In order to risk, we have to be willing to look bad. We have to be willing to be a sucker. We have to be willing to look like fools. ~ Julia Cameron, The Artist’s Way After a hiatus of several years, during this magical week of Imbolc, The Fool returns. The Fool is all about … Read more
The man who refuses to judge, who neither agrees nor disagrees, who declares that there are no absolutes and believes that he escapes responsibility, is the man responsible for all the blood that is now spilled in the world. ~ Ayn Rand (who has, sadly, somehow become the darling of the Tea Party, revealing that … 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
Don’t confuse the teacher with the lesson, the ritual with the ecstasy, the transmitter of the symbol with the symbol itself. ~Paulo Coelho Another visit from the Major Arcana this week, this time with a visit from The Hierophant. With its obvious reference to the Roman Catholic pope, many people are put off by their … Read more
Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life…Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not … Read more