Deck Forecast – 2020 (Wild Unknown Archetypes and Tarot)
For 2020, I am going to switch up the decks that I use. The Wild Unknown Archetypes decks is STUNNING. I cannot get over these cards. Plus, archetypes are meant to explored, discovered, understood, and utilized. This makes them the perfect deck for doing a monthly deep dive. The Wild Unknown Tarot is the companion […]
Card of the week: Reversed Father of Cups
“In the mountains, where the pines bend and sigh like my swans. / At the table, where the teapot presides like my swans, over all lesser things. / My swans were sharp and hungry as desire, and I fed and forgave / them too.” ~ Veronica Patterson Where are My Swans? Last week, […]
Card of the week: The Moon
“Moonlight drowns out all the brightest stars.” ~ J.R.R Tolkien The Lord of the Rings When we were full on the Emperor, there was authority, leadership, and the ability to create a host of experiences in our lives through reason. There was individual conquering, allowing us to drink our power to the brim. We […]
Card of the week: 8 of Cups
“Perhaps when we find ourselves wanting everything, it is because we are dangerously close to wanting nothing.” ~ Sylvia Plath One of the positive aspects from the energy of the 3 of Swords is the ability to confront the demon sitting on the precipice between the void and the light. After we have engaged and […]
Card of the week: Reversed 3 of Swords
“Godless, our minds / did monster us, left us bobbing as in a swamp / until we sank.” ~ Leave a Message Mary Karr One of the harsh realities about this card, this energy, is the inevitable and profoundly simple aspect of loss. This is the human card that we all have to pull from […]
Card of the week: Son of Swords
“We gather words that shape seasons. Time-and-place, turning/ earth: Diurnal, heliotropic. Wax and wane. / Front, equinox. Constellate.” ~ Becka Mara McKay When we have taken down morsels into the opening of our bellies we can start to move on our plans. We are able to create new intentions with strategy and purpose. […]
Card of the week: Mother of Pentacles
“Mother, maybe you are a night house / whose orange- yellow light can cheer; / whose blankness, chill. / I want to ring the bell / but who will I wake? Who / will appear at your door?” ~ The Living Portrait Kathryn T.S. Bass There was a rebirth last week, a flame that lightly […]
Card of the week: The Star
“The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of star stuff.” ~ Carl Sagan This may sound cliche, but if you look up at the night sky, it is […]
Card of the Week: Reversed Ace of Swords
“The abyss doesn’t divide us. / The abyss surrounds us.” ~ Wislawa Szymborska Last week there was ambiguity, doubt, and a simplistic singularity in our focus. This energy was reserved and drawn inward. Now the energy moves, perhaps violently, towards complications. Those doubts and insecurities are met with confusion, aggression, and even more uncertainty. The reversed […]