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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? *Heart*


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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?

the golden mean

February 24, 2020 at 1:23pm
February 24, 2020 at 1:23pm
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Pinnacle

Two cups of Ethiopian coffee
Rosa Mystica plays
heartbeats synchronize,
Love's pinnacle.


The Cook's Tarot--Two of Cups--Two to tangle, two to tango, learn to dance


24 syllables
Prompt word: pinnacle
February 19, 2020 at 11:57am
February 19, 2020 at 11:57am
#975869
Dark

Waking up to the dark,
waking up to the cold
resile light, reject sun
open to deep wisdom.

24 syllables
6-6-6-6

The Cook's Tarot--19--The Sun--Author's Note: I pulled the 19th card of the Tarot for this 19th day of February. The Sun card is blessing and beneficence.. I decided to go with an alternate vision, embracing the dark.

prompt word:resile
February 18, 2020 at 9:52am
February 18, 2020 at 9:52am
#975772
Insolent

This moment
of shudderation and loss,
I listen
for a god's insolent word:
Everything ends..



Pholarchos Tarot--16--Tower--Trial by fire, water, earth, air---all the above?


24 syllables
prompt: insolent
February 17, 2020 at 2:26pm
February 17, 2020 at 2:26pm
#975726
Birthday Cake

It's hard to believe how much blood can spew from a vein cut by a paring knife. My smart watch tells me it's only been 15 minutes, still there must be half a glass full pooling on the tablecloth. The room is unspeakably quiet and still. Eight chairs encircling the table, all empty. Eight candles, one for each decade, unlit in a birthday cake decorated with roses and sunflowers, my favorites. There are open engraved name cards at each place setting. But none of the children have come. My friends are all dead. I am old, and lonely. I have the birthday cake all to my self.


The Cook's Tarot: Eight of Wands--Empty chairs, and empty tables.


Prompt words: glass, open, watch
February 10, 2020 at 11:18am
February 10, 2020 at 11:18am
#975210
Zephyr

Fulll snow moon
a zephyr murmurs, tickles
inner lairs
where wild prayers
rekindle my faith
and fire.


24 syllables
Prompt: Zephyr

The HerbCrafter's Tarot---5 of Earth--Slippery Elm--Even in hard times we have access to resources if we do not lose faith.
February 4, 2020 at 9:41am
February 4, 2020 at 9:41am
#974854
Half-Time

Two women shimmer
in the ring
chisel form
across minds.
Tongue and pole
twerk and grind,
this enchantment.


Pholarchos Tarot--Queen of Sparks--Intent is as important as action.
 
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