To eat bread without hope is still slowly to starve to death.— Pearl Buck This is a card that is both mysterious and sorrowful. A figure is slightly turned away from us, face hidden in grief, gazing at the three spilled cups. While the sky is gray, the river is clear and relatively smooth, and … Read more
Ten of CupsTo be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition,the end to which every enterprise and labor tends… — Samuel Johnson Two deeply happy cards in a row, last week’s on a metalevel, and this one, profoundly personal. The Cups, of course, are the suit of the emotions, and ten is … Read more
The Knight of CupsReach out your hand, if your cup be empty.If your cup is full, may it be again.Let it be known there is a fountainThat was not made by the hands of man.— Ripple, by Robert Hunter/Jerry Garcia The Knight of Cups visits us this week, bringing his message of hope, dreams, and … Read more
The Three of CupsA friend is someone who knows the song in your heartand can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.— Author unknown If you’ve been reading my blog this year, you know that I’ve been leading us on a journey to “Graceland,” in which we are honoring Grace, Virtue … Read more
The Knight of Cups Love has no desire but to fulfill itself. To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night. To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving. — Kahlil Gibran Yet another Knight this week; we have certainly had … Read more
Hark, now hear the sailors cry, Smell the sea and feel the sky Let your soul and spirit fly Into the mystic. — Van Morrison Another Eight this week, and a rare one, too. The Eight of Cups appears for the first time in about four years, bringing with it its many mysterious implications. In … Read more
Three of CupsThis is not a day for asking questions,not a day on any calendar.This day is conscious of itself.This day is a lover, bread, and gentleness,more manifest than saying can say. — Rumi With the Midsummer rites just past, and the full heat of the ripening times now upon us in the Northern Hemisphere, … Read more
The King of CupsThis is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness. — His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso) This week, we have our first ever visit from the King of Cups. The … Read more
The Ten of CupsThe foolish man seeks happiness in the distance;the wise grows it under his feet. –James Oppenheim (1882-1932) What a joyous card, and how sweet to see it this week, in a world weary with cynicism, contentiousness, and sorrow. The Cups, of course, are the suit of the emotions, and tens are the … Read more
King of CupsKindness and faithfulness keep a king safe, through kindness his throne is made secure. — King Solomon After four years of never appearing, in less than a month, we now have an encore visit from the King of Cups. The Kings of the Tarot are the overt, assertive personification of the suit’s energy. … Read more