Beth Both abundance and lack exist simultaneously in our lives, as parallel realities. It is always our conscious choice which secret garden we will tend. — Sarah Ban Breathnach author of Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy Our involvement with the practicalities of Pentacles continues this week, with a visit from the source of … Read more
Money is the blood of the planet. Heal the money and we can heal the world. – Barbara Wilder, Money is Love No, it isn’t déjà vu! We did indeed have a visit just the week before last from the Six of Pentacles. So it appears that the focus once again is on resources; specifically, … Read more
All human wisdom is summed up in two words – wait and hope. — Alexandre Dumas Père Following last week’s visit from the Six and with unsubtle timing during this early part of the harvest season (in the Northern Hemisphere), the Seven of Pentacles appears. As most people may be aware, seven is considered a … Read more
He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either. — Friedrich Nietzsche Back for another visit, the Six of Pentacles appears on this New Moon and shows us a picture of resources given and received. We could call it a portrait of charity. The Pentacles deal with the literal, physical, material world, and the … Read more
That the birds of worry and care fly over you head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent. – Proverb The Nine of Swords is obviously a card of sorrow, and the anguish we sometimes feel in our dark hours alone. This card often speaks to … Read more
Frodo: I wish the ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened. Gandalf: So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. There are other … Read more
Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy. — General Norman Schwarzkopf Did you ever play “King of the Hill?” You know then, that as soon as you are the winner, you are the one under attack. So, perhaps, our King of Wands … Read more
Whatever your sex or position, life is a battle in which you are to show your pluck, and woe be to the coward. Whether passed on a bed of sickness or a tented field, it is ever the same fair play and admits no foolish distinction. Despair and postponement are cowardice and defeat. Men were … Read more
In summer, the song sings itself. – William Carlos Williams Once again, in this Year of the Empress, she appears as our card of the week. And what a week this will be! Of course, we are in the most lush season of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. Summer is ripening, as full, fertile … Read more
Before enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. — Zen Proverb This week we have yet another visit from the Three of Pentacles. This is its fourth appearance in 2010. In a year fraught with high drama, it keeps showing up, as if to keep us grounded as we make the … Read more