Creative Potential

Monday, October 31, 2022: This morning I pulled the Page of Wands. Youthful and creative energy in the realm of fire. There’s so much to see, so much to try, so much to experience and so much creative potential to explore. I am invoking The Adventurer. Travel, yes, but more than that, sweet life waiting to be experienced!

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As always when I speak of life, love and Tarot I speak only for myself. 

The Page of Wands is from The Modern Love Tarot, by Ethony

"The Adventurer" servitor card is from The Forty Servants, by Tommie Kelly

This or That

Sunday, October 30, 2022: This morning I pulled the Two of Swords. The twos, for me are choices. This or that? Yes or no? To be in relationship, or not. In the realm of air. I am invoking The Lovers. A similar energy but with a focus on human relationships, relationships of all kinds.

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As always when I speak of life, love and Tarot I speak only for myself. 

The Two of Swords is from The Modern Love Tarot, by Ethony

"The Lovers" servitor card is from The Forty Servants, by Tommie Kelly

Hell No!

Saturday, October 29, 2022: The Seven of Wands is the “Hell No!” card for me. It draws from the power of The Chariot and blends in the passion of fire. I am invoking the Protester for today.

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As always when I speak of life, love and Tarot I speak only for myself. 

The Seven of Wands is from The Modern Love Tarot, by Ethony

"The Protester" servitor card is from The Forty Servants, by Tommie Kelly

Contemplating

Friday, October 28, 2022 — Today, at camp, I pulled the King of Swords. Reflecting this time in mental space I am invoking The Contemplator, listening and learning.

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As always when I speak of life, love and Tarot I speak only for myself. 

The King of Swords is from The Modern Love Tarot, by Ethony

"The Contemplator" servitor card is from The Forty Servants, by Tommie Kelly

Liminal Spaces

Thursday, October 27, 2022: Death and Rebirth. That liminal space, that final conclusion is the birth of what comes after. It can be a sad or a happy ending of something and/or someone or even a phase of life. The death of worrying is the birth of possibility and with that I am invoking restore and replenish in anticipation of the journey ahead.

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As always when I speak of life, love and Tarot I speak only for myself. 

Death is from The Modern Love Tarot, by Ethony

The “Restore and Replenish” oracle card is from The Sacred Rebels Oracle, by Anna Fairchild

Good Kitty

Wednesday, October 26, 2022 — Judgement again again. I am waiting for very consequential test results. In response to this card today I am invoking the Good Kitty tarot card and trusting the universe.

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As always when I speak of life, love and Tarot I speak only for myself. This reading is part of my Divination/Manifestation Practice.

Judgement is from The Modern Love Tarot, by Ethony

Good Kitty is from The Mystical Cats Tarot, by Lunaea Weatherstone, Art by Mickie Mueller

Wield to the storm and fly!

Tuesday, October 25, 2022: This morning I pulled the 10 of Swords, not a card one likes to see on a day when you’re going in for some tests. But, there’s more, a terrifying political and environmental climate with plenty to keep us up at night. This ten can be a call to do shadow work or a bugle call to press on in the face of adversity. This is not a time for defeatism. Therefore I am invoking the “Defend to the end, the worthwhile” oracle card. Wield to the storm and fly!

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As always when I speak of life, love and Tarot I speak only for myself. 

The 10 of Swords is from The Modern Love Tarot, by Ethony

The “Defend to the end, the worthwhile” oracle card is from The Sacred Rebels Oracle, by Anna Fairchild

The Activist

Monday, October 24, 2022 — This morning I pulled the Chariot. This particular version of the Chariot is not one I resonate with. Yet it has the character I see in this card of being in alignment of mind, body and spirit and going somewhere. But, it just doesn’t have much scrap in it. Therefore I am invoking the Princess of Swords, not just any Princess, this Princess is The Activist. She’s a social justice warrior in all the best sense and she is on a mission. She knows that you can never lose if you refuse to stop fighting!

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As always when I speak of life, love and Tarot I speak only for myself. This reading is part of my Divination/Manifestation Practice.

