I am

Wednesday, November 30, 2022: This morning I pulled The Moon. It’s said, “The Moon reveals what The High Priestess conceals.” The High Priestess takes us, takes the Fool, on a journey through life. The Moon comes later in the journey, the path of the journey leads into ourselves. It’s a walk through our shadow and our light. I believe we are both and hopefully we realize that they are the same. I believe if we seek for the answers outside of ourselves we will never find them. It’s not in our mind either. It’s much deeper than that. It is beyond reasoning. It is — I am…

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

The Moon is from The Modern Love Tarot, by Ethony

The “Beyond the mind, the heart beats” oracle card is from The Sacred Rebels Oracle, by Anna Fairchild

Entanglement and Connection

Sunday, November 27, 2022: This morning I pulled The Lovers. There is a strong similarity between this card and the 2 of Cups, today’s invoke card. The chief difference is the sense of entanglement that comes from the Lovers while I see the 2s as being all about conscious choice. That choice is there with the Lovers for sure. It’s more wrapped in emotional attachment there.

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 2 of Cups is from from Branches of the Celtic Tarot, by Kristoffer Hughes

All Alone

Saturday, November 26, 2022: Ultimately we are all alone. We succeed or fail, with help or in team with, our colleagues, friends and/or partner(s). But, our achievements, or lack of them, are ours alone. To me these are the expressions of the nines in the minor arcana. The Nine of Wands is the Hermit expressed in the realm of fire. We get up in the morning. We do what we have to do — maybe work and/or family responsibilities. Sometimes we are overwhelmed. Still, we do what needs to be done.

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

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

The Hermit is from The Next World Tarot, by Cristy C. Road

The Message

Sunday, November 20, 2022: I pulled the Hierophant today. Perhaps my least favorite card. This card represents orthodoxy to me, classically it is the Pope. The clash between orthodoxy and reality is played out in all the fives: poverty, grief, deceit and chaos. The Hierophant brings shame and pain. This can be a powerful teacher though. There are things that we should be ashamed of. Knowing what those things really are — there’s the lesson.

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

The Hierophant is from The Modern Love Tarot, by Ethony

“The Messenger” servitor card is from The Forty Servants, by Tommie Kelly

The Tender Touch

Saturday, November 19, 2022: “Don’t confuse the map with the territory,” that’s a term a teacher of mine used a lot. Today I pulled the lovers, again. The term lover is a label. For me labels are maps. When someone says another person is a lover what does that mean, really? What’s the sorting hat? Sex? Does that mean mean asexuals can’t be lovers, perhaps partners even? Years ago I had a conversation with my friend Bess about a woman who was then in my life named Kathy. I referred to my relationship with Kathy. Bess said, “I didn’t know you were in a relationship with Kathy.” Clearly she meant sex as the sorting hat for defining a relationship. I replied, “I have a relationship with my dog!” Bess laughed. She and I had different maps. So I am invoking “Softly, softly the tender touch,” oracle card. I hope you’re loving your loves sweetly, no matter how you define them, no matter what maps are yours, love is love.

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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 “Softly, softly the tender touch” oracle card is from The Sacred Rebels Oracle, by Anna Fairchild

Beginnings

Friday, November 18, 2022: Everything has a beginning. Quite often, perhaps most often, that beginning is a dream. What comes before conception is an idea, a thought, a feeling. This morning I pulled the 7 of Cups. I read this card as a manifestation of The Chariot, in the realm of water, in the realm of love. We get so many choices in life. We should choose that which suits us best. I am invoking the “Dream a Beautiful Dream” oracle card. Make your own beautiful dream come true.

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

The 7 of Cups is from The Modern Love Tarot, by Ethony

The “Dream a Beautiful Dream” oracle card is from The Sacred Rebels Oracle, by Anna Fairchild

Gravity

There’s a song by Sara Bareilles called Gravity. I had a conversation a couple weeks ago with a sad friend about what it is that keeps couples together, even when it seems in nobody’s best interest. All I could come up with was Gravity. Today I pulled The Lovers. I am invoking The Power of Attraction oracle card.

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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 “The Power of Attraction” oracle card is from The Sacred Rebels Oracle, by Anna Fairchild

The Protectors

Wednesday, November 16, 2022: This morning I pulled the Knight of Wands. I read this card as a young fearless warrior who is not constrained by cultural expectations and conventions. I see this warrior as symbolic of Gen Z, young people stepping forward to defend the rights of LGBTQ+ folks and the rights of women to body autonomy. They turned back the fascists by turning out to vote. They are the protectors and that’s the servitor card I am invoking for today.

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

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

“The Protector” servitor card is from The Forty Servants, by Tommie Kelly

Manifestation

Tuesday, November 15, 2022: The threes for me reflect the energy of the Empress: fertility, creation, and growth. The card I pulled today, the 3 of Pentacles, expresses that energy in the realm of Earth. It’s craftsmanship, recognition and manifestation. It’s easy to think of manifestation as a straight path from idea to implementation — but that’s seldom the case. It’s often a spiral of opportunities opening and closing and distractions and bursts of creative energy and creativity. As John Lennon said, “life is what happens when you are busy making other plans.” So, I am invoking the “Spirals of Manifestation” oracle card.

