Life has left her footprints on my forehead. But I have become a child again this morning. The smile, seen through leaves and flowers, is back to smooth away the wrinkles, as the rains wipe away footprints on the beach. Again a cycle of birth and death begins. ~ Thich Nhat Hanh In this week … Read more
The one characteristic more essential than any other is foresight. ~ Teddy Roosevelt This week, many of us are preparing to make our solemn vows and dedications for the ancient holiday of Imbolc. But we are also in the midst of a Mercury retrograde, creating delays and possible interference. So it is quite instructive to … Read more
Gratitude is a two-fold love – love coming to visit us, and love running out to greet a welcome guest. ~ Henry Van Dyke How perfect that this is the card that appears just after the Full Blessing Moon of July! This week, we welcome the Nine of Cups, the gatekeeper of satisfaction and thanksgiving. … Read more
Blessed Woman of the hills, Heal all wounds, heal all ills. Blessed Woman of the flame, Awaken me to renew again. ~ Song to Brighid, from the Alexander Carmichael Carmina Gadelica as arranged by Lisa Thiel Rejoice, my dear ones! This is the holy day of Imbolc, as we celebrate the last push of Winter … Read more
Abundance is about being rich, with or without money. ~ Suze Orman This week, when both the Sun and New Moon align in Leo, the sign which has just begun a year of blessings from Jupiter, perhaps it is no surprise that for only the fourth time in over 10 years, The Empress graces us … Read more
As you may expect, I am very mindful when I pull my Monday Card of the Week. I always cast a circle and greet a host of Guides, Guardians, and Allies. I engage with the astrological and sacred energies of the current Time. I welcome my own personal Helpers, as well as those I feel … Read more
Reach out your hand if your cup be empty If your cup is full, may it be again; Let it be known there is a fountain That was not made by the hands of man. ~ Ripple, by Robert Hunter and Jerry Garcia Here is a beautiful visitor we rarely see. This week, let us … Read more
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain. ~ Kahlil Gibran It appears that our challenges from last week continue, and we are offered another clue for the unprecedented … Read more
Not what we have, but what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance. ~John Petit-Senn, French poet (1792–1870) This week of the Lunar New Year and New Moon, the climax of Mardis Gras, plus the Sun’s ingress into the last sign of the astrological year — Pisces — we are blessed with an unusual second Ace in a … Read more
Patience is necessary, and one cannot reap immediately where one has sown. ~ Soren Kierkegaard This magical week of the Sabbat of Lughnasadh (sometimes called Lammas), we welcome the Three of Wands. In the numerology of the Tarot, Threes are the expansion cards, the creative growth that comes from the initiative of One combined with … Read more