Frodo: I wish the ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened. Gandalf: So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. There are other … 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 This week, we are faced with yet another challenging lesson from the Tarot. This is one of those … 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
As your faith is strengthened you will find that there is no longer the need to have a sense of control, that things will flow as they will, and that you will flow with them, to your great delight and benefit. ~ Dr. Emanuel Tanay (physician, forensic psychiatrist, and Holocaust survivor) In this monumental … Read more
The Circle is Cast. We are between the worlds And what happens between the worlds Affects all the worlds. (traditional Circle casting) This week, our reading brings a message as profound as anything I have ever seen in all my years. First, the rather shocking string of Major Arcana cards continues. Maybe I shouldn’t be … Read more
Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine, and at last you create what you will. ~ George Bernard Shaw How exquisite! For this divine week of the New Moon, now moving into the heart of the harvest season, we are graced by the rarely seen Magician. … Read more
The Circle is Cast. We are between the worlds . And what happens between the worlds Affects all the worlds. ~ Traditional Circle casting In this powerful week between the lunar and solar eclipses, for many a time of traveling between home and holiday destinations, and the beginning of the Yule season, The Hanged Man bids … 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
The opportunity that the Divine One sends does not wake up those who are asleep. ~ Senegalese Proverb Wow! We are on a roll of powerful cards lately! For only the fourth time ever, with its last visit in 2013 also occurring during the week of the Full Moon in Virgo (only this time, the … Read more
The gift of this week’s card is Tough Love. Big change is coming. If we won’t change willingly and gently, we will change painfully or dramatically.