New Possibilities

Card of the Week Tarot Lessons by Example For the week of Feb. 24. 2008 Card: Ace of Wands Deck: Illuminated Tarot Key Words: Developing ideas, initiative, creativity If you look hard enough, you can see gifts being offered from a higher source. Those gifts come from within you. Now is the time to look […]

Outstanding Orange

Key words: Warm, determined, authoritative, energtic, action; Compassion, harmony, sociability, harvest Imagine yourself on a beach at sunset. An orange ball of flames sits on the horizon, it’s dominance in nature allows it to fill the sky with color. This majestic sight, all at once, inspires awe at the determination with which it presents itself, […]

Gracious Green

Keywords: Growth, abundance, renewal. Look around you. Green is growing. Trees are growing. Plants are growing. They grow as a part of the cycle of life. After a drought, or after a long hot summer, and a long windter to supply the earth with nourashment (water = emotion) we see the sprouting of new growth, […]

Romance Yourself for Valentine’s Day

— Tarot Inspired Reflections Learn to Read Tarot by Example For the week of Feb. 10. 2008 Card: King of Pentacles Deck: Universal Waite (Pocket Edition) The same cards — over and over — Well, last week I spoke about repeating cards, so I’ll leave that alone today. Today I’ll mention how different the meaning […]

Spirituality of Communication

Tarot reflection for the week of Feb. 3, 2008 Card: Two of Cups Deck: Universal Waite (Pocket Edition) Well how fascinating. This is my 7th ‘weekly reflection’ and 3 times out of those 7 times I have drawn the Two of Cups. There is a lesson here. Every week, before drawing a card, I ask […]

Yummy Yellow

Yellow is the color of the 3rd (solar plexus) chakra. This chakra allows us to direct our personal power. The symbol (and tarot card) associated with yellow is “The Sun.” So, think about how you feel when the sun soaks into your skin on a beautiful day. It’s warm and inviting, making you feel light-hearted, […]

Tend to your Garden

Tarot Inspired Reflection For the week of Jan. 27. 2008 The King of Pentacles is a person who has become defined by nothing more than his or her earthly existence. S/he is so focused on material wealth that, in the vein of “Chauncy Gardniner” (a character in the film “Being There”) s/he has ‘left the […]

The Power of Mana

Tarot Reflection for the Week of Jan. 20, 2008 Once again we have the two of cups. Things are so divisive in the world, the fact that we are all connected, on some level, can’t help but affect us. It affects our relationships with strangers, our co-workers, our family, but most importantly — ourselves. Sometimes […]

Court Cards as Self

A question was asked about identifying with court cards. Answer: Personally I relate to the Knight of Cups, even though I’m female. I find this person to be outgoing, friendly and sensitive. I feel as though I am genuine and and I’m an emotional person. I feel like the Knight of Cups embodies all of […]

Beauty of Black

Black is not a color, it’s the absence of color. Black absorbs light, light creates color. Black is ruled by Saturn. Saturn is ruled by the element of earth and is structured, disciplined and responsible. It can also be limiting. When interpreting black in a card, consider not only the aspect or item that is […]