Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity. ~ Albert Camus From last week’s Seven, like the current Mercury retrograde, we seem to be going backwards. Returning for a visit exactly one year later, the Six of Pentacles appears this week of the Full Moon, in the middle of global financial crisis. … Read more
It’s not easy to juggle a pregnant wife and a troubled child, but somehow I manage to fit in eight hours of TV a day. ~ Homer Simpson In the week that brings us the most sacred festivals in the Earth-spirituality calendar (it’s Beltane in the Northern Hemisphere, and Samhain in the lands below the … Read more
We are not worse revolutionaries if we remember that the universe itself pulses like a heart… From Three of Cups by Marge Piercy What a beautiful gift for us during this week as the Moon wanes, offering the ideal time to gather in our First Harvests. The Tarot suit of Cups is concerned with love, … Read more
Because I am still on the road today, I am not writing a new post for the card I pulled for us, but sharing the interpretation from the last time the Two of Cups appeared. Blessings to all.. ~ Beth If equal affection cannot be, let the more loving be me. — W. H. Auden … Read more
He who binds to himself a joy Does a winged life destroy; But he who kisses the joy as it flies Lives in eternity’s sun rise. ~ William Blake, Eternity More Cups for us this week, but lacking in the happy connections that we saw in last week’s offering. The Tarot Cups have to do … Read more
Justice belongs to those who claim it, but let the claimant beware lest he create new injustice by his claim and thus set the bloody pendulum of revenge into its inexorable motion. ~ Frank Herbert, author of the Dune series Back again so soon? I have to admit, I am not thrilled to see the … Read more
Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory. Instead, forgiving what we cannot forget creates a new way to remember. We change the memory of our past into a hope for our future. ~ Lewis B. Smedes This week, sailing with the New Moon’s gift of new beginnings, … Read more
Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not every man’s greed. ~ Mahatma Gandhi Here’s a card that hasn’t come calling since before the economic meltdown of Autumn of 2008, when Pluto moved into the sign of Capricorn. After the expansiveness of the Threes, the Tarot Fours are about stability, grounding, and consolidation. … Read more
The planet is finite: there is only so much land, oil, water, dolphins and gold. No matter how efficiently we use our resources, if there are more users competing for more stuff, we will eventually run out of goods. ~ Nate Hagens, Post Carbon Institute Board of Directors Alas, after my upbeat message yesterday, the … Read more
Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul. ~ Marcus Aurelius Another four this week. This time, we are visited by the Four of Swords. Fours in the Tarot are about stabilizing, grounding, and completion of a cycle. In the Swords, which are so often about conflict and … Read more