A Closer Look at The Updated St. Jinx Arcana

I followed St. Jinx on Tumblr and now follow him on Instagram, so I looked forward to the release of his first deck, the St. Jinx Arcana. It followed the Rider Waite Smith pattern and symbolism closely, and the art was great. The only issue I had with St. Jinx's choices for the deck was … Continue reading A Closer Look at The Updated St. Jinx Arcana →

A Review of “Mapping the Hero’s Journey with Tarot”

Arwen Lynch’s Mapping the Hero’s Journey with Tarot: 33 days to Finish Your Book showed up in my mailbox unannounced. My mother sent it as a “just because” present—she knew I was putting together a workshop on Tarot and storytelling and thought this book might interest me. Telling stories; Hero’s Journey; what could be a … Continue reading A Review of “Mapping the Hero’s Journey with Tarot” →

A Closer Look at The Sabbath Tarot

Months ago I first started seeing pictures of Allan Spiers' The Sabbath Tarot pop up on Instagram accounts I follow. The masculinity and the play of light and dark in Spiers’ images intrigued me. I started following @thesabbathtarot on Instagram, and looked at Spiers’ The Sabbath Project website. I hesitated to purchase the deck because … Continue reading A Closer Look at The Sabbath Tarot →

Telling Our Stories with An Imperfect Tool

On the left my first deck, The Tarot (AKA The Hoi Polloi Tarot (c) 1972, Hoi Polloi, Inc. On the right, The Rider Tarot Deck (AKA the Rider-Waite, the Rider-Waite-Smith, and the Waite-Smith Tarot) (c) 1971, U.S. Games Systems, Inc. When I was growing up our choices of Tarot decks were primarily limited to the … Continue reading Telling Our Stories with An Imperfect Tool →

Tarot Mentors Expanded

This spread begain with a challenge that my friend Rosa posted three years ago on tumblr. She revisited Tarot Mentors earlier this year, and over the next few weeks, I started occasionally pulling some Mentor readings. Here are the basics for Tarot Mentors. (Rosa's original challenge post is reprinted at the end of this post.) … Continue reading Tarot Mentors Expanded →

Tarot and Magic: Selected Bibliography

It's been a few months since I presented my Tarot and Magic workshop at Sticks and Stones. I did promise to share the selected bibliography, so here it is. It is not an exhaustive list by any means, and if you have any suggestions, I would welcome them. I have a feeling that this one … Continue reading Tarot and Magic: Selected Bibliography →

The Wood and Bone and Path Unknown

I've watched for the past couple of years as St. Jinx developed the illustrations for his Elder Futhark deck. As soon as I found out that he'd made the deck available, I ordered both the SFW version and the Unleashed Edition (NSFW). I posted a couple of the SFW cards on the Instagram account, but … Continue reading The Wood and Bone and Path Unknown →

Welcome to Tarot with Jeff the Blog

Tarot with Jeff now has a blog. While I like Instagram as a platform for sharing Tarot information and ideas, it is primarily a visual platform. It is not a text friendly medium, and sometimes I want to share written information. So this blog will be a place for things like book reviews, deck reviews, … Continue reading Welcome to Tarot with Jeff the Blog →