One month has passed since my one year anniversary of living in the Pacific Northwest. Finally, the dust has somewhat settled and my homesick heart has reached a sort of peace with what is. Meanwhile, being and living in this land has brought certain ideas to the forefront for me that have been cooking in … More Place, Spirits, and Self, part 1
Continuing from my previous post about having courage and a good deal of agility, I went down that route out of a realization that I am often too headstrong for my own good. Determined to achieve a specific goal, or vision in mind, unwilling to relent even when all fingers point the other way. It … More The Stairway
The Seeker steps through into the unknown, a demanding proposition requiring strength before her. Sharp teeth gnaw at her fingers, threatening to devour her efforts and kill her resolve. The cold sharp blades open to give way for calming waters. A new road of potential opens, an outgrowth of the entanglement. The waters lead to … More Courage and Versatility
Now that things are picking up speed, July opens with the vector of the 6 of coins. The 6s are all about flow, the direction and movement of the current, where it’s headed and how it’s moving. With coins being in the realm of wealth, communication, and exchange, it is only natural to see the … More Direction and flow
As the blazing sun scorches the month of June, I have felt a surge of nostalgia well up within me. It took one whole year for me to realize and internalize the reality of my move. After eight years, full of intense highs and lows, I have made my way out of the island I … More Questions of home
These past weeks I have been slowly toiling away at creating another project, The Poetic Arcanum. It is a collection of 22 small and pithy poems pertaining to each of the Major Arcana of the Tarot de Marseille. Each of the poems aim at specifically answering the question, Who are you, with each of the … More The Poetic Arcanum
I received this deck around two months ago, and have read and studied the book carefully while using the deck exclusively on a daily basis. I like to involve myself with the decks I invest in, and I like to keep my collection small. I found this deck after listening to an interview by one … More LXXXI The Magician’s Deck: A Review
Using spreads as a cartographic map, I am exploring of late how the eye wanders around a given shape. This idea was first introduced to me by Camelia Elias, through her teachings in Radiant Reading and also here. It is something most of us card readers already do, except this particular approach is an openly … More Spreads as cartography
We arrive at this juncture in the middle, the 5 of coins. A solitary coin encased within flowering leaves and two open buds above and below. The heart, the center, the core. There is an emphasis here in the center, the excluded, as the four coins around it are balanced and stable. A seed perhaps, … More Cards: 5 of Coins
I read yes/no questions, because it’s interesting to see how they play out in real life. The way I see it, nothing is fixed and as we move about our lives we are constantly making decisions and changing the realms of possibilities for ourselves. Outside of dual paradigms, change is inescapable. Hence, reading the cards … More The Yes and the No
