If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it; Every arrow that flies feels the attraction of earth. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Elegiac Verse As we emerge from the quiet days of Imbolc, we are being awakened by the Eight of Wands. The eights of the Tarot are about abilities, self-directed … Read more
The Six of WandsThe person who gets the farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.— Dale Carnegie We have another visit this week from the Six of Wands. Riding on his steed, accompanied by his allies and supporters, the leader carries the … Read more
The Chariot In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves…self-discipline with all of them came first. — Harry Truman For the first time in all these years of my posts, we are visited by The Chariot. How perfect that it appears this week, as we … Read more
Hark, now hear the sailors cry, Smell the sea and feel the sky Let your soul and spirit fly Into the mystic. — Van Morrison Another Eight this week, and a rare one, too. The Eight of Cups appears for the first time in about four years, bringing with it its many mysterious implications. In … Read more
Five of SwordsDefeat is a school in which truth always grows strong.— Henry Ward Beecher Here’s a card that we were getting repeatedly in 2007. I can’t say I’ve missed it much. As is the case with many of the Swords, and the Fives of all the suits, this one shows us conflict and strife. … Read more
Reach out your hand if your cup be empty If your cup is full, may it be again; Let it be known there is a fountain That was not made by the hands of man. — Robert Hunter and Jerry Garcia I can hardly believe it! As I search through my files, it slowly dawns … Read more
When despair for the world grows in me, and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be — I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds. I come into … Read more
The Six of Pentacles Every good act is charity. A man’s true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellow. — Moliere (1622-1673) Money certainly does seem to be on the forefront of many peoples’ minds. Of course, the economic crisis goes on, perhaps not being covered by the … Read more
Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is to live everything. Live the questions. — Rainer Maria Rilke This week, we welcome … Read more
Intuition is really a sudden immersion of the soul into the universal current of life, where the histories of all people are connected, and we are able to know everything, because it’s all written there. — Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist For the third week, we get a visit from the Cups suit. But this time, … Read more