The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers. ~ Ralph Nader This week, Mars changes signs, the Moon conjuncts rebellious Uranus and squares transformational Pluto on the 16th, followed by a lunar eclipse in the fiery sign of Aries on Friday. Into this potentially volatile mix, we receive a visit from … Read more
When people will not weed their own minds, they are apt to be overrun by nettles. ~ Horace Walpole (1717-1797) English writer, art historian This week, as Mercury goes retrograde and the challenge of the First Quarter Moon arrives, the Queen of Swords comes to visit. In the Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot, this Queen holds an upright … Read more
It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. ~ Professor Albus Dumbledore, via J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Back for an encore appearance, having just visited last month, The Lovers clearly has an important message for us in these pivotal times. To read … 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, via J.R.R. Tolkien This week, which holds the space between two powerful eclipses, kicks off a Mercury retrograde, and sees the … Read more
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them. ~ Henry David Thoreau After all these years, for only the second time ever, this week of the Full Snow Moon we are graced with a visit from The … Read more
When the situation is desperate, it is too late to be serious. Be playful. ~ Edward Paul Abbey (1927 – 1989) This week, we have a rare visit from the Page of Wands, a Court card. Neither as dramatic and spiritual as the Major Arcana’s big life lessons, nor as pragmatic as the actions, moods, … Read more
The care of the earth is our most ancient and most worthy and, after all, our most pleasing responsibility. To cherish what remains of it, and to foster its renewal, is our only legitimate hope. ~ Wendell Berry, The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays After last week’s unusual appearance from The Emperor, we … Read more
If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that [anyone] will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability. ~ Henry Ford In this week that kicks off with the New Moon in security-loving, nurturing Cancer, as well as Jupiter, the Sun, and … Read more
If you can see your path laid out in front of you step by step, you know it’s not your path. Your own path you make with every step you take. That’s why it’s your path. ~ Joseph Campbell After the intensity of the past several weeks, we are given an opportunity to step back … Read more
Should I stay or should I go now? Should I stay or should I go now? If I go there will be trouble And if I stay it will be double… ~ The Clash With interesting magical timing, the same card we had for the late January New Moon pops up again for this week’s … Read more