Nine of Pentacles We are stardust,We are golden,And we’ve got to get ourselvesBack to the garden. — Joni Mitchell, Woodstock We receive another nine this week. The nines of the Tarot are the cards of completion, with the tens being an overflowing of the energy of the suit. So this week, we move from the … Read more
The Six of Pentacles Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity. — Albert Camus First, I want to note the importance of the timing for this card’s appearance, for it has never before been a Card of the Week. From financial expert analysis to astrological interpretation, the forecast is that we … Read more
The Ten of Pentacles And the end of all our exploringWill be to arrive where we startedAnd know the place for the first time.— T. S. Eliot This week, we receive a card not seen since late 2007, a time when many of us were feeling much more financially stable. The Tens are the culmination … Read more
Queen of PentaclesWe can tell our values by looking at our checkbook stubs.— Gloria Steinem Once again, this week we receive a court card, indicating that there are important people that will be affecting us in the days ahead. Or perhaps this aspect of ourselves is going to be especially important. This week, the Queen … Read more
The EmpressAncient Mother, I hear you calling.Ancient Mother, I hear your song.Ancient Mother, I hear your laughter.Ancient Mother, I taste your tears. — Traditional Here is a first since I began pulling the Card of the Week in 2005: The Empress. And she appears, I would dare say, precisely on time. The Empress beckons us … Read more
For I am the Soul of Nature, who giveth life to the universe; from me all things proceed, and unto me must all things return; and before my face, beloved of gods and mortals, thine inmost divine self shall be unfolded in the rapture of infinite joy. — The Charge of the Goddess, by Doreen … Read more
Expect your every need to be met. Expect the answer to every problem, expect abundance on every level. — Eileen Caddy This week, we are visited by a card that has only appeared once before, and that was back in 2006. The Ace of Pentacles represents the power of the Earth, for the Pentacle is … Read more
Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not every man’s greed. ~ Mahatma Gandhi Here’s a card that hasn’t come calling since before the economic meltdown of Autumn of 2008, when Pluto moved into the sign of Capricorn. After the expansiveness of the Threes, the Tarot Fours are about stability, grounding, and consolidation. … 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
Begin to recognize prosperity everywhere, and rejoice in it. ~ Louise Hay In a world of roller-coaster economic news and the astrological intensity of next week’s momentous eclipse, Venus transit, and more, we are visited by our first Pentacles suit card since before Spring Equinox. Welcome to the Page of Pentacles! The Pages in … Read more