The HermitThere is a road, no simple highwayBetween the dawn and the dark of night.And if you go, no one may follow;That path is for your steps alone.— from Ripple, by Robert Hunter/Jerry Garcia A first appearance for us in our Card of the Week, The Hermit is a powerful card about being on the … Read more
The Page of SwordsYou can tell whether a man is clever by his answers.You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions. — Naguib Mahfouz, winner of the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature In the Tarot, the Pages are messengers. They may offer opportunities for change; in this case, perhaps, a chance to … Read more
The Page of SwordsI do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. — Galileo Galilei Another Sword card this week. Get ready — challenges lie ahead. Pages in the Tarot are often the risk-takers, with little in … Read more
The King of Swords Let us face ourselves bravely as we are. For only a philosophy that recognizes reality can lead us into true happiness, and only that kind of philosophy is sound and healthy. — Lin Yutang This week, the King of Swords visits us for only the second time since I began my … Read more
Ace of SwordsThe supreme end of education is expert discernment of all things–the power to tell the good from the bad, the genuine from the counterfeit,and to prefer the good and the genuine to the bad and the counterfeit. — Samuel Johnson The Ace of Swords makes another appearance this week, having visited last on … Read more
The Queen of Swords Believe those who are seeking the truth;doubt those who find it. — André Paul Guillaume Gide (1869 – 1951) French author, Nobel Prize laureate This week brings us another court card. Of course in a reading, the kings, queens, knights and pages of the Tarot may be actual people, and if … Read more
When news is an echo of an echo, from an unknown source (which may turn out to be a hostile foreign power), it is no longer news. It is propaganda.
If nothing is true, no one can criticize those in power; all is spectacle; the biggest wallet pays for the most blinding lights. It’s Freedom Friday.
There is nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come. ~ Victor Hugo The real truth of the matter is, as you and I know, that a financial element in the large centers has owned the government ever since the days of Andrew Jackson. ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt Every effort has been made … Read more
As you may know, on the weekends, I like to turn my posts over to the wisdom, insights and creativity of other visionaries. Today, I offer a meditation from Caitlin Matthews’ glorious The Celtic Spirit, Daily Meditations for the Turning Year. Her wise words are guidance for all in the midst of transformation and transition. … Read more