James Ricklef's Tarot
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Tarot author and deck creator.
#Tarot #Spiritual Card of the Day: Eight of Swords.
Attachment to our beliefs limits our ability to live authentically.
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Attachment to our beliefs limits our ability to live authentically.
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Eight of Swords — Spiritual Message of the Day
The Eight of Swords tells us that when we are wedded to our beliefs and concepts, we become blinded by them, trapped by them.
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November 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
#Tarot #Spiritual Card of the Day: Eight of Swords.
Attachment to our beliefs limits our ability to live authentically.
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Attachment to our beliefs limits our ability to live authentically.
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I found a wonderful message in one of Aesop’s Fables that added to my understanding of the Sun card.
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The Sun and the North Wind
One of Aesop’s Fables that I remember well from my childhood is one called “The North Wind and the Sun” and sometimes when the Sun card comes up in a reading, I am reminded of this fabl…
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November 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I found a wonderful message in one of Aesop’s Fables that added to my understanding of the Sun card.
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#Tarot #Spiritual Card of the Day: Eight of Cups.
See how difficult situations can lead you from turmoil to serenity: wp.me/pRTkX-zr
See how difficult situations can lead you from turmoil to serenity: wp.me/pRTkX-zr
Eight of Cups — Spiritual Message of the Day
Tarot Spiritual Message of the Day — Eight of Cups
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November 20, 2025 at 8:35 PM
#Tarot #Spiritual Card of the Day: Eight of Cups.
See how difficult situations can lead you from turmoil to serenity: wp.me/pRTkX-zr
See how difficult situations can lead you from turmoil to serenity: wp.me/pRTkX-zr
#Tarot #Spiritual Card of the Day: The Tower.
Discover a unique message in the Tower of Babel tale
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Discover a unique message in the Tower of Babel tale
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The Tower — Spiritual Message of the Day
Tarot Spiritual Message of the Day — The Tower
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November 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
#Tarot #Spiritual Card of the Day: The Tower.
Discover a unique message in the Tower of Babel tale
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Discover a unique message in the Tower of Babel tale
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Since the Page of Wands can be seen as a combination of youth and creativity, it led me to a discussion about the creativity of children and encouraging the dormant sense of creativity in our inner child.
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Page of Wands — Encourage nascent creativity
The Page of Wands may be considered to be about youth and creativity, which was the topic of a conversation I had today with a friend.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Since the Page of Wands can be seen as a combination of youth and creativity, it led me to a discussion about the creativity of children and encouraging the dormant sense of creativity in our inner child.
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There is a truism that doctors make the worst patients. Might we also suppose that Tarot readers make the worst querents?
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Do tarot readers make the worst querents?
There is a truism that doctors make the worst patients. Might we also infer that Tarot readers make the worst querents?
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November 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
There is a truism that doctors make the worst patients. Might we also suppose that Tarot readers make the worst querents?
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#Tarot #Spiritual Card of the Day: Ace of Swords.
Discover the one Truth: We are all One. wp.me/pRTkX-US
Discover the one Truth: We are all One. wp.me/pRTkX-US
Ace of Swords — Spiritual Message of the Day
The Ace of Swords reveals the one Truth.
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November 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
#Tarot #Spiritual Card of the Day: Ace of Swords.
Discover the one Truth: We are all One. wp.me/pRTkX-US
Discover the one Truth: We are all One. wp.me/pRTkX-US
While answering a question about atonement once, I was reminded of a spiritual spread in my new book, "The Soul’s Journey" so I thought it would be nice to share that spread with you.
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Gratitude and Forgiveness Spread
Yesterday I was asked a question about and in answering it, I was reminded of a spiritual spread in my new book, The Soul’s Journey. I thought it would be nice to share that spread here.
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November 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
While answering a question about atonement once, I was reminded of a spiritual spread in my new book, "The Soul’s Journey" so I thought it would be nice to share that spread with you.
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See why I tell people, “Please don’t recommend my book, 'Tarot Tells the Tale'”
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Request: Please don’t recommend my book, “Tarot Tells the Tale”! (Recommend “Tarot Reading Explained” instead)
Today, I would like to ask you all for a favor. I often hear people say that they love my book Tarot Tells the Tale and they recommend it to their students or friends. This is all very well and goo…
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November 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
See why I tell people, “Please don’t recommend my book, 'Tarot Tells the Tale'”
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#Tarot #Spiritual Card of the Day: The Judgment card.
