TABI's Tarot World

TABI's Tarot World is the official podcast of the Tarot Association of British and International members. Please join your hosts Victoria and Gwen for a monthly exploration of the vast, magical world of Tarot.

TABI's Tarot World is a leisure podcast hosted by TABI Tarot, with 28 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

TABI Tarot hosts TABI's Tarot World, a leisure show with 28 episodes published.

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  Episode #28

  Appalachian Folk Magic with Byron Ballard

  Aug 16, 20261h 3mS1

  Tarot and Magic go hand in hand. What else are we doing, when we work with the cards to look beyond what we see with our eyes? In Appalachian Folk Magic especially, the bridge to the Beyond is deeply rooted in the physicality of our bodies and the earth, and in Episode 28 of TABI's Tarot World, your hosts Victoria and Gwen talk to Appalachian witch, folklorist, author, and artist Byron Ballard about the intersection of the worlds we experience. Also like the Tarot, Appalachian Folk Magic is an amalgamation of many cultural traditions. Byron takes us from the lowlands of Scotland to the highlands of North Carolina via Child ballads - music being the source of so much magic - where it weaves the traditions of the Cherokee nation and hoodoo into a spirituality that works alongside a solid framework of Protestantism. We talks songs and spells, eggs and butter, waulking and keening, and our society's approach to death ... it's all about healing and making whole. A reader of playing cards since childhood, Byron discusses her approach to reading Tarot and which deck she favours, and then we move on to her own Oracle deck, The Revelator. An entirely hand-drawn deck with quilt squares as the background, The Revelator might be beautiful and evocative in its depiction of Appalachian culture, but don't be fooled -- the deck pulls no punches in its messaging. The first half of the deck is out now (keep an eye on TABI's blog for a review coming soon) and the second half is due out at the end of 2026/start of 2027. Make yourself a cup of tea, set your intention, and listen. There's magic in the making. Find Byron Ballard on her website http://www.myvillagewitch.com, where you can read about her workshops, classes, readings, and her eight books on Appalachian Folk Magic and Goddess worship; she is a co-founder and currently serves as Senior Priestess at the Mother Grove Goddess Temple in Ashevillehttps://mothergrove.org/ Want to find out more about TABI? Visit our website at www.tabi.org.uk Membership is international and only £20 per year. If you'd like to get in touch with Victoria and Gwen, you can email us: podcast@tabi.org

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  Episode #27

  Court Cards with Alison Cross

  Jul 13, 20261 hourS1

  Court cards are just that little bit extra. The Pages, Knights, Queens, and Kings lead a double life — simultaneously like and utterly different from the Majors, and looking askance, or is it with covetous eyes at the Minors? It's no wonder they give a lot of tarot readers pause. But fear not. Our guest for episode 27 of TABI's Tarot World, author, Tarot reader, and tutor Alison Cross talks to your hosts Victoria and Gwen about how we can make friends with these courtly fellows. First up, we look at why it is that court cards can be so alarming when they turn up in a Tarot reading. Alison gives us clues to how we can respond when they do, which leads us to a discussion of readings more generally, and the expectations of clients vs reader. We get into a hot button topic for TABI — the third-party readings. How does TABI's policy work in the context of court cards, which by nature relate to people? How can we navigate safely between removing the humanity of the cards on one side and spying on people who have no idea they're the subject of a reading on the other? Alison keeps us right. She gives us some starter tips on her innovative 4H approach — how to break down a court card into sections and associate those sections with elements. In fact, Elements are key: they allow us to step behind the surface layer of 'gender' to see the core of the card. We wrap up with a look at Alison's favourite decks for court cards, and a peek at what she's got coming up. This is an episode not to miss — it's no exaggeration to say that Alison's approach will completely revolutionise your readings. You can find Alison's Court Card blog, Tarot Thrones, here: https://www.tarot-thrones.com/ Send her your questions and it might be the topic of her next post! Explore her books: Tarot Kaizen https://www.tarotkaizen.com/ A Year in the Wildwood https://www.thewildwoodtarotyear.co.uk/ and Tarot Court Card DNA https://tabi.org.uk/2023/12/book-review-tarot-court-card-dna/ You can also find Alison on Wordle as Alison Cross, and on Facebook she hosts the Wildwood Tarot Studies Group. Want to find out more about TABI? Visit our website at www.tabi.org.uk Membership is international and only £20 per year. If you'd like to get in touch with Victoria and Gwen, you can email us: podcast@tabi.org

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  Episode #26

  Tarot Intuition and Healing with Liz Dean

  Jul 12, 20261h 7mS1

  In episode 26 of TABI's Tarot World, your hosts Victoria and Gwen talk to accomplished author, tarot reader, and deck creator Liz Dean about the intuition that leads to healing in a Tarot reading. How does it work? Especially when we're first starting out as Tarot readers and we're grappling with that most stubborn of obstacles, our own self-doubt. So let's start there: how do we overcome imposter syndrome and learn to trust our instincts? Liz gives us some advice about how to get started, and she also tells us about her own practice -- how she incorporates Reiki into her readings for others, and also introduces switchwords, one-word affirmations that help us align with and trust the Universe and life itself. Life including the world around us, whose intimate connection to Tarot Liz highlights in her beautiful new deck, The Heart's Path Tarot. How better to follow our heart's path, our innate understanding, than to get out of our head and into the trees? We look at a few cards in The Heart's Path and Liz very kindly gives us two mini-readings -- and, having been the recipient of one of them, I can tell you that if there's anyone truly in tune with the energies of the world around her, it's Liz. She shares so many wonderful, personal stories about her path and experiences in life -- this really is an episode not to be missed. We know you'll come away as inspired as we were. Liz's website is https://lizdean.info/ where you can contact her to find out about her in-person 'Divination in Nature' workshop on the Isle of Arran in October; you can find details and book your place on her four Heart's Path workshops this autumn on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-hearts-path-tarot-workshops-with-liz-dean-tickets-1587232929419 Liz will be speaking at the UK Tarot Conference in October http://tarotconference.co.uk/booking/ and You can find Liz on Instagram as @lizdeantarot and Facebook as Liz Dean. Want to find out more about TABI? Visit our website at www.tabi.org.uk Membership is international and only £20 per year. If you'd like to get in touch with Victoria and Gwen, you can email us: podcast@tabi.org

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  Episode #25

  Empowering the Divine Feminine with Lucia Dami

  Jun 9, 202654 minS1

  <p>In the west, we grow up with an abundance of myths, legends, poems, and novels about male characters — stories that express the experience of, and provide a path for becoming a man. But what about becoming a woman? Where are the adventures, the footprints to follow through a feminine life — where are our guides? Your hosts Victoria and Gwen have found one. In episode 25 of TABI's Tarot World, we talk to artist, deck creator, tarot reader, and mystic Lucia Dami about the quest to recover what has been historically pushed aside but was never lost: the Divine Feminine. We expl...

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  Episode #24

  The Colour Scales with Heather Jones

  May 6, 20261h 7mS1

  <p>What are the Colour Scales that are used to illustrate Tarot decks? In fact, what are colours? If you look behind the palette chosen by the creator of a tarot deck, is there something there — something more remarkable even than beauty? Maybe a little ... Magick? In episode 24 of TABI's Tarot World, your hosts Victoria and Gwen talk to Heather Jones — professional artist and graphic designer, Qabalist, and founder of esoteric publisher Numinous Press — about how colour magnifies and amplifies the very heart of Tarot. Heather starts us off using the colour wheel to explain how and why The Order of the...

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