Beth Two of Pentacles(no, this is not a mistake!) Lord, it is time. The summer was very big.Lay thy shadow on the sundials,and on the meadows let the winds go loose. — Rainer Maria Rilke This is a bit unusual. After a very thorough shuffling (and, of course, many shufflings in all my last uses of … Read more
Two of PentaclesBe here now. — Ram Dass It is interesting that the last time this card appeared, as now, we were also in a Mercury retrograde. Has it been as challenging for you as it has for me? In the Two of Pentacles, we see a young man dancing as he juggles his worldly … Read more
DeathShe changes everything She touches andEverything She touches, changes. – Kore chant, by Starhawk From last week’s The World, to Death today. Seems like heavy times are afoot. You may have noticed I am ridiculously late with my post today. That’s because I have spent the whole morning struggling with the interpretation of this week’s … Read more
Today we remember those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for their homelands. May we honor them, not by continuing to glorify and worship war, but by learning to live in peace. The WorldThere comes a redeemer and he slowly, too, fades away;There follows a wagon behind him that’s loaded with clay.The seeds that were … Read more
The Page of SwordsYou can tell whether a man is clever by his answers.You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions. — Naguib Mahfouz, winner of the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature In the Tarot, the Pages are messengers. They may offer opportunities for change; in this case, perhaps, a chance to … Read more
Page of WandsGrab your coat and get your hatLeave your worries on the doorstepLife can be so sweetOn the sunny side of the street. — Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh, 1929 (Tap. Tap. Tap.) Is this turned on? Can you hear me? Oh, good! Attention, good folk, ladies and gentlemen, and all who visit these … Read more
The Eight of Wands Great things are not done by impulse,but by a series of small things brought together. — Vincent Van Gogh One of the simplest images that Pixie Smith created for the Waite deck, the Eight of Wands has no people, animals, or celestial bodies. We only see eight staves flying through the … Read more
Ten of CupsTo be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition,the end to which every enterprise and labor tends… — Samuel Johnson Two deeply happy cards in a row, last week’s on a metalevel, and this one, profoundly personal. The Cups, of course, are the suit of the emotions, and ten is … Read more
The WorldThe world is too much with us; late and soon,Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers;Little we see in Nature that is ours;We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon! — William WordsworthThis is one of the happiest cards in the Tarot, for it symbolizes the ultimate completion, nothing less that the … Read more
The MoonI climb to the tower-top and lean upon broken stone,A mist that is like blown snow is sweeping over all,Valley, river, and elms, under the light of a moonThat seems unlike itself, that seems unchangeable,A glittering sword out of the east. — William Butler Yeats This week, strangeness and possible illusions may be in … Read more