Card of the Month: The Sun

The Sun! What a wonderful card: happy, optimistic, empowered. When this card shows up in a reading, it suggests that things are going to go well. Your hopes are on their way to being realized. Good things are coming your way. Creativity,…
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All that you are

  The Hierophant and The Fool are good role models for two very different approaches to a journey. The Hierophant is the planner. This one makes list, has goals, itineraries, agendas. He/she is very clear on when they have achieved…
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Temperance for Christmas

It’s December!! On your marks, get set … HOLIDAY!!! Aren’t you just so excited? More likely, you’re feeling tired before you start. Your month is a to-do list to rival Santa’s “Good kids" list. And it’s topped by a day that…

The Star: Living in the Now

Oh, I love this card! When you read Tarot for long enough, you develop a relationship with the cards. Not just a relationship with the cards as a whole, or the idea of the cards -- you can develop relationships with specific cards. Maybe,…
4 tarot cards, The World
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The World

The world is your oyster! I bet when you read that, you automatically listed the ways in which it is clearly not. “Huh,” you said to yourself. “She obviously doesn't know my life!" You haven’t hit this milestone or achieved that…

The Magician: You’ve Got this!

This is  great card to pull when you're contemplating a day of action, or are beginning a big project. It's a cheerleader: You go! You've absolutely got what it takes! Most of the time, when I pull this card for myself, I grin. I take it…
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Seven of Pentacles: Seeing it through

The Seven of Pentacles is a work-in-progress card. Work, and balance of energies. The seven speaks to those times in a project where you stop to celebrate the progress you've made so far, and gauge how much work is ahead of you. It's an encouraging…

Eight of Pentacles: The Comfort of the Ordinary

I most often read this card as a warning against succumbing to mindless drudgery. If that thing you're doing has lost its passion, it's time to take a step back and re-evaluate. Today, though, as I meditated on the cards -- also called 'mulling…
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Two of Swords – Decisions, Decisions

Who hasn't had the Two of Swords experience? You have a decision to make. You've considered the pros and cons, you've weighed and balanced and looked at the thing from all angles. And you Just.Can't.Decide. You are stuck. Stucker than stuck. I…
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Four of Swords

The first time I saw this card, I thought I was seeing a picture of dead person lying in state. A little eerie. In some versions, that could be exactly what you’re seeing. In others, it’s just a resting person. Whether or  not the stillness…