Before enlightenment: chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment: chop wood, carry water. ~ Zen Proverb In this pivotal week of the Autumn Equinox (or Spring, for our friends who live below the equator), I wondered if we might receive a dramatic message from the Tarot. Instead, while we celebrate the great turning of the Wheel … Read more
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves. ~ Sir Edmund Hillary For this week of the New Scorpio Moon, we receive a mixed blessing from the Tarot. Still, with great respect, let us welcome the insights of the Nine of Wands. In the Tarot, the Nines traditionally are the culmination of the suit … Read more
The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. ~ Alice Walker In the wake of the devastation in Paris, as well as the less documented but equally tragic attacks in several other countries, it is a joy this week to welcome the Queen of Wands. With her … Read more
If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things. ~ Albert Einstein In this week of the actual cross-quarter holiday of Beltane, and in the wake of last week’s challenging Death card, it’s time to simplify, consolidate, and move forward. This week, we welcome the Eight … Read more
I used to be indecisive; now I’m not sure. ~ Anonymous This week of the Sagittarius New Moon and a challenging Mars T-square aspect with Uranus and Pluto, we have a visit from the Two of Swords. The Twos are often about choices, balance, duality, polarity, and opposites. And the Swords in the Tarot are … Read more
In every community, there is work to be done. In every nation, there are wounds to heal. In every heart, there is the power to do it. ~ Marianne Williamson For being such a rarely seen card until now, in this week of the New Moon, and Mercury turning retrograde, after only a month, let’s … Read more
Fear not. For, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. ~ The Angel After the rather heavy challenges of the last few weeks, I am especially delighted today to tell you that we have a rare visit for this week before Winter Solstice from none other than … Read more
Not what we have, but what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance. ~ Epicurus This week, as we bask under the Full Sagittarius Moon, moving swiftly towards the climax of the waxing light of the year at Summer Solstice (or the deepest dark, in the Southern Hemisphere), we are visited by the King of Pentacles. Crowned … Read more
The supreme end of education is expert discernment of all things — the power to tell the good from the bad, the genuine from the counterfeit, and to prefer the good and the genuine to the bad and the counterfeit. ~ Samuel Johnson It was with great curiosity that I pulled our card for this … Read more
Money is the blood of the planet. Heal the money and we can heal the world. ~ Barbara Wilder, Money is Love In gratitude for the life of Bonnie Cohen (Nov. 6, 1951- June 4, 2015) What an interesting development. Right after last week’s King of Pentacles, here comes the Queen! The Pentacles, of course, … Read more