Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. George Bernard Shaw In this week of the powerful New Moon in Leo, and as the political powers of the United States play “chicken” with the global economy, The Chariot rides up and beckons us to get up and get … Read more
All human wisdom is summed up in two words – wait and hope. ~ Alexandre Dumas Père Blessings of Lughnasadh/Lammas! What a lovely card to receive on this magical holiday! Today is Lughnassadh (pronounced “LOO-nahs-ah”) or the Anglo-Saxon “Lammas.” It is one of the Greater Sabbats and honors the First Harvest. In agricultural traditions throughout … Read more
Justice belongs to those who claim it, but let the claimant beware lest he create new injustice by his claim and thus set the bloody pendulum of revenge into its inexorable motion. ~ Frank Herbert, author of the Dune series Back again so soon? I have to admit, I am not thrilled to see the … Read more
Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity. ~ Albert Camus From last week’s Seven, like the current Mercury retrograde, we seem to be going backwards. Returning for a visit exactly one year later, the Six of Pentacles appears this week of the Full Moon, in the middle of global financial crisis. … Read more
Each of us literally chooses, by his way of attending to things, what sort of universe he shall appear to himself to inhabit. ~ William James Gracious! We are on the most powerful streak of Majors I have ever seen in all my years of presenting the Card of the Week. This week, after The … Read more
The man who refuses to judge, who neither agrees nor disagrees, who declares that there are no absolutes and believes that he escapes responsibility, is the man responsible for all the blood that is now spilled in the world. ~ Ayn Rand (who has, sadly, somehow become the darling of the Tea Party, revealing that … Read more
Moon! Moon! I am prone before you. Pity me, and drench me in loneliness. ~ Amy Lowell (1874-1925) The unprecedented string of Major Arcana cards continues. This week, strangeness and possible illusions may be in store, for our card is The Moon. If we see the trumps in terms of a progression of the soul’s … 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 This week, we have a visit from an infrequent, but most welcome friend – the Ace of Pentacles. The Ace of Pentacles represents the power of the … Read more
The Circle is Cast. We are between the worlds And what happens between the worlds Affects all the worlds. (traditional Circle casting) This week, our reading brings a message as profound as anything I have ever seen in all my years. First, the rather shocking string of Major Arcana cards continues. Maybe I shouldn’t be … Read more
A vision is not just a picture of what could be; it is an appeal to our better selves, a call to become something more. ~ Rosabeth Moss Kanter (American business speaker and consultant ) This magical week of the New Moon in Pisces, Losar (the Tibetan New Year), and the climax of Carnival, … Read more