Nine of SwordsThere is no grief like the grief that does not speak. — Henry Wadsworth LongfellowThe 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 our suffering on behalf of those we love, not just our own pain … Read more
Three of PentaclesTalent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work. — Stephen King We welcome the Three of Pentacles for the first time since Autumn, 2005. The Threes of the Tarot are transitional cards that move us from our sheer self-reliance and … Read more
The Ten of Pentacles And the end of all our exploringWill be to arrive where we startedAnd know the place for the first time.— T. S. Eliot This week, we receive a card not seen since late 2007, a time when many of us were feeling much more financially stable. The Tens are the culmination … Read more
The Page of SwordsI do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. — Galileo Galilei Another Sword card this week. Get ready — challenges lie ahead. Pages in the Tarot are often the risk-takers, with little in … Read more
The Five of PentaclesThe mother of revolution and crime is poverty.— Aristotle Now, as we move into the deepest darkness of Yule this week, and so many of us are also getting into the holiday festivities, I was frankly hoping for a happier card. But instead, we are challenged by a card that has been … Read more
(sorry this is late; I was not able to dial in from the road on Monday. — B.) The Six of WandsNot the glittering weapon fights the fight,but rather the hero’s heart. — Anonymous The Six of Wands, somewhat rare in my weekly readings, is a card of triumph. The hero of the battle returns … Read more
Queen of PentaclesWe can tell our values by looking at our checkbook stubs.— Gloria Steinem Once again, this week we receive a court card, indicating that there are important people that will be affecting us in the days ahead. Or perhaps this aspect of ourselves is going to be especially important. This week, the Queen … Read more
The Six of SwordsThis journey then, is nothing more, yet nothing less than a period of acclimating to a new way of seeing, a time of transition and revelation…— Bernadette Roberts As we cross the threshold this week from the tumultuous Wheel of Fortune year of 2008 into the mystery of what will be in … Read more
The Seven of Swords In art and dream, may you proceed with abandon.In life, may you proceed with balance and stealth.— Patti Smith From these past several weeks of inspiring cards, we are now presented with a challenge. Not the most pleasant card in the deck, we see a young man rushing away from a … Read more
The Tower Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable.— John F. Kennedy The Tower, probably the least pleasant of all the Tarot cards, is our card this week. Although we humans are not usually fond of being struck by sudden, irrevocable change, sometimes it is as necessary to our liberation and growth … Read more