Black Mirror Alchemy: The Path of the Digital Hermit

Using Psychology in Tarot Readings: The King of Swords Welcome back, dear readers! We did it! We are at the end of our series about using psychology in your tarot readings for others! In our past three posts, we explored the details of cognition with the Page of Swords, systems of motivation and emotion with the Knight of Swords, and understanding personality with the Queen of Wands. Now we turn our attention to the King of Swords. In tarot, kings are invested in the superstructure of their suits. While queens foster growth, kings organize that energy into systems of meaning. From a bird's eye view, the King of Swords sees patterns and draws understanding. For tarot readers, the King of Swords challenges us to consider larger systems of meaning, not just individual differences. One powerful way to achieve this is through Social Identity Theory. Social Identity Theory Humans have a drive for high sel...

Welcome back to Dark Mirror Alchemy! We will take a quick break this week from The Hermit's Journey to discuss the combined arts of reading tarot and reading people. I have had the pleasure and privilege to learning tarot while also getting my degrees in psychology. So, I wanted to share in this blog series how the different levels of psychology can help us read tarot better; especially if you are in situation where you are giving a reading to a stranger.  With the help of the court cards in the suit of swords, this series will be comprised of four posts, which will explore each of the following levels of human psychology:  Biases and Heuristics with the Page of Swords  Motivation and Emotion with the Knight of Swords  Personality and Identity with the Queen of Swords  Groups and Culture with the King of Swords The first two installments of this series will teach you about the very basics of human behavior. If you like mixed metaphors, we are going...