All of the news outlets are talking about the eerily prescient psychic reading that Jenna Dewan got at the beginning of the year that foreshadowed her breakup with husband Channing Tatum.
Besides the feeling that true love is dead (omg, no, not the Tatums!) here’s what other emotion got invoked in me:
ANGER.
Because once again, my beloved tarot took a beating, and not in the way I expected. Not from outright fear, mistrust, or hell no get those cards away from me.
No. MISUNDERSTANDING.
Those AREN’T tarot cards. Are you listening E! News?
Those are what we like to call in the psychic business an oracle deck. And if you put in an iota of effort, you would know that and not call that reading what it isn’t. THOSE. AREN’T. TAROT. CARDS.
According to the psychic that gave Jenna her reading, Todd Savvas, the deck that he created is called the Universe Speaks Guidance Deck. The cards that Jenna received in her reading were:
- Try Things Differently
- The Player
- The Leo
- Receiving Money
- The Love Charm
Don’t get me wrong. That looks like an awesome deck that I would want (and never get, because as he says in the video, he created these cards himself… that’s the only deck in the world like that – perhaps a sign that I should continue to make my own oracle deck?). It’s a beautiful deck that brings a nuanced and meaningful psychic reading to the person that created and uses it. But it’s still not a tarot deck.
Here’s what IS a tarot deck:
- 78 cards.
- A Major Arcana of 22 (sometimes 23) cards.
- A Minor Arcana comprised of 4 suits and the Court Cards to go with them.
- The basic structure of the tarot: there’s going to be roughly the same type of cards in each tarot deck, albeit a different artistic bent/interpretation of the cards.
So why am I talking to you about the differences between a tarot and an oracle deck when the result seems to be an awesome reading notwithstanding?
I invite you to find out what a tarot reading REALLY is: get one from me. I will explain it all, and when I’m not using tarot, I will SAY SO. You will walk away from your reading not only having an excellent tarot reading done by a professional, but you will also walk away knowing the difference between divinatory systems. Some would say, “I don’t care what you use as long as you give me the answers I want to know.” That’s cool, too. But a little extra information never hurt anyone.
Book your reading here.
Blessings,
~*~Hilary~*~
www.tarotbyhilary.com
hilary@tarotbyhilary.com
HILARY PARRY HAGGERTY is a tarot reader, witch, mentor, editor, and teacher. She has been reading tarot for over 21 years (13 years professionally). She was the winner of Theresa Reed’s (The Tarot Lady) Tarot Apprentice contest in 2011, and has taught classes on tarot and spell-work at The Tarot School’s annual tarot conference Readers Studio and at Brid’s Closet Beltane Festival. She writes a weekly blog on tarot at her website www.tarotbyhilary.com and has been featured in Maxim Magazine and BuzzFeed.
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