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This Podcast Episode has been archived. It is available for purchase at shop.tarotconnection.net in the Year One Archive mp3 DVD.

Ginny Hunt is a Professional Tarot Reader from Virginia. Her interest in the spiritual and metaphysical has been a lifelong passion. She has been a practicing counselor, both professionally with adolescents and para-professionally as a volunteer with abused women. She offers professional reading services through 78 Notes to Self and reads professionally through Kasamba.com.

Jeanette Roth of the Tarot Garden

Jeannette Roth has been collecting and studying tarot decks for over 20 years, and has presented lectures on topics related to tarot evolution and imagery around the midwestern U.S. for nearly 15 years. She is the co-owner of The Tarot Garden, which maintains the largest publicly-accessible database of 20th and 21st century tarot and cartomantic decks in the world.

Abysmal Tarot

22 Major Arcana based on the theme of the Prince of Darkness. 10 Artist contributed using a variety of techniques. The first edition was published by Collection Palestrina June 6, 2006 in a limited luxury edition of 333 copies. Images from the Abysmal Tarot are used with permission. (Abysmal Tarot at the Tarot Garden)

Vanessa Tarot

Taking their inspiration from pop culture, the sassy but sage characters of Vanessa Tarot playfully reinterpret traditional female roles as they share all their arcane secrets. Presented in a keepsake tin, Vanessa Tarot includes 78 cards with 30-page instruction booklet. Cards measure 2″ x 3.5″. (Vanessa Tarot at the Tarot Garden)

Love Tarot

(50 Ways to Divine Love by Liz Dean)

In “The Love Tarot”, Liz Dean shows how this ancient system of divination can be used to explore and predict love. The card pack and colour book draw upon the traditional division of the cards at card X, The Wheel of Fortune. Choose from cards 0 to IX to divine the nature of your lover. By choosing from the higher-numbered cards you divine your past, present, or future situation. The cards present 50 ways to receive true guidance in matters of the heart. This kit includes 1 96-page paperback book and 25 cards. (Love Tarot at the Tarot Garden)

Hermit’s Journey with Bonnie Cehovet - Symbolism of the Hierophant and Lovers

Welcome to the Hermit’s Journey. My name is Bonnie Cehovet, and today we will be continuing on our journey through the symbols in the Major Arcana. As I noted in the first Pod Cast of this series, that of the Fool, the imagery and symbolism in the Tarot is what connects us to its archetypal qualities and wisdom. It acts as a gateway between our conscious and our unconscious worlds. Each deck carries with it its own unique brand of imagery and symbols. For the purposes of this discussion, I will be referring to the Waite-Smith Tarot (also known as the Rider-Waite Tarot), as it is a traditional reference, and quite often used for teaching purposes. Interpreting the imagery and symbols is done in two ways: through the intent of the author/illustrator (and here we need to remember that the background for the Rider-Waite deck is that of the Golden Dawn), and how the Seeker sees it through the veil of their own personal life experiences.

Let’s continue our journey through the symbols of the Hierophant and the Lovers. The major theme for the Hierophant is that of the inner teacher, that part of ourselves that questions authority, makes us think, and helps us to develop our own core beliefs, the beliefs that act as the foundation for our lives.

In many ways, the Hierophant, through the auspices of formal religion, helps us to place the teachings of the Emperor into our lives. Where the High Priestess represents the esoteric and the hidden, or mysterious, the Hierophant represents the antithesis of this, the exoteric, ritualistic side of life experiences.

Music Credits

Opening Music: time release by the Droney Tones.

Hermits Journey Music: Dark Moon by Suzanne Teng from Enchanted Wind (Magnatune)

Closing Music: Acceptance by Jeff Wahl from Meditative Guitar (Magnatune)