Enchantment

Tarot Card of Solstice and Christmas Week: Gift-Giver and Magical Visitor

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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

Tarot Card of this Very Magical Week – Dec. 23-29, 2013: The Empress

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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

Tarot Card of the Lunar Eclipse, Pluto Retrograde, and the Ramping Up to the Cardinal Grand Cross Week, Oh My!

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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

Tarot Card of the Week – Dec. 31 – Jan. 6, 2008

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Nine of CupsBe content with what you are, and wish not change;nor dread your last day, nor long for it.— Marcus Aurelius What an interesting card for carrying us across the threshold of the New Year. The nines of the Tarot are about completion, and so we bid farewell this week to the year 2007. … Read more

Tarot Card of the Week: March 10 – 16

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If I must choose between peace and righteousness, I choose righteousness. — Theodore Roosevelt With the Wands, which is the suit of Fire, will, and passion, this week, we see a figure who is staunchly defending himself. And the Sevens of the Tarot are ruled by Saturn, so they often present lessons and challenges. His … Read more

Tarot Card of the Week: Jan. 19 – 25

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The Four of SwordsNowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.— Marcus Aurelius Making its first appearance since March, 2005, we are visited this week by the Four of Swords. Fours in the Tarot are about stabilizing, grounding, and completion. In the Swords, which are so often about … Read more