Episode 56 of the Living Mandala Podcast : Opening Episode for Living Mandala of the Tarot

In the opening episode of The Living Mandala of the Tarot Stephanie Ansin and I cover the basics - a short history of the Tarot, different types of decks, the Major and Minor Arcana, the schools of knowledge encoded in these cards plus a little more about Stephanie and her journey into this amazing world of art, divination and spiritual growth. Our focus deck as we explore during the series is the classic Rider-Waite deck--the most widely used Tarot deck in existence. For the duration of the podcast episodes, Stephanie pulls a card from the Motherpeace Tarot deck, a beloved version of the Tarot from the 1980's that highlights the goddess and the feminine force, and performs a quick, live interpretation of the doorway that card lends the episode. The Living Mandala of the Tarot series as a whole is sponsored by the Two of Cups: the two of us conversing, making magic, exchanging and having fun. And the first episode is sponsored by the Nine of Pentacles: there are nine episodes and the material we will cover is expansive! Let's enjoy the ride. Here we go!