To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself. — Søren Kierkegaard The holidays are now over, and, whatever needed to end last week has departed. Make way! In this first full week of the New Year, it’s time to saddle up and charge ahead! The Knight of Wands … Read more
When people will not weed their own minds, they are apt to be overrun by nettles. ~ Horace Walpole (1717-1797) English writer, art historian This week, as Mercury goes retrograde and the challenge of the First Quarter Moon arrives, the Queen of Swords comes to visit. In the Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot, this Queen holds an upright … Read more
The care of the earth is our most ancient and most worthy and, after all, our most pleasing responsibility. To cherish what remains of it, and to foster its renewal, is our only legitimate hope. ~ Wendell Berry, The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays After last week’s unusual appearance from The Emperor, we … Read more
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
If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that [anyone] will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability. ~ Henry Ford In this week that kicks off with the New Moon in security-loving, nurturing Cancer, as well as Jupiter, the Sun, and … Read more
The world is so full of a number of things, I’m sure we should all be as happy as kings. ~ Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) Following last week’s Page, we are promoted this week all the up to the King of Pentacles, CEO of the Pentacles Court. Crowned in flowers, he sits in a walled … Read more
Kindness and faithfulness keep a king safe; through kindness his throne is made secure. ~ King Solomon This week of the Leo New Moon and a stressful opposition between massive Jupiter and destruct-o Pluto, we have a rare, and hopefully mediating, visit from the King of Cups. The Kings of the Tarot are the … Read more
There is no personal charm so great as the charm of a cheerful temperament. ~ Henry Van Dyke With the unofficial end of Summer following Monday’s Labor Day holiday, and the New Moon on Wednesday, it promises to be an intense week. The Knight of Wands has burst onto the scene! The Wands suit, of … Read more
You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead, pursue the things you love doing, and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off you. ~ Maya Angelou My goodness! Here is a card we haven’t seen since 2008! In this week of the … Read more
Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. There is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more a man has, the more he wants. Instead of filling a vacuum, it makes one. ~ Benjamin Franklin This week, as we bask under the Full Aries Moon, accompanied by a full lunar eclipse, … Read more