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

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

The “Spirals of Manifestation” oracle card is from The Sacred Rebels Oracle, by Anna Fairchild

What do you feel?

Monday, November 14, 2022: This morning I pulled the 8 of cups. For me all the eights are manifestations of the Strength card in their suits and are calls to be in alignment in your body, mind and spirit in whatever element they’re expressed in. This eight calls to me to be in alignment in my relationships of all kinds, including the one with myself. This is far from easy sometimes. I am invoking the “what do you feel?” oracle card. This is the starting point.

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

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

The “What Do You Feel?” oracle card is from The Sacred Rebels Oracle, by Anna Fairchild

Make It So!

Thursday, November 10, 2022: On Tuesday we walked in the rain, going door to door, getting out the vote for an idea, to normalize the many ways people consensually love, make love and live. Change starts with an idea and that idea is put into action and form. Today I pulled the 8 of Wands and am invoking the “Bring it into Form” oracle card. Make it so!

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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

Emergence

Wednesday, November 9, 2022...

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

The Empress is from The Modern Love Tarot, by Ethony

“The Mother” servitor card is from The Forty Servants, by Tommie Kelly

Election Day

Tuesday, November 8, 2022...

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

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

“The Idea” servitor card is from The Forty Servants, by Tommie Kelly

What's Safe?

Monday, November 7, 2022: Today I pulled the Five of Wands. This, to me, is a card of chaos energy. It’s the Hierophant expression in the realm of fire. How “should” things be? What’s the authentic expression? Is it safe to be authentic? Hiding is a survival strategy especially when confronted with chaos.

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

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

“Hiding Your True Self” is from The Dark Mirror oracle cards, by Laura Sava

Norms

Sunday, November 6, 2022: This morning I pulled The Hierophant. In my opinion the Hierophant is about orthodoxy and compliance with cultural "norms". But, not all that’s considered “normal” is good or healthy. Some norms protect people and others oppress people. Many cultural norms are more for economic expediency than the benefit of the people. Just less than 200 years ago slavery was considered normal. The taboos about purity, the institution of marriage and the nuclear family may be more about providing a stable workforce and a mechanism for deciding inheritance than anything else. When looking at cultural norms the most important question may be, why is this considered “normal?” The Messenger says, “some norms are long overdue for disruption.”

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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 Hierophant is from The Modern Love Tarot, by Ethony

The Messenger is from The Next World Tarot, by Cristy C. Road 

Being the Witch

Saturday, November 5, 2022: My morning tarot is my opportunity to look at where I am and where I am going. It’s a meditation as well as an endeavor. I have been so busy lately and that makes it even more important. Today I pulled the Wheel. I read the wheel as not just something going around but also something that changes direction, and sometimes a spinning wheel creates. “The Wheel Weaves as the Wheel Wills.” I am invoking “The Witch” servitor card. The Witch knows their power, which  also means knowing their power's limitations. The serenity prayer, in my opinion, pretty much sums up the power of the witch. And, we can change a lot of ways and things. And, we can steer.

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

The Wheel of Time is from The Modern Love Tarot, by Ethony

“The Witch” servitor card is from The Forty Servants, by Tommie Kelly 

The Right not Easy Path

Friday, November 4, 2022: The fool is the start of a new journey and the conclusion of an old one. When I pulled the fool today I thought of how easy it is to follow old patterns and habits, even if they don’t serve you anymore. The beginning of a new journey has the most meaning if it’s done mindfully and with purpose and sometimes that means not following the easy path. I am invoking the “against the grain” oracle card.

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

The Fool is from The Modern Love Tarot, by Ethony

The “against the grain” oracle card is from The Sacred Rebels Oracle, by Anna Fairchild

Dancing

Thursday, November 3, 2022 — This morning I pulled the Ace of Wands. I read this Ace as being a sign that something or someone very powerful or that means a lot to you is going to happen or come into your life. I am invoking “The Dancer” servitor card to acknowledge that we can’t win or fix everything but we do the best we can to love and live our lives.

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

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

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

Legacy

Wednesday, November 2, 2022: This morning I pulled Judgment. Yea, again.

In response I am invoking The Aeon. This is a call to look at your place in history. This is an invitation of Crowley’s vision that we are a part of an infinite circle and we are judged not by a divine entity but by what we leave behind for future generations.

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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 Aeon is from The Urban Tarot, by Robin Scott

Abundant Energy

Tuesday, November 1, 2022: This morning I pulled the Knight of Wands. Knights, for me, are awesome cards full of teenager energy and enthusiasm but lacking focus and experience. They can be great energy wasters. Add to this the passion of the element of fire. So, I am invoking The Chariot. The Chariot is all about focus, commitment and it enhances the energy of this Knight!

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

The Knight of Wands is from from Branches of the Celtic Tarot, by Kristoffer Hughes

The Chariot is from is from The Urban Tarot, by Robin Scott