Tarot Card of the Week: April 9-15, 2012 – The Knight of Swords

Riders on the storm Riders on the storm Into this house we’re born Into this world we’re thrown Like a dog without a bone An actor out on loan, Riders on the storm… ~ The Doors,  L.A. Woman Fasten your seatbelts! For only the second time ever, the wild rider of the court cards charges … Read more

Tarot Card of the Week: April 2-8, 2012 – The Devil

Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering. ~ Seneca (Roman philosopher, mid-1st century C.E.) Okay, yes, I admit I was dismayed to pull this card for this week. … Read more

Tarot Card of the Week: March 19-25, 2012 – Eight of Pentacles

Before enlightenment: chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment: chop wood, carry water. ~ Zen Proverb In this pivotal week of the Spring Equinox (or Autumn, for our friends who live below the equator), as well as a very important New Moon, I admit I was imagining we would receive a card of momentous portent. As … Read more

Tarot Card of the Week – March 12-18, 2012: Three of Pentacles

Take the initiative. Go to work, and above all co-operate and don’t hold back on one another or try to gain at the expense of another. Any success in such lopsidedness will be increasingly short-lived. These are the synergetic rules that evolution is employing and trying to make clear to us. They are not man-made … Read more

Tarot Card of the Week – March 5-11, 2012: The Devil

Habit is the denial of creativity and the negation of freedom; a self-imposed straitjacket of which the wearer is unaware. ~  Arthur Koestler This week of the Virgo Full Moon and the “Super Tuesday” elections in the United States, where over 400 delegates are up for grabs, we have a visit from another important teacher. … Read more

Tarot Card of the Week – Feb. 13-19, 2012: Ace of Pentacles

Both abundance and lack exist simultaneously in our lives, as parallel realities. It is always our conscious choice which secret garden we will tend. ~ Sarah Ban Breathnach This week, we have a visit from an infrequent, but most welcome friend – the Ace of Pentacles. The Ace of Pentacles represents the power of the … Read more

Tarot Card of the Week: Feb. 6-12, 2012: Two of Swords

Indecision is the seedling of fear. ~ Napoleon Hill This week of the Leo Full Moon, Saturn turning retrograde, and Venus moving into Aries, we have a relatively rare visit from the Two of Swords. The Twos are often about choices, balance, duality, polarity, and opposites.  And the Swords in the Tarot are connected to … Read more