Today, on Monday 8th April 2024, in some parts of Mexico, the United States and Canada, you will be treated to a Total Solar Eclipse.

This exciting and unusual event, sadly, wont be visible to us here in the UK, but does it matter? Can we still ‘feel’ the effects of such an auspicious occasion and, how could this relate to Spiritual Divination processes and Tarot card reading in particular?

The short answer is yes I believe it is still relevant and does matter to a lot of us.

Our Ancestors all over the globe believed that the Sun was representative of a Sun God or Goddess. Examples such as in Ancient Egypt where the Sun God Ra was worshiped, revered and temples built in his honour and the Mayan Sun God Kinich Ahau in Mexico, are just two of so many belief systems that incorporated the importance of our Sun. Monuments were built to show astrological alignments in these civilisations and Stonehenge too to some extent, we believe.

For our Ancestors therefore, for the sudden appearance of the Moon blocking out the Sun, even temporarily, came as a huge shock and they feared that they had somehow angered the Gods / Goddess and sought to understand better and ‘appease’ them. But let’s also take into consideration what an awe inspiring thing this actually was as well.

In many cultures this would have been seen as an act of God too. In The Bible it says, “The heavens declare the glory of God and the sky above proclaims His handiwork” (Psalm 19:1 ESV). In their eyes then, Solar eclipses confirm the existence and work of God who, as is told ‘…works in mysterious ways’!

Aside from the myth and religious connotations of this event, we too can view this as a spiritually enlightening experience, dependent upon our own spiritual views and opinions. I personally view this as a spiritually in tune and auspicious occasion, one in which we seem in tune with the Universe, the Cosmos.

As such, I believe it’s a great opportunity for insights of the divinatory aspects, Tarot included of course.

I’m here if you need me !