Alison's Alembic

Knight of Pentacles (trimmed): © Sharman-Burke/Caselii Tarot Let’s have a break from the Minor Arcana, and look at Virgo in the cou...

Following on from the Eight of Pentacles, we have the Nine, linked to Venus in Virgo, and to the middle ten days of the sun’s journey throu...

Now let’s look at Virgo in the Minor Arcana.  Virgo is linked to three ‘pip’ cards in the earthy suit of Pentacles.  Because Virgo is a mut...

The Hermit IX (trimmed): © Thoth Tarot Let’s start our exploration of Virgo in the tarot with the Major Arcana.  In the system I fo...

Warm, sunny Leo has moved on, bringing us into the time of harvest in the northern hemisphere, overseen by Virgo (astrologically, the sun m...

Now that we’ve moved into Virgo, let’s take a break from the suit of Cups and look at the equivalent of The Hermit (associated with Vir...