You have access to an inexhaustible, invisible storehouse of good… When we choose abundance, we become rich in the Real. ~ Sarah Ban Breathnach, Simple Abundance – A Daybook of Comfort and Joy Back again so soon? What a delight and a blessing as The Empress accompanies us in the last days of the August … Read more
In my beginning is my end. In my end is my beginning. ~ T. S. Eliot On this first day of December, which is also World AIDS Day, for better or worse, the end of the year is now in sight. And to underscore this, in the week of the final 2014 Full Moon’s illumination, … Read more
Very few things frustrate me more than watching powerful people pretending to be powerless. ~ Elizabeth Gilbert When I pulled this card today, I admit it felt like – hey, didn’t we just get this only a few weeks ago? Well, I checked, and while I was certain that we had, it turns out that it’s … Read more
If I must choose between peace and righteousness, I choose righteousness. — Theodore Roosevelt In this week when Mars stations direct after its LONG retrograde, we welcome the Seven of Wands. The Wands, ruled by the element of Fire, point to our energy, will, and passion. And the Sevens of the Tarot are ruled by … Read more
Dark of the Moon New beginnings Dark of the Moon Plant a seed tonight Dark of the Moon What we envision Will come to be By the Full Moon’s light. With the return of a card that more often than not chooses New Moons for its visits, this week we welcome the Ace of Swords. … Read more
Can I see another’s woe, and not be in sorrow too? Can I see another’s grief, and not seek for kind relief? ~ William Blake As we in the Northern Hemisphere approach the threshold of Winter, with the waning Moon leading us to the darkest of nights, we are visited this week by the Five … Read more
You shall be keeper of the Grail so that it may heal the hearts of men. ~ The Fisher King, directed by Terry Gilliam Here is a beautiful visitor, once rare, but now it has us appeared twice this year. Welcome this week to the Ace of Cups. The Aces represent the complete potential of … Read more
What’s the greater risk? Letting go of what people think – or letting go of how I feel, what I believe, and who I am? ~ Brene Brown This week of the New Moon in Gemini, we receive a rare visit from the Eight of Swords. This is a card that, at first, is rather … Read more
Our sorrows and wounds are healed only when we touch them with compassion. – Gautama Buddha Alas, this week we receive one of the simplest, most obviously unhappy cards in the Tarot. It is with admitted misgivings that we are visited by the Three of Swords. As one of the very few Tarot cards with … Read more
Opulence is the law of the universe, an abundant supply for every need, if nothing is put in the way of its coming. ~ Ralph Waldo Trine (1866-1958) Here is a relative rarity. Back for the first time since August of 2009, we welcome the Nine of Pentacles. It features a strong, self-reliant woman of … Read more