The Chariot is from The Modern Love Tarot, by Ethony

The Princess of Swords is from The Urban Tarot, by Robin Scott

Judgement Again

Sunday, October 23, 2022: This morning I pulled the Judgment card again. Is it being judged by a culture of patriarchy that has brought all of humanity to the brink of its own destruction? Or, is it judging that culture that has embraced racism, fascism and slavery? Judging and being judged — if we are to survive as a species we have to look in the mirror and out the window at the same time. So, today, I am invoking the “Be the Hunter, Not the Hunted” oracle card.

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As always when I speak of life, love and Tarot I speak only for myself. 

Judgement is from The Modern Love Tarot, by Ethony

The “Be the Hunter, Not the Hunted” oracle card is from The Sacred Rebels Oracle, by Anna Fairchild

Judgement Flipped

Saturday, October 22, 2022: Today I pulled Judgement. This is one of those cards that reeks of the patriarchy to me. The traditional view of judgment has its roots in religious orthodoxy and the patriarchy deciding your worthiness for salvation based on how well you have conformed. Well “F” that! I am flipping the narrative and flipping off the the patriarchy by offering up another perspective on judgment.
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As always when I speak of life, love and Tarot I speak only for myself. This reading is part of my Divination/Manifestation Practice.
Judgement is from The Modern Love Tarot, by Ethony
Judgement is from The Next World Tarot, by Cristy C. Road

Sweet Loves

Friday, October 21, 2022: Today I pulled the Lovers. For me the line between friends and lovers has been arbitrary at times. I don’t use sex as a sorting hat, because that has failed me. I have had lovely romantic relationships that were not sexual and amazing sexual connections that were not romantic and beautiful loving relationships that were both and others that were neither. People say friends are not romantic relationships and then they say they married their best friend. I believe all relationships seek their own level and that can be constantly changing. I call those I love my loves and cherish my loves just as things are. I am invoking the “Conscious Connections” oracle card and celebrating the loves I have and have had in my life.

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As always when I speak of life, love and Tarot I speak only for myself. 

The Lovers is from The Modern Love Tarot, by Ethony

The "Conscious Connections” oracle card is from The Sacred Rebels Oracle, by Anna Fairchild

A Pause

Thursday, October 20, 2022: The Hermit follows the Strength card and comes before the Wheel. It’s a journey within, as all journeys are. All the Fool has learned is cause for pause in The Hermit. So we stop and ponder. The Hermit, and all the lessons before, prepares us for the Wheel, for life, I am invoking “Pandora’s Gift”. She who gives gifts that may be a double edged sword, such is self awareness. When you learn who you are that awareness cannot be unlearned. It may, at first and at times, seem like a burden, you may wish it were not so, but it truly is a gift to know. Go ahead, open the box. It is Pandora’s Gift. Knowing your truth, it's a superpower!

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As always when I speak of life, love and Tarot I speak only for myself. 

The Hermit is from The Modern Love Tarot, by Ethony

The "Pandora’s Gift” oracle card is from The Sacred Rebels Oracle, by Anna Fairchild

Come To Life

Wednesday, October 19, 2022: The journey of the heart, the journey of the mind, the journey of the soul and the journey of the body are all the same journey. They are all the same things that make up who we are. We are all intelligent, insightful, reasoning, spiritual beings and at the same time we are all apes. This morning I pulled the 6 of swords. With that journey in mind I am invoking the “Come To Life” oracle card. Do you! Be you!

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As always when I speak of life, love and Tarot I speak only for myself. 

6 of Swords is from The Modern Love Tarot, by Ethony

The "Come To Life” oracle card is from The Sacred Rebels Oracle, by Anna Fairchild

Follow Your Own Rhythm

Tuesday, October 18, 2022: The World is the last card in the Major Arcana, it’s the end of the fool’s journey and represents the culmination of all the fool has learned and lived. It’s the manifestation of all, the butterfly emerges from the chrysalis and it’s the card I pulled today. In response I am invoking the “Follow Your Own Rhythm” oracle card. Life is beautiful.

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As always when I speak of life, love and Tarot I speak only for myself. 

