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
Both abundance and lack exist simultaneously in our lives, as parallel realities. It is always our conscious choice which secret garden we will tend. — Sarah Ban Breathnach author of Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy Our involvement with the practicalities of Pentacles continues this week, with a visit from the source of … 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
The Master sees things as they are, without trying to control them. She lets them go their own way, and resides at the center of the circle. — Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching This week we welcome the Two of Pentacles. In it, we see a young man dancing as he juggles his two disks. … 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
Love one another, but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. — Kahlil Gibran From the sorrows of last week’s card, Love is reborn. What a sweet way to enter the final week before Solstice, the darkest time of year for us in … Read more
Let mystery have its place in you; do not be always turning up your whole soil with the ploughshare of self-examination, but leave a little fallow corner in your heart ready for any seed the winds may bring. – Henri Frederic Amiel (Swiss writer 1821-1881) We seem to be on a roll. Except for a … Read more
Fasten your seatbelts folks, it’s going to be a bumpy ride for the next few months. ~ Astrologer Lynn Hayes, commenting on the astrological aspects that may be influencing the many uprisings and revolutionary fervor currently affecting world governments. They include Tunisia, Egypt, Thailand, Krygystan, Ivory Coast, Haiti, Sudan, Jordan, Lebanon and Yemen. This week … Read more
Just as the body cannot exist without blood, so the soul needs the matchless and pure strength of faith. ~ Mahatma Gandhi This week, we’re back to the Majors again, with a card we’ve only gotten once before. This week, we are called upon to embrace Strength. The lion is a universally understood symbol of … Read more
Once again, we are visited by a Major Arcana card! The Chariot makes an encore appearance this week, having just come calling the last week of December. Because that was so recent, I am offering an alternative interpretation. For a more traditional discussion, you can go here. May The Chariot speak for us as individuals, … Read more