Candles Galore

Making candles has become a large industry today. This is because through the years, candles have always been an indispensable piece in every home and are a staple in every special occasion representing triumphs, joys and sorrows. People who are do this regularly either do it for a hobby or for commercial and business purposes. Either way mass production of candles now comes easily. To produce the best candles that are not only functional but are also pleasant to the eyes, one has to find the best materials. Here comes the part of wholesale candle making supply in the market. There is a long line of stores that offer wholesale candle making supplies. One only has to choose the store that offers the...

For consumers and retailers who use and sell a large number of candles it makes sense to check out online wholesale candle supplies stores, as the first benefit would definitely be a savings on your purchases, and the second, that you can choose from a larger variety of candles and candle accessories. The following list include a small number of the items on offer at: different types of candles, beeswax, soy, floating, scented, votive, unity; candle accessories: holders, snuffers, extra-long matchsticks; and all basic candle making ingredients: waxes, wicks, scents and colors. Quality candle making equipment for the professional candle maker can also be found at the wholesale candle supplies store...

If you are just starting out in the candle business (whether it be hobby or business) where do you get the candles and supplies to make or sell them? To begin, it depends on where you are on the skill level. If you have never made a candle before, you might try making a few candles by just buying some supplies from your local craft store. Your local craft store is very convenient in that they usually carry the basic candle supplies. But, their selections will be very limited. You might only have a choice of, say, one type of soy wax (that is if they even carry soy wax) when there are actually many types. Same with wicks, containers and other necessary candle making items. The other drawback of your...

Candles may be the most convenient (and perhaps the easiest to think about) type of gift that one could give during occasions.  Actually, candles can be given during Christmas, birthdays and weddings.  Think of any occasion - if you can not think of a better gift, most of the time, candles would really do. That is why candle resellers get quite a high profit especially if they buy wholesale candles.  Reselling candles is not a very easy thing to do.  When done wrong, they would not be able to get the maximum profit they ought to have.  What candle resellers do is look for the best source of wholesale candles; best being the source nearest to them offering the most number of quality candles at...

A great way to learn the tarot is by having a free psychic tarot card reading, this will not only bring you insight into your own future it can introduce you to the tarot. Most people find a card reading with me to be very beneficial. They are able to find out so much more about themselves and without committing themselves financially. They are often so pleased with the information that they get from a free reading that they come back for a full reading. Many people wonder what a free psychic tarot reading involves as they are more familiar with the term psychic reading or tarot reading rather than a combination of both. A free psychic tarot reading is given over the internet by email or psychic...

The sixteenth card in the sequence of the tarot deck is the Devil. It is rather similar to the tarot's version of Death in that it's often completely misunderstood. People have a tendency to look for the ultimate evil outside of themselves, as it's difficult for them to face the truth - that evil and malice are things that live and grow inside the human psyche. It is only when we realize and learn to accept this truth that we can begin to get to a place where it no longer controls our lives and dictates our actions. The Devil also can be said to represent baser pursuits that have a tendency to eat away at lives, such as obsession with the material world. The lesson the Devil teaches us is one of...

In matters of Love, there is nothing like a good Tarot reading. The Tarot offers a unique perspective, shedding light on the nature of our relationships. They are there to guide you on your journey, both personally and romantically. Questions of love are, by far, the most common inquiries made during a Tarot reading. However, many people find them selves disappointed or unsatisfied. The cause of this is often due to the questions that are asked. The most important aspect to a successful Tarot reading, is asking the right questions. The most common error that is made during a tarot reading is the withholding of information. People tend to do this when they question or test a Tarot reader's ability...

One question which many people often ask is "How do I set up tarot cards for a reading?" If you find yourself asking the same question, then you need to find a good book on tarot cards for sure, but in the mean time, you can do some of these simple tarot card layouts, or spreads, to interpret some facets of your life. Before attempting to do a reading, it is important that the stage is set. It is necessary to first do an adequate count of your deck in order to make sure that all of the cards are there, and then shuffle them thoroughly. If you have a particular ritual to perform before reading the cards, then do this now. The oldest, and one of the easiest ways to set up tarot cards is to use a 3...

The Rider-Waite deck is the most commonly used Tarot decks and is probably the easiest decks to learn Tarot with. Its particularly popular for love predictions and the very clear and meaningful pictures on every card makes it much easier to interpret them. Tarot readings is all about gaining new insight and obtaining guidance in a particular situation. Here are a few important cards that hold great meaning. - The 8 of Cups In this card, the illustration is that of a person walking away from 8 cups - not looking back. The meaning of this card is that its time to move on and to move forward from a situation without looking back at what could have been or what should have bee. - The Ace Of Swords With...

