Category: Tarot
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Does Love Come Late in the Season?
Mother Nature is toying with me, reminding me that even when it seems too late in Life’s seasons for some things, some things have a way of blooming unexpectedly, long past when I thought they would. And some things I thought were lost…return. As I write this, we are into the last week of…
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Build a One-of-a-Kind Tarot Table
You can make a one-of-a-kind Tarot table (or altar) on the cheap, using thrift store and garage sale items. If you collect Tarot and divination cards, sooner or later one of the following just may happen: Someone spills mead on your deck and ruins a couple of cards. Result? Deck is no longer useful (or…
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Tarot: Emotional Support for Hermit
If you are familiar with Tarot cards as a psychological tool for discovery, you probably already know the meaning of the Four of Wands and the Hermit tarot cards. The Gatherings I host semi-regular gatherings in my home to discuss spiritual matters. Sometimes we focus on Law of Attraction. Sometimes on meditations or rituals to…
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The Kindest Thing: Emotional Support and Queen of Cups Card
At the end of the Mabon Gathering in my home and a night of food, deep conversation, and a round-robin of Tarot reading, my friend Patrick read my cards last. It turned out to be extremely comical–and eerily accurate–especially since I never posed a question and Patrick had no idea what had been going on…
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From Heartbreak to Higher Ground: Turning Points in Our Lives
This photo reminds me of the 5 of Wands Tarot card, the sense of desolation Of course, 5’s in the Tarot are all about choices….. Photo copyright by Aislinn Bailey, all rights reserved. When you’re in the midst of a heartbreak or trauma, it’s very easy feel stuck in the muck. I have come to…
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The Passionate Queen of Wands
Originally published in Third Degree Curves Photo credit by hradcanska; creative commons license “Oh,” he says, picking up the Tarot card. He’s incredibly gifted, yet this is a new experience for him. He’s never seen these cards before, but I think they’re pretty and I share them to get his opinion. “The Lovers are a…
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Starting a Spiritual Group and Getting the Energy Just Right
Jasmine incense, right after one of my famous Sunday Night Gatherings. This smoke art is copyrighted by Aislinn Bailey, used with permission. When I was first looking for a like-minded spiritual group in Northwest Florida, I found several existing circles rather easily. These were people who were either pagan or pagan-friendly, with anything from a…
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Decluttering and Creating Sacred Space
Photo credit by Ko_An; creative commons license. From the upcoming book, Searching for Serenity: the Spiritual Way to Declutter your Life and Create Sacred Space I’m intrigued by a Tarot card known as the “Two of Swords.” In most decks, the card features a person holding a sword in each hand, often in a defensive…
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Long-Distance Relationships, Says the Tarot, and Why That’s Just Fine
A few favorite cards from Raven Grimassi and Stephanie Taylor Grimassi’s The Well-Worn Path deck I have a lot of friends who read Tarot cards–and every last one of them is pretty good at it! Invariably, when we get together, we somehow end up drooling over the beautiful artwork of the newest deck among…
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Tarot Cards: A Mystical Tool for Seeing the Future or Seeing Within
A small wall altar with two archetype Tarot cards–a Warrior and a High Priestess. Photo copyright by Lorna Tedder. Tarot cards have regular place in my life–as miniature vision boards to focus my attention on when manifesting something I desire, as artwork in my home, as tools to be used in magic spells, as reminders…