Love one another, but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. — Kahlil Gibran From the sorrows of last week’s card, Love is reborn. What a sweet way to enter the final week before Solstice, the darkest time of year for us in … Read more
That the birds of worry and care fly over you head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent. – Proverb The Nine of Swords is obviously a card of sorrow, and the anguish we sometimes feel in our dark hours alone. This card often speaks to … Read more
To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself. — Søren Kierkegaard This Yuletide week promises to be intense and exciting! The Knight of Wands has burst onto the scene! The Wands suit, of course, is about Fire, action, will, and energy. And the Knights of the Tarot are … Read more
He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either. — Friedrich Nietzsche Back for another visit, the Six of Pentacles appears on this New Moon and shows us a picture of resources given and received. We could call it a portrait of charity. The Pentacles deal with the literal, physical, material world, and the … Read more
All human wisdom is summed up in two words – wait and hope. — Alexandre Dumas Père Following last week’s visit from the Six and with unsubtle timing during this early part of the harvest season (in the Northern Hemisphere), the Seven of Pentacles appears. As most people may be aware, seven is considered a … Read more
Fasten your seatbelts folks, it’s going to be a bumpy ride for the next few months. ~ Astrologer Lynn Hayes, commenting on the astrological aspects that may be influencing the many uprisings and revolutionary fervor currently affecting world governments. They include Tunisia, Egypt, Thailand, Krygystan, Ivory Coast, Haiti, Sudan, Jordan, Lebanon and Yemen. This week … Read more
If equal affection cannot be, let the more loving be me. — W. H. Auden Another visit from the Two of Cups, which just came calling back in December. This is a gentle card that shows the tender attraction between two people. If we consider the Ace as being the beginning of the suit’s potential, … Read more
Waiting is. ~ Valentine Michael Smith Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein This week, we step back from the intensity of all the Majors we’ve been getting, which is just as well, since the astrological forecast for this week has enough drama to go around. The threes in the Tarot are the expansion … Read more
He who binds to himself a joy Does a winged life destroy; But he who kisses the joy as it flies Lives in eternity’s sun rise. ~ William Blake, Eternity More Cups for us this week, but lacking in the happy connections that we saw in last week’s offering. The Tarot Cups have to do … Read more
It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. ~ Albus Dumbledore (via J. K. Rowling), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets In this powerful threshold week that brings a Full Supermoon and the beginning of the astrological New Year, as the Sun moves into intense Aries, loaded … Read more