Beth Many-named, He wanders the nine worlds, Seeking knowledge in various guise. For His searching out wisdom is endless, As always on brave Sleipnir He rides, rides, rides! ~ One-Eyed Stranger, by Jackie Hannigan © 2003 How interesting that The Hermit, usually a rare visitor for my Card of the Week, is back only one month … Read more
It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to. ~ Bilbo Baggins (from The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien) During this magical week of Lughnasadh (and Imbolc in the Southern Hemisphere), … Read more
There’s nothing that kills creativity faster than burnout. ~ Arianna Huffington Here is a card we have only had a couple of times in the many years I have been publishing my Card of the Week. Coming to visit in this first full week of the New Year, it is with somewhat mixed feelings we … Read more
Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together. ~ Vincent Van Gogh After slogging through the recent challenges of The Tower and the Five of Pentacles, things lighten up just in time for the Sun and New Moon in Sagittarius this week. Flying through the sky, we … Read more
In a full heart there is room for everything, and in an empty heart there is room for nothing. ~ Antonio Porchia, poet (1885-1968) Here at the threshold of the year, the magical doorway of Beltane in the Southern Hemisphere, and the final harvest and ancient Celtic New Year of Samhain in the northern … Read more
Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude. ~ Denis Waitley The news this week seems ever more dramatic and grim. The Big Showdown square-off of crossed planets intensifies and includes a heavy lunar eclipse. The Jewish and Christian … Read more
All began in love; all seeks to return to love. Love is the law, the teacher of wisdom, and the great revealer of mysteries. ~ The Feri/Reclaiming Tradition Creation myth, from The Spiral Dance, by Starhawk I had a vision of this card coming, even before I drew it. As I shuffled and asked for … Read more
Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing. ~ Arundati Roy Only a month after her last visit, and for an unprecedented fourth time in a year, the Queen of Wands comes calling once more. If you would like a more traditional analysis … Read more
But thy eternal summer shall not fade. ~ William Shakespeare, Sonnet XVIII Here to herald in one of the most powerful times of the year – the Solstice and the Full Moon of Capricorn – is the brilliant, bold Queen of Wands. While our friends in the lands below the Equator are celebrating Yule, in … Read more
Small wheel turn by the fire and rod, Big wheel turn by the grace of God. Every time that wheel turn round Bound to cover just a little more ground. ~ Robert Hunter/Jerry Garcia, Bill Kreutzmann, The Wheel For only the second time ever in almost a decade of my Cards of the Week, we … Read more