<![CDATA[TSMM - Tarot Academy]]>https://tsmmtarot.substack.comhttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2asL!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcc0aa10b-e6ed-4a22-ac48-2e04997b7570_512x512.pngTSMM - Tarot Academyhttps://tsmmtarot.substack.comSubstackSun, 21 Jun 2026 04:26:30 GMT<![CDATA[The Journey Ends and Begins]]>https://tsmmtarot.substack.com/p/the-journey-ends-and-beginshttps://tsmmtarot.substack.com/p/the-journey-ends-and-beginsMon, 15 Jun 2026 10:50:08 GMT

THE FOOL’S JOURNEY

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The Twenty-Two Cards of the Major Arcana as a Complete Cosmology

A Rational Mystic Exploration

Before We Begin: A Word About the Fool

The Tarot has been many things to many people…

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]]><![CDATA[Lesson 24: The World and The Universe]]>https://tsmmtarot.substack.com/p/lesson-24-the-world-and-the-universehttps://tsmmtarot.substack.com/p/lesson-24-the-world-and-the-universeWed, 20 May 2026 15:48:27 GMT

So, here we are, the final Trump Card…

This may be the end of one cycle of our journey, but it is not the end of it. No, it’s more like the end of a chapter,

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]]><![CDATA[Lesson 23 : Judgement and The Aeon]]>https://tsmmtarot.substack.com/p/lesson-23-judgement-and-the-aeonhttps://tsmmtarot.substack.com/p/lesson-23-judgement-and-the-aeonMon, 13 Apr 2026 08:59:58 GMT
, judgement day and the era of human self-awareness

The tarot cards Judgement (XX) and The Aeon(XX) represent the same position in the Major Arcana, but often convey different philosophical approaches…

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]]><![CDATA[Lesson 22 : The Sun]]>https://tsmmtarot.substack.com/p/lesson-22-the-sunhttps://tsmmtarot.substack.com/p/lesson-22-the-sunTue, 17 Mar 2026 11:03:38 GMT
The Sun

From the Unconscious to the Conscious…

Our journey into the depths of our unconscious, the dark night of the soul, if you will, came to an end with The Moon. We emerged from the seas of our unc…

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]]><![CDATA[21 The Moon]]>https://tsmmtarot.substack.com/p/21-the-moonhttps://tsmmtarot.substack.com/p/21-the-moonFri, 20 Feb 2026 10:55:32 GMT
The Moon

Ok, I wonder if you noticed by gaff last month?

Yes, I was so caught up in my enjoyment of The Star, I wrongly announced that this month we’d be looking at The Sun!

Clearly, I was ahead of myse…

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]]><![CDATA[Lesson 20 : The Star]]>https://tsmmtarot.substack.com/p/lesson-20-the-starhttps://tsmmtarot.substack.com/p/lesson-20-the-starThu, 15 Jan 2026 16:44:22 GMT

The Star

This is one of my favourite cards in the Tarot. When presented with a deck of cards, I tend to seek out this one, and it will inform my reaction to the whole. There must be a personal message…

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]]><![CDATA[Lesson 19: The Tower]]>https://tsmmtarot.substack.com/p/lesson-19-the-towerhttps://tsmmtarot.substack.com/p/lesson-19-the-towerThu, 11 Dec 2025 12:28:24 GMT
A tower, falling, crumbling, blasted by lightning

The Devil reminded us that our own chains can trap us. That our own beliefs can limit us. Perhaps indolence and complacency are two of the devs ’s gr…

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]]><![CDATA[Lesson 18 : The Devil]]>https://tsmmtarot.substack.com/p/lesson-18-the-devilhttps://tsmmtarot.substack.com/p/lesson-18-the-devilMon, 17 Nov 2025 00:01:12 GMT
The Devil - In the Tarot, the Devil is an adversary, a symbol of limitation.

From our Alchemical transformation in the last card, we now face some very challenging decisions. We are aware of the possi…

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]]><![CDATA[Lesson 17 Temperance & Art]]>https://tsmmtarot.substack.com/p/lesson-17-temperance-and-arthttps://tsmmtarot.substack.com/p/lesson-17-temperance-and-artWed, 15 Oct 2025 09:48:08 GMT
Alchemical balance, temperance: Tarot

So you survived Death - well done!

Suppose we accept that Death marks an ending, in both a literal and metaphorical sense. It then makes sense that the next step …

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]]><![CDATA[Lesson 16: Death]]>https://tsmmtarot.substack.com/p/lesson-16-deathhttps://tsmmtarot.substack.com/p/lesson-16-deathSat, 13 Sep 2025 09:01:59 GMT
Death

If The Hanged Man represents ‘sacrifice’, then Death represents the ‘death’ of the old situation.

