Echoes of Old Gardens

Tarot and Cartomancy

Nine Versions of the Three-Card Spread

The Art of Application in Tarot When we first learn tarot, one of the simplest and most used layouts is the three-card spread. It’s elegant in its simplicity, versatile, and often surprisingly revealing. Yet many readers struggle to draw meaning from these three small cards - not because they lack intuition, but because they haven’t yet learned the true art of application. The application of tarot - how we define and direct the spread - is one of the most important aspects of

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Understand the Minor Arcana through keywords

This easy exercise will help you build a personal bond with the tarot suits, numbers, and images.

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Friendship or Relationship? A Tarot Spread for Situationship Clarity

At the crossroads of friendship and romance, wondering where the connection might be headed. Tarot spread for love ans situationship.

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Queen cards: Which Queen calls to you?

Each queen in the tarot embodies a powerful archetype: Find yours!

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Thirty Years of Cards: Trust, Time and Practice

I was born into a family of card players. Before I encountered tarot, I had already formed a relationship with the suits, the court cards and the rhythm of the pips.

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A Tarot spread for Christmas

I invite you to a profound Christmas Tarot Spread inspired by A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.

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Tarot mediumship spread

This Tarot Mediumship Spread gives spirit a chance to communicate, and in addition, it gives the sitter a possibility to reflect and get clarity in their own grieving process.

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Edging you tarot deck - how and why

Many tarot decks come with white edges. Make your copy more beautiful - and longer lasting - with color edging that you easily can do yourself. For many years I did not feel the need for edging decks. That was until I startet using decks without a white border! Look at this (amazing!) deck. For dark or colorful cards like these, it takes only a few shuffles before you start to see the results on the edges. Thereof the need for edging. This is a sample before edging. This is

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Meditation - The highway to tarot proficiency

"To make the Tarot speak is our objective, but the arcana only speaks to this who have learned to understand them" (Oswald Wirth)

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Rider Tarot (RW/RWS) - The original Tarot?

The Rider-Waite_Smith deck is neither an old tarot deck, nor is it the original. I invite you to a short write-up of the origins of the Raider-Waite deck.

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The Knights of the Tarot

The trick for understanding the court cards is to personalize them. They are people you know and love (or not).

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Cartomancy vs Tarot

You would probably already know this, but the relationship between the Tarot and the playing cards is not that distant. Both systems share common roots, yet they have evolved differently, offering somewhat different approaches to divination. Just take look at the Queen of Spades and the Queen of Hearts. Pick them up and compare. Cartomancy is a thing!

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Readings

Echoes of Old Gardens is first and foremost a space for study, reflection and lived practice within historically rooted esoteric traditions.

From time to time, I offer private tarot and intuitive conversations. These are not open bookings, but take place when there is a clear sense of readiness and purpose.

If you feel a connection to my work and wish to explore the possibility of a private session, you are welcome to reach out to me by e-mail.

I read all inquiries carefully. If and when there is space for a session to unfold in a grounded and meaningful way, I will respond with more details.

This approach allows the work to remain intentional and in alignment with my practice. Do reach out if you feel called.

With love,
Janne