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Icy Snowflakes Tarot Bag Knitting Pattern
A simple band of eyelet snowflakes warms up this quick knit project Frigid temps and icy roads were the culmination of several days of snow. The crows held a convocation. Perhaps cawing kept them warm. Here in Seattle, the slick…
Q&A with Joy: Rephrasing Questions on Health and Other People
The Tarot Taboos: Reading on Health and Other People Reading on health and other people are two very common questions. And every reader’s Statement of Ethics says they will not read on these topics. But reading for clients includes looking…
Seeds of Meaning: Tarot Astro-Limericks
Tarot Blog Hop: Short Form Tarot Interpretations As the wrangler of today’s hop, I proposed the topic: Short Form Tarot Interpretations. The idea is to find the essence, the kernel, the seed of meaning for a tarot card, while expressing…
Tarot, Knitting, and Life Balance
What Knitting Taught Me About Life Balance PREVIOUS | MASTER LIST | NEXT Welcome to the Fall Equinox Tarot Blog Hop! Our topic is Life Balance. Three writers are participating, so you can use the links at the top and…
Four of Wands Tarot Bag Knitting Pattern
The Perfect Bag from Cast On to Complete! Using double pointed needles for the first time? Start here! This pretty pouch is called the Four of Wands Tarot Bag because you knit it with four needles. The pattern is easy-peasy…
Q&A with Joy: Is It Okay to Cut Up Tarot Cards for Crafts?
In today’s Q&A with Joy we ask, “Is It Okay to Cut Up Tarot Cards for Crafts?” It depends on the intention for the deck. But there are exceptions! The Question: Is It Okay to Cut Up Tarot Cards for…
Mars In Pisces 2020
Mars is moving quickly, passing through the sign of the Fishes in just over six weeks and advancing into Aries by the end of June. Mars gains a mystical mindset in Pisces normally. But his current high energy applies the…
Mercury Square Pluto Retrograde
Pondering the summer retrogrades, heralded and enfolded by Pluto’s long regression, I was struck by the mythological significance of the final aspect made to Pluto before he turns backwards. Today Mercury squares Pluto, prior to and holding position as Pluto…
Moon in Sagittarius Square Neptune in Pisces
I realized today that the April Moon in Sagittarius square to Neptune in Pisces enacts the myth of Artemis and Orion. I have a couple versions of the astro-limerick for you, one that expresses the myth, and one that’s more…
Full Moon in Libra, Sun at Exaltation Degree
Today’s Lunchtime Astro-Limerick addresses the Full Moon in Libra with the Sun at the exaltation degree. I use the metaphor of an ingenue actress coached by a prominent director. See select Lunchtime Astro-Limericks here or all of them on my…
Venus in Gemini
Venus in Gemini is the topic for today’s Lunchtime Astro-Limerick. I discovered a fascinating parallel in mythology to the current Venus-Mars cycle. It re-enacts with surprising detail the story of Atalanta and Hippomenes. The limerick can hardly capture it all! …
Numbers and Tarot: An Ordinal Story
Numbers and Tarot: An Ordinal Story, or, The Progression of the Pips The spring wrangler, Jay Cassels of Sacred Lotus Healing, enticed us with the topic Fables and Fortunes. He invited us to explore story as related to tarot, perhaps…
Staggered Eyelet Tarot Bag Knitting Pattern
An all-over pattern adds texture to a simple design that knits up quickly. Drizzly days invite you to cozy up with a knitting project. Let your mind wander with an easy, rhythmic project that comes together quickly. The Staggered Eyelet…
Good and Bad in Tarot
Good and Bad in Tarot Imagine asking the tarot to advise you on staying in your cushy but unappreciated corporate job or leaving to run your own business. Leave? Five of Coins: A disheveled woman wrapped in a ragged blanket…
Q&A with Joy: Does A New Tarot Reading Override an Old One?
Does a New Tarot Reading Take Precedence Over the Previous Reading? Every reader knows that if you ask the same question over and over the cards will start babbling in gibberish. However, if anything about the circumstances has changed, it’s…
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…
Flamekeeper Tarot Bag
Keep Your Deck Cozy and Warm on a Cold Winter’s Night! The graceful curl of a flickering candle flame flows around the entirety of this Flamekeeper Tarot Bag drawstring pouch. This lacy pattern impresses without stress: it’s fancy but no-fuss.…
Fool’s Soup
Welcome to the Tarot Blog Hop! An international group of tarotists are all writing on the same topic and then linking to each other so that the reader can hop from one blog to the next, seeing all the permutations…