The goal of warriorship is to express basic goodness in its most complete, fresh, and brilliant form. This is possible when you realize that you do not possess basic goodness, but you are the basic goodness itself. ~ Chogyam Trungpa Once more, as was the case on the last quarter holiday (Solstice), it’s time to … Read more
The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it. ~ Warren G. Bennis To my surprise, ever since I began posting my Tarot Card of the Week in 2004, I have never once pulled this card. Until now. We welcome, at long last, the Two of Wands! This card’s absence may have been easier … Read more
The Wheel of the Tarot speaks the Law of Love. ~ MacGregor Mathers, co-founder of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn For the first time in about eight years of pulling a card each week, we are visited by a card whose absence, one might have thought, would be glaring. This week, we welcome … Read more
Laziness never arrived at the attainment of a good wish. ~ Miguel De Cervantes This week we receive a happy visit from the Nine of Cups. How perfect for this week of the New Moon! And of course, it is the first full week of the new season (Autumn above the Equator, Spring in the … 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
What really interests me is whether God had any choice in the creation of the world. ~ Albert Einstein We have a rare and auspicious visitor this week, as The Magician comes calling for the first time in over two years. The Magician is the initiator of consciousness, awareness, and action. He is the realization … Read more
It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to. ~ Bilbo Baggins, via J.R.R. Tolkien For only the second time since I began these online readings in 2004, and both being this year, … Read more
The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest. ~William Blake Visiting us again, after its recent appearance at the first harvest of Lughnassadh, we welcome the Seven of Pentacles as the deepening energy of Samhain’s final harvest approaches. It is also the week of the Full Moon in Aries. As most people may be aware, seven … Read more
It’s not easy to juggle a pregnant wife and a troubled child, but somehow I manage to fit in eight hours of TV a day. ~ Homer Simpson In the week that brings us the most sacred festivals in the Earth-spirituality calendar (it’s Beltane in the Northern Hemisphere, and Samhain in the lands below the … Read more
There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion. ~ Francis Bacon When I first pulled this card, my immediate reaction was, “Huh? What does this say, if anything, to the Magician/Uranus/ennui discussion we’ve been having?” Indeed, the Six of Cups, by its nature, is a puzzler. As I have noted … Read more