Izolda Trakhtenberg, Storyteller

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Category: kindness

  • Today's Tarot: the Devil (greed, imprisonment, self-deception)

    I find this card a hard one to write about. There are so many connotations that people find it hard to objective about this card. We tend to ascribe so many meanings, facets, and patinas to it that we never get to bottom of things. In my opinion, it is easy to put all the…

  • Be excellent to … yourself!

    Today’s Cards: Queen of Cups, Seven of Rods, Eight of Cups. These speak to me of patience, of no regrets and of winning battles. What a fascinating combination. The Queen always speaks to me of creativity, compassion, and kindness. Since she is the the Queen, she also indicates that we should be showing that kindness…

  • Do unto yourself as you would like to do unto others?

    Today’s cards are an interesting extension of yesterday’s. We have the Five of Pentacles again, the Seven of Pentacles, and the Charriot. So, today, we don’t talk about being nice to others. Instead, we talk about being nice to ourselves. Particularly and especially if you have any health issues, take care of yourself today. Turn…

  • Selflessness? Yeah, selflessness.

    Excuse the paraphrase from Guys and Dolls but it couldn’t be helped. Today’s cards: Five of Pentacles, Four of Cups, King of Cups. These cards speak about helping others, selflessness, and kindness. Most of us, inside our most secret selves operate on a Me First mentality (I might even say all of us but then…