Reach out your hand if your cup be empty If your cup is full, may it be again; Let it be known there is a fountain That was not made by the hands of man. — Robert Hunter and Jerry Garcia I can hardly believe it! As I search through my files, it slowly dawns … Read more
When despair for the world grows in me, and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be — I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds. I come into … Read more
The Six of Pentacles 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) Money certainly does seem to be on the forefront of many peoples’ minds. Of course, the economic crisis goes on, perhaps not being covered by the … Read more
Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is to live everything. Live the questions. — Rainer Maria Rilke This week, we welcome … Read more
Intuition is really a sudden immersion of the soul into the universal current of life, where the histories of all people are connected, and we are able to know everything, because it’s all written there. — Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist For the third week, we get a visit from the Cups suit. But this time, … Read more
The Five of PentaclesIf you are going through hell, keep going. — Winston Churchill It’s interesting that after last week’s Six, we now step back to the Five of Pentacles — a card that is rarely welcome, and certainly not this week, when we celebrate Lughnasadh – the first harvest. But here it is and … Read more
Dark of the Moon New beginnings Dark of the Moon Plant a seed tonight Dark of the Moon What we envision Will come to be by the Full Moon’s light. I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo … Read more
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. — Haruki Murakami After our gifts of Grace and healing from the past couple of weeks, we are faced now with the Three of Swords. Since we so recently received it, you can read my more traditional interpretation here. But today, in part because less than ten minutes after … Read more
Nine of Pentacles Earth’s crammed with Heaven. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning Our conversations about abundance and security continue this week with yet another Pentacles card. Happily, based on the feedback you have given me, this is one of the most popular cards in the Pentacles suit. Indeed, for many folks, it is a perennial favorite … Read more
Six of Cups The best portion of a good man’s life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love. — William Wordsworth It is always interesting to see what the cards are going to tell us about a week when so many of us will be stepping outside of our ordinary routines. … Read more