Category: Tarot
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April 2009’s Full Moon: Meditations and Rituals for the Pink Moon
This Special Post on the Full Moon is sponsored by The Long-Awaited Honest-to-God Secret to Being Happy, available at half-price to readers of The Spiritual Eclectic. ************************************ The April Full Moon, aka the Pink Moon, occurs in Libra on April 9, 2009 at 9:55 AM Central time here in the Florida Panhandle. This Full Moon,…
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Why You Can’t Read your Future for Yourself (and Sometimes for Others)
When I first began meeting “intuitives,” I heard several of them say that they could not read their own futures. I thought it was odd at the time, given that some of them had told me amazing things about my own life–right down to names, ages, locations, specific projects I was working on that I’d…
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Spiritual Tools and Forging Your Own Meaning
Not everyone keeps a Book of Shadows in the “traditional” way. You know, the hardback tome of paper, perhaps even wrapped in some kind of animal hide or decorated with all sorts of magickal symbols. In my guest room, affectionately known as “Brian’s Room” because of his extended summer stays, I have a huge library…
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Spiritual Paths and Rocky First Steps
Photo by atomicpuppy68; creative commons license I’ve been trying to explain the Wiccan degree system of formalized training to a new student who is excited about taking this important step on her spiritual path in late December. I think it would be prudent of me to make sure I space out the rest of the…
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Spiritual Road Trip: Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp
For years, the Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp has been on my list of adventures to enjoy. Several weekends ago, I took a road trip to Orlando to see Shannon–and though we spent four days hanging out at Margaritaville, shopping, buying fairy curtains and goodies for her new apartment, and me assuring her that I had not…
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The Justice Card in Tarot: That Integrity Thing
***I found this photo online, taken at the Florida Pagan Gathering last year between Ocala and Daytona. These are certainly some of my favorite people in the world, many of whom I’d known online for years before meeting in the flesh. In the pic…. In front, on his knees (and well he should be, as…
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This Nest of Mine Is Never Empty
D-Day. August 16, 2008. Lunar Eclipse and other earth-shaking events–like Shannon goes to college; mom stays home. My first-born has left the nest. I’m a little sad–because she’s not just my daughter but my friend and confidante, and I will miss her terribly–but I’m not the basketcase people have warned me about. I seem…
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Serious Moonlight: Ideas for Your July Full Moon Meditations and Rituals
Do the rocks control the river or does the river have more power? Engaging photo by Hamad Darwish; used here under a creative commons license The New Moon and Full Moon are always wonderful times for meditation and ritual, or just for self-reflection on where you are in your life. The Full Moon of July…
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The Attitude Variable – an Unexpected Deal-Cincher
Photo by Shelley Ginger, used under Creative Commons License Attitude is one of those things that’s often underrated because it’s not easily measured. You know it when you see it in people (or experience it) and it affects your world–as well as their own. Most people would be banging their heads against the walls by…
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Changing the Cards You’re Dealt
It’s not that I am trying to change the cards that have already been dealt. Instead, my plan is to change the cards that I WILL be dealt. Every now and then, a friend and I “lay cards” and by that, I mean that we toss a few Tarot cards and talk about their meaning,…