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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? |
RBG RBG passed on Rosh Hashanah. She lives on as guide, crone, tzaddik, into this surreal New Year. promt: surreal---one of my most unfavorite words The Herbcrafter's Tarot---4 of Fire--Elder--Invoke the aid of holy helpers, like the crone that lives within the elder tree,guarding the portal between the land of the living, and the realm of the dead. Author's Note: I have an elderberry plant in my wee garden, not yet a tree. Today I will leave offerings to RBG, magnificent crone. |
Prayer I beg Mama Earth for plenary indulgences. We all are guilty. May there be enough time. Tarot of the Crone--Grandmother of Swords--Storyteller--truth can wear many faces |
The Fire Next Time Fallen from the tree apples for Rosh Hashanah coated in grey ash gathered for a bitter pie garnished with afflicted fruit Form:tanka The Cook's Tarot--9 of Wands---Separate truth from paranoia |
Sofkee Spoon My wooden sofkee spoon tells tales, a homespun gest. Adventures of soup, stew, porridge and casseroles. Author's Note: In Seminole and Miccosukee culture sofkee is a traditional porridge/gruel always kept simmering in a large pot. It is served with a long-handled wooden sofkee spoon. The Cook's Tarot--6 of Wands--Be humble in victory. You had help. |
Mary, Mother of All I was an unwed mother, refugee, brown skinned Jew. The ancient Church Fathers crowned me Queen of Heaven. Form: tapa Tarot of the Crone--Two of Cups--Desire--I hear Her voice in my blood. |
Skyward My wings are made of rainbows. I soar above dun colored mud fields of virus, of politics avoiding conflict's sting. I delight in wind, rain, stars, and clouds. I leave, in my wake colorful contrails. 9 lines for:
Children Tarot--XIX--Happiness--A far off and beautiful land. |
Lodestar My lodestar is small acts of kindness navigating a path of scattered poems brought by wind storms. 24 syllables Pholarchos Tarot--4 of Wings--Be still as fragment swirl around you. |
Foreplay He said, "Your aura is cesious". I whispered, "It smells like rain in blue grey skies dark enough to sin by." 24 syllables Manara Erotic Tarot--8of Earth--Unique gift, communication, dedication |
Progress Twenty years ago talking heads heralded a paradigm shift. Today, we know it went backwards. 24 syllables Pholarchos Tarot--Wheel of Fortune--Throw the dice, the runes, the I Ching coins. They all speak of this rising and this falling.... |
Storefront All prayers ring true in a store front church. The pews littered with homeless absent society's glue. The vanquished still bleed, sorrow piercing their hearts. Form; Trivani Unnamed Tarot--9 of Swords--Cruelty--Fear and anguish of the future. |