From the beginning of time, sailors have been a superstitious lot and they used any method available to bring good luck and protection their way. One technique dealt with fortune telling using the Tarot. Meet a colorful cast of fantasy pirates, from elegant lady captains and playful cabin boys to crusty old sailors. Two fun and exciting games will bring the buccaneer out in you! First, try your luck at predicting the future, using the 78-card Tarot deck, each card with a different scene of pirate life that replicates an image originally engraved on wood. Every card has key words that provide a wealth of symbolism for beginners and advanced readers alike. The other game is an exciting and fast, "trick-taking," Medieval card game that dates to the creation of Tarot. It is for those brave enough to play. So with a Ho Ho Ho, join the pirate fun with Pirate Tarot! Includes cards and book.

Admittedly, the combination of black cats and oyster pirates is unusual, but they do fit together with some explanation. What started out as a story about a 1892 oyster pirate misadventure in Alameda California developed into a larger project. After writing up the Alameda story featuring an oyster pirate boat called Black Cat, I wondered if the ship's name was a fictitious creation for the newspaper story. This question about the ship's name led to research about earlier ships named Black Cat and superstitions surrounding cats. Eventually I looked into different cultural attitudes towards domestic cats. The oldest and best known association between cats and humans began in Ancient Egypt. These additional avenues of research made this project into both a cat and oyster book. The basis of the illustrated short stories in this book are actual reported events in 19th century newspapers. For interest's sake, the stories are narrated from the perspective of the ship's spirit, Black Cat of Alameda (schooner). As well, I have used tarot cards throughout the stories to delineate the nature of different events. This use of tarot cards in the stories is similar to the idea portrayed in Italo Calvino's book "The Castle of Crossed Destines." In Calvino's book, the storytellers use tarot cards as a medium to describe their tales to the audience. The depictions and definitions for the tarot cards used in the Black Cat stories are styled after the well-known set of cards referred to as the "Rider-Waite Tarot Deck" or "Rider Deck." The Rider Deck has a long standing reputation as a very easy deck to interpret. The pictorial displays on the cards are often self-explanatory (or provide enough visual clues to hint at their symbolic meaning).

Cultivate Relationships with Your People for Empowerment and Healing This groundbreaking book shows you how to work with different types of ancestors to find, develop, and celebrate the personal power of your inner badass. By embracing the strength of your lineage—both blood relatives and those chosen by the heart—you can receive wisdom and guidance when you need it the most. Badass Ancestors provides a compelling series of rituals, meditations, mantras, and exercises that connect you with ancestral guides. You'll discover advice on genealogy research, the history of ancestor veneration in cultures around the world, ways to deal with problematic ancestors, and how to leave your own legacy for future generations. Each chapter offers unique calls to action—including crafts and recipes—that help you build self-confidence and overall badassery with your ancestors' assistance. When you develop relationships with your relatives and with spiritual or archetypal ancestors, you engage the process of healing trauma and achieving a deep sense of emotional and spiritual well-being.

All the fun and life lessons of the game are found in the Tarot of Baseball deck and guidebook, Tarot of Baseball by Robert Kasher. Artist Beverley Ransom's colorful drawings truly capture the playful spirit of baseball in this innovative interpretation of tarot! Book includes instructions for playing a game of baseball with the cards.