Tarot & Christian Mysticism
Prayer, Scripture and the lives of the saints offer rich material for contemplation. Tarot imagery can provide another focus for that attention, helping us reflect on virtues, recognise patterns and consider our response to life.
My practice centres on seeking Divine Wisdom for the Highest Good. What matters is how reflection bears fruit: greater love, clearer discernment and a willingness to act responsibly.
This page brings together selected resources for prayerful Tarot practice and spiritual study. Begin with one article or book and give it time.
Begin with Prayerful Tarot Practice
The Angelorum Tarot Philosophy
The principles behind my work, including discernment, personal responsibility and the freedom to make your own choices.
Reading Tarot as a Christian Mystic
A reflection on bringing Tarot into a life centred on Christ, with prayer, discernment and personal responsibility guiding the practice.
Summum Bonum Tarot: Reading for the Highest Good
An introduction to reading in conscious cooperation with Divine Wisdom. The emphasis falls on the quality of our attention and how we respond to what we understand.
22 Tarot-Inspired Ways to Grow in Grace
Brief reflections and simple practices inspired by the Major Arcana. Themes include gratitude, courage, mercy and faithfulness amid uncertainty.
You do not need to draw a card every time you pray. You might spend several days with one image, letting its questions accompany your reading, journal and everyday life.
Saints, Devotion & Faithful Response
The lives of the saints bring spiritual questions into human experience. How do we love when life is difficult? What does courage require? How can ordinary acts become expressions of devotion?
Mary Magdalene Beyond the Rose Priestess Myth
A reflection on moving beyond spiritual identity towards devotion, faithful presence and loving service. Includes a seven-card Path of the Myrrhophore spread.
St Thérèse of Lisieux: The Little Way, Roses & Tarot Spread
An introduction to the Little Way, with a spread for contemplating trust, humility and the small acts through which love becomes visible.
St Hildegard of Bingen: Viriditas, Visions and a Tarot Spread
Meet Hildegard’s vision of creation alive with God’s sustaining care. Includes a seven-card Viriditas spread for reflecting on depletion, nourishment, renewal and what is ready to grow.
Michaelmas: St Michael, the Archangels & Tarot Spread
A guide to Michaelmas, the biblical archangels and holy courage. Includes the traditional prayer to St Michael and a six-card spread for truthful reflection and faithful response.
A Small Reading Shelf
These books serve different purposes. Scripture, Christian Hermeticism and esoteric Tarot study each deserve attention on their own terms.
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The Bible
The Bible
Begin with an edition you find readable. The Psalms and Gospels offer fruitful places for prayerful study. Read a short passage slowly, notice what asks for your attention and consider how you might live it.
You can also read the Bible online.
Contemplative Tarot: A Christian Guide to the Cards
A guide to reflecting on Tarot imagery through a Christian lens. Read my review for a closer look at the book and its approach to the cards.
Meditations on the Tarot
Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism
A demanding companion for sustained contemplation of the Major Arcana. I return to it for its reflections on attention, prayer and spiritual life. Take it slowly and leave room to question as well as learn.
The Tree of Life of Mary Magdalene
The Tree of Life of Mary Magdalene: Sephardic Kabbalah in the Tarot of Marseille, by Michel Pérez Rizzi
A resource for studying the Tarot de Marseille through the author’s particular system of Hebrew letters and Tree of Life correspondences. This is a specific esoteric framework, best studied alongside close attention to the cards themselves.
Scripture, Tarot & Living Encounter
Sometimes a verse refuses to leave you alone. You carry it through the day, return to it in prayer and sense that there is more waiting within it.
Bring that passage to the cards. Ask God to guide your attention, shuffle and draw a card. Allow its imagery to meet the words before trying to explain the connection.
What catches your attention might be a gesture, a colour or a figure looking away. An unexpected card may stir a memory, expose a resistance or open a question you hadn’t thought to ask. Follow the thread that draws you deeper into prayer.
You might find yourself speaking honestly to Christ, becoming aware of a longing beneath your question or resting in a silence that feels full of presence. Let the encounter unfold at its own pace.
Write down what moved you. Return to the passage and card later. Their conversation may deepen as your circumstances change, revealing something that was there all along but that you were only now ready to receive.
For card meanings, journalling and selected spreads, visit Tarot Resources: Card Meanings, Spreads & Study.
For Guardian Angel devotion, the angelic choirs and other guides, visit Angels: Prayer, Companionship & Spiritual Study.
