How to Read Tarot Cards: A Clear Guide for Beginners
Learn how to read tarot cards step by step: the Major and Minor Arcana, suits, numbers, court cards, reversals and simple spreads, with a worked example.
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The Reading Room · 16 essays
Tarot & Numerology
Tarot cards and spreads, Life Path numbers and the symbolic companions to the birth chart.
Life Path Number 1: Meaning, Love, Career and Leadership
Life Path number 1 meaning in plain English: the Initiator's strengths, growth edges, love, career, money, compatibility and how to read it with your chart.
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Life Path Number 11: Master Number Meaning, Love and Career
Life Path number 11 meaning: the Intuitive master number, its link to the 2, sensitivity and gifts, growth edges, love, career, compatibility and chart links.
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Life Path Number 2: Meaning, Love, Career and Strengths
Life Path number 2 meaning: the Peacemaker's gifts for partnership and listening, its growth edges, love, work, money, compatibility and birth chart links.
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Life Path Number 22: Master Builder Meaning, Love and Career
Life Path number 22 meaning: the Master Builder, its link to the 4, practical vision, growth edges, love, career, money, compatibility and birth chart links.
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Life Path Number 3: Meaning, Love, Career and Creativity
Life Path number 3 meaning: the Communicator's creativity, humor and expressive gifts, plus its growth edges, love life, career, compatibility and chart links.
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Life Path Number 33: Master Teacher Meaning, Love and Career
Life Path number 33 meaning: the Compassionate Teacher, its link to the 6, gifts for care and guidance, growth edges, love, work, compatibility and chart links.
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Life Path Number 4: Meaning, Love, Career and Stability
Life Path number 4 meaning: the Builder's steady strengths, its growth edges, love and loyalty, work and money habits, compatibility and birth chart links.
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Life Path Number 5: Meaning, Love, Career and Freedom
Life Path number 5 meaning: the Explorer's curiosity and love of freedom, its growth edges, relationships, work, money, compatibility and birth chart pairings.
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Life Path Number 6: Meaning, Love, Career and Care
Life Path number 6 meaning: the Nurturer's gift for care and responsibility, its growth edges, love, family, work, money, compatibility and birth chart links.
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Life Path Number 7: Meaning, Love, Career and Purpose
Life Path number 7 meaning: the Seeker's depth, intuition and need for solitude, plus its growth edges, love life, career, compatibility and birth chart links.
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Life Path Number 8: Meaning, Love, Money and Power
Life Path number 8 meaning: the Steward's ambition and capability, its growth edges, love life, career and money patterns, compatibility and birth chart links.
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Life Path Number 9: Meaning, Love, Career and Compassion
Life Path number 9 meaning: the Humanitarian's compassion and wide perspective, its growth edges, love, work, money, compatibility and chart pairings.
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Life Path Number: How to Calculate It and What It Means
Learn how to calculate your Life Path number step by step, what each number from 1 to 9 means, how master numbers 11, 22 and 33 work, and where numerology ends.
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Tarot and Astrology Correspondences: The Golden Dawn Guide
Tarot and astrology correspondences explained: Golden Dawn links between the Major Arcana, planets and signs, the 36 decan cards, and gentle ways to use them.
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Three Card Tarot Spread: 7 Layouts and How to Read Them
Master the three card tarot spread: past, present and future plus six more layouts, how to read the cards as one story, and two complete worked examples.
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