The Death card is widely misunderstood as representing physical death only.

It is a powerful sym…

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]]><![CDATA[Lesson 15: The Hanged Man]]>https://tsmmtarot.substack.com/p/lesson-15-the-hanged-manhttps://tsmmtarot.substack.com/p/lesson-15-the-hanged-manThu, 14 Aug 2025 16:21:23 GMT
The Hanged Man

Greetings, welcome to Trump 12, The Hanged Man.

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]]><![CDATA[The Major Arcana - Elements and Zodiac]]>https://tsmmtarot.substack.com/p/the-major-arcana-elements-and-zodiachttps://tsmmtarot.substack.com/p/the-major-arcana-elements-and-zodiacSun, 13 Jul 2025 08:55:06 GMT
Tarot Cards: Justice and Strength

Ok, I know you were expecting the next card. The Hanged Man and that’s coming this month - only a little later than usual.

Why?

Well, last month we looked at how some …

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]]><![CDATA[Lesson 13 : Lust and Justice]]>https://tsmmtarot.substack.com/p/lesson-13-lust-and-justicehttps://tsmmtarot.substack.com/p/lesson-13-lust-and-justiceSat, 14 Jun 2025 09:01:42 GMT
A lust for justice

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]]><![CDATA[Lesson 12 : The Minor Arcana]]>https://tsmmtarot.substack.com/p/lesson-12-the-minor-arcanahttps://tsmmtarot.substack.com/p/lesson-12-the-minor-arcanaWed, 14 May 2025 16:32:48 GMT

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]]><![CDATA[Lesson 11 : The Wheel of Fortune]]>https://tsmmtarot.substack.com/p/lesson-11-the-wheel-of-fortunehttps://tsmmtarot.substack.com/p/lesson-11-the-wheel-of-fortuneSun, 13 Apr 2025 09:01:50 GMT

The Cosmic Wheel

After his reflection, the Hermit has returned from his meditations to recognise that he, like everyone and everything else in the Cosmos, is part of an ever-spinning wheel. On that wh…

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]]><![CDATA[Lesson 10 : The Hermit]]>https://tsmmtarot.substack.com/p/lesson-10-the-hermithttps://tsmmtarot.substack.com/p/lesson-10-the-hermitTue, 11 Mar 2025 10:01:53 GMT
a hermit walking with a lamp

His beacon intimates that ‘where I am, you also may be’.”

A.E.Waite
The Original Rider Waite Pictorial Key to The Tarot

The Hermit

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]]><![CDATA[Lesson 09 : Strength and Adjustment]]>https://tsmmtarot.substack.com/p/lesson-09-strength-and-adjustmenthttps://tsmmtarot.substack.com/p/lesson-09-strength-and-adjustmentThu, 13 Feb 2025 16:11:03 GMT
an individual showing the skills of strength, balance and adjustment

Card 8 in the Tarot

We reach an interesting point on our journey through the Tarot. It is a point where Crowley and Waite differ in …

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]]><![CDATA[Lesson 08 : The Chariot]]>https://tsmmtarot.substack.com/p/lesson-08-the-chariothttps://tsmmtarot.substack.com/p/lesson-08-the-chariotTue, 14 Jan 2025 12:35:43 GMT
Chariot and Charioteer

The Chariot.

The word itself conjures up “movement” and “travel”. This card follows “The Lovers’, which, as we have discovered, suggests “commitment”, so it seems apt that this c…

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]]><![CDATA[Lesson 07 : The Lovers]]>https://tsmmtarot.substack.com/p/lesson-07-the-lovershttps://tsmmtarot.substack.com/p/lesson-07-the-loversMon, 09 Dec 2024 11:01:26 GMT
The Lovers

The Lovers

This can be one of the most misunderstood cards in the Tarot, perhaps second only to the Death card.

We’ve probably all seen that sequence in the Bond movie Live and Let Die in w…

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]]><![CDATA[Lesson 06 : The Hierophant]]>https://tsmmtarot.substack.com/p/lesson-06-the-hierophanthttps://tsmmtarot.substack.com/p/lesson-06-the-hierophantTue, 12 Nov 2024 10:01:14 GMT
The Hierophant

The Hierophant

The Empress and Emperor have nurtured and “managed” what has been created. They are the first purely physical characters in the Tarot. The Hierophant is the third.

A Hierop…

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