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
Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? – Mary Oliver We are now moving deep into the season between Samhain and Yule, the time of the cycle of death. So it is no surprise that this week, the Death card of the Tarot comes calling. Ironically, … Read more
The foundation of justice is good faith. — Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106-43 BCE Our guide for this coming week is a powerful Major Arcana card. The Justice card represents justice and fairness and finding balance in all things. Justice is one of the three cardinal virtues represented in the Tarot. The others are Temperance and … Read more
He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either. — Friedrich Nietzsche Back for another visit, the Six of Pentacles appears on this New Moon and shows us a picture of resources given and received. We could call it a portrait of charity. The Pentacles deal with the literal, physical, material world, and the … Read more
Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy. — Dale Carnegie This week, we receive a very rare visit from the Eight of Swords. This is a card that at first is rather disturbing, … Read more
All human wisdom is summed up in two words – wait and hope. — Alexandre Dumas Père Following last week’s visit from the Six and with unsubtle timing during this early part of the harvest season (in the Northern Hemisphere), the Seven of Pentacles appears. As most people may be aware, seven is considered a … Read more
Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude. – Denis Waitley What a profound gift for us during this Thanksgiving (in America) week! After the challenges of last week’s visit from Death, the appearance of the Ten of Cups … Read more
Money is the blood of the planet. Heal the money and we can heal the world. – Barbara Wilder, Money is Love No, it isn’t déjà vu! We did indeed have a visit just the week before last from the Six of Pentacles. So it appears that the focus once again is on resources; specifically, … Read more
We hear voices in solitude we never hear in the hurry and turmoil of life; we receive counsels and comforts we get under no other condition. – Amelia E. Barr For only the third time in all the years I’ve been posting my Card of the Week, we are visited this week by The Hermit. … Read more
When good people in any country cease their vigilance and struggle, then evil men prevail. — Pearl S. Buck This week, we are visited by that fierce, smart, sometimes naive youth, the Page of Swords. Does he come to liberate last week’s damsel in distress? Pages in the Tarot are often messengers and risk-takers, with … Read more