies were gracious, attentive, and open minded. They asked questions, they told me stories, and I think they found Tarot isn’t what the media and Hollywood taught them it was. This pleases me because Tarot is a creative and fabulous tool that I think ANYONE can use.

Afterwards, me and the other creators of this group set up a small psychic faire where we did small readings for people. I had 3 fabulous readings with my coaching technique and I hope that those who got readings do the “omg, homework?!?!?” that will help them achieve their dreams and goals!

I also received a rune reading from my creative partner, Anna, and we made plans to do more work and save more of the world’s problems with the awesome power that is us. I hope you all had a great day of tarot celebration, towel carrying and rest!