For centuries, tarot cards have been a steadfast and effective tool for divination. Learn what the Emperor, Star, and Lovers Tarot Card really mean, as this article interprets three of the 22 Major Arcana. The Emperor Tarot Card The Emperor stands for leadership & control. The Emperor is that character who gave the Fool his inspiration, his new guiding light in his quest for happiness: control of the mind to balance the workings of the heart. As such, the Emperor Tarot Card touches the enthroned ruler that lies within each of us. We are, after all, still masters of our own fate. It is the card that forces us questions like, Who rules over you? What else would you like to be in control of? Whom...

A set of tarot cards may be defined as a set of cards with symbolic images on it. Meaning of each tarot card is different. Each symbolic image on the card is representative of fortune, misfortune, death, birth and similar things. For most people a set of tarot cards is a deck or set of cards that can reveal a persons fortune. The French suited tarot cards were the first tarot cards used, but they were not used for predicting the future. They were only for card games. Etteilla was the first person to use tarot cards to predict the future. The pack of tarot cards used contained 78 cards. Each card consisted of various symbols, and the meaning of each tarot card varied. It is generally believed...

If you are interested in learning more about tarot cards, you should start by learning the basic rules. Although some want to skip this part, it is highly recommended that you get yourself at grassroots level first. It is hard to grasp something if you have not fully understood the basics. Learning the rules first is mandatory. In time, you will be able to skip some of them when you have learned it by heart. Learning more about tarot cards is actually quite easy. Do some research on the internet or even read some books about it. There are many tarot cards available and you just need to check out and see which you think you want to learn or study closely. Asking a person who has a firm grasp about...

In the previous article, we looked at an easy tarot card reading method using just the 22 major arcana cards, and got as far as the Wheel of Fortune. We will carry on this week with the 11th card, Justice. Justice reminds us in an almost karma-like way that ultimately, life is fair and just, and our deeds have to be answered for. If you are in a moral dilemma, or are unsure which of two paths to take, expect this card to feature heavily in your readings. You may also find it if you are suffering remorse for past actions, or have done something particularly good - the deed has come back to you. You are being put on warning that no deed however small goes unnoticed, and ALL need to be paid for...

Reading the tarot consistently well requires a lot of practice and dedication. This guide is meant to help those who have already learned the basics of how to layout the tarot cards, that is, how to perform the physical, mechanical act involved in tarot card readings. The following 10 steps will help enhance your readings by, hopefully, providing you with some tips on how to more accurately interpret the information presented by the cards so that you get at the root of the answer to your question. The task of understanding the tarot can be intimidating at first. After all, there are an infinite number of meanings and interpretations of said meanings. But have patience, and soon you will see that...

Perhaps one of the most difficult cards to understand in love tarot is that of the Hanged Man Tarot Card. Because this card is most often associated with the spiritual principle of sacrifice and surrender, it often gets misinterpreted during love tarot readings. In truth, the Hanged Man can offer valuable advice for relationships. His primary message is one of love as he reminds us that through our divine connection, we can see our relationships as valuable gifts that should be honored and respected. Traditionally, the Hanged Man Tarot Card refers to the need to take a leap of faith and surrender to Divine laws or Universal energies. In Tarot reading, the Hanged Man represents a new level of...

I've been doing Tarot readings for over 25 years now. Lots of people ask me in passing, after performing a reading for them, "How does one learn to do that?" It's a funny question for me, because unlike everything else that I have learned in my life, Tarot Card reading was something that, for me anyway, came more from my gut than from a book or any teacher. This article is not going to discuss the mechanics of reading Tarot Cards. That will be saved for another article. What we're going to do here is go into an area that I like to call "Beyond The Cards." Hopefully, after reading this, you'll have a pretty good idea of what I'm talking about when I say to go beyond the cards. If you've ever looked...

Life of mankind is a wonderful game but played by unseen forces. There is only one strength which governs the life of everyone in this world and that is almighty God. When things are out of control and we, human beings, are not reachable to so many things and it becomes difficult to see what is happening around us, it leads to frustration, tension, stress, fears and worries. These problems come in mind because things do not move according to our wishes and desires and at that time we start asking a big question "Why?" This uncompromising situation makes the human life miserable and thus we seek support and that support which can give answers to the "Why" Questions. With this question we tend to...

