Today’s Tarot: Strength (patience, fortitude, inner knowing) Ah, my favorite card in the deck and not just because it depicts a woman lovingly stroking a lion. I’ve always loved this card because its name belies its true meaning. The word strength implies outer, physical strength (think the Chariot card if you want to go in…
Today’s Tarot: Four of Rods. (excitement, celebration, next steps) I love this card (and not just because I love weddings and it’s a card that depicts a wedding bower). It is just so happy. It’s the activity involved in either setting up a celebration or downright partying down. Take a moment today and rest on…
Ah, the laurel wreath, it definitely makes me think of knights emerging victorious from battle. It brings to mind the age of chivalry, and great big deeds and quests. Do we have those nowadays? Do we have our own personal knight’s quests where we have to slay dragons and find the key to open the…
Today’s Tarot: Seven of Cups (Dreams, options, wishes) The seven of cups is one of my favorite cards with one caveat and it’s that old chestnut, “be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it.” The card shows up when we have options (and sometimes don’t even know what those are) and…
Today’s Tarot: The Fool (Hope, blank slate, leap of faith) The Fool is the zero card in the deck. He is the instant before the beginning. He is the spark, the glimmer of the thought. He stands at the edge of the Earth and then joyfully leaps into the void of the unknown. He is…
Today’s Tarot: Ten of Rods (Struggle, Movement, Motion) Have you ever felt like just packing up all your toys and going home? Sometimes, after struggling to make something work or to make your square peg fit into something else’s round hole, or just to pretend long enough and hard enough that you actually care about the…
Today’s Tarot: The High Priestess. (Secrets, Internal awareness, Independence) In my mind, there are two big archetypical women in the deck. The first is the Empress, who represents the caring, mothering aspect. Then, there is the High Priestess who represents the strong, independent aspect. She holds herself to herself, knows what she wants, and gets…
Woo HOO! Edna, Eloise, Astrid, and Elora LIVE!! Some of you have read my thoughts on how I manage my time, my memory, my social interactions, my calendar and my creativity (http://izoldat.blogspot.com/2012/12/inspiration-sometimes-comes-as-three.html). I have given names to each of those aspects of myself. Edna rules my memory and knowledge. Eloise rules my social interactions. Astrid…
In high school, I played Jennie Parsons in our production of “Down in the Valley.” There is a point at which Jennie must scream the scream to end all screams, at which point, the entire action of the show comes to a dead stop and it’s just her scream that sounds and sounds and sounds….
Today’s Tarot: The Moon (uncertainty, choices, intuition) In our eyes, we have two viewfinders, as it were. They are the rods and the cones. Cones are shaped like prisms. We use the cones in our eyes to see colors and for daytime viewing. The rods, shaped, like long cylinders, are best used for night vision. …