My blog--I pull a card--if it doesn't speak to me...perhaps it is for you? |
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? |
Hope In Tucson, in the desert, a friend builds a stone labyrinth. I pick a river rock from the Caloosahatchee to send her, palm-sized, flat, grey scribed with healing symbols. I will walk that spiral someday. Astronomers listen for signals of gravitational waves, census collectors of black holes in the invisible shaking of space. Labyrinths and signals all charms of hope, prayers to extend our finite knowing. We cannot know who hears us, but it is Someone. free form--16 lines Tarot of the Crone--Five of Disks--Hope--Move beyond isolation. Reach out with hope and faith. |