Nothing sucks more than wanting to write but you're empty of ideas. Especially when you know your imagination works but it's just blocked up with writers flu. Here's a guide to unstick yourself by using Tarot cards to build a story. This could aid you in new ideas or just be a fun writing exercise to work those creative muscles. You don't have to believe in magic to use them but you do need to own a deck to follow the tasks in this book. This book uses established writers' story structure tips and adds the fun of tarot cards. The last chapter has a quick how-to on personal readings. Updated 01/05/2020 Added a few things since I've developed more with my cards and study.

A list of Tarot Cards, their meanings and an interpretation of them in multiple different spreads. Disclaimer: These are not my interpretations. I have compiled all of these descriptions online and through multiple websites. I will list sources. Sources: www.biddytarot.com www.trustedtarot.com

Tarot cards are a tool used to help you tap into your own intuition and the wisdom of the universal energy that guides your life. "What Are Tarot Spreads? ~ A spread is the arrangement of cards used in a reading. Each position in a spread is associated with a different aspect of the question posed." Please note: The spreads that I post are not mine unless stated otherwise.

Like most beginnings, the Lies the Cards Tell project deserves a little backstory. I had a little spark of an idea. I wanted to base a short story on each tarot card. It's been done and I never could quite get a unique enough twist to make it worthwhile. Thus, that little ember smouldered in the back of my head for a while. The fire ignited when a writing tip for using tarot card readings to break out of writer's block wedged itself in my brain and I needed a novel idea for NaNoWriMo 2014. Why not write a novel starting each day with a full tarot reading? Brilliant. Then life came along and had its way with that idea. Lies the Cards Tell was more than a novel so continuing it without the community aspect of NaNoWriMo felt incomplete so I passed it over for other ideas and moved on. But like any good tarot reading it lingers and nags until you accept the lesson it holds. Being a sci-fi and futurology nerd, I have a bit of a love affair with open source concepts and I believe even though we have to find a way to make a living on this earth, information wants to be free, evolve and grow. Lies the Cards Tell proved the perfect candidate to take directly to the reader in a weekly format. It allows me to open up the often rigid publication process and let you, the reader, have some fun. Every week I grab a deck out of my beloved tarot collection and do a reading. Thanks for reading, and I hope you enjoy Lies the Cards Tell as much as I enjoy working on it. If you want to follow along with the bonus features and author's note check out https://liesthecardstell.wordpress.com/ for weekly updates.