When the situation is desperate, it is too late to be serious. Be playful. — Edward Paul Abbey (1927 – 1989) This week, we have a rare visit from the Page of Wands, a Court card. Neither as dramatic and spiritual as the Major Arcana’s big life lessons, nor as pragmatic as the actions, moods, … Read more
Forget your opponents; always play against par. — Sam Snead Here’s a card that hasn’t turned up in several years. In the past, it has appeared at times of strife, and sometimes when there is a spotlight on some kind of intense, even cutthroat competition. In a week that brings us, at minimum, a Solar … Read more
Those who do not know how to weep with their whole heart don’t know how to laugh either. — Golda Meir Oh dear. What can I say? I was probably as disappointed as you to have this be our first card of the new year. I am rarely tempted to “cheat,” but I admit that … Read more
Three of Pentacles As the season of believing seems to wind down, let me gently remind you that many dreams still wait in the wings. Many authentic sparks must be fanned before passion performs her perfect work in you. Throw another log on the fire. — Sarah Ban Breathnach What message arrives for us as … Read more
Nine of Cups Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love! Hamilton Wright Mabie (1846–1916) What an profound card for this week of Yuletide! I just couldn’t help but tinker a little bit with it. If you must see what the real Rider-Waite-Smith card looks like, you can go … Read more
Oh heart, if one should say to you that the soul perishes like the body, answer that the flower withers, but the seed remains. — Kahlil Gibran Now as we in the Northern Hemisphere stand upon the threshold of Winter, embraced by the darkest of nights, we are visited this week by the Five of … Read more
The man who refuses to judge, who neither agrees nor disagrees, who declares that there are no absolutes and believes that he escapes responsibility, is the man responsible for all the blood that is now spilled in the world. — Ayn Rand This week, we have the somewhat rare return of the Two of Swords. … Read more
Six of Pentacles To give is to enjoy possessively the object which one gives. — Jean-Paul Sartre Having just turned up back in July, the Six of Pentacles returns and shows us a picture of resources given and received. We could call it a portrait of charity. The Pentacles deal with the literal, physical, material … 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
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