An age is called “dark,” not because the light fails to shine but because people refuse to see it. ~James Michener The previously seldom seen Hermit seems to have become, not only our Card of the Year, but of the past three months. He has made an appearance in November, December, and now January as … Read more
We stand on the precipice of the new year, the promises of Solstice still singing. Who is the Tarot Guardian to guide us at this crossing moment?
The Eight of Wands Great things are not done by impulse,but by a series of small things brought together. — Vincent Van Gogh One of the simplest images that Pixie Smith created for the Waite deck, the Eight of Wands has no people, animals, or celestial bodies. We only see eight staves flying through the … Read more
DeathBecause I could not stop for Death —He kindly stopped for me —The Carriage held but just Ourselves —And Immortality.— Emily Dickinson This week’s card has such a powerful feeling of inevitability about it, I am having difficulty knowing where to begin. Tomorrow, the Sun enters the sign of Scorpio which, according to most Western … Read more
The Tower Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable.— John F. Kennedy The Tower, probably the least pleasant of all the Tarot cards, is our card this week. Although we humans are not usually fond of being struck by sudden, irrevocable change, sometimes it is as necessary to our liberation and growth … Read more
The Fool In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few. ~ Shunryo Suzuki-Roshi At first glance, this week’s appearance of The Fool seems ironic. Here we are in the waning days of 2008, with so many things coming to a close, such as the final full month of … Read more
DeathWhen I despair, I remember that all through history, the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it — always.— Mahatma GandhiI gazed at the cards this morning, asking for guidance … Read more
Judgement Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world;The heart has its beaches, its homeland and thoughts of its own.Wake now discover that you are the song that the morning brings,The heart has its seasons, its evenings and songs of its own. — from Eyes of the World by Robert … Read more
Hark, now hear the sailors cry, Smell the sea and feel the sky Let your soul and spirit fly Into the mystic. — Van Morrison Another Eight this week, and a rare one, too. The Eight of Cups appears for the first time in about four years, bringing with it its many mysterious implications. In … Read more
There’s a blaze of light in every word It doesn’t matter which you heard The holy or the broken Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah. ~ Leonard Cohen For only the second time since I started posting my Card of the Week back in 2004, this week we are visited by what I consider the second … Read more