Why can’t you harness Might so that it works for Right?… The Might is there, in the bad half of people, and you can’t neglect it. ~ Arthur Pendragon, The Once and Future King, by T.H. White This week of the Full Moon in Gemini that also brings us a lunar eclipse, we are visited … Read more
If you are going through hell, keep going. ~ Winston Churchill This week, we are faced with yet another challenging lesson from the Tarot. The Five of Pentacles is one of those cards that often comes up as a least favorite in my Tarot classes’ games of “Good Card, Bad Card.” Understandably so. The fives … Read more
You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions. ~ Naguib Mahfouz, winner of the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature This week, we are visited by that fierce, smart, sometimes naive youth, the Page of Swords. Pages in the Tarot are often … Read more
The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it. ~ Thucydides (460-395 B.C.E.) Fasten your seatbelts! For only the third time ever, following hot on the heels of the Page and in this week of the New … Read more
In owning [our] pain, and daring to experience it, we learn that our capacity to “suffer with” is the true meaning of compassion. ~ Joanna Macy How interesting that this week’s card seems to pick right up from my post yesterday. It is understandable if we have a bit of reluctance, but this week we … Read more
In joyous welcome is my hand outstretched to every brother who would join me in reaching past temptation, and who looks with fixed determination toward the Light that shines beyond in perfect constancy. ~ A Course in Miracles For only the second time in all the nearly nine years that I have been posting my … Read more
Our pain for the world arises out of our interexistence with all life. When we hear the sounds of the Earth crying within us, we’re unblocking, not just feedback, but also the channels of felt connectedness that join us with our world. ~ Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone from Active Hope: How to Face the … Read more
If a wise man behaves prudently, how can he be overcome by his enemies? Even a single man, by right action, can overcome a host of foes. ~ Saskya Pandita (Fourth of the five Venerable Supreme Sakya Masters of Tibet. 1182-1251 C.E.) As we celebrate the holidays and the Full Moon in Cancer this week, … Read more
Working hard becomes a habit, a serious kind of fun. You get self-satisfaction from pushing your self to the limit, knowing that all the effort is going to pay off. ~ Mary Lou Retton, 1984 Olympic gold medal champion gymnast This week, filled with the ongoing fervor of the Olympics, and the triumphant landing of … Read more
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, “I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.” You must do the thing you think you cannot do. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt, … Read more