For all of us, becoming indigenous to a place means living as if your children’s future mattered, to take care of the land as if our lives, both material and spiritual, depended on it. Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass My goodness! Here is a card we haven’t seen but once since 2008! And, as last … Read more
In every community, there is work to be done. In every nation, there are wounds to heal. In every heart, there is the power to do it. ~ Marianne Williamson For being such a rarely seen card until now, in this week of the New Moon, and Mercury turning retrograde, after only a month, let’s … Read more
Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven’t planted. ~ David Bly In a week that features some of the most intense astrological weather of the year, as well as the most holy time of the Jewish New Year, I was very interested to see who would be guiding … Read more
Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies. Robert F. Kennedy As we bid farewell this week to Winter in the northern Hemisphere, how splendid it is that The Chariot will carry us forward into the season of growth and light. Arthur Waite describes this card as “conquest … Read more
I don’t wield power over person, place, or thing. I don’t command armies; I don’t lead labor unions. All I have is the power of thought. Neil deGrasse Tyson In this thought-powered time of the Sun in Gemini, with Mercury retrograde forcing us to reflect and review, what better companion could we ask for? Welcome this … Read more
Before enlightenment: chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment: chop wood, carry water. ~ Zen Proverb In this pivotal week of the Autumn Equinox (or Spring, for our friends who live below the equator), I wondered if we might receive a dramatic message from the Tarot. Instead, while we celebrate the great turning of the Wheel … Read more
If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people. ~ Chinese proverb After a recent visit just a few months ago, this week, we welcome back the Knight of Pentacles. The Knights of the Tarot are the … Read more
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. ~ John Quincy Adams In this important first week of Spring (or Autumn, if you live below the equator), featuring a Full Moon eclipse, we are graced with a visit from the King of Wands. Coming … Read more
Not what we have, but what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance. ~ Epicurus This week, as we bask under the Full Sagittarius Moon, moving swiftly towards the climax of the waxing light of the year at Summer Solstice (or the deepest dark, in the Southern Hemisphere), we are visited by the King of Pentacles. Crowned … Read more
The foundation of justice is good faith. — Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106-43 BCE Our guide for this coming week is a powerful Major Arcana card that we have not seen for several years. In a world that seems increasingly skewed away from such ideals, let us warmly welcome this visit from Justice. After a hiatus … Read more