Of course, Tarot is entertaining enough without it, but using your favourite deck with The Tarot Game can add a whole new level to the magic.
Jude Alexander, who I was lucky enough to meet this year at BATS, designed the game.
She’s a tarot adept, teacher, and game enthusiast with a degree in Theatre Arts, and years of experience guiding transformational play for individuals and women’s groups.
By combining Tarot with storytelling, and the fun of a board game, she’s created a whole new way to enjoy the cards.
Players throw the dice and make their way around a spiraling snake, pulling cards and answering questions as they go.
The game comes with over 100 questions and a 78 card key word starter deck for Tarot beginners. Experience isn’t necessary, just a desire to play.
If you do, and you love Tarot, you should definitely play along with some of the Tarot Twitter games going on everyday in the virtual land of 140 key strokes.
Each day, Donnaleigh posts a picture and asks, ‘If this picture were a tarot card, which one would it be? What do you see?’
The pictures she chooses really get you thinking, and brilliantly illustrate how Tarot can be found everywhere in our lives.
Another popular game, and the last I’ll describe for now, is run by @mzzlee. Its hashtag is #tarotToo, and it’s a combo exercise.
Daughn posts two cards each day, asking participants to, ‘COMBO THIS! … What do these 2 cards say to us when they appear together in a reading?’
It’s a fabulous game that gets you thinking about how card energies merge. The answers people come up with are remarkable.
Whether you’re a beginner or a pro, it’s fun to play. And a worth while learning experience for everyone.
Keeping answers short, meaningful and public, forces you to really focus on what you’re trying to say. All three of these games are great ways to exercise your Tarot.
If you’re not already playing and want to, all you have to do is follow @thetarotlady,@DonnaleighDLR, and @mzzlee. Then watch for their posts, and respond, including the particular hashtag in your tweet.
And if you’re not following me yet, follow me now! And say hi when you do!
Another Tarot conference well worth attending is the Bay Area Tarot Symposium, otherwise known as BATS.
It’s on August 27-28, 2011 in beautiful San Francisco, California.
Organized by the enchanting Thalassa, in association with the Daughters of Divination, BATS is the oldest continuously produced Tarot event in the world.
And this year looks like it’s going to be especially excellent.
I’m crazy about it! The elements, the tools, Storm’s wings. It’s all amazing.
Thank you Zach!! It’s a real honour.
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Zach was on Beyond Worlds last week with Storm and Donnaleigh. If you missed it, you can listen here -> Beyond Worlds with Zach Wong.
What an incredible honour!! Beyond Worlds has been voted Tarosophist of the Year by the highly esteemed international Tarot association, Tarot Professionals.
Marcus Katz, founder of both Tarot Professionals and the fabulous Tarot Town wrote in the award release:
“Donnaleigh, Storm, Theresa and Georgianna have consistently produced an educational, wide-ranging, contemporary, relevant, fun, accessible, professional and well-produced online radio show for Tarot. Their guests have included Lon Milo Duquette, Rachel Pollack, Mary K. Greer, and I personally discovered how friendly and professional they were as hosts when I appeared on the show during the year.
Donnaleigh’s infectious enthusiasm and courteous questioning gets the best out of every guest, supported by Storm’s sharp wit, Theresa’s no-nonsense approach and Georgianna’s down-to-earth authenticity. As a group, they are the ideal ‘four suits’ of a full deck and demonstrate the diverse heart of the Tarot.”
I’m blown away. And so very grateful to Marcus and Tarot Professionals. And of course, to all of our listeners. It truly would be pointless without you.
My co-hosts Donnaleigh de LaRose,Storm Cestavani and Theresa Reed are three of the best Tarot readers I’ve ever met, not to mention very excellent people. I feel blessed to be on this Tarot adventure with them.