There tends to be an overall apprehension when utilizing reversed card positions in Tarot readings. Typically, many tarot readers and reference books tend to believe reversed card positions are more negative in nature. What people fail to recognize, however, is that reversed cards often provide us with the solutions that we have been seeking. They reveal what behaviors we must become aware of and, in some cases, reference important influences we may not necessarily been conscious of. They always encourage a shift in one's perspective. All the cards have reversed Tarot card interpretations. Some people find this particularly uncomfortable due their off-putting associations. However, more often than...

This is going to be the first in a series of articles on Tarot Card meanings. I thought it would be great to start with the Major Arcana since they are without a doubt the most interesting of the cards. It is my hope that after reading this series you'll have a deeper understanding of the meaning of these cards. There is a lot more to them than just what's on the surface. Each card in the Tarot deck has multiple meanings, depending on whether the card is in its upright position or reversed. We'll be covering both positions in this series of articles. The Fool is the first card in the Major Arcana set. It is card number zero. The fool is one of the few cards in the Tarot deck that can almost be taken...

Life is a journey of good and bad times - that's the reality of life no matter we deny it. However, human beings are in constant effort to fulfill their lives with happiness. In doing so, we are in constant struggle to know our future and what destiny has decided for us. In this effort mankind has developed many ways to not only predict the future events but many claim to change their future by foreseeing it. Even in our daily lives we read the horoscope section in the morning paper to see how our day will be, watch weather news to know whether it will rain today or not, regularly visit a doctor to keep ourselves in shape and so on and so forth. Tarot is one such effort by fortune tellers, which is...

This article will inform you on the different methods of tarot readings found online. Finding tarot card readings online is not hard.  The internet is full of tarot readers.  If you do a google or bing search you will get thousands of sites back to choose from.  But who really has that kind of time.  You need to know what types of tarot readings you will find online so you can cut the time it takes to find a tarot reader you will benefit from the most in half.    There are four basic methods of getting your tarot cards read online.  The first and the original way is a sit down, face to face, consultation with a reader.  Many people prefer face to face readings...

There are many tools used by fortune tellers, magical practitioners, and psychics for predicting the future. The crystal ball is a tool that most everyone is familiar with through popular culture, though very few people actually know the theory behind the use of the ball for gazing. The practice of using a reflective surface to "receive" psychic images is an ancient one. A variety of reflective surfaces can be used for scrying such as mirrors, crystals, crystal balls, and still pools or bowls of water. Nostradamus is said to have used a scrying bowl when divining the future. Scrying mirrors are pieces glass that are painted black on one side so that the surface gives a dim but clear reflection. The...

people often state that they wish they had a crystal ball, but never would think of wishing to scry. Scrying is the act of peering into either:a crystal balla bowl of water or stonesfireglasssmoke and seeing visions. The scryer then interprets the visions and predicts the future or sees important information from the present or the past. The name scrying comes from Old English and the word descry. The word meant, “to reveal or see dimly”. Scrying began several places. Each one used a different method. The ancient Egyptians believed that their goddess, Hathor, the Sky goddess used the reflection in her shield to see all that existed. The Egyptians used mirrors to duplicate the effect...

The twelfth card of the tarot deck is that of Justice. However, this is not the justice we know from our human courtrooms, judges, and laws. This is the Justice of the universe at large and all the higher powers that be. The laws set forth by these powers dictate that even if life does not deliver what we want or what we believe we need, it always delivers exactly what we deserve. Each person walking the face of the earth is subject to the laws of karma and eventually reaps what he sows, making it ever more important to sow good things and treat others as we would wish to be treated ourselves. By this doctrine, life in essence is always fair no matter what other schools of thought may lead you to...

Many people are extremely skeptical about whether Free Tarot Card Readings are of any help or not. The question here is not about Free Tarot Card Readings or paid tarot readings. You have to look for certain things or factors which determine the excellence of any tarot astrology website - be it Free Tarot Card Readings or paid ones. Following are a few pointers which might help you to zero in on a Free Tarot Card Readings site or its paid version. #1 First things first. Just because it is a Free Tarot Card Readings site doesn't mean it is bad or is a scam. Similarly, all paid services aren't great. So get that straight. #2 When you are signing up for a tarot reading website, the interpreters don't...

