Today's Tarot: The Fool (Hope, blank slate, leap of faith)
Today’s Tarot: The Fool
Today’s Tarot: The Fool
Sometimes, despite our best efforts to be stalwart, true, and virtuous, we’re temped to shirk our responsibilities and take the easy way out. The seven of swords portends that today will be such a day. Around every corner, we’ll be tempted to take our toys and go home, or at least to sneak off and…
Ups and Downs Emotionally? Oh yay! (This week’s cards: King of Cups, Page of Cups [reversed], Seven of Swords) I feel like I should be quoting cheesy 80s love song lyrics here, for some reason. But I think I’ll just say that if you put yourself out there emotionally, if you are honest about your…
There is a big difference between being alone and being lonely. The Hermit has chosen a life of solitude, but she or he is not lonely. There is a purity of purpose to his/her solitude. Whether it’s a life of examination, meditation, communion with spirit, dedication to a craft, or the simple desire to be…
When I was a kid, I had a poster on my wall. It said, “Diplomacy is the art of telling someone to go to hell in such a way that they actually look forward to the trip.” In some ways, that statement typifies the brighter facets of this card. Yes, sometimes, we can’t help but…
This week, we need to make our own luck (except that sometimes we make bad luck as well as good luck, so know exactly what you want before you go for it). The cards are: Wheel of Fortune, The Magician, Knight of Swords (reversed). Things aren’t really in our control right now. We might be…
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…