Justice Mother Nature is a stern punisher of crime. There is no cheating, bribery or leniency in her court of natural law and karma. The same goes for Saturn. Virgo’s vision is a life where natural order is restored and respected and natural justice rightfully reigns.— Guru Rattana, New Millennium Being I suppose I should … Read more
The HermitThere is a road, no simple highwayBetween the dawn and the dark of night.And if you go, no one may follow;That path is for your steps alone.— from Ripple, by Robert Hunter/Jerry Garcia A first appearance for us in our Card of the Week, The Hermit is a powerful card about being on the … Read more
The Sun There’s a dark and a troubled side of lifeThere’s a bright and a sunny side tooThough we meet with the darkness and strifeThe sunny side we also may view Keep on the sunny sideAlways on the sunny sideKeep on the sunny side of life;It will help you every dayIt will brighten you on … Read more
TemperanceLife is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.— Albert Einstein This week, in the Northern Hemisphere, we are on the threshold between February and March, the midst of one of the most dramatic seasons of blending and changing – from Winter to Spring, from death to rebirth. The appearance … Read more
The HierophantLet judges secretly despair of justice: their verdicts will be more acute.Let generals secretly despair of triumph: killing will be defamed.Let priests secretly despair of faith: their compassion will be true. — Leonard Cohen We receive another card from the Major Arcana this week, pointing to the fact that we are in momentous times. … Read more
The World I celebrate myself, and sing myself,And what I assume, you shall assume,For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. — Walt Whitman If life is a Fool’s Journey – the soul’s adventure of the ups and downs of outrageous fortune – then this is the card at the completion of … Read more
The MoonI climb to the tower-top and lean upon broken stone,A mist that is like blown snow is sweeping over all,Valley, river, and elms, under the light of a moonThat seems unlike itself, that seems unchangeable,A glittering sword out of the east. — William Butler Yeats This week, strangeness and possible illusions may be in … Read more
The WorldThe world is too much with us; late and soon,Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers;Little we see in Nature that is ours;We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon! — William WordsworthThis is one of the happiest cards in the Tarot, for it symbolizes the ultimate completion, nothing less that the … Read more
The Moon That moon which the sky never saweven in dreamshas risen again bringing a firethat no water can drown See here where the bodyhas its houseand see here my soul the cup of love has made the onedrunkand the other a ruin.— Rumi In the ancient Greek lunar calendar, the days during this week’s … Read more
DeathBecause I could not stop for Death —He kindly stopped for me —The Carriage held but just Ourselves —And Immortality.— Emily Dickinson This week’s card has such a powerful feeling of inevitability about it, I am having difficulty knowing where to begin. Tomorrow, the Sun enters the sign of Scorpio which, according to most Western … Read more