A common question is, "What are the names of Tarot cards?" Even though it seems to be a straight-forward thing to ask, the answer can be a little more complex. The questions itself is better slit into two different inquiries: 1) What are the names of Tarot cards in the Minor Arcana?, and 2) What are the names of Tarot cards in the Major Arcana? Together, these two sets contain all 78 cards of the commonly used tarot deck, as we are about to examine. What are the names of Tarot cards in the Minor Arcana? This is the portion of the deck which is most closely related to regular playing cards. There are 4 suits, Cups, Wands, Swords, and Pentacles, and each suit contains 14 cards. What are the names of...

Tarotcard decks can be found in many different varieties. One tarot card encyclopedia shows 70 different varieties of tarot cards that range from Tarot of the Cat People to Dali Universal Tarot, a set that was designed by the famous artist Salvador Dali. Though there is much speculation involved about the origin of tarot cards, nobody seems to really know where they came from. Some say the gypsies created them, still others insist they came from medieval Europe. Some believe they came from China or ancient Egypt. There are 78 Tarot cards in a single deck. These cards consist of Major and Minor Arcana cards. Each card carries a different symbol and with it a different meaning. The Major Arcana group...

The Chariot is the eighth card in the sequence of the tarot deck. Much like the Lovers card before it, the Chariot also has much to do with the realm of the emotions. However, it is important to note that the emotions involved are no longer in their pure, unfettered form anymore. The Chariot is about the productivity and power that comes about once one learns to control, channel, and tame his emotions and instincts. Only once you are able to gain mastery over yourself can you then hope to gain control over the world around you or any of the people in it. The Chariot teaches us that the way to such mastery is through diligent self discipline, making the use of a military symbol for the ideals this...

Ever wonder what the 'mechanism' is that makes the Tarot (or the I Ching, Runes, Astrology, etc.) so insightful? Is there some all-knowing Supernatural Force that guides the cards to line up in a particular way that predicts future events and provides specific guidance that can make the hairs stand up on the back of your neck? Is it the skill of the reader to interpret, or their psychic ability to channel the Truth from On High? These are really interesting questions and maybe there is something to all the above possibilities and maybe there isn't. Such conclusions are all rather difficult to demonstrate with any degree of certainty. But I believe that there are some things we can say about this...

The seventeenth card in the sequence of the tarot deck is the Tower. Like some of the cards that have come before it in the sequence - Death and the Devil, for example - the Tower card is one that can cause a bit of a fright when it makes an appearance in a reading, but mostly because it is a card that is highly misunderstood. The Tower represents a variety of change that is both destructive and creative all at once. As is the case with physical structures built of brick and mortar, spiritual or mental structures can decay, become outdated, and require demolishment as well. However, it is important to remember that only by getting rid of the old ways that are no longer working for us can we make way...

Sometimes, a Tarot card can be revealed upside down or reversed in a Tarot reading. This way, it has a different meaning from a card revealed the right way up. Find out what the reversed Page of Cups Tarot card means. The Page of Cups reversed can show emotional turmoil. This usually relates to unrequited love. You may have set your mind and your heart on someone who is unavailable to reciprocate your love. There may be a tendency for you to confuse fantasy with reality and have overly romantic feelings for someone you simply cannot have. When the Page of Cups is reversed it can predict family rifts and feuds becoming much worse. It can show an impatient, overemotional and temperamental person...

Sometimes, a Tarot card can be revealed upside down or reversed in a Tarot reading. This way, it has a different meaning from a card revealed the right way up. The reversed High Priestess Tarot usually reflects the following key elements or attitudes: confusion, hidden enemies, ignoring intuition, impatience, mixed messages, negative influences, poor communication, and repressed feelings. With this reversed High Priestess Tarot card it can show that you are feeling confused and uncertain about a specific issue. What you believed to be true has proved not to be so. You may feel betrayed and have had your trust, love and reputation abused. Someone you had total faith in has let you down badly. When...

Sometimes, a Tarot card can be revealed upside down or reversed in a Tarot reading. This way, it has a different meaning from a card revealed the right way up. The reversed Fool Tarot card usually reflects the following key elements and aspects: enforced change, foolhardiness, foolish risk taking, gambling addiction, immaturity, naivete, poor judgment, recklessness, and stress. With this reversed Fool card there can be highlighted recklessness and immaturity in regard to love or career and finances, or all of them. When this reversed card appears it indicates at best poor judgment and naivete, and at worst irresponsibility and foolishness. It can show real pressure and stress placed upon you and you...