When we stop judging and forgive instead, we are reborn into Spirit.
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When we stop judging and forgive instead, we are reborn into Spirit.
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The Judgment card — Spiritual Message of the Day
This may be why the Judgment card is the penultimate card in the Major Arcana.
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November 15, 2025 at 5:57 PM
#Tarot #Spiritual Card of the Day: The Judgment card.
When we stop judging and forgive instead, we are reborn into Spirit.
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When we stop judging and forgive instead, we are reborn into Spirit.
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The Tower can indicate a disruptive event in our lives, but there is usually a silver lining in the gray clouds of the Tower card if we look for it. See how I found that in a Tower event of my own. #Tarot
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My own little Tower event
The Tower can indicate an unexpected event that is (to say the least) disruptive. But it can have benefits in that disruption shakes things up a bit, which can lead to a creative time.
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November 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The Tower can indicate a disruptive event in our lives, but there is usually a silver lining in the gray clouds of the Tower card if we look for it. See how I found that in a Tower event of my own. #Tarot
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#Tarot #Spiritual Card of the Day: The Devil.
See how “evil” is a much trickier concept than we think: wp.me/pRTkX-15W
See how “evil” is a much trickier concept than we think: wp.me/pRTkX-15W
The Devil — Spiritual Message of the Day
The Devil card is, by virtue of its name, often seen as an indication that something evil is happening. However, we might ask, “Are there evil people, or are there just bad, unenlightened actions?”…
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November 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
#Tarot #Spiritual Card of the Day: The Devil.
See how “evil” is a much trickier concept than we think: wp.me/pRTkX-15W
See how “evil” is a much trickier concept than we think: wp.me/pRTkX-15W
The “Hype and Scoop” is a type of #Tarot reading that works well for self-readings and it can be a fun one for a group setting. Here’s how you can do it in a group, along with a sample reading using it:
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Hype and Scoop readings
Here is a type of reading that works rather well in group settings as well as for doing readings for yourself.
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November 14, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The “Hype and Scoop” is a type of #Tarot reading that works well for self-readings and it can be a fun one for a group setting. Here’s how you can do it in a group, along with a sample reading using it:
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#Tarot #Spiritual Card of the Day: Four of Cups.
See how non-attachment differs from apathy. (There really is a big difference!)
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See how non-attachment differs from apathy. (There really is a big difference!)
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Four of Cups — Spiritual Message of the Day
Tarot Spiritual Message of the Day — Four of Cups
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November 13, 2025 at 5:54 PM
#Tarot #Spiritual Card of the Day: Four of Cups.
See how non-attachment differs from apathy. (There really is a big difference!)
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See how non-attachment differs from apathy. (There really is a big difference!)
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Would you like to learn hundreds of pithy meanings for the cards? Get my "Pithy Tarot" book – discover quick and easy #Tarot card meanings. #pithytarot
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Pithy Tarot Book
I have created a book version of my pithy Tarot meanings. The word “pithy” means capturing the essence of something in a way that is concise, succinct, and to the point. Similarly, the pithy Tarot …
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November 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Would you like to learn hundreds of pithy meanings for the cards? Get my "Pithy Tarot" book – discover quick and easy #Tarot card meanings. #pithytarot
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The measure of spiritual health is the disposition to find good everywhere. (Paraphrasing Emerson)
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The Sun — Spiritual Message of the Day
Tarot Spiritual Message of the Day — The Sun
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November 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The measure of spiritual health is the disposition to find good everywhere. (Paraphrasing Emerson)
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#Tarot cards suggest philosophical discussions, and here’s one inspired by the Seven of Swords.
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Philosophical Tarot — Seven of Swords
The Tarot cards suggest philosophical questions and answers; philosophical discussions suggest Tarot cards. Here’s a philosophical association for the Seven of Swords.
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November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
#Tarot cards suggest philosophical discussions, and here’s one inspired by the Seven of Swords.
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#Tarot #Spiritual Card of the Day: Ace of Pentacles.
