Take the initiative. Go to work, and above all co-operate and don’t hold back on one another or try to gain at the expense of another. Any success in such lopsidedness will be increasingly short-lived. These are the synergetic rules that evolution is employing and trying to make clear to us. They are not man-made … Read more
Before enlightenment: chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment: chop wood, carry water. ~ Zen Proverb In this pivotal week of the Spring Equinox (or Autumn, for our friends who live below the equator), as well as a very important New Moon, I admit I was imagining we would receive a card of momentous portent. As … Read more
Riders on the storm Riders on the storm Into this house we’re born Into this world we’re thrown Like a dog without a bone An actor out on loan, Riders on the storm… ~ The Doors, L.A. Woman Fasten your seatbelts! For only the second time ever, the wild rider of the court cards charges … Read more
Intellect takes us along in the battle of life to a certain limit, but at the crucial moment it fails us. Faith transcends reason. It is when the horizon is the darkest and human reason is beaten down to the ground that faith shines brightest and comes to our rescue. ~ Mohandas Gandhi This week, … Read more
Hark, now hear the sailors cry, Smell the sea and feel the sky Let your soul and spirit fly Into the mystic. ~Van Morrison As hundreds of my colleagues traveling from around the world gather this week for the annual Tarot Readers Studio in New York, it appears we are being guided by another Eight. … Read more
As I am preparing to begin driving home this morning, I have pulled our card of the week in sacred space, but am only adjusting it slightly, to reflect the current energies, instead of writing a totally new interpretation. I hope you’ll understand. ~ B. Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat … Read more
Cease trying to work everything out with your minds. It will get you nowhere. Live by intuition and inspiration and let your whole life be Revelation. ~ Eileen Caddy (1917-2006, co-founder of Findhorn) For only the second time since I began pulling the Card of the Week, this week we welcome the Queen of Cups! … Read more
Over the next two months, our troops in Iraq — tens of thousands of them — will pack up their gear and board convoys for the journey home. The last American soldiers will cross the border out of Iraq — with their heads held high, proud of their success, and knowing that the American people … Read more
The man who refuses to judge, who neither agrees nor disagrees, who declares that there are no absolutes and believes that he escapes responsibility, is the man responsible for all the blood that is now spilled in the world. ~ Ayn Rand (who has, sadly, somehow become the darling of the Tea Party, revealing that … Read more
The earth has grown old with its burden of care But at Christmas it always is young, The heart of the jewel burns lustrous and fair And its soul full of music breaks the air, When the song of angels is sung. ~ Philip Brooks After the phenomenal six-week string of Major Arcana cards, with … Read more