The MagicianImagination 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 A powerful message appears for us this week, and one I think will especially resonate for those of us who are working with The Artist’s Way. The … Read more
Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is to live everything. Live the questions. — Rainer Maria Rilke This week, we welcome … Read more
All men’s miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone. — Blaise Pascal Now, in the week of Imbolc, a time of introspection, dedication and initiation, we receive our second ever visit from the Hermit. The Hermit is a powerful card about going within oneself, and listening deeply regarding the … Read more
Give up all bad qualities in you, banish the ego and develop the spirit of surrender. You will then experience Bliss. — Sri Sathya Sai Baba This week, we welcome the powerful Major Arcana image of The Hanged Man. In my introductory Tarot classes, The Hanged Man is always one of the top choices for … Read more
In the human heart there is a perpetual generation of passions; so that the ruin of one is almost always the foundation of another. –François de la Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) This week’s card is not going to be easy or enjoyable. Especially for the “sacred cows” that we hold dear; the ones that we expect to … Read more
For I am the Soul of Nature, who giveth life to the universe; from me all things proceed, and unto me must all things return; and before my face, beloved of gods and mortals, thine inmost divine self shall be unfolded in the rapture of infinite joy. — The Charge of the Goddess, by Doreen … Read more
Death Death don’t have no mercy in this land. — Rev. Gary Davis (1896-1972) And so, this week, Death comes calling. Personally, I have spent the last three weeks sitting with Death – two deaths that have broken my heart. Of all the cards that could have spoken to us this week, it is the … Read more
The EmpressWhat could be a more perfect response to last week’s deep journeys with Death? This week we welcome the appearance of She of fertility, birthing and lushest creation. And I really can’t think of a better way to meditate upon the Empress this week than to share this, particularly since we are, in fact, … Read more
The Chariot In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves…self-discipline with all of them came first. — Harry Truman For the first time in all these years of my posts, we are visited by The Chariot. How perfect that it appears this week, as we … Read more
There’s a blaze of light in every word It doesn’t matter which you heard The holy or the broken Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah. ~ Leonard Cohen For only the second time since I started posting my Card of the Week back in 2004, this week we are visited by what I consider the second … Read more