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Archetypes in Tarot – The Mother Archetype

by Madhavi Ghare | Featured, Knowledge | 4 comments

After understanding the five basic Jungian archetypes and their corresponding Tarot cards, it is now time for delving into the other archetypes within the Tarot cards. Today, we are going to start our journey with the Mother Archetype, the image of which can be seen in The Empress card.

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21 Ways To Read A Tarot Card By Mary K Greer

by Madhavi Ghare | Book Review

When I started to look deep within the images of the Tarot cards, there were several books that helped me along the way. One of those books was Mary K. Greer’s 21 Ways To Read A Tarot Card. Not only did it give me a way to explore the Tarot cards in many different ways (21 actually), but it also gave the process a very creative turn.

Today, I am going to share my thoughts about this very wonderful book with you.

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Archetypes in Tarot – The Anima and The Animus

by Madhavi Ghare | Knowledge

The Anima and The Animus are the fifth from among the basic Archetypes that Jung defined. Typically, the Anima defines the unconscious female qualities that a male individual possesses, and the Animus defines the unconscious male qualities that a female individual possesses.

Today, lets look at how the archetypes of The Anima and The Animus are depicted in the images of the Tarot cards.

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Archetypes in Tarot – The Persona

by Madhavi Ghare | Knowledge | 16 comments

As we continue our journey within the archetypes in Tarot, we are now going to look at The Persona, which is defined as ‘the way we present ourselves to the world’.

Our inner world has many dimensions. However, our outer world can also have several layers. All of those different layers make up the Persona of an individual.

Lets have a look at how this archetype has been expressed within the images of the Tarot cards.

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Archetypes in Tarot – The Shadow

by Madhavi Ghare | Knowledge | 2 comments

Continuing our journey with the Archetypes in Tarot, we are now going to look at the archetype of The Shadow, which is said to be that part of our unconscious mind that includes our repressed desires, weaknesses, shortcomings and instincts.

Lets look at how the Shadow archetype manifests across the different spheres of our life, and of course, the images of the Tarot cards.

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Archetypes in Tarot – The Self

by Madhavi Ghare | Knowledge | 4 comments

As we have seen in our previous article, there are five main archetypes that Jung defines: the Self, the Shadow, the Anima, the Animus and the Persona. Of course, there are several other archetypes apart from these that are present within the images of the Tarot cards. But to begin our journey, we shall start out with these five.

Today, we are going to look at the archetype of the Self and at how it has been portrayed in the Tarot cards.

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Archetypes and Tarot

by Madhavi Ghare | Knowledge | 4 comments

In many different posts on this blog, we’ve had a look at the concept of Archetypes. There are many different archetypes present in our Tarot card deck.

I have been thinking of writing a series of posts about these different archetypes. But before we dive right into the pool, lets take a deeper look at the concept of Archetypes, and how they relate to the images on our Tarot card deck.

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The Complete Book of Tarot Reversals by Mary K. Greer

by Madhavi Ghare | Book Review

Tarot card reversals happen to boggle the best among us. It is often quite challenging to interpret reversed cards in readings. Plus, reversed cards, just like the cards themselves can be interpreted using different approaches. Which method is right? Which interpretation is correct?

Honestly, where the Tarot is concerned, your intuition is always your best guide for answering these questions. But if you need a book that is completely devoted to answering all your reversed card questions, then The Complete Book of Tarot Reversals by Mary K. Greer is where you must turn to.

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The Personality Spread

by Madhavi Ghare | Knowledge | 9 comments

After we’ve gone through the different personalities of the court cards in the Understanding the Tarot Court series, and having checked out how to find out our personal Tarot court card(s), I think it is but natural to talk about the Personality Spread.

This Personality Spread is a Tarot reading spread that can be used to get a deeper understanding of a person, and find out more about his / her personality.

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