Tarot Card for a Holy Time, April 15-21, 2019: Five of Pentacles
I had finished writing this when I found out about Notre Dame. My apologies if this is too upsetting, but I cannot ignore this as random coincidence.
Seasonal lore and magical days
A Mystical Visitor for the Week of Samhain: Oct. 31-Nov. 6, 2016: The Hermit
Your sacred gifts are like no one’s before you, or that will ever be again. Light your lantern and shine with the peace and clarity we so surely need.
Tarot Card for the Solar Eclipse, Pt. 2 – Aug. 6-12, 2018: The Magician
It’s not surprising that in a global week of power, both above and below, this rare visitor arrives to touch all with his vitality and inspiration.
Card of the Week, Card of the Month, Card of the Year: The Hermit
An age is called “dark,” not because the light fails to shine but because people refuse to see it. ~James Michener The previously seldom seen Hermit seems to have become, not only our Card of the Year, but of the past three months. He has made an appearance in November, December, and now January as … Read more
Tarot Card for Samhain Week, Oct. 27-Nov. 2, 2014: Ten of Cups
In a full heart there is room for everything, and in an empty heart there is room for nothing. ~ Antonio Porchia, poet (1885-1968) Here at the threshold of the year, the magical doorway of Beltane in the Southern Hemisphere, and the final harvest and ancient Celtic New Year of Samhain in the northern … Read more
Tarot Card of Samhain Week: Oct. 31-Nov. 6, 2011 – The Sun
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 Solstice Week, June 17-23, 2013: Queen of Wands
But thy eternal summer shall not fade. ~ William Shakespeare, Sonnet XVIII Here to herald in one of the most powerful times of the year – the Solstice and the Full Moon of Capricorn – is the brilliant, bold Queen of Wands. While our friends in the lands below the Equator are celebrating Yule, in … Read more
Tarot Card of Lughnasadh Week, July 31-Aug. 6, 2017: King of Pentacles
This week as we gather round our harvest tables, our Tarot visitor invites a toast, and shows us what REALLY make us more healthy, wealthy, and wise.
Tarot Card of the Full Moon Eclipse Week, Aug. 7-13, 2017: Queen of Wands
Full Moon eclipse! Mercury retrograde! Astronomical Lughnasadh! So much drama, so much power zinging around. So, who better to be our guide this week?
Tarot Card of Solstice and Christmas Week: Gift-Giver and Magical Visitor
Many-named, He wanders the nine worlds, Seeking knowledge in various guise. For His searching out wisdom is endless, As always on brave Sleipnir He rides, rides, rides! ~ One-Eyed Stranger, by Jackie Hannigan © 2003 How interesting that The Hermit, usually a rare visitor for my Card of the Week, is back only one month … Read more