Card of the Full Moon Eclipse Week, July 23-29, 2018: King of Pentacles
It’s a big week, full of potential astrological storms, heavy with unknown risks and changes afoot. Good thing this King is our guide and benefactor.
It’s a big week, full of potential astrological storms, heavy with unknown risks and changes afoot. Good thing this King is our guide and benefactor.
It’s not surprising that in a global week of power, both above and below, this rare visitor arrives to touch all with his vitality and inspiration.
Full Moon eclipse! Mercury retrograde! Astronomical Lughnasadh! So much drama, so much power zinging around. So, who better to be our guide this week?
Our card of the week seems to keep showing up, to remind *us* to keep showing up. Like him, we must stand our ground, even when battered and weary.
Patience is necessary, and one cannot reap immediately where one has sown. ~ Soren Kierkegaard This magical week of the Sabbat of Lughnasadh (sometimes called Lammas), we welcome the Three of Wands. In the numerology of the Tarot, Threes are the expansion cards, the creative growth that comes from the initiative of One combined with … Read more
In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things, the heart finds its morning and is refreshed. ~ Khalil Gibran From last week’s momentous invitation to leap into a new, unknown adventure, this week’s Four of Wands offers structure and harmony. The Tarot’s Fours … Read more
There is only so much we can control, and then our only choice is to surrender to the Earth’s timing. The pace of Nature is a gift, not an obstacle.
This week’s card suggests we pause to count our blessings. Take a breather and reflect on what is yet needed, for good fortune is surely ripening.
Blessings on this ancient Celtic holy day of feasting, fire, and thanksgiving. Named for shining Lugh, let us gather in and share our first harvests.
Each Lughnasadh, it’s my tradition to share this sublime Mary Oliver poem. Let the immeasurable come.
Let the unknowable touch the buckle of my spine.