Concentrate on what you have to do. Fix your eyes on it. Remind yourself that your task is to be a good human being; remind yourself what nature demands of people. Then do it, without hesitation, and speak the truth as you see it. But with kindness. With humility. Without hypocrisy.–Marcus Aurelius The 7 of… Read more »
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And then a miracle happened…. 7 of cups versus Moon reversed
My favorite Gary Larson cartoon is a picture of two scientists studying a blackboard. The left side is covered in math and so is the right side. The middle is an…
Do you believe in magic?
Do you believe in magic? “[This country] had rapidly been on its way to banishing magic altogether. And that would have had a very serous effect on the very soul of the country, for a country whose people ceased to believe in magic soon lost much of their ability to imagine and to dream, and… Read more »
4 of cups Redux
When opportunity knocks, don’t knock the opportunity. Lynn Johnston (For Better or For Worse comic strip 6/8/24) I like to say there is no one true meaning for any tarot card. I have now an opportunity to prove it: I am going to write THREE blog entries about the 4 of cups. I have done… Read more »
9 of cups: Getting everything you want and getting all you need
The 9 of cups shows a person sitting in front of a line of cups. He has a smug expression on his face, indicating how proud he is to own all these cups. You think as you look at it, that he has everything he wants. But does he have all he needs? When I… Read more »
Adventures in Tarot cards: The Fool
People said it couldn’t be done; but the fool didn’t know it, so he went ahead and did it. —Anonymous I like to see the Major Arcana as a journey. The Fool dances on the edge of a cliff, rejoicing in what he has learned to do. Or more likely, what he has just discovered… Read more »
Lessons in reading tarot cards: Finding new meanings for Tarot Cards
When I started reading tarot cards, I did what was recommended to me by others. I got a notebook and wrote the meanings of each card on it. As I read more and came up with new meanings, I added them in. I do not do this anymore, but maybe I need to start again…. Read more »
4 of cups and Spring cleaning
The 4 of cups is a difficult card. A person looks annoyed, even angry at the cups in front of him and another cup is materializing beside him. More of the same we think, and we do not want what is coming any more than we want what we have now. But abundance is what… Read more »
Beginner mind, Tarot mind
Learning by Lecture Years ago, when I wanted to learn to read tarot cards, I took a How to read Tarot cards class. It was 8 weeks long. We studied the Rider-Waite tarot, and the teacher went into detail about the cards. We looked closely at what all the symbols meant. Now When I started… Read more »
8 of Pentacles and loving what you do
You say ‘amateur’ as if it was a dirty word. ‘Amateur’ comes from the Latin word ‘amare’, which means to love. To do things for the love of it.—-Mozart in the Jungle TV Series I used to fantasize about being a fiber artist. I spun wool on a spinning wheel and wove on a… Read more »