August 2012 Blog Posts (53)

Author Carol L. Fellure has designed a brand new oracle deck based on the symbols in our everyday lives - The Symbols Oracle Deck & Companion Book.  Carol believes that our minds not only think in symbols but also react to these same symbols.  …

Why do I love Tarot?

Because Tarot is about stories. It's about creating a life where you walk with wanderers, magicians, and kings. Where you see the big, powerful themes of your life, and the small but poignant scenes that make up who you are. Where…

Look at that youthful, wild energy.......that can-do attitude......

Just realize if you don't watch the Wheel of Fortune....

Your plans will remain just dreams.......or nightmares.  Depends on who is watching. …

(« Climbing Plant » by Popperipopp)

« Creeper » is directly inspired by the following aphorism from the Dhammapada :…

The Lovers card is one of the most profoundly symbolic of the Major Arcana. Within its mystery is the key to one of the great philosophical truths of the Tarot – the union of body, mind, and spirit. The Rider/Waite/Smith deck shows the archangel, Raphael, illuminated by the sun and floating above two figures. The man and the woman each stand before a tree which represents aspects of the nature of their gender. This card is often used to express a romantic relationship between two people, as…

I get very discouraged when I am told that I am the wrong anything.  Its easy to forget that we are going through a vibrational shift, and that 

Justice will be served

People's binding ideas will be loosened.

New relationships will be formed.…

Something transformational happens. Things will never be the same.

Then nothing happens.  Nothing. Depression sets in.

Go back, did you miss some of the emotional debris?  Clean up so you can move forward.…

(« Ratha Yatra Festival in Puri, India » by James Fergusson)

The third part of « Juggernaut, » entitled « Procession, » evokes the arrival of the crushing force before it unleashes into a frenzy of…

A dense and fascinating deck by Luigi Scapini, published by U.S. Games.



This deck combines the traditional trumps of the early Italian style tarot with the more modern system of illustrating the pips, all in incredibly detailed artwork.  While this is a contemporary deck, one would think it had been delivered in a time machine from the renaissance! I personally find the trumps to be the real anchor in the deck.  



The trumps all appear over an elaborate golden background and…

Everybody knows I live in Florida - East Coast.  I've dealt with hurricanes for 15 years now.  

I can get crazy, drive some place in a hard rain.   

I can act like I'm the only one that matters.  What I say goes.  I don't give a crap about YOU.

Or I can get out the clay, the books, the cards, whatever it will take to get me through the storms and enjoy Mother Nature's show......…

It was getting near the end Sara’s shift at the laundromat. Since it was a rainy day, she had the additional task of mopping up the wet footprints left behind as customers entered and left the building.  As the washers swished and the dryers hummed, Sara made her way up and down the aisle of buzzing machines. Sara glanced at the large clock that hung prominently over the entrance; it was 4:41 pm. She needed to hurry since…

We landed on the moon, we got the Internet, and then smartphones.  There will always be a next big thing.

Watch the trends, learn to understand the new technology.

You may find that one of your ideas dovetails with the next big thing.  Congrats!…

Today has been such a productive day. Spent quite a bit of time studying a new Tarot book I received. It comes as a surprise to many that people who read cards really spend time continuing their educations. There is always something new to learn.

And as much as many would like to think that the Tarot is a magick bullet and has a  miracle answer for every situation. The fact is it is just a tool. It is NOT a vehicle to turn our…

(« A Little Boy Riding a Donkey » by Niko Pirosmanashvili)

« Ignorant » is one of my…

The Hierophant represents traditional, orthodox teachings. These teachings are known only to him and he decides when they can be shared. There is a lot of symbolism in the Rider/Waite/Smith version of this card. This symbolism can be daunting to a new student. The Hierophant himself has a symbolic gesture, a crown with a letter on the top, a scepter, and there are two crossed keys at his feet. He sits between two pillars – also decorated with symbols. The priests…

This is a follow on from yesterday.  Seriously, if you spend everyday in misery, you have been robbed.

Sometimes life seems unfair and you seem stuck.  Don't believe it.  

Do the research - find a way to move on.…

If getting up and getting ready for work causes you nothing but anger and sadness,

Look in your heart.  Are you bitter about life, or are you bitter about your job.

Before you start looking, take some time, take some tests.  Find out what you WANT to do.…

This is an interview with Kim O'Neill, who channels Angels.  I have her paperback book How To Talk With Your Angels, which is a good book. This morning I was checking out Facebook and saw where someone had won a 30 minute reading with Kim.  She offers this once a month, so I hopped over to her web site, signed up for the contest and saw she has a book called The Calling all about how she was disillusioned about her work, marriage and she wanted more out of life.  This is her story on how her…

The Chariot can be a difficult card to read. On a basic level, it means to move forward.

However, when the pace starts to pick up, it is easy to loose control.

Be pragmatic - come up with a good step by step plan and stick to it.…

(Based on « 4D virtual 3x3x3x3 sequential move puzzle, scrambled » by SpinningSpark)

« Integration » is the seventh and final chapter of « The Chrome Lake. »

This instrumental section starts…