Sometimes, a Tarot card can be revealed upside down or reversed in a Tarot reading. This way, it has a different meaning from a card revealed the right way up. Find out what the reversed Magician means. The reversed Magician Tarot card usually reflects the following key elements: abandoning plans, inability to make a choice, indecisiveness, lack of commitment, lack of energy, self doubt and quitting. With this reversed Magician Tarot card it can show that you are experiencing self doubt about your abilities and talents. You seem to have lost faith in yourself and feel you cannot trust yourself to make informed and correct choices. When this reversed card appears it can show that you may have...

Sometimes, a Tarot card can be revealed upside down or reversed in a Tarot reading. This way, it has a different meaning from a card revealed the right way up. The reversed Strength Tarot card usually reflects the following keywords and key elements: dread, exhaustion, fear, helplessness, illness, lack of courage, negativity, powerlessness, and weakness. The reversed Strength Tarot card can often show a lack of strength and power to control ones own life. It shows both physical and mental weakness and can indicate illness. This illness can be physically draining, emotionally challenging and mentally exhausting. When this reversed card appears it can also indicate financial problems and a lack of...

Sometimes, a Tarot card can be revealed upside down or reversed in a Tarot reading. This way, it has a different meaning from a card revealed the right way up. Find out what the reversed Queen of Cups Tarot card means. The Queen of Cups reversed can show some upheavals in the family environment and also indicate you being prevented from seeing the whole picture. This card can also show you are disappointed with someone who is close to you, or indicate arguments with close family members or close friend. You may be experiencing feelings of being unable to protect yourself or being unable to protect someone who is close to you. You may have feelings of guilt, or you might feel responsible for...

The Ace of Swords Tarot card can sometimes show up in a Tarot Reading as reversed, that is, upside down. A reversed Tarot card can have an entirely different meaning to that of an upright Tarot card. The Ace of Swords reversed can show untruths, lies and deception. This card urges you to look for the truth and avoid being taken advantage of. Take care not to be taken in by forceful, manipulative and devious people. Your positive good nature can easily be manipulated by stronger, calculating and cunning people. When the Ace of Swords is reversed it can show malicious gossip and untruths being circulated about you by envious and jealous rivals. You may have to "draw your sword" and fight off these...

During a Tarot reading, a card might be revealed upside down. This is known as a "reversed card". Like all the cards, the Five of Cups Tarot card can sometimes show up in a Tarot Reading as reversed, or upside down. Be aware that a reversed Tarot card can have an entirely different meaning to that of an upright Tarot card. The Five of Cups reversed can show an acceptance and acknowledgment that the past should not impact your future. You will be finding the courage to move on from past pains and are looking more hopefully to the future. When the Five of Cups is reversed it can show that you are currently at a point where you are finding spiritual fulfillment. By constantly looking outward to find...

The reversed Major Arcana Hierophant Tarot card can sometimes show up in a Tarot Reading the wrong way up. This card revealed thus is known as "reversed". A reversed Tarot card can have an entirely different meaning to that of an upright one. The reversed Hierophant card usually reflects the following key aspects: boredom, breaking rules, disappointment, discontentment, disillusionment, poor advice, rebellion, and unconventionality. With the reversed Hierophant Tarot card it can show disillusionment and disenchantment with the establishment. This could be a reaction against politicians, the police, structured religion, or the rules and laws that govern our society. It shows you have been pushed to...

The Eight of Cups Tarot card can sometimes turn up in a Tarot Reading upside down, and is described as "reversed". A reversed Tarot card can have an entirely different meaning to that of an upright Tarot card, and special attention needs to taken in such cases. The Eight of Cups reversed can show that you are experiencing a period of anxiety because of both a fear of moving forward and also a dread of staying where you are. You recognise the need to change some areas of your life, but you are nervous about moving into new and unknown territory and so leaving the comfort of what you have known so far. The Eight of Cups reversed in a Tarot Reading can also indicate that you may be experiencing a...

The fifteenth card in the sequence of the tarot deck is that of Temperance. Following the cycle of destructive change that the Death card brought before it, Temperance represents a force that seeks to rebuild and reconstruct so that a new, more productive existence can begin. This is achieved through the reestablishment of balance, as all things in the universe seek to exist in harmony with one another. The concept of temperance itself deals with the joining of dualities and separate elements to create a stronger whole that is better equipped to exist in the world around it. In order to temper something, you must introduce a new outside element to the mix to help make it stronger and this can be...

