TABI's Tarot World

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 Golden Dawn established the Colour Scales in the first place. Then we dive even deeper, asking how colours are created — not just what glorious names for colours like 'Reddish Grey Inclined to Mauve' and 'Emerald Flecked Gold' really mean, but what happens in our eyes when certain colours meet out there in the world. We talk Golden Dawn ritual, mapping colours to the Tree of Life, and we look at some specific examples of how Lady Frieda Harris applied the Colour Scales to the Thoth Tarot. Wondering which is the best deck available today for learning about and working with Colour Scales? We got you. It's all in here. And there are of course suggestions for books and decks if you'd like to find out more. 

You can find Heather on Instagram, Facebook, Substack, and YouTube as @numinouspress. On her website, www.numinouspress.com, you'll find a wealth of materials for esoteric study, including the Great Workbook — Tarot journal, logbook, and activity book. 

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: [email protected]

In our first twenty-two episodes, TABI's Tarot World explored the imagery in each of the Major Arcana. It was an amazing journey through so much magickal meaning, and we thank all of our guests for joining us to establish a solid ground of wisdom and understanding. 

Now we're ready to apply the magick and bring it all to life. For Episode 23 of TABI's Tarot World, your hosts Victoria and Gwen talk to witch, Tarot and Lenormand reader, and astrologer Rebecca Birrell about Tarot for Magick. Rebecca is a practitioner of both High and Low Magick, and we see her vast expertise at play as she explains how to take our inspirations through the Tarot to manifestation. We talk ritual and consecration; using Elements to manifest reality; and how connecting to symbols bypasses the rational mind. Behind it all is the unseen Above and Below, and Rebecca helps us get in the flow — she discusses candle magick; how to create house altars and witch boxes; how (and why) to keep Tarot present in our daily life; and she also explains how (and why) to bring pathworking on the Tree of Life into your magickal practice. And what about the deck itself? Should we have one reserved for magick? How do we maintain the spiritual hygiene to keep our magick clean? Rebecca keeps us right, and we round off with a real-world, step-by-step example of a question we take to the Tarot for advice and actionable steps, then to the magick to help us move forward. 

You can find Rebecca on her website www.myinnerwitch.com and as @myinnerwitch on Instagram, Facebook, and Tiktok. Her latest publication is the book and card set The Original Petit Eteilla: A Step-by-step Guide to Reading the Tarot of Eteilla, co-authored with Caitlín Matthews. She also has a new free app currently available on Apple and coming to Android very soon — myinnerwitch — which offers courses on Tarot, Astrology, and more. 

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: [email protected]

In episode 22 of TABI's Tarot World, our  podcast's namesake, your hosts Victoria and Gwen talk to Jason Cosmos about the twenty-second Trump, The World or The Universe. Old god Saturn is front and centre as the planetary ruler of the card — in the Hebrew letter Tav associated with The World's path on the Tree of Life, and also as the boundary maker inextricably married to the birth and new beginnings of the Great Mother. We talk octopus dreams, otherworldly visions, and clear-eyed intuition, then get down to earth with practical readings: How can we interpret this vastly spiritual card in the context of a practical question? We look at the Tree of Life and what patterns emerge when we plot The World to its path (hint: it connects to Malkuth, Earth), and Jason leads us on a journey with the World dancer through other cards that reflect her role, highlighting their connections to The World itself. Reversals, scents, crystals, and music round us out, with a discussion of our beautiful, confusing, ever-changing (slightly mad) world. 

You can find Jason on Instagram as @jasonccosmos, on Facebook as @jasondcosmos, and on his website www.octopusofdreams.com 

Now that we've concluded our first series, Victoria and Gwen would like to thank all of our amazing guests for joining us for TABI's first podcast series. You made our dream come to life! We appreciate your time and have learned so much from your intuition, experience, and expertise. 

So what happens now that TABI's Tarot World has reached The World? Seneca said every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end, so tune in next month to find out what comes next! 

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: [email protected]

Welcome to the new world! We are getting there, at least ... and for episode 21 of TABI's Tarot World, Jan Tetteroo — Druid, Spiritual Coach, and Tarot reader — joins your hosts Victoria and Gwen to look at how it's happening. We start with the Zombie apocalypse and look at how we get from there to what comes after ... because Crowley wasn't about the ending, or even the levelling-up, but an immediate new beginning, and one we're responsible for. Jan places The Aeon in the context of the progression of the Thoth Tarot, and he explains how  Crowley's vision for the future of humanity all comes together in its imagery. We talk Thelema, the Book of the Law, Divine Will, and we look in detail at the powerful, beautiful illustration of the card, from the lapis lazuli sky goddess Nuit to double-aspected Horus and winged Hadit at the centre of it all. We discuss reversals and ill-dignified placements, how we can The Aeon in a practical reading, and then move on to herbs, plants, scents, and crystals associated with the card. If you've ever wondered what's going on with the Thoth Tarot, Jan has your answer, and it's all here in this podcast!

You can find Jan on Instagram as @jantetteroo, on Facebook as Jan Tetteroo, on YouTube as Luna and the Druid, and his website is www.jantetteroo.com. His Druidry website is Grove of Anu: https://groveofanu.com/jan-tetteroo-druid-of-the-grove/

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: [email protected]

After the cool darkness of The Moon,  The Sun shines bright and warm. We step out of the shadows and into the light ... which can be blinding. Not everyone likes the heat; we don't all wants a turn in the spotlight, and Jen Sankey, practising witch, author, deck creator, and crystal healer, joins Victoria and Gwen for episode 20 of TABI's Tarot World podcast to explore how The Sun's light can affect us each so differently. Jen explains how the way she represents The Sun in her decks reflects her understanding of the card, and we get a behind-the-scenes look at deck creation, including a discussion of AI in the tarot community and further afield. We discuss reversals and coming full circle, and how the Sun can be healing only if we know what needs to be healed, and if we're brave enough to face the change that's necessary. Crystals, flowers, herbs, and flower essences round us off. 
For this episode, we have compiled a Spotify Sun playlist! Listen here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3x4FE9pI2yuZdYCn0vT3MT?si=L5YEnxbIRu2QywTGZDhKcQ
You can find Jen on Instagram as @stardustwanderertarot, on Facebook as Jen Sankey, and her website is www.stardustwanderertarot.com Her next book, Manifesting By The Moon: A Guide to Lunar Magic, will be out in early 2026. 
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: [email protected]