Oh heart, if one should say to you that the soul perishes like the body, answer that the flower withers, but the seed remains. ~ Kahlil Gibran During this intense week of the Full Moon, and what astrologer Elisabeth Grace calls, “the supercharged energy of expansive Jupiter about to exactly square rebel Uranus at … 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 that we have not seen for several years. The Justice card represents fairness and finding balance in all things. Justice is one of the three cardinal virtues represented in the … Read more
The care of the earth is our most ancient and most worthy and, after all, our most pleasing responsibility. To cherish what remains of it, and to foster its renewal, is our only legitimate hope. ~ Wendell Berry, The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays After last week’s unusual appearance from The Emperor, we … 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 This week’s card echoes the guidance of last week’s card, calling to our higher nature, and guiding us with hope, beauty and love. Welcome to The Lovers. On the … Read more
Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred…I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character… I have a … Read more
Should I stay or should I go now? Should I stay or should I go now? If I go there will be trouble And if I stay it will be double… ~ The Clash With interesting magical timing, the same card we had for the late January New Moon pops up again for this week’s … Read more
Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy. General Norman Schwarzkopf Looks like we could be called on to step things up this week. The Seven of Wands suggests we might need to defend that which matters most to us. With the Wands … Read more
There is no personal charm so great as the charm of a cheerful temperament. ~ Henry Van Dyke With the unofficial end of Summer following Monday’s Labor Day holiday, and the New Moon on Wednesday, it promises to be an intense week. The Knight of Wands has burst onto the scene! The Wands suit, of … Read more
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet. ~ James Oppenheim (1882-1932) What a joyous card, and how sweet to see it this week, in this time of dark challenges and uncertainty. Welcome to the Ten of Cups. The Cups, of course, are the suit of the emotions, … Read more
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. ~ Anais Nin Back again for the third time this year, and once again at a decisive juncture, we welcome the Queen of Wands. Her last visits were on the threshold of the New Year, Dec. 31, and then, quite recently, the week of the Turning … Read more