The Ace of Cups Tarot card can sometimes show up in a Tarot Reading as reversed, i.e. upside down. A reversed Tarot card can have an entirely different meaning to that of an upright Tarot card. The Ace of Cups reversed can mean that you are blocking your emotions. You may be unwilling or unable to accept the circumstances, events and situations that have caused you unhappiness. You may be holding your emotions in and feeling down and depressed because of this. When the Ace of Cups is reversed it can show that a romantic relationship is coming to a natural end. You may feel abandoned, unloved and unwanted, but eventually and in time you will see that the relationship was not one in which you could...

Many tarot trainers have specialization to figure out tarot meaning. They have different a style to read the cards that cannot be understood by ordinary people. They can read the meaning of each card by opening it on a certain position. This is not related with dark magic. People often link tarot trainer with sinister experience. That's not true at all. Tarot is a set of special cards that can be used to guide your life. You should not take any decision of your life based on tarot trainer prediction. It's more like warning in your life. You must open your mind and understand the purpose of tarot reading. In these days, people tend to make a tarot trainer as a profession not a hobby. You can use it...

If you have ever had your tarot cards read or viewed one on television, you know the cards are put in a pattern. This is called the spread. There are several different spreads that a reader can do. Depending on the question, will determine where and how the cards are laid for the reading. Each card is placed strategically in order to gain clarity. Simple spreads can be one card or three cards. Then there is the past, present and future spreads. These particular spreads are simple for the reader to do. For example, the past, present and future spread is typically three to six tarot cards. This spread is for basic information on events or a situation. They are placed in three columns. The first...

The High Priestess is the third card in the tarot deck's Major Arcana. The number associated with her is two as she is strongly connected to the concept of balance and all that it governs. Alternatively, she can stand for the powers of feminine intuition, as well as for the ever-fluctuating energies of the moon (wax and wane). The High Priestess can be said to serve as a moderator or buffer between the world of man and the world that lies beyond the veil, as she has much to do with the concept of duality. She can also be described as the one that keeps the peace between the conscious and the unconscious, as well as to be the key to building our own balance between the two. She is a figure of great...

Tarot was founded in Italy, and references to it are found in the Steele Manuscript, in a diatribe about tarot cards used for gambling. The cards were standardized by 1500. These cards were hand-painted or wood block printed. Tarot cards were given divine status by their interpreters. French cleric Antoine Court de Gebelin believed that the cards were born in ancient Egypt as a commencement into priesthood. Alliette or Etteilla, a famous mystic gave different divine interpretations to religious Christian meanings. Alphonse Louis Constant, also a cleric who later called himself Eliphas Levi, believed that tarot was a word connected to Kabbala He felt the god Thoth-Hermes was the creator of the...

Reading tarot cards is a talent, like singing. Everyone has the ability to sing at some level. Some people are as talented as opera singers; some can only carry a tune. There's no mystery in that. It's an ability you can improve upon, and it's very much like paraphrasing. Remember when you saw a great movie or read a great book? You just had to tell your best friend all about it, but you hadn't memorized it. So what did you do? You paraphrased it. You knew the intent of the author, you knew how it felt to read it or watch it. Then, you just had to convey it to someone else. Reading the tarot is a lot like that. You know the meanings of the cards. You understand what the various positions signify...

Let's talk tarot for a few minutes, okay? Are tarot card readings accurate? Do the cards have any magical abilities in of themselves... or is it the psychic him or herself who has the skill? And how can you determine if a psychic is real... or just making it all up instead? These questions sound familiar? If they do... continue reading as we take a closer look below! First of all... Tarot cards are NOT some new age invention for fortune telling. They've been around for quite a while, and depending on what historical perspective you believe, they may have been used as far back as ancient Egypt by prophets and seers who served the pharaohs and royalty. But their magic is NOT in the cards themselves...

The tarot deck comprises 78 cards and is split into two sections: The Major Arcana and the Minor Arcana. The word "Arcana" means secret. The Major Arcana number 22, and depict characters (such as the Empress and High Priestess), social principles (such as Justice), and objects (such as the Moon and the Chariot). Some represent a specific quality, but all represent a state or a quality that must be experienced or in some cases overcome by everyone in their life's journey -- the Fools Journey. Each card of the Major Arcana therefore symbolises an aspect of our being. Throughout our lives, we are continually influenced and driven by the underlying forces that the Tarot depicts. The first card is the...