Tarot Card of Solstice Week, June 17-23, 2013: Queen of Wands

But thy eternal summer shall not fade. ~ William Shakespeare, Sonnet XVIII Here to herald in one of the most powerful times of the year – the Solstice and the Full Moon of Capricorn – is the brilliant, bold Queen of Wands. While our friends in the lands below the Equator are celebrating Yule, in … Read more

Tarot Card for This Week’s Blue Moon and Lughnasadh: The Fool

It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to. ~ Bilbo Baggins (from The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien) During this magical week of Lughnasadh (and Imbolc in the Southern Hemisphere), … Read more

Tarot Card of the Week – August 1-7, 2011: Seven of Pentacles

All human wisdom is summed up in two words – wait and hope. ~ Alexandre Dumas Père Blessings of Lughnasadh/Lammas! What a lovely card to receive on this magical holiday! Today is Lughnassadh (pronounced “LOO-nahs-ah”) or the Anglo-Saxon “Lammas.”  It is one of the Greater Sabbats and honors the First Harvest. In agricultural traditions throughout … Read more