Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies. Robert F. Kennedy In this very busy astrological week, one that irrevocably flings open this year’s doors of change, we welcome The Chariot. Coming up in the next seven days, we have Venus turning retrograde on Tuesday the 15th. Then, … Read more
We’re after something that lies beneath all [the] noise, something literally un-thinkable, something that is not so much communication as it is communion — a felt language; a silence filled not with emptiness, but with presence. ~ Gregg Levoy, Callings: Finding and Following an Authentic Life From The Magician, who brings the flash of consciousness … Read more
The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it. ~ Warren G. Bennis In this week that began with the Pope resigning and which will feature the newly re-elected Barack Obama giving his State of the Union address, we are visited by the Two of Wands. Twos portray choices, duality, this and/or that. And … Read more
I climb to the tower-top and lean upon broken stone, A mist that is like blown snow is sweeping over all, Valley, river, and elms, under the light of a moon That seems unlike itself, that seems unchangeable, A glittering sword out of the east. ~ William Butler Yeats As I shuffled my deck and … Read more
Healing does not mean going back to the way things were before, but rather allowing what is now to move us closer to God. ~ Ram Dass This week, which promises lots of transition, potential agitation, and possibly even “sequestration,” the Six of Swords comes calling. Tarot scholar Rachel Pollack notes that this Six is … Read more
The Circle is Cast. We are between the worlds . And what happens between the worlds Affects all the worlds. ~ Traditional Circle casting In this powerful week between the lunar and solar eclipses, for many a time of traveling between home and holiday destinations, and the beginning of the Yule season, The Hanged Man bids … Read more
Hear the words of prudence, give heed unto her counsels, and store them in thine heart; her maxims are universal, and all the virtues lean upon her; she is the guide and the mistress of human life. ~ Akhenaton, Egytpian Pharoah, 14th Century B.C.E. This week begins with the holiday America dedicates to our working … Read more
The opportunity that the Divine One sends does not wake up those who are asleep. ~ Senegalese Proverb In this week that begins with the Full Moon in Virgo (Sun in Aquarius), for only its third time ever, the Judgement card comes to visit. I love this card, thanks in part to having been forced … Read more
The supreme end of education is expert discernment of all things — the power to tell the good from the bad, the genuine from the counterfeit, and to prefer the good and the genuine to the bad and the counterfeit. ~ Samuel Johnson After an absence of over three years, this week, the Ace of … Read more
Why can’t you harness Might so that it works for Right?… The Might is there, in the bad half of people, and you can’t neglect it. ~ Arthur Pendragon, The Once and Future King, by T.H. White This week of the Full Moon in Gemini that also brings us a lunar eclipse, we are visited … Read more