Illumination

Tarot Card of Samhain Week: Oct. 31-Nov. 6, 2011 – The Sun

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The sun shines and warms and lights us and we have no curiosity to know why this is so; but we ask the reason of all evil, of pain, and hunger, and mosquitoes and silly people. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson How delicious this juxtaposition of Samhain and this week’s visit of The Sun is! One … Read more

Tarot Card of this Very Magical Week – Dec. 23-29, 2013: The Empress

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All began in love; all seeks to return to love. Love is the law, the teacher of wisdom, and the great revealer of mysteries. ~  The Feri/Reclaiming Tradition Creation myth, from The Spiral Dance, by Starhawk I had a vision of this card coming, even before I drew it. As I shuffled and asked for … Read more

Tarot Card of the Lunar Eclipse, Pluto Retrograde, and the Ramping Up to the Cardinal Grand Cross Week, Oh My!

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Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude. ~ Denis Waitley The news this week seems ever more dramatic and grim. The Big Showdown square-off of crossed planets intensifies and includes a heavy lunar eclipse. The Jewish and Christian … Read more

Tarot Card for This Week’s Blue Moon and Lughnasadh: The Fool

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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 (from The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien) During this magical week of Lughnasadh (and Imbolc in the Southern Hemisphere), … Read more