Tarot Reader

13/01/2024

Having moved back to Nantwich over recent weeks, I am now in the position to be able to offer my professional Tarot services locally, face to face, once again.

If you are interested in Tarot, and would like to know more, or if you are familiar with it and are interested in a professional reading from a fully insured, very experienced Tarot reader who is professionally endorsed as a skilled reader by the Tarot Association of the British Isles, call, text or email to make contact and find out more.

Looking forward to working with and for our local community in South Cheshire and the wider area.

Talk to you soon

04/12/2023

Things have changed big time recently for Mick, Trish and our Tarot reader business. While we can continue to support our loyal customers, friends and colleagues in Northumberland, we have now moved! To Cheshire!

There are a variety of reasons for our move, but ultimately it is about our love for our kids who were a long long way away from us 'up north'. But in terms of Tarot, nothing changes. We are here to provide you with email, FaceTime, Zoom and phone readings throughout the world, including on the Northumberland Coast. And we look forward to continuing to support, help and assist you from our new location in the lovely town of Nantwich.

Hope to see you soon.

13/02/2023

Though I am a great enthusiast for the use of Tarot, they are only one of the tools that I use to help and support people, assisted by my spirit guides and friends.

A long time ago I discovered the effectiveness of Runes. An ancient alphabet, which may still be found on ancient monuments and buildings, runes have a particular significance for me, as when I make my own, I collect the stones that I use from within sight of the ancient Viking target of Lindisfarne, on the lovely Northumberland coast.

Runes are linked to the Vikings as much of the runic alphabet has Viking connections. And they are primitive. When reading Tarot there is a real sense of ‘the modern’ about them, albeit centuries old modern. But runes have a much more primitive, much more ‘basic’ nature to them. A rune reading is far more simple, and often far more about addressing issues which are fundamental, basic, and about core parts of being human.

Sadly, it is my view that if you want to have a runes reading, it is important that you are the person to ‘cast’ them, to put your energy into the selection and throwing of the runes. And that means that our modern approach to reading, which is so often distant, is not something that works for these amazing stones. But when we are face to face, a rune cast can be an amazing and truly interesting experience to have. And can help answer some pretty important issues in your (and our) life. Seahouses isn’t that far away for a lot of people you know….

31/01/2023

Working as a professional Tarot reader has its complications sometimes. I work with an organisation that is really positive and supportive on a day to day basis. But some of the people who come for readings have little understanding of the amazing qualities of Tarot, and ask for that which is impossible.

I get that Tarot as a tool for fortune telling is seen by some to be possible. I simply don’t believe that it is though. I do accept it as an oracle - it talks of the direction of travel in which we are heading. But we are powerful human beings. With the exception of the big things - birth, death, and such - we can influence what happens.

If I read for someone and it is positive, they still have to take the steps to make things happen. If the reading is challenging, they may be able to change the outcome by their actions. But some people just want ‘to know their future’. I have only one answer to that person and that request. ’Your future is in your hands, not that of Tarot’.

(And please find another reader who does believe that, ’cos I don’t!)

But please, if you want advice, help, support and assistance to change YOUR life and direction, I am here to read for you.

12/10/2022

Even after more than twenty years of reading Tarot, its ability to get to the root of a problem never ceases to amaze me. I recently undertook a free reading for a client of an amazing organisation that I work with (TABI if you are interested in finding out more) and today got feedback.

It was not only accurate in what the cards said, it was incredibly helpful to the person who received the reading.

I am human. I get stuff wrong. But when Tarot helps you to get it right it is so rewarding. Give it a try - you too might find it useful and helpful.

06/11/2021

Today I undertook a reading which was very unusual. A normal question to be explored. Just about a relationship. But when the cards were drawn - five cards and all of them Majors. In twenty five plus years of Tarot that has happened on a couple of occasions. A profoundly significant reading for the person seeking it. And real hope for the issue she wanted to explore.

22/03/2021

It is unusual for a reading to take such a dark path as the one I undertook earlier this morning. What began as a simple short question about moving house, became something which was abou warnings of deceit and betrayal.

There were only three cards in this short reading. But two of them were disconcerting to say the least.

Card one, The Seven of Swords, spoke of the person for whom I was reading being let down, and more, being deceived and betrayed by someone involved in the situation. It seemed clear that whatever was being offered and whatever the expectations of my querent, she needed to look again, more closely this time.

Card two, in itself, was fairly benign. The Four of Wands is often seen as a card of celebration, of being able to move on and move forward in a new life, which is essentially very positive. I believe that was the sense of the querent (the person seeking the reading) at the point that they joined me this morning.

Card three was a Court card. In my Tarot these are almost inevitably a card talking of someone involved in the question. The King of Swords was not the querent though. It was someone involved in and influencing this person in their choice about moving. A King of Swords is not a bad person. But there are characteristics which make them forceful, sometimes selfish, and often determined to have the outcome they seek. A person with influence on the querent I suspect, and someone who’s motives are not benign or neutral.

I wished my querent well in the move, but advised strongly that she examine the situation carefully and with her eyes wide open.

A powerful example of Tarot ‘taking no prisoners’ I suspect, and of the importance of wanting the answer to a question, before one asks it.

Distant Tarot readings continue to be available. Contact me on Mick@tarot-reader.org.uk for more information or to book your reading.

