You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. ~ Plato It’s one of the busiest weeks of the year, buzzing with travel, parties, gatherings with friends, and of course the big Winter holiday celebrations. There’s plenty of astrological activity, too. So maybe it’s not that … Read more
The mother of revolution and crime is poverty. ~ Aristotle This week, we are faced with another challenging message from the Tarot. The Five of Pentacles is one of those cards that often comes up as a least favorite in my Tarot classes’ games of “Good Card, Bad Card.” Understandably so. The fives are … Read more
There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion. ~ Francis Bacon This week, before Equinox heralds the great quarter turn of the Wheel of the Year, we are given one of the more enigmatic cards of the Minor Arcana. Welcome back, Six of Cups. As I have noted on its … Read more
The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest. ~William Blake In this week of the Full Rose Moon, we are visited by an old friend who, over the years, has frequently appeared on other Full Moons. After the strife of last week’s Five, the Seven of Pentacles is most welcome. As most people may be aware, … Read more
Watch out now, take care Beware of the thoughts that linger Winding up inside your head The hopelessness around you In the dead of night. ~ From Beware of Darkness, by George Harrison This week, the Earth’s great extreme of light and darkness arrives, with the Summer Solstice arriving in the Northern Hemisphere, and Yule … Read more
He who lives by fighting with an enemy has an interest in the preservation of the enemy’s life. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche Here is a card we have only had once in the many years I have been publishing my Card of the Week. Its only other visit was in February, 2008, and so it is … Read more
I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week, sometimes, to make it up. ~ Mark Twain This week, we receive a visitor that hasn’t come calling for a number of years. Should we gladly welcome the Two of Swords? Or not? The twos are usually about choices, … Read more
You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead, pursue the things you love doing, and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off you. ~ Maya Angelou My goodness! Here is a card we haven’t seen since 2008! In this week of the … Read more
Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. There is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more a man has, the more he wants. Instead of filling a vacuum, it makes one. ~ Benjamin Franklin This week, as we bask under the Full Aries Moon, accompanied by a full lunar eclipse, … Read more
He who holds the ladder is as bad as the thief. – German Proverb Is it just me? I sometimes feel like we are constantly getting this card! But when I checked, we actually haven’t seen it since the Spring of 2012. So yes, it’s been a while, but it doesn’t seem like it! Here … Read more