Melanie has used the tarot for many years but recently discovered and developed a love for all things Cartomancy. Here she shares her exploration of this Art with us in monthly instalments. This month is where we begin looking into each of the playing cards individually. Firstly we will look at the suit of hearts, […]
Cartomancy: Reading the Cards Overview
Written by: Melanie Clarke / WinterMeudwy Melanie has used the tarot for many years but recently discovered and developed a love for all things Cartomancy. Here she shares her exploration of this Art with us in monthly instalments. In my journey through cartomancy, I found several systems and kept a journal of anything that captured […]
Review of Beginner’s Guide to Tarot
WRITTEN BY: MEL/WINTERMEUDWY Juliet Sharman-Burke was my first real introduction to the world of tarot. I had been around tarot cards since I can remember, but it was a reader I met in a sort of fated way who gifted me my first book on the tarot. This has been her first book gifted to […]
Cartomancy: Choosing a Deck
Written by: Melanie Clarke / WinterMeudwy Melanie has used the tarot for many years but recently discovered and developed a love for all things Cartomancy. Here she shares her exploration of this Art with us in monthly instalments. There is an endless selection of playing card decks out there, everything from Harry Potter cards to […]
Cartomancy: Systems
Written by: Melanie Clarke / WinterMeudwy Melanie has used the tarot for many years but recently discovered and developed a love for all things Cartomancy. Here she shares her exploration of this Art with us in monthly instalments. There are certainly appearances in artworks and even literature produced on the subject of fortune telling with […]
Review of The Daemon Tarot
Written by: Melanie Clarke / WinterMeudwy The Daemon Tarot is a deck I had on my wishlist for a while, though it was an idle add and remained pretty low down. My interest was piqued even more however when I came across a YouTube video review for the deck and the cards themselves became a […]
Cartomancy: History
Written by: Melanie Clarke / WinterMeudwy Melanie has used the tarot for many years but recently discovered and developed a love for all things cartomancy. Here she shares her exploration of this Art with us in monthly installments. The exact dates of the first production of a deck of playing cards is debatable. There have […]
Review of Sherlock Holmes Tarot
Written by: Melanie Clarke / WinterMeudwy Will Kinghan and John Matthews have produced this wonderful themed deck centred around the world of Sherlock Holmes and his trusty sidekick Dr Watson. Their illustrious adventures are brought to life in action-packed snapshots, which faithfully accompany narrative of the stories. I am very just on team Brett when […]
Creating the Gaslight Lenormand
Written by: Melanie Clarke / WinterMeudwy Every card divination enthusiast has done it. Opened a deck and loved them all except…that odd one. Or two. You love the deck still, but every time they appear in a spread it’s a case of “ah…we meet again…” It hadn’t taken me long after discovering the Lenormand system […]