The World is from The Modern Love Tarot, by Ethony

The "Follow Your Own Rhythm” oracle card is from The Sacred Rebels Oracle, by Anna Fairchild

Trust the Process

On Saturday, October 15, 2022.

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As always when I speak of life, love and Tarot I speak only for myself. 

Ace of Wands is from The Modern Love Tarot, by Ethony

The “Faith In The Process” oracle card is from The Sacred Rebels Oracle, by Anna Fairchild

Buckle Up

This morning I pulled the Ace of Wands. This card to me is symbolic of unexpected news about something that you are passionate about. The Aces can be good or bad, this is in the realm of fire and fire is transforming by nature. I am invoking the “Shock of the New” oracle card. Buckle up!

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As always when I speak of life, love and Tarot I speak only for myself. 

Ace of Wands is from The Modern Love Tarot, by Ethony

The “Shock of the New” oracle card is from The Sacred Rebels Oracle, by Anna Fairchild

Life Beyond Death

I got news this morning that a dear friend lost her mom. At one time I was quite enmeshed in that family and her mom was so sweet and supportive of my sons and I during my years as a single parent. This death and pulling the death card today brought me back to those days. Death has an absolute finality about it, whether we are talking about the death of someone we love, a phase of life or a comfortable illusion. Seeing beyond death and being a survivor is the only viable solution. We must move forward.

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As always when I speak of life, love and Tarot I speak only for myself. 

Death is from The Modern Love Tarot, by Ethony

The “Visions of Life Beyond Death” oracle card is from The Sacred Rebels Oracle, by Anna Fairchild

Choosing The Chains

"It’s not about choosing the chains. It’s about choosing them again and again," Laura Sava

This morning I again pulled the Devil. Last time I did I wrote about shame. This time I am switching decks and going into the shadow. I am invoking the "Addicted" oracle card. Why do we choose the chains again and again? Are we playing old scripts going back to childhood? Or, are we somebody we would rather not be? Is it in our power to change or accept? Perhaps we should read the serenity prayer again and again.

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As always when I speak of life, love and Tarot I speak only for myself. 

The Star is from The Modern Love Tarot, by Ethony

The “Addicted” oracle card is from The Dark Mirror oracle deck, by Laura Sava

It's in you, it is you

This morning I pulled the Star. The Star is such a lovely card. It is directly after the Tower in the Major Arcana. The Star is a card of discovery and reclamation.  When I think of the Star I think of the Charge of the Star Goddess. Starhawk says, “know that your seeking and yearning will avail you not, unless you know the Mystery: for if that which you seek, you find not within yourself, you will never find it without.” With that in mind I am invoking the “What is already with you” oracle card. The truth will set you free and the truth is already within you. It always has been. It is who you are.

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As always when I speak of life, love and Tarot I speak only for myself. 

The Star is from The Modern Love Tarot, by Ethony

The “what is already with you” oracle card is from The Sacred Rebels Oracle, by Anna Fairchild

F*ck the cultural expectations

This morning I pulled The Devil. For me this card is about being drawn to and embracing things that don’t serve us like — shaming: self-shaming and believing the shame inflicted by others and especially our culture of shame. I am invoking the “In the World, Not of the World” oracle card. Cultural expectations are fluid and sometimes evil. Our culture once thought it was desirable to enslave people. That, in my mind, is all I need to know about the validity of cultural expectations.

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As always when I speak of life, love and Tarot I speak only for myself. 

The Devil is from The Modern Love Tarot, by Ethony

The In the World, Not of the World oracle card is from The Sacred Rebels Oracle, by Anna Fairchild

The First Step

This morning I pulled the Two of Wands. I see the Twos as being decision points: do I do this or that?, go here or there?, make space in my life for a person or not? It’s the High Priestess and we are called to decide which path to take. I am invoking the Every Journey Starts With a Single Step oracle card. Even not deciding is a decision, is a first step.

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As always when I speak of life, love and Tarot I speak only for myself. 

