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Tarot and Other Forms of Divination
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Including Tarot, I Ching, pendulums and more: what they are, how they work, and how to use them.

All About Tarot
Includes essays on the Tarot, answers to frequently asked questions, how to properly form a Tarot question, the authenticity question and decks.

The Ancient Art of Tea Leaf Reading
This article explains how to go about reading tea leaves, even how to brew the tea that you use.

Astral Divination with the I Ching
The author reveals a strikingly original method of using the I Ching, one which requires magical practice rather than consultation with a book.

Divination Techniques
Explains divination methods using such tools as dominos, dice, pendulum, tea leaves and more.

Domino Divination
A simple means of home consultation is through the medium of plain ol' dominoes. In the way that each value of a playing-card is connected with some divinatory significance, so also are the numbers on the face of each domino.

Dowsing and Pendulums
How to use a pendulum for dowsing or divination, including what to say, personal experiences and tricks the author has developed for success. 

A Complete Lexicon of Tarot
Card by card, this three-part article provides symbol coordinates for all sincere dabblers in the deck of Tarot, for "psychospiritual transformation and wisdom."

Free Tarot Reading
This site allows you to choose a Tarot deck, think of a question or object of concern, and then provides you with an online Tarot reading.

Magic Mirrors, Time Cameras, and Catoptromancy
Could these devices tell fortunes, see into other times past and future, and other phenomena? This article explores the possibilities.

Pendulum Magic
A pendulum is an amazing tool that can be used for many different purposes. When someone holds it by the thread and asks a question, the weight moves and provides the answer.

Pendulum Power
Pendulums are used in various ways, including dowsing for water and to answer yes/no questions. This site explains how.

Reading the Tarot
Similar to the practice of Yoga or meditation, says Kelly O'Tillery, reading the Tarot requires a mental transition from hectic daily living to a calm, centered place. She gives the basics.

Table-Tilting
Table-tilting is where a gathering of people sits around a small table in a darkened room with their hands placed firmly on the table, hoping to produce sounds or table movement via spirits.

Tarot and Dreams: Interpreting the Symbols of the Soul
Use the Tarot to interpret the meaning of your dreams on different levels.

The Tarot & Reading For Yourself
There are a lot of myths out there about reading for yourself, this article says. Reading for yourself simply takes a willingness to learn how to be honest with yourself.

Tarot, Freud, and The Wise Doctor from Zurich
This article likens the universal symbolism of the Tarot with some of the tenets of modern-day psychiatry. Interesting concept.

Tarot and I-Ching for Relationships
An interview with John Gray, author of Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus, who says a branch of modern psychology is explaining how and why these classical divination systems work.

Tarot: It's Not Just for Fortune Telling Anymore
Barbara Moore, author of What Tarot Can Do for You, explains some of the many lesser-known uses of the Tarot.

Use of I-Ching, Tarot and Other Tools for Everyday Life
Deepak Chopra writes that oracles, such as Tarot and I-Ching, allow us to become consciously aware of what is going on in the virtual realm.

World Wide Web I Ching
Type a question in the window, then "throw the coins" to see what the I Ching portends for you.

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