You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions. ~ Naguib Mahfouz, winner of the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature This week, we are visited by that fierce, smart, sometimes naive youth, the Page of Swords. Pages in the Tarot are often … Read more
Human rights are not only violated by terrorism, repression or assassination, but also by unfair economic structures that create huge inequalities. ~ Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 2009, now elected Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church There was a surprise for us this morning, since up to now, this card was so rare. It now revisits … Read more
We’re after something that lies beneath all [the] noise, something literally un-thinkable, something that is not so much communication as it is communion — a felt language; a silence filled not with emptiness, but with presence. ~ Gregg Levoy, Callings: Finding and Following an Authentic Life From The Magician, who brings the flash of consciousness … Read more
The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it. ~ Thucydides (460-395 B.C.E.) Fasten your seatbelts! For only the third time ever, following hot on the heels of the Page and in this week of the New … Read more
Whether you tend a garden or not, you are the gardener of your own being, the seed of your destiny. ~ The Findhorn Community We receive another Pentacle this week, but unlike the King from the past two weeks, it does not necessarily point us to a literal person. Welcome this week to the Seven … Read more
I climb to the tower-top and lean upon broken stone, A mist that is like blown snow is sweeping over all, Valley, river, and elms, under the light of a moon That seems unlike itself, that seems unchangeable, A glittering sword out of the east. ~ William Butler Yeats As I shuffled my deck and … Read more
In joyous welcome is my hand outstretched to every brother who would join me in reaching past temptation, and who looks with fixed determination toward the Light that shines beyond in perfect constancy. ~ A Course in Miracles For only the second time in all the nearly nine years that I have been posting my … Read more
Waiting is. ~ Valentine Michael Smith Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein This week, we are offered one last chance to launch our New Year’s new beginnings and hopes for 2013. This week of the Aries New Moon is a blend of the Aries astrological New Year’s energy with the dark moon’s seed-planting … Read more
Hear the words of prudence, give heed unto her counsels, and store them in thine heart; her maxims are universal, and all the virtues lean upon her; she is the guide and the mistress of human life. ~ Akhenaton, Egytpian Pharoah, 14th Century B.C.E. This week begins with the holiday America dedicates to our working … Read more
If a wise man behaves prudently, how can he be overcome by his enemies? Even a single man, by right action, can overcome a host of foes. ~ Saskya Pandita (Fourth of the five Venerable Supreme Sakya Masters of Tibet. 1182-1251 C.E.) As we celebrate the holidays and the Full Moon in Cancer this week, … Read more