The 2 of Wands is from The Modern Love Tarot, by Ethony

The Every Journey Starts With a Single Step oracle card is from The Sacred Rebels Oracle, by Anna Fairchild

Let Love Live

Today’s card is the Five of Cups. For me this is a card of grieving the loss of someone or something precious. I am invoking Release The Dark Wound, Let Love Live. It’s going to be interesting to see how today plays out.

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As always when I speak of life, love and Tarot I speak only for myself. 

The 5 of Cups is from The Modern Love Tarot, by Ethony

The Release The Dark Wound, Let Love Live oracle card is from The Sacred Rebels Oracle, by Anna Fairchild

So Mote It Be

There was a meeting yesterday that I am very excited about. Yesterday morning I pulled the 8 of Wands. This is a card about strength, everything coming together and timing. A cause I have been very active in for 6-7 years is coming to a turning point, a good turning point. This could be big! I am invoking the Bring It Into Form oracle card. Let's make this happen!

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As always when I speak of life, love and Tarot I speak only for myself. 

The 8 of Wands is from The Modern Love Tarot, by Ethony

The Bring It Into Form oracle card is from The Sacred Rebels Oracle, by Anna Fairchild

Just Love

This morning I pulled The Sun, again. This Sun, from The Modern Love Tarot, finds joy and completeness from nurturing and being nurtured. There’s celebration in the simple act of being there together, from lifting up and being lifted up. With that in mind I am invoking Free From Judgment, Free To Love. This, like my rose quartz ring, is a reminder that to love we need to love others as they are, not as we wish them to be. This rare gift is the magic of unconditional love.

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As always when I speak of life, love and Tarot I speak only for myself. 

The Sun is from The Modern Love Tarot, by Ethony

Free From Judgment, Free To Love oracle card is from The Sacred Rebels Oracle, by Anna Fairchild

Just Live Life

I am writing this from a hotel in Charlotte, NC: This morning I pulled the Three of Wands. This is a card of discovery for me. The journey of life. Trusting that what we need will be there when we need it. That said, we live in a culture that worships greatnesses and we are not told of the greatness of living even a modest life, of living any life. With that I am invoking the oracle card, The Word Wants To Be Written. The story of our life does not have to be forced, just lived. Just hugging or petting someone or something we love is an act of beauty, a lovely story.

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As always when I speak of life, love and Tarot I speak only for myself. 

The Three of Wands is from The Modern Love Tarot, by Ethony

The Word Wants To Be Written oracle card is from The Sacred Rebels Oracle, by Anna Fairchild

Trusting Yourself

This morning I pulled the Eight of Wands. All the eights to me are about Strength and being in alignment with our inner truth. The Eight of Wands is in the realm of fire and being in alignment with our passion (to me.) This requires trusting yourself and your truth and so that’s the energy I am invoking.

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As always when I speak of life, love and Tarot I speak only for myself. 

The Eight of Wands is from The Modern Love Tarot, by Ethony

The Trust Yourself oracle card is from The Sacred Rebels Oracle, by Anna Fairchild

The light is there, I swear

The Sun tarot card again yesterday. I invoked the Diving for Light card because sometimes that’s what to do.

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As always when I speak of life, love and Tarot I speak only for myself. 

The Sun is from The Modern Love Tarot, by Ethony

The Diving for Light oracle card is from The Sacred Rebels Oracle, by Anna Fairchild

Carpe diem

This morning I pulled the tarot card, The Sun. This is the Carpe diem a card for me of seizing the day! It’s a lovely card for manifestation. With that in mind I am invoking the Focus on the Light oracle card. This is a blending of air and fire and being the witch!

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As always when I speak of life, love and Tarot I speak only for myself. 

The Sun is from The Modern Love Tarot, by Ethony

The Focus on the Light oracle card is from The Sacred Rebels Oracle, by Anna Fairchild

The Storm Passed

This morning I pulled the Wheel. Hurricane Ian passed with only a lot of rain here, and I am off on my own chasing trains. The wheel weaves as the wheel wills.

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As always when I speak of life, love and Tarot I speak only for myself. 

The Wheel is from The Modern Love Tarot, by Ethony

The Storm Passed is from The Sacred Rebels Oracle, by Anna Fairchild