The artwork is definitely beautiful, but the real power comes from the framework that the book gives you to examine your life without judgement. Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Steele Alexandra Douris, author of the new Spirits, Seers & Séances. Grow – you are in a constant, cyclic state of growth and change. Growth and evolution are both inevitable and unavoidable, yet so many fear them, despite the fact that life itself is both a transformative and transmutative process. The tarot will help you to recognize and respond when a time of growth and change approaches, and to face it with increased confidence. You are here to live and experience life; to fear less and meet your fullest potential. The guidebook also describes several tarot spreads. There is a one-card guide spread and a three-card union spread. More detailed spreads include the Dreamers spread which explores the subconscious and the Dreaming Tree spread that extends into the past and the future. The Dreams of Gaia Tarot is for those who desire unity within themselves, their relationships, and with heaven and earth. It is for those who wish to explore, and develop a keener understanding of “self,” as well as those who seek to commune with the spirit realms and the Divine.

The minor arcana represents the temporary things that you may be experiencing in your life at any given time. By offering structure in the form of a major and minor arcana like that of past tarots, but combining them with bold new archetypes, symbology, and meanings more suited to the present, the Dreams of Gaia Tarot allows for a more personal, intimate, and effective system for using cards as a roadmap to navigate your life path. Embark on this extraordinary journey of undoing, of being, and becoming, and be inspired by the knowledge that all that manifests in your future is born of choices you make today. The images feature both an idealised Pagan world, the worlds of myth and legend, the Faerie realm of mystical beings, and of course Ravynne’s famous and extraordinarily powerful dragons.An ENORMOUS thank you to our LlewellynCon presenters today: Sterling Moon, Carmen Turner-Schott, Lindsay Fauntleroy, and Elhoim Leafar! I think this section can be used as you see fit. There is some really good stuff to be found under this heading that might be missed if you ignore this section because you don’t read reversals. As you may have guessed, I don’t read with them. If you do I respect that and I would encourage everyone to read however works for you. That should be a given. The Dreams of Gaia Tarot has been created to help the Seeker connect with their higher self as well as locate and begin the process of integration and healing past experiences which may be preventing one from achieving their fullest potential. It is guided by four principles – To Seek, To Feel, To Grow, To Heal.

By offering structure in the form of a major and minor arcana like that of past tarots, but combining them with bold new archetypes, symbology, and meanings more suited to the present, the Dreams of Gaia Tarot allows for a more personal, intimate, and effective system for using cards as a roadmap to navigate your life path. The major arcana is divided into four sub-sections: The choice card, eight cards representing the stages of life, eight cards representing the reasons for being(what we are here to achieve and why we are here), and eight cards representing influence(things that affect and impact the way that we make choices.) The Minor Arcana The strength of traditional tarot symbols combine with diverse bodies, up-to-the-minute fashion, and the strength and power of twenty-first-century witchcraft, where we make our own magic. Feel– delve into the watery realms of emotion, and begin to understand why you feel and react as you do. The tarot will help you shine a light on your emotions. It will allow you to explore their depths, and embrace the beautiful and powerful awareness that your responses and reactions are a natural part of who you are, but also within your power to control and change.Heal– there are experiences in your past that can do harm in your present because you have bound them to you by holding on to the emotions and beliefs they have fostered. These bonds are the foundation of all that limits and restricts you in the present, and prevents you from moving forward with confidence and trust. Awareness will help you heal and let go. The Knights of each suit have been replaced with archetypal figures mean to correspond to the suits’ energies. They are the Seneschal (Earth), Scribe (Air), Hero (Fire), and Counsellor (Water). I’ll admit, I had to look up the word “ seneschal” (it’s a medieval administrative post). If you are a supporter of the arts, and of Ravynne's art, know that a few dollars a month - less than what you would spend on a cup of coffee - can go a long, long way to bringing more beauty and magic into the world.