Sol da Alma

Sol da Alma is a Tarot and Lenormand reading service, open to whoever arrives, with no account, no registration and no limit on consultations. You write the question, choose the layout, and the cards are drawn from a deck shuffled on the spot. The reading interprets each card in the position it occupies and then the whole — which is what tells a spread apart from a pile of separate cards.

This project was born of a simple conviction: a careful reading should not depend on a payment at the door, nor on a form. People who turn to the cards almost always turn to them at a moment when the answer is needed — and they find, so often, a price, a registration or three readings a month. Not here. The readings on this website are free, they have no limit, and nothing is asked in exchange: not your name, not your email address.

It is also an instrument of analysis, and that is how it is best used. The cards do not announce what is going to happen: they give the question back seen from another angle — what holds it up, what holds it back, and what in it is not yet being seen. A well-put question and a well-chosen layout are worth more than any promise of the future.

The reading appears on the screen and is free, always. For anyone who wishes to keep it or take it further, there is the in-depth report as a PDF — with the interpretation developed card by card, the pictures of the cards and advice arranged by subject. It is the only thing that is paid for in this house, and it is written before it is paid for.

Who we are

SOLANGE MAGDA — Trained in Tarot and in the Lenormand deck, Solange has a deep connection to the world of oracles and cards, a connection that keeps growing and deepening with every spread. Although she has another profession, it is on this path that she finds her true work of the soul — a place where she can put her intuition, her sensitivity and her knowledge at the service of the collective.

She is the one responsible for the decks and the spreads of Sol da Alma: she chooses the cards, gives shape to each spread and tends the meaning of every place on the table. She is the heart of this project. Her path also includes training in Multidimensional Therapy and in Uterine Steaming.

On her YouTube channel, «O Sol da Alma Tarot — Busca pela Harmonia do Ser», she shares Tarot, oracle and Lenormand readings, in a continuous search for Deep Peace.

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PEDRO ELIAS — A web designer, Pedro is responsible for everything technical at Sol da Alma: he designed and programmed the website and is the one who keeps it all working, from the reading table to the reports. Beyond his profession, he is also a writer of spiritual books. His work can be found at www.pedroelias.org.

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1. Put the question. An open question — «how does this matter unfold?» — allows a fuller reading than a question answered yes or no.
2. Choose the layout. If in doubt, the spread guide reads your question and points to the layout that suits it best.
3. Draw the cards. They are drawn from a deck shuffled on the spot, with the browser's own random number generator.
4. Read the interpretation. To keep the reading, or to take it further, you can ask for the report: a PDF document with the interpretation developed at length, the pictures of the cards and advice arranged by subject.

Seventy-eight cards, in two decks to choose from. Twelve ways of laying them out, from the longest to the simplest.

• Sol da Alma — General 18 cards
  Nine houses in a wheel, each with one Tarot card and one Lenormand card. For the big question that will not fit in a row.
• Sol da Alma — Love 16 cards
  Eight houses in a heart, also with both decks. It answers about the OTHER person: what they feel, what they think, what holds them back and what they hope for.
• Celtic Cross 10 cards
  The classic spread and the most complete, with its ten positions.
• Tree of Life 10 cards
  The ten sephirot of the kabbalah, from the crown to the kingdom.
• The Horseshoe 7 cards
  Past, present, what is not seen, the obstacle, other people, the advice and the outcome.
• The Decision 7 cards
  Two paths side by side: what each one offers, what it costs and where it leads.
• The Relationship 7 cards
  The one who asks, the other person, what binds them, what each one brings and where it is heading.
• The Pyramid 6 cards
  The ground, the feeling and the thinking, and what comes together or resists between them.
• The Cross 5 cards
  The situation, what helps, what hinders, the root and the outcome.
• Marseille Cross 5 cards
  For, against, the advice and the conclusion, with a card of synthesis.
• Three Cards 3 cards
  Past, present and future. The best known, and the best one to begin with.
• Card of the Day 1 card
  A single card, for the day that is beginning.

Thirty-six cards of the Lenormand deck, in two versions to choose from, more direct than the Tarot: they speak of things and facts, not of states of the soul. In this system there are no reversed cards. The two Sol da Alma spreads appear here as well, because they are laid with both decks at once.

• Sol da Alma — General 18 cards
  Nine houses in a wheel, each with one Tarot card and one Lenormand card. For the big question that will not fit in a row.
• Sol da Alma — Love 16 cards
  Eight houses in a heart, also with both decks. It answers about the OTHER person: what they feel, what they think, what holds them back and what they hope for.
• Square of Nine 9 cards
  Nine cards in a square, with the heart of the matter in the middle.
• The Path 7 cards
  Seven steps, from the starting point to where the matter leads.
• Five Cards 5 cards
  The root, what weighs, the centre, what is drawing near and the outcome.
• Lenormand Cross 5 cards
  The question, what governs it, what sustains it, what has passed and what is coming.
• Three Cards 3 cards
  Where it comes from, what is at stake and where it leads.
• Card of the Day 1 card
  A single card, for the day that is beginning.

In the Tarot there are two to choose from. The Sol da Alma Tarot was painted from scratch for this website, card by card, following closely the iconography of the 1909 engraving — every figure, every gesture, every object is where tradition puts it. The Rider-Waite-Smith is that same engraving, from 1909, the most widely read deck in the world.

In the Lenormand there are also two. The Sol da Alma Lenormand was painted in watercolour on purpose for this website, card by card. The Engraved Lenormand is the old print, in the manner of 1800, for those who prefer the engraving to the painting.