He who binds to himself a joy Does a winged life destroy; But he who kisses the joy as it flies Lives in eternity’s sun rise. ~ William Blake, Eternity More Cups for us this week, but lacking in the happy connections that we saw in last week’s offering. The Tarot Cups have to do … Read more
We are not worse revolutionaries if we remember that the universe itself pulses like a heart… From Three of Cups by Marge Piercy What a beautiful gift for us during this week as the Moon wanes, offering the ideal time to gather in our First Harvests. The Tarot suit of Cups is concerned with love, … Read more
Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity. ~ Albert Camus From last week’s Seven, like the current Mercury retrograde, we seem to be going backwards. Returning for a visit exactly one year later, the Six of Pentacles appears this week of the Full Moon, in the middle of global financial crisis. … Read more
All human wisdom is summed up in two words – wait and hope. ~ Alexandre Dumas Père Blessings of Lughnasadh/Lammas! What a lovely card to receive on this magical holiday! Today is Lughnassadh (pronounced “LOO-nahs-ah”) or the Anglo-Saxon “Lammas.” It is one of the Greater Sabbats and honors the First Harvest. In agricultural traditions throughout … Read more
Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. George Bernard Shaw In this week of the powerful New Moon in Leo, and as the political powers of the United States play “chicken” with the global economy, The Chariot rides up and beckons us to get up and get … Read more
If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in. ~ Rachel Carson It’s been a while since we got a Court card, and what a … Read more
There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion. ~ Francis Bacon When I first pulled this card, my immediate reaction was, “Huh? What does this say, if anything, to the Magician/Uranus/ennui discussion we’ve been having?” Indeed, the Six of Cups, by its nature, is a puzzler. As I have noted … Read more
What really interests me is whether God had any choice in the creation of the world. ~ Albert Einstein We have a rare and auspicious visitor this week, as The Magician comes calling for the first time in over two years. The Magician is the initiator of consciousness, awareness, and action. He is the realization … Read more
The Wheel of the Tarot speaks the Law of Love. ~ MacGregor Mathers, co-founder of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn For the first time in about eight years of pulling a card each week, we are visited by a card whose absence, one might have thought, would be glaring. This week, we welcome … Read more
Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary. ~ Cecil Beaton (photographer; stage, film and fashion designer 1904-1980) How very magical! After putting in his most recent appearance during the previous Solstice (Winter … Read more