That the birds of worry and care fly over you head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent. – Proverb The Nine of Swords is obviously a card of sorrow, and the anguish we sometimes feel in our dark hours alone. This card often speaks to … Read more
Choosing right over wrong, ethic over convenience, and truth over popularity … these are choices that measure your life. Travel the path of integrity without looking back, for there is never a wrong time to do the right thing. – Michael Moore The shifty thief of the Seven of Swords comes calling again this week. … Read more
In the end, we will remember, not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This is the first time in all these years that I have allowed myself to be late for our Tarot Card of the Week. Many thanks for your patience while I … Read more
Our sorrows and wounds are healed only when we touch them with compassion. — Gautama Buddha Alas, this week we receive one of the simplest, most obviously unhappy cards in the Tarot. As one of the very few cards with no human figure depicted, there is not a lot to describe. Even a child can … Read more
Life has left her footprints on my forehead. But I have become a child again this morning. The smile, seen through leaves and flowers, is back to smooth away the wrinkles, as the rains wipe away footprints on the beach. Again a cycle of birth and death begins. ~ Thich Nhat Hanh For people with … Read more
There is no grief like the grief that does not speak. ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Like a rather unwelcome, but all-too-familiar guest, the Nine of Swords comes calling this week. Nines are the cards that complete the energies of the suits, and bring the cycle to its conclusion. (Tens are transitional cards of “overflow,” which … Read more
Justice belongs to those who claim it, but let the claimant beware lest he create new injustice by his claim and thus set the bloody pendulum of revenge into its inexorable motion. ~ Frank Herbert, author of the Dune series Back again so soon? I have to admit, I am not thrilled to see the … Read more
Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul. ~ Marcus Aurelius Another four this week. This time, we are visited by the Four of Swords. Fours in the Tarot are about stabilizing, grounding, and completion of a cycle. In the Swords, which are so often about conflict and … Read more
Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory. Instead, forgiving what we cannot forget creates a new way to remember. We change the memory of our past into a hope for our future. ~ Lewis B. Smedes This week, sailing with the New Moon’s gift of new beginnings, … Read more
Indecision is the seedling of fear. ~ Napoleon Hill This week of the Leo Full Moon, Saturn turning retrograde, and Venus moving into Aries, we have a relatively rare visit from the Two of Swords. The Twos are often about choices, balance, duality, polarity, and opposites. And the Swords in the Tarot are connected to … Read more