Waiting is. ~ Valentine Michael Smith Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein This week, we are offered one last chance to launch our New Year’s new beginnings and hopes for 2013. This week of the Aries New Moon is a blend of the Aries astrological New Year’s energy with the dark moon’s seed-planting … Read more
Hear the words of prudence, give heed unto her counsels, and store them in thine heart; her maxims are universal, and all the virtues lean upon her; she is the guide and the mistress of human life. ~ Akhenaton, Egytpian Pharoah, 14th Century B.C.E. This week begins with the holiday America dedicates to our working … Read more
If a wise man behaves prudently, how can he be overcome by his enemies? Even a single man, by right action, can overcome a host of foes. ~ Saskya Pandita (Fourth of the five Venerable Supreme Sakya Masters of Tibet. 1182-1251 C.E.) As we celebrate the holidays and the Full Moon in Cancer this week, … Read more
Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them. ~ Albert Einstein This week, we need to stay on our toes and pay attention to important messages, because that fierce, smart, sometimes naive youth, the Page of Swords, has come to visit. Arthur Waite summarized this card with the word, “vigilance.” What enemies are nearby? Is there real … 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 After an absence of over three years, this week, the Ace of … Read more
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, “I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.” You must do the thing you think you cannot do. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt, … Read more
Action is the foundational key to all success. ~ Pablo Picasso In this week that brings us an eclipse of the Full Scorpio Moon, we are visited by the same card that most recently appeared during the last Lunar eclipse. We welcome the Six of Wands. In it, we see the hero of the battle … Read more
Gratitude is a two-fold love – love coming to visit us, and love running out to greet a welcome guest. ~ Henry Van Dyke Blessings and more blessings! We welcome the Nine of Cups, the gatekeeper of satisfaction and thanksgiving. This week, on a multitude of levels, we stand at a crossroads. The American election … Read more
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) In this week when we will celebrate the Greater Sabbat of Beltane, we receive another Six, but this time the Earthy Six of Pentacles. The Pentacles deal with the literal, … Read more
A good leader inspires others to have confidence in their leadership. A great leader inspires them to have confidence in themselves. – Source unknown It has been a couple of years since we were visited by this dynamic, powerful Queen, so in this week that brings us the magical Harvest Moon (which will be in … Read more