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 »
Tag: Tarot Cards
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 »
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 »
How do Tarot Cards work?
When I first started out as a reader, I worked at a psychic fair. People would walk up to me and ask how Tarot cards work. I would tease that there were tiny gears in among the cards…. Of course, there are no real gears, but cards do what they do for very specific… Read more »
Ending the old Year
My first inclination was writing a blog entry about starting new things. An aces entry. But I think this year we need to start with what we are done with in the old year before we begin again. So instead of Aces, I will discuss 10s. 10s in Tarot are endings. Some are happy, 10… Read more »
The Hermit’s Journey: How do you define success?
So many of us do not feel we are ever successful. We work and work and feel like we are getting nowhere. But doing whatever we do and doing it well IS success. We do not necessarily become celebrities or even known outside of our specialized circle, but we do well with what we have… Read more »
Want to learn something new in the new year? Take a Tarot Card class
Have you been wanting to learn to read Tarot Cards? It is not hard really and a lot of fun. I teach a class on Tarot cards for any group, of any size. I recommend at least 5 people join a class to make it interesting, since much of my class is interactive. You all… Read more »
Trust the artist
I am in the process of having some new tunics made to go with my costume. Julia (Needlman www.julianeedlman.com) is making them with the help of a very good local fabric artist named Jennifer Smith. This last week, they perfected the basic pattern and showed me some design elements they will be using to make… Read more »
Eating a Frog
Many years ago, when I was still working as a Librarian, someone had pasted a funny bookmark on their locker. It showed a photo of a frog and said: “Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse can happen to you all day.” I loved that bookmark! I thought about it… Read more »
Believe it or not: you CAN make your dreams a reality!
I was just watching An American Experience special on PBS about Robert Ripley and his “Believe it or not!” work. I have always loved Robert Ripley. I thought his “Believe it or Not!” columns showed just how wonderful the world really was. Not all of them were about big or grotesque or monstrous things. Sometimes… Read more »