Choose the best time for your reading. Photo by Steve Bonner By Michelle Crandell Tarot does not tell the future; the future is not fixed. Readings provide guidance on issues, concerns, or problems the seeker selects. The seeker may see the situation from a different point of view, uncovering hidden aspects of the problem. A reading can indicate the seeker is on the right path to resolution of their concern. When
There are several ways to purify a Tarot deck. Photo by Steve Bonner By Michelle Crandell From time to time, Tarot readers purify their decks. Purifying means cleansing the deck of unwanted energy. Purifying a new deck is a common practice, as is purifying a deck right after a reading or before a reading. Here are some purifying strategies. Michelle Crandell provides individual Tarot readings for a fee. Once a year,
Michelle Crandell shares her insights about various Tarot decks. Card photos by Steve Bonner. By Michelle CrandellLast month, I shared guidelines for choosing a Tarot deck. This month, I am sharing three kinds of decks I often recommend to my students. Michelle Crandell provides individual Tarot readings for a fee. Once a year, she teaches LEARN TO READ TAROT. Call if interested in her next class. To learn more, email
By Michelle Crandell When choosing a Tarot deck, ask yourself: 1. Is the deck a 78-card Tarot deck with twenty-two Major Arcana cards? Is the Fool numbered zero and the World (Universe), twenty-one? Does the rest of the deck resemble playing cards, with four suits numbered Ace through Ten and FOUR Royalty cards in each suit: King, Queen, Knight, Page? 2. Are the cards “readable?” “Readable” Major Arcana have a name
Studying your Royalty Guide Card can help clarify personal characteristics you are meant to develop and practice in this lifetime. Photo by Steve Bonner. By Michelle CrandellAngeles Arrien writes about royalty cards in her book, The Tarot Handbook. She provides ways to find your personal Royalty Guide Card, otherwise known as your Inner Teacher. Studying your Inner Teacher card can help clarify personal characteristics you are meant to develop and
New ideas, service to others, travel and adventure, and learning new skills are facets of Pages. Photo by Steve Bonner. By Michelle CrandellPages welcome change and new possibilities in the areas represented by their suit. Pages cultivate “beginner’s mind,” comfort with “not knowing” and the joy of learning new things. PAGE OF SWORDS IS open to new ways of thinking and communicating. New ideas fascinate this Page. This card encourages
Knights might be drawn to politics, social work, inventing, or building. Photo by Steve Bonner. By Michelle CrandellKnights are action-oriented, motivated, and focused on the goals their suit represents. Knights face challenges and have a sense of adventure and purpose. They are usually courtly and well-intentioned, “knights in shining armor.” KNIGHT OF SWORDS is committed to ideas and values his ability to think. Assertive, courageous, and sometimes blunt, his purpose
Queens represent the capacity to nurture and develop that which is related to their suit. By Michelle CrandellQueens represent personal, self-control. Queens reign in the sphere of home, family, maternal energy, and cultural wisdom. Queens represent the capacity to nurture and develop that which is related to their suit. QUEEN OF SWORDS IS intelligent, self-reliant, and objective. She loves ideas, thinks critically about issues, and is good at solving problems.
Each King in Tarot is the masculine representation of his designated suit. By Michelle CrandellKings are self-assured, self-reliant, and authentic, representing masculine authority and power, someone important to the seeker or the seeker themself. Kings have been practicing adults for quite some time. They operate in the external world, seeking solutions outside themselves. Each King is the mature masculine representation of his designated suit. KING OF SWORDS IS visionary, objective,
Royalty cards represent a hierarchy of maturity and competence. By Michelle CrandellTarot decks have sixteen Royalty cards: Kings, Queens, Knights, and Pages in four suits. In archaic, gypsy readings, Royalty/Court cards represent people in the seeker’s life and are identified by physical characteristics. Swords have brown hair, medium skin, and brown, hazel, or gray eyes. Cups are blondes, with blue eyes and fair skin. Wands have auburn or red hair,
If you anticipate boredom and grumpiness at a Tarot session, Madame Zara is likely to leave you pleasantly surprised. Michelle Crandell is known for her ability to invent an improv character and interact with people via the “personality” she creates. This year, Michelle brings MADAME ZARA to Arts and The Park. Madame Zara is an old, world-weary Tarot reader. Sometimes, she gets bored and grumpy with customers. Madame Zara says
The Major Arcana Tarot card associated with Pisces is XVIII the Moon. By Michelle CrandellThe Moon is the Tarot card representing Pisces. “Moon-born” are gifted with personal magnetism and access to instinctual, intuitive, ancestral, and archetypical information. What they do with and about these gifts determines the course of their lives. Over and over, Pisceseans navigate two opposite choices. Will they support their authentic self or false self; truth and
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(L to R) Johnette Connelly Taylor, niece of “Killer Wife” first victim, Joe Connelly; Evaline Rowland Connelly (no relation to Johnette), sister of the third victim, Don Rowland; and Bitty Martin, author. Bitty Martin has completed her second Hot Springs true crime, Killer Wife: The True Story of Bonnie Connelly and the Men
By Chana Prince Greetings Fellow Travelers, March 2026 carries powerful turning-point energy. The Total Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse in Virgo on March 3 brings emotional insight and practical clarity. Virgo asks for refinement—health, habits, work, and daily devotion come into focus. What feels messy now is ready to be organized with
Thousands of plants will be for sale at the Garden Show. Save the date – Garland County Master Gardeners will be holding their annual Plant Sale and Garden Show one day only on Saturday, April 25, from 9 AM to 4 PM at the Garland County Fairgrounds. Entry is free
by Susan Koenig Springs around the corner.Our excitement builds. Our need to dig in the dirt will soon be fulfilled. We’re planning our gardens and shopping seed catalogs. We’re preparing our pots and watching video blogs. We’re dreaming of the garden and buying seeds and plants, And figuring how to get rid of the squash bugs and ants! The sun’s rays
