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
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
A good leader inspires others to have confidence in their leadership. A great leader inspires them to have confidence in themselves. – Source unknown What a fascinating follow-up to The Empress from last week! This week, we welcome the creative, inspiring Queen of Wands. With her black cat familiar and her sunflower (which Rachel Pollack … Read more
Whatever your sex or position, life is a battle in which you are to show your pluck, and woe be to the coward. Whether passed on a bed of sickness or a tented field, it is ever the same fair play and admits no foolish distinction. Despair and postponement are cowardice and defeat. Men were … Read more
Talent works, genius creates. — Robert A. Schumann Back again for the fifth time this year! This could be a new record for repeat appearances! As I wrote previously, the Threes of the Tarot are cards of transition; they are the fruit born of the marriage of opposites and the outcome of what was begun … Read more
Grab your coat and get your hat Leave your worries on the doorstep Life can be so sweet On the sunny side of the street. — Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh, 1929 After the rather dismal challenges of last week’s card, I am especially delighted today to tell you that we have a visit this … Read more
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
Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine, and at last you create what you will. ~ George Bernard Shaw How exquisite! For this divine week of the New Moon, now moving into the heart of the harvest season, we are graced by the rarely seen Magician. … Read more
For those of you who don’t know, besides my dedication to the Tarot, another form of the magick I weave in the world is as a life-long Deadhead.
With love and deepest gratitude, I invite you to join me in honoring this holy day that is dedicated to this Great Goddess of my ancestral people.