The trick to juggling is determining which balls are made of rubber and which ones are made of glass. ~ Anonymous After the momentous new beginning promised by The Fool last week, it appears that more down-to-earth matters are now in need of our attention. This week we welcome the Two of Pentacles. The Tarot … Read more
The Circle is Cast. We are between the worlds And what happens between the worlds Affects all the worlds. (traditional Circle casting) This week, our reading brings a message as profound as anything I have ever seen in all my years. First, the rather shocking string of Major Arcana cards continues. Maybe I shouldn’t be … Read more
Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering. ~ Seneca (Roman philosopher, mid-1st century C.E.) Okay, yes, I admit I was dismayed to pull this card for this week. … 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
Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world; The heart has its beaches, its homeland and thoughts of its own. Wake now, discover that you are the song that the morning brings; The heart has its seasons, its evenings and songs of its own. ~ Eyes of the World, by … Read more
Blessings of the New Moon in Aquarius! Gung Hay Fat Choy – Happy New Year! We welcome the Year of the Water Dragon! (and Happy Birthday to my favorite Aquarian in all the world!) I am your fairy tale. Your dream. Your wishes and desires, and I am your thirst and your hunger and … Read more
Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies. Robert F. Kennedy In this very busy astrological week, one that irrevocably flings open this year’s doors of change, we welcome The Chariot. Coming up in the next seven days, we have Venus turning retrograde on Tuesday the 15th. Then, … Read more
Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together. ~ Vincent Van Gogh With the superstorm Sandy bearing down on the most populous corner of the United States, on the day of the Taurus Full Moon, and with only a week until the momentous Presidential election, it was with great … Read more
Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life…Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not … Read more
We’re after something that lies beneath all [the] noise, something literally un-thinkable, something that is not so much communication as it is communion — a felt language; a silence filled not with emptiness, but with presence. ~ Gregg Levoy, Callings: Finding and Following an Authentic Life From The Magician, who brings the flash of consciousness … Read more