Tarot Card of the Lunar New Year Week, Jan. 23-29, 2017: Seven of Pentacles
In this week’s Tarot card, we are given practical advice for the days ahead. Using this very magical New Moon, it’s a time to plan for new growth.
In this week’s Tarot card, we are given practical advice for the days ahead. Using this very magical New Moon, it’s a time to plan for new growth.
It’s impossible to overstate the importance of the astrology this week. Take some time to experience this sweet energy of transition and fulfillment.
When the sun rises, I go to work.When the sun goes down I take my rest,I dig the well from which I drink, I farm the soil which yields my food, I share creation, Kings can do no more. — Chinese proveb, approx. 2500 B.C.E. The apprentice is skillfully focused on his task. Although he … Read more
The Magician We circle round creating sacred space,Invoking from the Heavens holy grace.We call the Gods to guard our solemn rite,And ward this hallowed ground with walls of light.Let sky above and earth below unite,A bond established by Olympic might.Let fear and discord leave without a trace,And peace prevail within this holy place. Let word … Read more
Eight of WandsIf you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it; every arrow that flies feels the attraction of earth.— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Here we have an image of eight wands, flying like arrows, all in alignment and balance. The wands are approaching the Earth, and the fire of the will … Read more
Seven of PentaclesPatience is necessary, and one cannot reap immediately where one has sown. — SØren Kierkegaard We receive another seven this week, but it is not as conflicted as last week’s Seven of Swords. Seven is a number of magic, spirituality and initiation into a deeper level of Mystery. An earlier discussion of this … Read more
Nine of CupsBe content with what you are, and wish not change;nor dread your last day, nor long for it.— Marcus Aurelius What an interesting card for carrying us across the threshold of the New Year. The nines of the Tarot are about completion, and so we bid farewell this week to the year 2007. … Read more
Ace of SwordsThere is nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come.— Victor Hugo What a great card for the week that transitions us from March to April, when Spring comes with more certainty and clarity (in the Northern Hemisphere). The Aces of the Tarot represent new beginnings, strength, speed and energy. Each … Read more
Seven of SwordsAll the world’s a stage,And all the men and women merely players;They have their exits and their entrances,And one man in his time plays many parts,His acts being seven ages.— from As You Like It, by William Shakespeare This is a first for us, since I started my Card of the Week in … Read more
Seven of Cups If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them. — Henry David Thoreau This week, we move from Summer to the Autumn Equinox. It would appear that as we do, there are many choices vying … Read more