14/02/2021

I read Tarot professionally and at a distance. Often, in my experience, Tarot is empowering. It speaks of choices that we need to make. Just sometimes though, it gets bossy. Today was one of those occasions.

I was asked ‘can you tell me what my boyfriend is thinking’ which I declined in favour of asking about her and her boyfriend? I don’t read about other people, but sometimes, asking about a relationship answers that question. I believe it did today.

It was a short reading, so I just drew four cards (I don’t often use a spread) and began the reading.

There was a single Court card (which in my Tarot virtually always speaks of someone in the question) and three pips. The pips are often relatively unimportant. Not today.

The court card, for my querent (the person asking the question) was the Queen of Cups. A lovely gentle card speaking of someone full of love and full of hope for the relationship. But a card also speaking of her as being a bit open to letting her hope and wishes drive her expectations. Lovely, but a bit open to being vulnerable and being hurt.

And then:

Three Fives. There is no such thing as a bad card in Tarot in my view. We can normally change things. But IF there were bad cards, the Fives would be contenders. Three fives in a four card reading is unprecedented in my Tarot reading career.

The Five of Swords: A card of anger and hurt and conflict and turmoil.
The Five of Cups: A card of despair, of upset, of emotional challenge.
The Five of Pentacles: A card of being excluded from the relationship, of feeling cut off and isolated.

My Tarot person was not unduly uncomfortable when I shared with her my honest reaction which was pretty pessimistic about where this was going. It is sad when someone is led to believe that something is more than it is. Sad too, when we allow ourselves to believe our heart, rather than our head or our eyes. That though I suspect, is what makes us human.

Tarot doesnt fortune tell in my view. Maybe this can change? I have to say that I wasn’t being too hopeful. Bossy Tarot seems not to have given much wriggle room to the reader, or to the querent in this one!

07/02/2021

Five cards were drawn for the reading I undertook earlier on today. For someone who was newly married and wanted to explore that a bit more. It didnt take long for me to be concerned about the person asking for advice. Let me explain why.

The first card spoke to me about her before she got married, and outside of her marriage. The Queen of Wands is a powerful thoughtful and focused person, and the energy of this person, their ability to drive themselves and those they care for, was undoubted.

More troubling though, especially for a newly wed, was the second card. I dont believe any Tarot card is 'bad' but the Three of Swords is certainly one which speaks of huge discomfort on her part. But that, for a newly-wed is really unusual and not a good sign.

Card three is the single Major, the key card in the spread. I warned her that it was nothing to fear, but Death is always a bit disconcerting to the new querent. What it spoke of here though, was mourning, was time she spent trying to work out what was wrong and what she had done. I guided her that often, Death in Tarot is there to remind people that the future is in front of them, not behind.

Card four, the Knight of Swords, was about her husband. A man, yes. I body anyway. In mind, in spirit, in behaviour, this is an overgrown adolescent, someone interested in fun, enjoyment, and about as ready to be married as a pet dog. And his behaviour and interactions are clearly part of the cause for the sadness and pain of the querent.

Finally, the Page of Cups was drawn. Not the powerful Queen this time, this is a card which speaks of her emotionally devastated, hurt and wounded. Trying so hard to work out what it is that she has done, and at a loss as to what to do to about the situation.

I finished the reading with a reflection of love and what I understand it to be. An invitation to her to think of who she is, the powerful autonomous Queen, or the vulnerable child-like Page? And sought her understanding of what is acceptable and not, in a relationship as powerful and wonderful, as a marriage.

She expressed amazement that, having said nothing, I, and Tarot, were able to get it so right. I simply reflected back, that is what it does. Sometimes, it can be painful to hear its reality. But sometimes too, it can have positive outcomes.

Time, I believe, will tell in this case.

07/02/2021

28/11/2020

Tarot is normally amazingly clear in the messages that it brings.

This morning though, despite more than twenty years of reading the cards, I was perplexed.

My querent wanted to know about her relationship with her husband, and what was going on.

Five cards were drawn.

The first two were Court cards, speaking of her and her other half. She was pretty thoughtful and reflective. He, rather less mature and settled. But...

Cards three and four were the most amazing cards for a relationship that up to this point, the Ten of Cups and Ten of Pentacles. A set of cards speaking of this relationship which was special. Very special.

And then...

Card five. There are no ‘bad’ cards in Tarot. But were there a bad card, the Three of Swords would be a good candidate for the category. And the pain, the hurt, the upset, the (literal) heartbreak of this card is overwhelmingly powerful.

Something has caused pain. Overwhelming pain. And the querent is just unable to work out what to do. The focus of the rest of the reading was on this card, on the hurt, on the need for healing. And on the need for the person to make choices and decisions about what to do. The lovely relationship was the starting point.

So, why perplexed? Because for me, this reading wasn’t a ‘sentence’. It was a series of words which I struggled to make sense of. Untrue. It was totally sense up to card five. All I can offer in terms of meaning is that sometimes, pain simply fills our existence. And something which is nice and suddenly goes awry, makes that pain more challenging. My focus was on the person I was speaking to. On the pain. On the need for healing. Ultimately, (though there was no card to support this) on the need for choices to be made. But what was not a choice was that the pain needed to be addressed. Healing needed to happen.

A hard reading indeed.