Hello to the friends of Iris X Readings! I hope you are all holding up in this busy season. December can be hard. Inwardly, we are pulled to quiet. It's dark and cold, and it makes most of us want to stay home and warm by the wood stove. It is a quiet and reflective time of the year. But- December doesn't know that. It is a busy month. We are pulled out into parties and social activities of all kinds. At the time of the year when our instincts would tell us to be quiet and reflect on the year passing in the darkest month- we are pulled into the light. For some- maybe that's a good thing. But I suspect that a lot of people feel tired and over done. And I can see it in this reading. I shuffled the cards and asked for a reading for someone who will read this post. Read on and see if it's for you! This reading was done on The Avian Tarot- a brilliant deck of birds by Brittany Lyn Batchelder. 

Happy December to the friends of Iris X Readings! It is a busy season for me, so I will get to the reading! I am doing this week's reading on the Minchiate Al Cigno, a Tarot deck created in Bologna in 1775. It is a challenging one, with the addition of virtues, elements and astrological signs. I shuffled the cards and asked for a reading for someone who will see this post. Read on- see if it's for you! 

It's been a busy week over here, and it's finally my weekend (monday and tuesday!) I have a tendency to give people multiple Tarot deck options when I am at events. The Wayfarer Tarot (created by Margaret Shipman and me) is my Go-To Tarot deck. Every reader has one of those. The Tarot deck that communicates so easily and clearly that it doesn't matter if you are tired and distracted- it's just clear. I shuffled The Wayfarer Tarot, and asked for a reading for someone who will see this post. I never know who it is for until I post it. Read on- see if it's for you. 

This week's reading was done on a deck that is new to me, but quite old. The Minchiate Al Cigno was created in Bologna, Italy in 1775. With 97 cards instead of the traditional 78, there is a lot to learn in this deck even for an old reader like me! I love the traditional imagery and it's good to be challenged. I shuffled the cards and asked for a reading for someone who will see this post. I never know who it will be for until I post it. Read on and see if it's for you or someone that you know. 

When I was new to Tarot, I had one deck that I used. It was a Universal Waite Tarot deck, and I used it for many years. It was gifted to me by my adopted big sister. 10 years later, I was with a friend at a shop in downtown Brattleboro- and I saw the Visconti Sforza Tarot. This is one of the oldest decks that you can get in print; from the mid 1400's. The Minor arcana is not illustrated in a way that can be read. The imagery is old, and often hard to understand the meaning of. But I have always had a fascination for finding the roots of Magic and divination and so.. I had to have it. 

This week's reading was done on The Hush Tarot by Jeremy Hush. I love this deck. I like the dark colors and imagery. I love the relationship with birds and nature. This is a compelling and interesting Tarot deck- and I recommend it highly. As I do every week, I shuffled the cards and asked for a message for someone who will see this post. I never know who it is for until I post the reading. This one is for someone who may be feeling beat down and discouraged. Read on and see if it's for you or someone that you know. 

‘Tis the season to pull out a 'creepy' Tarot deck. If I am to be honest, I love the decks that people think of as too dark. I love old traditional images- skeletal grim reapers and angry devil cards. Though I do like to have a vast array of options of Tarot decks for people who are less comfortable with scary imagery. The deck that I used this week is Not one of those decks. The Murder of Crows Tarot by Corrado Roi is both stunning and startling. The imagery is dark and deep. I love this deck. But, I am a Soothsayer at heart, and I don't wish to scare anyone- I certainly don't need to play into the 'scary tarot reader' aesthetic. So, I don't use the Murder of Crows Tarot at events. If a person was unsuspecting, it would be quite startling. But as I flip through the cards, I think... I may start bringing this deck out at events. It truly is a beautiful, strange, compelling- and even upsetting deck of cards. I shuffled the Murder of Crows and asked for a reading for someone who will see this post. Read on- see if the Crows have something to say to you. 

This week's reading was done on The Avian Tarot. If you are a person who loves birds AND Tarot, this deck was made for you. Brittany Lyn Batchelder put so much thought and research into the birds that are in the deck. There is a different bird for every card- a total of 78 birds. As a person who loves birds; I learn more every time I work with this wonderful deck. I shuffled the birds and asked for a reading for someone who will see this post. Read on and see if it's for you- it's a positive one!