Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy. — General Norman Schwarzkopf Did you ever play “King of the Hill?” You know then, that as soon as you are the winner, you are the one under attack. So, perhaps, our King of Wands … Read more
Fasten your seatbelts folks, it’s going to be a bumpy ride for the next few months. ~ Astrologer Lynn Hayes, commenting on the astrological aspects that may be influencing the many uprisings and revolutionary fervor currently affecting world governments. They include Tunisia, Egypt, Thailand, Krygystan, Ivory Coast, Haiti, Sudan, Jordan, Lebanon and Yemen. This week … Read more
Waiting is. ~ Valentine Michael Smith Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein This week, we step back from the intensity of all the Majors we’ve been getting, which is just as well, since the astrological forecast for this week has enough drama to go around. The threes in the Tarot are the expansion … Read more
The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it. ~ Warren G. Bennis To my surprise, ever since I began posting my Tarot Card of the Week in 2004, I have never once pulled this card. Until now. We welcome, at long last, the Two of Wands! This card’s absence may have been easier … Read more
To be happy you must have taken the measure of your powers, tasted the fruits of your passion, and learned your place in the world. ~ George Santayana Three Fours in a row! After receiving the Four of Pentacles two weeks ago, and the Four of Swords last Monday, the Four of Wands now appears … Read more
Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary. ~ Cecil Beaton (photographer; stage, film and fashion designer 1904-1980) How very magical! After putting in his most recent appearance during the previous Solstice (Winter … Read more
The planet is finite: there is only so much land, oil, water, dolphins and gold. No matter how efficiently we use our resources, if there are more users competing for more stuff, we will eventually run out of goods. ~ Nate Hagens, Post Carbon Institute Board of Directors Alas, after my upbeat message yesterday, the … Read more
The goal of warriorship is to express basic goodness in its most complete, fresh, and brilliant form. This is possible when you realize that you do not possess basic goodness, but you are the basic goodness itself. ~ Chogyam Trungpa Once more, as was the case on the last quarter holiday (Solstice), it’s time to … Read more
It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to. ~ Bilbo Baggins, via J.R.R. Tolkien For only the second time since I began these online readings in 2004, and both being this year, … Read more
Over the next two months, our troops in Iraq — tens of thousands of them — will pack up their gear and board convoys for the journey home. The last American soldiers will cross the border out of Iraq — with their heads held high, proud of their success, and knowing that the American people … Read more