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The Fool, a Tiny Story

She is opening her heart to an adventure. Life has been begging that she surrender her tight moorings, that she let go of what has been comfortable yet constricting. How could life ask such a thing of her? That she risk it all, that she put all her eggs in one basket and go merrily into the unknown?! Better to risk it all than to lose it all, she thinks. Better to regret being brave than to never do anything at all. The little Creature, at least, will never leave her side. He has been her...

Emerging Through Stillness. A Reading for Humanity.

We often need stillness to understand what is trying to emerge in our hearts. We need quietude, and a bit of solitude, in order to glean whats arising through us. The Hermit is that stillness, as it invites us to go within, to withdraw from the input from outside of ourselves, and to take a moment to deeply listen to our hearts. In the illustration of The Hermit from the Cosmic Tarot, a star is rising from behind the mountains surrounding the mystic. As he withdraws into quietude, he gives...

Wisdom through Birthing Pains. A Reading for Humanity.

These are times that require great wisdom and agility from us, of heart and mind. As the Universe conspires to bring evolutionary growth to humanity, despite the pain and the suffering, it is up to us to step up and be our most agile and true selves.

The 7s in the Tarot are sacred numbers of wisdom. They all imply some sort of intelligence that must be used to meet the challenges at hand. Today, two 7s grace us with their presence: the 7 of Cups and the 7 of Swords. The 7 of Cups is the...

The Hierophant & Taurus: Learning to Live in Manifest Reality

This is the third post of the Astrology of the Major Arcana series, in which we will delve into the astrological associations of the tarot. In the first post, we briefly reviewed all of the rulerships of the Majors. Then, we tooked a look at The Emperor & Aries. Next: The Lovers & Gemini.

The Hierophant & Taurus
Learning to Live in Manifest Reality

When I first learned of The Hierophants relationship to Taurus, I found it rather obscure. I still think this is a complex rulership for the High...