The arrival of the new moon stamps the moonth with an initiating energy that shifts and develops through a cycle of growth, fullness, and descent. Each moonth I look to the Tarot’s astrological correspondences for the new moon to find 3 cards (a Major, a numbered Minor, and a court/people card) to guide musings on [...] Learn more →
This moonthly missive has been delayed because I was having a wonderful experience for a terrible reason: I co-taught Wisdom of the Tarot at Omega because I was filling in for Rachel Pollack, my Tarot teacher and the teacher of so many through her wisdom-filled books and decks, whose cancer has returned. Rachel announced the [...] Learn more →
Because I love by Carolyn A. Cushing after Kathleen Raine’s Amo Ergo Sum Because I love leaf unfurls deep green to drink radiant sun, day’s pilgrim of the sky. Because I love oak branch prickled with light forms acorn, seed of the next season. Because I [...] Learn more →
Who is this self-satisfied guy sitting before his big table of goblets? a 1909 card scanned by Holly Voley and retrieved from Sacred Texts. Deck available from US Games Could it be the Vladimir Putin of last week imagining a quick takeover of Ukraine before resistance could build? Or, if we cast our minds further back, we might [...] Learn more →
We’ve had a long wait for fall here in New England. For months, we’ve been looking at the trees and wondering when the bright reds will appear and yellows overtake the green. Naturally some years are more muted than others, but this warm year it’s the timing that has changed. Only during this last week [...] Learn more →