Working to eradicate hunger is a profoundly spiritual endeavor.
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Working to eradicate hunger is a profoundly spiritual endeavor.
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Ace of Pentacles — Spiritual Message of the Day
I have entered into many conversations about the spiritual message that what’s important in life is our search for reunion with the Divine. In such discussions, it is common to encounter a question…
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November 11, 2025 at 9:16 PM
#Tarot #Spiritual Card of the Day: Ace of Pentacles.
Working to eradicate hunger is a profoundly spiritual endeavor.
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Working to eradicate hunger is a profoundly spiritual endeavor.
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My fortune cookie #Tarot game — I wondered which card this fortune might relate to:
“You will bring sunshine into someone’s life.”
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“You will bring sunshine into someone’s life.”
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Fortune Cookie Tarot – You are my sunshine
In my Fortune Cookie Tarot game, you consider which Tarot card you would associate with the fortune you get.
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November 11, 2025 at 8:02 PM
My fortune cookie #Tarot game — I wondered which card this fortune might relate to:
“You will bring sunshine into someone’s life.”
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“You will bring sunshine into someone’s life.”
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#Tarot #Spiritual Card of the Day: Ten of Wands.
If you feel "should upon," reexamine what you want to do in your life.
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If you feel "should upon," reexamine what you want to do in your life.
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Ten of Wands — Spiritual Message of the Day
Today’s spiritual message comes from the Ten of Wands: The problem of being “should upon”
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November 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
#Tarot #Spiritual Card of the Day: Ten of Wands.
If you feel "should upon," reexamine what you want to do in your life.
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If you feel "should upon," reexamine what you want to do in your life.
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My fortune cookie #Tarot game — I wondered which card this fortune might relate to:
“You will be surrounded by things of luxury.”
(I had to take into account how misleading prophesies can be.)
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“You will be surrounded by things of luxury.”
(I had to take into account how misleading prophesies can be.)
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Fortune Cookie Tarot – Things of Luxury
In my Fortune Cookie Tarot game, you consider which Tarot card you would associate with the fortune you get.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
My fortune cookie #Tarot game — I wondered which card this fortune might relate to:
“You will be surrounded by things of luxury.”
(I had to take into account how misleading prophesies can be.)
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“You will be surrounded by things of luxury.”
(I had to take into account how misleading prophesies can be.)
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#Tarot #Spiritual Card of the Day: Justice.
It's never too late to reevaluate what you want to be when you grow up. jamesricklef.wordpress.com/2011/07/31/j...
It's never too late to reevaluate what you want to be when you grow up. jamesricklef.wordpress.com/2011/07/31/j...
Justice — Spiritual Message of the Day
Tarot Spiritual Message of the Day — Justice
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November 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
#Tarot #Spiritual Card of the Day: Justice.
It's never too late to reevaluate what you want to be when you grow up. jamesricklef.wordpress.com/2011/07/31/j...
It's never too late to reevaluate what you want to be when you grow up. jamesricklef.wordpress.com/2011/07/31/j...
My fortune cookie #Tarot game — I wondered which card this fortune might relate to:
“You will make many changes before settling satisfactorily.”
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“You will make many changes before settling satisfactorily.”
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Fortune Cookie Tarot — Eight of Pentacles
In my Fortune Cookie Tarot game, you consider which Tarot card you would associate with the fortune you get.
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November 9, 2025 at 6:12 PM
My fortune cookie #Tarot game — I wondered which card this fortune might relate to:
“You will make many changes before settling satisfactorily.”
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“You will make many changes before settling satisfactorily.”
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Get my book, "Tarot Spreads: Get the Whole Story" -- Discover a wealth of useful spreads and see how to use them. (Their explanations include sample readings that are fun and entertaining!) Also, you'll learn more about creating your own spreads!
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Tarot Spreads book
The revised edition of my Tarot Spreads book is now available on Amazon. This book was previously published by Llewellyn and called Tarot — Get the Whole Story. I have re-titled it: Tarot Spreads…
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November 9, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Get my book, "Tarot Spreads: Get the Whole Story" -- Discover a wealth of useful spreads and see how to use them. (Their explanations include sample readings that are fun and entertaining!) Also, you'll learn more about creating your own spreads!
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