DeathShe changes everything She touches andEverything She touches, changes. – Kore chant, by Starhawk From last week’s The World, to Death today. Seems like heavy times are afoot. You may have noticed I am ridiculously late with my post today. That’s because I have spent the whole morning struggling with the interpretation of this week’s … Read more
JusticeLate breaking update: A comment by astrologer Eric Francis is particularly relevant:Jupiter, Pluto and the Galactic Core have completed their extremely rare conjunction. We learned a lot the past few days, and much of it (in true Jupiter style) has involved law and justice. Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of … Read more
The World I celebrate myself, and sing myself,And what I assume, you shall assume,For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. — Walt Whitman If life is a Fool’s Journey – the soul’s adventure of the ups and downs of outrageous fortune – then this is the card at the completion of … Read more
Two of PentaclesBe here now. — Ram Dass It is interesting that the last time this card appeared, as now, we were also in a Mercury retrograde. Has it been as challenging for you as it has for me? In the Two of Pentacles, we see a young man dancing as he juggles his worldly … Read more
StrengthLet me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them. — Rabindranath Tagore The Strength card appears this week for the first time as my card of the week, which I have been offering on my website since early 2005. As always, the timing seems ideal. The lion is … Read more
Ace of SwordsThere is nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come.— Victor Hugo What a great card for the week that transitions us from March to April, when Spring comes with more certainty and clarity (in the Northern Hemisphere). The Aces of the Tarot represent new beginnings, strength, speed and energy. Each … Read more
The Devil “It is easy — terribly easy — to shake a man’s faith in himself.To take advantage of that, to break a man’s spirit is devil’s work.”— George Bernard Shaw What can I say? I am certainly not thrilled to pull this card today, and was sorely tempted to draw again. I can make … Read more
King of WandsNearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power. — Abraham Lincoln This week another card appears with impeccable timing. During this time of Aries is a lovely time to welcome a rare visit from the King of Wands. Because the Tarot comes to … Read more
Two of Pentacles(no, this is not a mistake!) Lord, it is time. The summer was very big.Lay thy shadow on the sundials,and on the meadows let the winds go loose. — Rainer Maria Rilke This is a bit unusual. After a very thorough shuffling (and, of course, many shufflings in all my last uses of … Read more
Nine of CupsBe content with what you are, and wish not change;nor dread your last day, nor long for it.— Marcus Aurelius What an interesting card for carrying us across the threshold of the New Year. The nines of the Tarot are about completion, and so we bid farewell this week to the year 2007. … Read more