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Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies. Robert F. Kennedy As we bid farewell this week to Winter in the northern Hemisphere, how splendid it is that The Chariot will carry us forward into the season of growth and light. Arthur Waite describes this card as “conquest … Read more
For all of us, becoming indigenous to a place means living as if your children’s future mattered, to take care of the land as if our lives, both material and spiritual, depended on it. Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass My goodness! Here is a card we haven’t seen but once since 2008! And, as last … Read more
True courage is cool and calm. The bravest of men have the least of a brutal, bullying insolence, and in the very time of danger are found the most serene and free.” Lord Shaftesbury True confession time. I am never glad to see the Five of Swords, and this week is no exception. Yet, as … Read more
Patience is necessary, and one cannot reap immediately where one has sown. ~ Søren Kierkegaard Arriving during this week’s Full Moon in Virgo, we are visited by an old friend who, over the years, has frequently appeared on important lunar dates. Welcome this week, to the Seven of Pentacles. The Pentacles of the Tarot inform … Read more
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them. ~ Henry David Thoreau For only the third time ever, this week when the Sun leaves Aquarius and moves into Pisces, we are graced with a visit from The … Read more
If you can see your path laid out in front of you step by step, you know it’s not your path. Your own path you make with every step you take. That’s why it’s your path. ~ Joseph Campbell This morning, in the dawning of the Lunar New Year, the Year of the Fire Monkey, … Read more
Knowing a great deal is not the same as being smart; intelligence is not information alone but also judgment, the manner in which information is collected and used. ~ Dr. Carl Sagan Why hello there, stranger. Long time no see! Welcome to the King of Swords, who has not visited us since June, 2009. … Read more
People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within. ~ Elisabeth Kubler-Ross After an absence of almost five years, in this week of the Leo Full Moon, let us welcome the … Read more
If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people. ~ Chinese proverb After a recent visit just a few months ago, this week, we welcome back the Knight of Pentacles. The Knights of the Tarot are the … Read more
The supreme end of education is expert discernment of all things — the power to tell the good from the bad, the genuine from the counterfeit, and to prefer the good and the genuine to the bad and the counterfeit. ~ Samuel Johnson It was with great curiosity that I pulled our card for this … Read more