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I pull a card...if it doesn't speak to me...perhaps it was meant for you? How to Read the Tarot Begin by brewing a cup of tea, a nervine, lemon balm or chamomile, this is after all, your future. A reading at the dark of the moon is best, before the night creatures crawl and bad humours fill the air. Pick a circular deck, with a fairy-tale motif, and no reversals. Hold a question in your heart, shuffle the cards and place them on the table. Choose only two. Like the ancient Israelites, these are your seer stones, Urim and Thumimm, black and white, yes or no. Isn't that all you were asking? |
Cronedom Emerentia great grandmother of Jesus lead me into my cronehood just now coming of age gargantuan with ancient sense Form: wayra Look up Emerentia in Wikipedia Pholarchos Tarot--13--Death--the pollen of a trillion flowers makes and unmakes you |
Diary The universe does not grant extra points for suffering. I place my pain and sorrow here, an ink and paper lacrimal. Tarot of the Crone--XII--Sacrifice--Let tears flow, let it go. |
To Annabella, I want a feminist anthropologist for Christmas. Only a feminist anthropologist will do, though I will wait till your PhD is in hand. Follow the Pole Stars: Margaret Mead, Marije Gimbutas, Riane Eisler. This will require strength. Practice touching your molten core. Love you forever, Grams. Pholarchos Tarot--11--Strength--Speak only what's true. |
Matriphilia Baba Yaga beckoned this morning. Come into the woods and become matriphilic. Scratch for your original deep, female mind stripped of all matriphobia. Eschew the crowds and common conceptions. Abide in my chicken foot hut. Anchor well. Dark Goddess Tarot--IX--Baba Yaga--Hermit--Follow intuition over authority |
Wheel of Fortune Crawling along the Wheel of Fortune the bones of the Animus Mundi I cannot fathom my portion or divine what I am meant to be. Grasping at possibilities switching from devil to martyr doubt shatters my fragile altars. This dance of fate is a battle punctuated with tears and laughter. All are caught in her endless cycle. Form: Dizain Pholarchos Tarot--10--Wheel of Fortune--Find your freedom in this circle game. |
l Grief They started paving Paradise before I arrived and continues now, unchecked. Too much people, cars, an explosion of concrete. Despite red tide, sargassom, storms magnolias and poincianas still bloom and yesterday the Gulf startlingly blue green. And me, still here a stranger in spoiled Paradise. Pholarchos Tarot--8--Justice--Learn to hear what's far away and translate it into words. |
For Billy L. Let us praise loss as we roll back the stone from the tomb of our hearts. Our beloved dead are still here in the air, the clouds, the flowers. Love is a tree and grief the fruit that it bears. Meet me in the tall grass behind the house of worship. Pholarchos Tarot--6--The Lovers--The waters of love dissolve your mold. |
Happy Birthday, Honey It seems the joyous stars fell at my feet when we met our body steam rising like sixteen year olds (I was fifty). You drive me through impossible terrains in this quantum school of life. Thank you for this freedom. Thank you for this garden. Pholarchos Tarot---7--Chariot---Make sure your horses are going in the same direction. |
Meditation Inhale for 3 Hold for 6 Exhale for 9 If you know the mystery of 3-6-9, you know. Inhale for 3 Hold for 6 Exhale for 9 You are in a ritual cave moist and warm with firelight. You are here to negotiate your rebirth. Inhale for 3 Hold for 6 Exhale for 9 Contemplate the structure of chlorophyll. Contemplate the structure of hemoglobin. Inhale for 3 Hold for 6 Exhale for 9 Rise and map your own mystery. Pholarchos Tarot--5--Hierophant--preside over the Mysteries so they make a map for you |
NaPoWriMo—Day 5-2023 Temptation I howled at the moon last night but quietly to not disturb the neighbors. I told La Luna I am done with keeping up and moving on. I am moving into sloth and snail time, Burying thoroughly modern Millie And resurrecting ancient Annie That’s my Easter story and I’m sticking to it. Dark GoddessTarot—IV—Sovereignty- The Morrigan—don’t waste your intentions on petty disputes I wasn't going to put the NaPo wriMo posts in my blog. But as they are Tarot inspired I decided I would. |