The deck in 78 cards
Major Arcana hold large archetypal chapters. The four Minor Arcana suits bring those chapters into daily action, feeling, thought and material life.
22 Major Arcana40 numbered suit cards16 court cards
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Deck anatomy, suits, numbers, courts, image-first reading, reversals and multi-card narrative.
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Planets, signs, houses, aspects, time zones, chart accuracy and uncertainty.
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Consent, agency, boundaries, referrals, transparent pricing and avoiding dependency.
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Tarot method · 8 minHow to read a three-card spread as one story
Move from isolated keywords to a connected situation, tension and available response.
Astrology basics · 7 minWhy birth-time accuracy changes houses and anglesUnderstand UTC offsets, daylight-saving history and the honest limits of unknown times.
Ethics · 10 minA practical ethics standard for readings that preserve agencyConsent, uncertainty, safety referrals and language that never creates dependency.
Astrology method · 9 minHow to work with transits without fatalismUse timing symbols as structured reflection while keeping choices and evidence in view.
Reader guide · 6 minHow to choose a reader without relying on supernatural claimsLook for boundaries, transparency, fit, clear pricing and the ability to say no.
Tarot basics · 12 minThe complete 78-card system in one useful mapMajor Arcana, suits, numbers, courts, elemental patterns and reversals.