Difference Between Cards and Stars

I am often asked what the difference between a Tarot (Cards) session and an Astrological (Stars) session is, the answer to that is…. 

well it all depends on what question/s you are asking.

Tarot and Astrology are both ways of divining what is happening, both in the space outside of you and the large space inside you. Tarot is the study of chaos while Astrology is the study of order.

Allow me to explain a little of what I mean by that. First when the cards go down there is no way you can tell what ones are going to appear, in what order they will appear or what way up they will be.

Astrology on the other hand is an orderly discipline. We know exactly where all the planets were and the conversations they were having with each other for thousands of years, both forwards and back from the time you are reading this …. Cool!

Ok …. When you look at your birth chart what you are seeing is all the potential you are born with, what you have brought with you, the helpful and the not so helpful. All nice and orderly.

Naturally or perhaps unfortunately it does not stay orderly for long. And that’s where other techniques are called for to answer the question what’s going on and how can I make sense of it all? And, perhaps more importantly how can this be beneficial for me?

 Astrologically speaking there are many ways which I won’t bore you with to answer these questions but the what’s going on appears to have many different layers to it. And that my friends is where Tarot comes in.

Tarot points the way to where chaos and order meet. Somehow or other, and please don’t ask me how, Tarot has this magical ability to take the multi-layered cake of life you have baked for yourself and brings an orderly focus to what the planets are indicating. 

So why choose one or the other? I use astrological techniques every time I read Tarot and when I read a birth chart, I use Tarot techniques.

The difference starts with timing, for astrology to have real impact and to tell a magical story you need to know your birth time as well as the date and place of your birth. 

With Tarot all that is needed is your birthday and the magic of life unfolds.