The Tarot Card of the Week: Ace of Swords and the New Virgo Moon

Dark of the Moon
 New beginnings
 Dark of the Moon
 Plant a seed tonight
 Dark of the Moon
 What we envision
 Will come to be By the Full Moon’s light. With the return of a card that more often than not chooses New Moons for its visits, this week we welcome the Ace of Swords. … Read more

Tarot Card of the Week, March 2-8, 2015: Judgement

The opportunity that the Divine One sends does not wake up those who are asleep. ~ Senegalese Proverb Wow! We are on a roll of powerful cards lately! For only the fourth time ever, with its last visit in 2013 also occurring during the week of the Full Moon in Virgo (only this time, the … Read more

Tarot Card of the Week, March 9-15, 2015: Seven of Cups

It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. ~ Albus Dumbledore (via J. K. Rowling), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets In this week before the final square between Uranus and Pluto and during which Saturn the taskmaster turns retrograde, we welcome the Seven of Cups. It … Read more

Tarot Card of the Week, March 16-22, 2015: Eight of Swords

Very few things frustrate me more than watching powerful people pretending to be powerless. ~ Elizabeth Gilbert When I pulled this card today, I admit it felt like – hey, didn’t we just get this only a few weeks ago?  Well, I checked, and while I was certain that we had, it turns out that it’s … Read more

Tarot Card of the Week, Oct. 20-26, 2014: Ten of Swords

Life has left her footprints on my forehead. But I have become a child again this morning. The smile, seen through leaves and flowers, is back to smooth away the wrinkles, as the rains wipe away footprints on the beach. Again a cycle of birth and death begins. ~ Thich Nhat Hanh In this week … Read more

Tarot Card of the Week, July 14-20, 2014: Nine of Cups

Gratitude is a two-fold love – love coming to visit us, and love running out to greet a welcome guest. ~ Henry Van Dyke How perfect that this is the card that appears just after the Full Blessing Moon of July! This week, we welcome the Nine of Cups, the gatekeeper of satisfaction and thanksgiving. … Read more

Tarot Card of the Week, July 21-27, 2014: The Empress

Abundance is about being rich, with or without money. ~ Suze Orman This week, when both the Sun and New Moon align in Leo, the sign which has just begun a year of blessings from Jupiter, perhaps it is no surprise that for only the fourth time in over 10 years, The Empress graces us … Read more

Tarot Card of the Week, April 4-10, 2016: Judgement

And awakened dreaming To souls is revealing The enchanted weaving Of this, their inmost being. Rudolf Steiner, from The Soul’s Awakening A  rare visitor arrives in this week of the Aries New Moon. Let us welcome one of the most pivotal cards of the Tarot, Judgement. I love this card, but I didn’t always, and … Read more