Two of Wands: Mars in Aries
January 2019 Tarot Card Astrology: Two of Wands The Two of Wands tarot card, Mars in Aries, will be played out in the night sky between New Year’s Eve this year until January 15, 2019. Not only will Mars travel…
Year 2018
Misty Starlight Tarot Bag Knitting Pattern
All-Over Eyelet Pinpricks Shed Light on the Deck Inside The delicate all-over pattern of this four-point star tarot bag looks misty and romantic with a whisper of soft, fuzzy alpaca wool. The variegated yarn fades from lavender to deeper shades,…
TBH: Tarot Cozy, or How to Store Your Tarot Deck
Welcome to the Tarot Blog Hop! Our theme for this hop was provided by Joanne of Cosmic Whispers Tarot, who gave us the lovely, warm, fuzzy fun of writing about keeping in the heat with tarot. I was taking a…
Seven of Cups: Venus in Scorpio
January 2019 Tarot Card Astrology: Seven of Cups Venus moves through the last decan of Scorpio, the portion of the sign that she rules, from a few days after Christmas through the first week of January. This planetary placement is…
Meditations on the Ten of Cups – Mars in Pisces
Ten of Cups: Mars Ruling the Third Decan of Pisces Mars enters the third decan of Pisces this evening around 8 p.m. and stays there until December 31, 2018, moving into the first decan of Aries at 7:20 p.m. on…
Color Breathing Meditation: Beginning Meditations
Today’s post in my Beginning Meditations series is a color breathing meditation. Color breathing meditation helps you shift your mood at will to energize, relax, or focus yourself. I go beyond the basics by adding a tarot card visualization and…
Ten of Cups: Mars in Pisces
December 2018 Tarot Card Astrology: Ten of Cups In this series on tarot card astrology, I’m highlighting cards whose planetary correspondences are currently being played out in the heavens above. The planet Mars is in Pisces now and will move…
Ten of Wands: Saturn in Sagittarius
December 2018 Tarot Card Astrology: Ten of Wands Today in my series on tarot card astrology, we’ll be looking at the Ten of Wands: Saturn in Sagittarius. This card is associated with the last third of the sign of Sagittarius,…
Nine of Wands: Moon in Sagittarius
December 2018 Tarot Card Astrology: Nine of Wands In this series on tarot card astrology, I’m highlighting cards whose planetary correspondences are currently being played out in the heavens above. Not only will we see the Moon pass through the…
Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram: Beginning Meditations
This is the fifth post in a series on Beginning Meditations. I’ve been introducing the practices that I use the most myself and most frequently recommend to students and clients. Last month we learned the Middle Pillar Exercise, which is…
Six of Cups: Sun in Scorpio
November 2018 Tarot Card Astrology: Six of Cups Welcome to the third post in my series on tarot card astrology. I’m selecting cards whose astrological attributions are currently being played out in the heavens above. Each of the twelve zodiac…
TBH: Walking into Life with the Dead
Welcome to the Tarot Blog Hop! PREVIOUS | MASTER LIST | NEXT Aisling the Bard of TarotWitchery tasked us with a seasonal and spiritual theme based on her personal traditions. She asked us to celebrate All Hallows Eve with her by sharing…
Eight of Wands: Mercury in Sagittarius
November 2018 Tarot Card Astrology: Eight of Wands This is the second in my series on tarot card astrology, in which I discuss the Minor Arcana tarot cards which correspond to actual current astrological transits. Each of the twelve zodiac…
Four of Cups: Moon in Cancer
November 2018 Tarot Card Astrology Join me this month as I share my thoughts on three of the Minor Arcana tarot cards which will be astrologically activated over the course of the next few weeks. Each of the twelve zodiac…
The Middle Pillar Exercise: Beginning Meditations
In this series on Beginning Meditations, I’ve been teaching the practices that I find most useful and that I most frequently recommend to students and clients. Today I’d like to introduce you to The Middle Pillar Exercise, which is the…
Ten Reasons You Can’t Read Tarot for Yourself (And What to Do About It)
If You Think You Can’t Read Tarot for Yourself, Think Again! Do you think you can’t read tarot for yourself? You can! Clients often ask me if I read my own cards, and are usually surprised when I say yes.…
Balancing Bright with Dark: Colorful Tarot Cards vs. B/W Decks
Welcome to the Tarot Blog Hop! PREVIOUS | MASTER LIST | NEXT The co-wranglers for our Fall Blog Hop are Jenn Waltner of Phoenix & Lotus and Louise Underhill of Priestess Tarot. They proposed that we seek to restore the balance of light and…
Discursive Meditation: Beginning Meditations
This is the third post in my Beginning Meditations series, in which I teach the most important techniques that I recommend to clients and students. Today I’m teaching discursive meditation, which opens up insight and inspiration. This meditation is the primary method I use…
Good Cards for Something Bad
Good Cards for Something Bad About five years ago I did a reading for a woman who asked about starting a business. She told me she had just found the perfect storefront to lease. It was in the fall, maybe…
RBH: Reiki Meditations
Reiki Blog Hop: Reiki Meditations For this session of the Reiki Blog Hop, which I wrangled, I proposed that we each share the instructions for the first Reiki meditation we learned or teach. Today’s post includes written instructions for jôshin kokyû hô,…