Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. I was looking through my tarot notebook and found a tarot spread dealing with fate, free will, and destiny. Given what’s going on these days, it seemed apropos. A six-card spread, it defines the issue at hand, looks at a…
Awaiting Clarity ~ Tarot for 8 Sun 2017
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. Perhaps conceiving of this card before achieving clarity himself, Haindl takes a different approach with The Hierophant depicting three generations of men, grandfather, father and son with an emphasis on tradition and the positive aspects of patriarchy. As if there…
Power and Influence at Odds with Inner Truth ~ Tarot for 7 Jan 2017
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. Sometimes we’re faced with a choice when our inner truth outshines power and influence. Do we stand our ground, expressing our truth, or do we give it away to a power that is transitory in nature? The 2 of Wands, The…
The Inexhaustible Well of Source Presence ~ Tarot for 6 Jan 2017
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. The hexagram on the 10 of Stones defines today’s reading. Gua 48, or The Well, represents replenishment and nourishment, or in my view, the inexhaustible well of our Source Presence. From The Complete I Ching: The well supplies replenishment but is never exhausted.¹…
Our Spiritual Currency Shaping the Future – Runecasting for 5 Jan 2017
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. What is spiritual currency? Nauthiz, Tiwaz, and Fehu give us an idea of this notion in today’s runecasting. Fire and Air elements are influencing and the numerology is 1, 10, and 17 reducing to the number 1 or wholeness and…
As Goddess Presence Unfolds ~ Tarot for 4 Jan 2017
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. Goddess always shows up when I need Her. I confess that I’m still having a difficult time relating to the Court cards in the Haindl Tarot. So of course, two showed up in today’s reading. But given that they’re both…
Awakening the I Am ~ Tarot for 3 Jan 2017
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. The 2 of Cups has been coming up more frequently in recent divinations. The Sun and the 3 of Cups join in to set a catalyzed emotional tone of love and joy to the reading. The numerology is 2, 3,…
Goddess Presence: Arousing Revolution ~ Tarot for 2 Jan 2017
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. The Goddess as Empress along with the 4 of Stones and the 5 of Wands comprise today’s tarot reading. Earth and Fire elements are represented and the numerology is 3, the catalyst of the mind. Creativity, intuition, and joy are…
Flowing in Awen ~ Runecasting for 31 Dec 2016
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. 2016 began well enough. I published my first book and my herbal coursework was proceeding nicely. I completed the herb course early in the year and went on to publish three more books, the last one, Empath, just the other day….
Empowered Focus, Manifested Will ~ Rune and Tarot for 30 Dec 2016
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. I love the line from the I Ching, the taming power of the small. It reminds me of how the smallest focus or effect can yield great results. The hexagram on the 9 of Stones corresponds with the ninth gua from the…
New Book! Empath
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. I confess that I have difficulty advertising what I do. It feels like bragging somehow and I really have to step outside my comfort zone to do any of it. But it’s part of the process I guess. My blog…
Truth as Power ~ Rune and Tarot for 29 Dec 2016
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. Speaking truth to power almost is too much these days. The push back that’s experienced is so volatile and abusive that it’s almost not worth it. But if the recent election has told us anything it’s that we cannot give…
Awakening As One ~ Tarot for 27 Dec 2016
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. The Queen of Disks, The Aeon and the 7 of Wands or Valour from the Thoth deck comprise today’s tarot reading. Both Earth and Fire are represented and the numerology for the reading is 9 or completion. Looking at the three cards,…
Strength and the Feminine Divine
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. Venus of the Willendorf represents the Goddess as the Mother of Cups. Known as the Queen of Cups in other decks, Hermann Haindl paints her in her donii form, her abdomen bulging with life, her breasts full of milk. She is…
Awakening of Self ~ Tarot for 22 Dec 2016
Note: My blog contains affiliate links/ads from advertisers from which I may earn advertising commissions. Parcival looks wide-eyed at the Grail cup, his spiritual path clear. The Court cards in the Haindl tarot deck take a different focus, replacing the Queen, King, Knight, and Page with Mother, Father, Daughter, and Son. Parcival represents the Son…